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Guys, make a belt vs chain thread or something, The rest of us dont care for gearbox's & belts etc

Believe it or not, I have one on my bike, and a chain on a few other bikes. Bending with and without load is not the same thing,and the energy used by bending a belt is fairly constant,while chains friction increases with power. There's a dedicated thread to all this now, just saying like someone else mentioned, there's a lot of confirmation bias and a huge echo chamber talking about drag, but I literally just have 2 bikes next to me, one with a belt, and one with a chain I didn't lube after riding yesterday. There's no difference worth...

Fearon riding a v10 in his last ig post. Looks like he might be off forbidden after all…

Flat pedals!!!!

Good catch. I was a little confused with this so I digged around and found that Emmy Lan is also on the Dunbar team. Those who noted Connor didn't officially say goodbye goodbye could be correct. Maybe forbidden is getting some help with their gravity team this year and no longer are a "factory" team and have Dunbar/ Corsa cycles joining the program for support... Interesting as at this time I don't think Dunbar or Corsa sells forbidden bikes. Both Emmy Lan and Rhys Verner reside in Squamish where Corsa cycles is located...

A little bit of contrast and image levelling and it’s super clear. Yeti nailed down.

Bushing require tight tolerances and proper maintenance. The cycling industry is crappy at tight tolerances. Most cyclist are crappy at maintenance. It's a win win resulting in the horrible reputation that bushings have. Like press fit bearings, they are the correct engineering solution. But that would require the bike industry to stop being crappy.

My guess

Ancillotti did bushings as well, even on the main pivot. I believe they still do. A buddy of mine had one. He needed to break the bushings in, so I believe they come quite tight from the factory and then kind of grind themselves to the right tolerances. He was (is) rather sloppy with bike care, but the bike never creaked or so. Anecdotal, I know, but could hint that with the right execution bushings could work... Edit: just got called out: a) by first friend not approving being called sloppy, b) by second friend wondering how I could have...

This is very Sam Hill “thank you Nukeproof” -esque when everyone thought he was leaving. It doesn’t sound like Connor is actually saying he’s off the team?

What's old is new.

Not that he’s racing anymore, but saw George Branigan on a Transition in Danny Harts latest video. I know there was talk of some other Kiwis being on Transition this year so maybe that could be what Brook is riding?

Whoooooosh! 🤣

The 13 year old in me also wonders if they meant the "d" to be a "p"... 😆

kogel introduces their corrosion-resistant bearing https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/kogel-debuts-first-ever-cor…