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That sock game is getting out of hand. Though it looks like Evoc has you covered for future applications 😉

kade and jackson?! ugh...mtb just got a little more boring this year. sure hope they heal quickly and well.

Excited for what comes of it. Love my Era cranks, and I've been looking for a reason to replace my Spank stem.

2024 Altitude leaked on the rocky Japan website

Race Face with 3 upcoming releases... https://www.raceface.com/pages/the-new-carbon-era Likely ERA wheels/rims, handlebars and maybe something unexpected.

For the same design and same loading, stress is the same for the two materials assuming no deflection. Modulus of elasticity is the same for all intents and purposes so when you consider deflection as well it’s still pretty much the same. S-N curve is the quick and easy way to visualize fatigue. For the same stress, 7075 can handle significantly more cycles. This graph is something I found really quick so no idea how accurate it is, but conveys the point. Traced lines for stress that would cause failure in 10^4 cycles in 6061. Would require about 10^5.6 cycles...

It is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue_limit Even more so: "The concept of endurance limit was introduced in 1870 by August Wöhler. [15] However, recent research suggests that endurance limits do not exist for metallic materials, that if enough stress cycles are performed, even the smallest stress will eventually produce fatigue failure. [7] [16]" It's the cyclic nature of the loads that mean an aluminium frame will crack sooner or later. It's not a years thing, it's a number of cycles, severity of the loads and the design that dictate when a crack will start forming.

I will reserve all judgement until we get WC level riders on the track cutting it up and digging up roots and rocks. This looks like it has some nice natural sections, steeps, off camber, and will cut up to be an interesting track. People wanted to talk down about Loudonville last year but I think it turned into a pretty good race track that racers were happy with.

Sorry, thought I had. Rushed post before I took my wife out for lunch. I'd sooner piss off a bunch a forum nerds than her. Lets face it though I would've got in shit with someone for daring to mention "the other site".

Both of you…

In one of the shops I worked at, in the customer notes on Ascend if it said “every second counts” that meant they pissed on their bike and any service performed had an additional $50 cleaning charge.

New Lapierre definitely looking Spicy

S.170.1 - £5,999 S.170.2 - £5,500 S.170.3 - £4,800 Up on the atherton site: https://www.athertonbikes.com/bike/s170-enduro.html Frame only - £2,799

Stay on target boys! We are drifting into Weight Rumors and Innovation territory.

Socky Mountain

Pic of BKs bike for anyone that didn’t see the replay

photo looks like epoxy failure between the two materials