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I used that logic for way too long before I finally bought some Dominions and realised I was being really stupid. Never going back to Shimano or Sram brakes. The only downside I've found is holding back the vomit whenever i have to use someone elses brakes.

I have only my one anecdote to tell here so take it for what it is. Recently I got to ride a mullet patrol and a full 29 spire back to back on the same trail. Before riding I had my mind set that the spire was going to be the bike I favord. I was sure that the longer chainstays and full 29" wheel in the back of the spire meant more grip in turns allowing my to arc my corners more then square off and slash. At 6'1" I don't have standover/tire buzz issues so the mullet felt...

Vinny T pov - drifting corners at 80kph and then taking hands off to go speed tuck at 100kph is nuts.

troy's first place run from cannonball with that flight attendant working

Fontana #3 results, dante takes a win on an intense https://www.southridgeusa.com/dhresults_2-9-25/

matt walker 17 questions (figure it's race talk worthy)

Well I reckon that's the coolest bike in the world at the moment

sure hope kirk gets to race if he wants to! his story was one of the most interesting in '24 IMO.

Now that so many companies are making things that aren't bottles with mounts for bottle bosses, i.e. tools, tubes, pumps, bags, etc, all bikes, including ,DH bikes should have bosses somewhere, even if there isn't actually room for a full water bottle. Lots of bikes have a second set on the underside of the top tube these days even though usually you can't put a bottle there (bonus for XL frames when sometimes you can). Anybody whose broken something in the top third of the Garbo zone without spares knows the pain...

So to measure the symptoms not the cause (the debate of kickback vs chainslap can carry on in the background), you want to measure the force the front foot is experiencing from 'kickback' whilst removing the other forces from the equation (pedalling and normal force). You'd need to isolate the force at the pedal (the front foot pedal), from the power through the cranks AND the normal force from both pedals supporting the riders body weight. So theoretically: A set of Garmin pedals (you'd want to see the raw data from the force transducer, which I assume they use?) A...

in a far corner of my shitbox den lurks this beauty. One day her time will come again. you know those barnfinds with old porsches and mercedes gullwings in America, I'll be the Australian version of old 90's mtb. If I had hair I'd get it permed.

My problem with OChain is that its not expensive enough. It needs an electronic lockout that connects to my ANT+ power meter to know when I'm pedalling and when I'm coasting. Or maybe a built in accelerometer so it knows if I'm pointed uphill or downhill. Whatever makes it more expensive.

or maybe THE UNION gets 7-figure funding since they're doing better than most of the full factory teams 🤩

2024 has brought big changes to Norco. After a few stale years post-COVID slowdown, they've revamped much of their line-up for this year. While some brands are cutting spending and trying to keep their heads above water, Norco has taken a bold approach and developed a whole bunch of new models. Included in this revitalization phase is a ground-up revision of the Range VLT. Norco has been investing heavily in high-pivot suspension designs, and the big-hitting e-bike is evidence of that. Going with a high-pivot idler pulley could be considered risky for a full-power e-bike, or it could also...