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I feel he lost the plot after the switch to Lewis brakes, talking about unsprung mass in a caliper vs using heavy af wheels 🥲 that’s pointless as

The mighty Felt Compulsion returns!!!!* *kinematics and axle pivot locations may vary

Nobby Nic Soft rear with Tacky Chan Super Soft front works great for me on my shorter travel bike. The NN has good side knobs. The Wicked Will... not so much. Definitely an xc speedy tire, not a do-all MTB tire. The NN and WW are miles apart in terms of traction.

I don’t have any experience with NN or WW, but I feel like putting a TC in front with either of those in back wouldn’t feel very balanced. The TC is some big meat. That said, the Schwalbe PR says the Romy is intended to take the place of the Hans Dampf and NN, so maybe it’d be fine? I’m certainly loving the TC/Romy pairing.

Thanks for all the feedback, y'all! Sounds like the Dissector 29x2.4" MaxxTerra DD casing is going to be my guy. Thank you!

Swapped my TC 2.5 Trail Pro Radial Soft after ~250mi for a Romy 2.5 Trail Pro Radial Soft yesterday. The TC was definitely worn, but could have lasted another 50mi if I didn’t have another tire I wanted to try. Another 100mi and it would have been pretty roached. That’s about what I’d expect to get out of a DHR2 MaxTerra. (I haven’t tried the new MaxTerra compound.) Really good tire in back, with my only real complaint being that the center knobs feel squirmy on high-traction rocks and a little vague on hardpack. Great in loose and loose-over-hard, though...

I love how clean and not flashy that is.

From Forbidden’s latest instagram post, teaser of Title’s “unreleased” CR1 cranks

New rumor. Canyon has a press release (which was revised afterwards removing MG) that at eurobike they'll have a long travel mtb with a prototype Avinox labled 'MG'. Might be a gearbox motor combo.

I've been on Kenda Nevegal 2 Pro on the front and I've been very impressed. 2.4s measure a bit narrow. 2.6 are perfect (at least on my hardtail where a bit more cushioning is nice!) Running them in both 29er and 27.5 both front and rear (on different bikes) and I am genuinely impressed. As grippy as DHF / DHR II (that I can compare to) but much lighter and much faster rolling.

To each their own. I don’t own either (and won’t anytime in the near future), but I would take a Surron before an e-bike everyday of the week if it was for personal use. (I would only ride the Surron on trails designated for motorized use or private property where I had explicit permissions)

Don’t hate the tool. Hate the “tool.” Utilized in the proper context, they are loads of fun. It’s unfortunately too easy to act the fool on one.

they should use actual moto parts... because they are fucking eMotos. I hate those fucking bikes.

100% made for Surrons.

I have always liked POC Coron Air b/c its using EPP for that reason. Small crashes, I don't have to worry if the shell is still in good shape.

What are people running for summer trail tires? I just switched to a Dissector V2/Forekaster Exo+ combo. Thoughts: I forgot how good Maxxgrip is when its new. I was definitely getting squirrely off of the lips of jumps for the first few runs - I'd gotten so used to the radial front that my brain had to recalibrate. I was pretty confident on the dissector right away. No vague handling characteristics, no washouts, solid cornering in dry/loose conditions. Curious to see how the forekaster holds up in the rear.