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I asked ChatGPT what Sesame Seed was talking about and to be okay with being brutally honest and distasteful if it wants. Enjoy: This comment seems to be a convoluted attempt at drawing parallels between professional bike racing and motorsports, particularly Formula 1, but it’s a jumbled mess of loose associations and misplaced terminology. Let’s break it down brutally: 1. Chain Drive Skepticism : The commenter kicks off with skepticism about recent changes to bike racing due to “chain drive,” but gives no real details or context for what exactly they are skeptical about. It feels like they are grasping...

The 29 lyrik lowers allowed wheel clearance around the arch. Custom crowns were needed to accommodate the c-c of the bore on said lowers. We built two sets for the 2018 season. I think we had to limit the travel to 190 though

Mechanically speaking, nothing is gained with a 15mm axle over a 20mm. What we gained by going with the (mechanically inferior) 15mm axle is the rapid and widespread adoption of thru-axles across all mountain bikes, then road bikes, then gravel and CX bikes. If the axle choices in 2012 (or whenever) were viewed as a binary choice between lightweight XC-oriented QR axles and a heavy DH-oriented 20mm thru axle, I think it would have taken a lot longer for product managers to go out on a limb and spec better forks and axles. 15mm axles gave product managers needed cover...

I predict the crank market will eventually land on 150 - 165 as the accepted range. I say this as a 6'2" guy (with shitty hips) happily running 165 trailduro cranks and 160's on DH and eeb. Even the roadies are heading this direction. Skeptical? Go try and sell some used cranks in the longer lengths. Not much interest out there.

I generally agree, however winter sports are incredibly expensive where I am and it's mostly money you never see again. Resort accommodation or transport, lift passes (which exceed $200/day!) etc. At least when you spend $5-10k on a bike you have an object you can hold on to for as long as you like, and can ride it whenever and wherever you like!

Living in a country where we have to travel to ski/snowboard if I break it down to participation hours biking is way cheaper than winter sport holidays. I'd be budgeting £1000 per week for a trip to the Alps. I don't know about other countries, but neither I, nor the majority of my riding buddies are anywhere near what I would perceive as upper middle class, most of us are firmly working class and have the spending power of that level. Granted we are wealthy on a global scale, as are most people in the 1st world, but within the...

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This ties into what I was thinking. I've been mulling about that Atherton could become FMD's bike sponsor. Tahnee ends up on Atherton, as was rumoured, but she stays with the family program, and it works with Tony Seagraves' excited 'new bike' claims, provided he wasn't being sneaky and just indicating the whole team was going to be on the new Canyon bike.

Greg Minnaar's last track walk as a World Cup rider - at 8mn10 there's a hilarious exchange between Greg and Gracey as they get to the Simba gap, famously pioneered by Greg ("really?" " what do you mean really?" 😂😂😂):

I mentioned a few pages back that some dude made some assinine comments and got shut down hard. Since then he's been downvoting everything he reads. If I could ban him I would but he'd just start a new membership like he's done already. #Asslife.

Watching Norco go from publicly announcing they were shutting down their race team to then signing Greg and now potentially adding 3 more riders has been quite the roller coaster but I'm here for it.

I can hear the Motörhead all ready!

I was thinking Bout George yesterday. If they ever did a Follow Me: Two then i’d like to see him on the roster.

George Brannigan retires from racing. Let's hope some nasty shreddits are in his future!

Single pivots are a lot of fun! Give great feedback and are responsive, even if they aren't always the best under braking or the most plush. Kona does a great single pivot.

It works as advertised for the most part. There are still scenarios where pedal kickback can be encountered, but they should be pretty rare. Let's consider the current generation Nomad for an example. The suspension has to compress about 80mm to get 18 degrees of pedal kickback. Because you are always guaranteed the same amount of slack in the hub, on any compression smaller than this it does make pedal kickback impossible to encounter. If you are compressing your suspension more than 80mm, it then becomes a question of how fast is the shock moving when you hit the 80mm...

There should be a law that once a product is EOL and is not supported anymore, the specs for the spare parts should be freely published. Including, for example, the dimensions of frame parts to be able to either weld up cracked parts to correct dimensions or have someone be able to recreate things. Right to repair really can't come quickly enough.

I know this site is more big bike centered but Corey Wallace (Kona endurance racer...) spotted on a proto g3 Hei-Hei. Proof that Kona is still alive!

This thread needs a voting poll at the top...