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I said " we haven't seen a long travel single crown 32" fork yet," and I can see how that might have been unclear. What I meant to communicate was "Gee, that black RSU fork sure doesn't look like a Fox 32 or Neko's crazy loctite Fox 40, which are the only 32" Fox forks we've seen so far. I wonder what RSU fork that is. It sure looks like a Fox, and it could even be a dedicated long travel single crown 32" fork from Fox, which would be newsworthy because 32" bikes and products from the big brands...

While I’m no 32er apologist. I’m old enough to remember this exact argument when 29ers came out. I was working at a shop in College when 29ers started to hit the market, people would come in and actually get pissed at us for having 29ers on the floor. Anyone remember anti-29er stickers on people’s cars? I can remember a few different stickers, one said “One less 29’er”. I even remember being at a trail head in Pisgah in college, my buddy unloaded his 29er from the back of my truck and a “local” said “those aren’t welcome here”. No one...

Being a mountain biker and not knowing who John Tomac reminds me of this scene

John Tomac is widely considered one of the greatest (American) mountain bike racers of all time. During the early years of international racing he won numerous DH and XC events. He went on to be the namesake and involved with Tomac bikes. The 204 DH frame in the photo was their flagship model. The bike company then ceased to exist (in the late 2000s?). I also believe he helped coach several (a lot?) of racers over the years including Aaron Gwin for a time. Finally, if you’re into motocross, he is the father of Eli Tomac. Basically, John Tomac was...

I think you and I have already had this exact same conversation, but okay let's review my points again: 1. Lab tests ≠ absolute truth. Not all tests are created equal. People in these forums have repeatedly made the claim that radial tires roll slower than bias ply tires, but the tests they've shared to back up these claims ( example from Schwalbe's lab here) were performed on steel drums in a laboratory. Steel drums have been resoundingly proven to not be a reliable proxy for even smooth asphalt, let alone rough asphalt, gravel, or real world trail conditions. If...

Well it's nice for people like me that still have a 27,5 front wheel on their bike. And I guess the aftermarket sales for tires must be a considerable market since at some point every bike that gets ridden needs new tires. Definitely more so than forks etc.

Welcome to the thread.

Touché

Like @yahmon, I have a V1 Spur and a light built SB160. The lightness of the Spur is really fun and mine isn't even built that light. I could easily loose a pound of wheel weight. It feels kinda like a slalom bike- smallish and whippy. The Spur replaced a Top Fuel which never seemed to fit me quite right. The SB160 is built about as light as I'd want it as it sees a lot of high country climbing to get to the good descending. Its a speed machine and the faster and harder its pushed the better it...

“all e-bikes are better than any regular bike” is one of the most insane, fat-lazy-guy-coded, bad mountain biker takes i have ever read congratulations

Here's some help. Every single one I've ever worked on has had at least 1 thing about it that is a pain and a half.

A 170 with burly everything and a 120 or 130mm true trail bike with medium-weight everything. If I can have one more, it's a dirt jumper, and if I get four I'm adding a DH bike. But medium is as light as I can go. I can't have light things because I break them.

Any questions about the DHX or updated DH casing let me know, both were my projects. In general the DHX does everything our current dry tires do, but has more capability for high load high speed conditions. I designed it to excel in the bike park oriented World Cup tracks but still not give up performance in soft or natural sections compared to current dry tires. Ideally I wanted to simply the racers’ tire choice: if it’s dry and fast- DHX, if it’s soft or mixed- HR3, if it’s wet- mud spike. The updated DH casing is pretty well explained...

Oh look here's ballz criticising a penis joke Sorry guys I couldn't help it.

Thank you for alerting me to this product. Yes I've also had spokes break and poke through my rim tape, and with Cushcore installed the trailside fix process is absolutely maddening. Will be buying this $5 insurance policy for all of my tubeless wheels for the rest of forever.