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john_likes_bikes Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
6/25/2026 1:01pm Still no one has tried Zee radials? Any reviews out there I've missed? I may have to be the guinea pig.
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john_likes_bikes Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/24/2026 12:30pm I think all the new tech coming down the road will all be here faster than we realize. Like the early days of the iphone, a new one every 6 months.
torw Liked a reply to forum topic Bar ends ... so hot right now
6/24/2026 10:17am
I've got mine set up with ODI Longneck push ons, and it's been great so far. I trimmed the mushroomed end of the grip to give my palm a little more room on the flat section of the grip, as the side of my hands were cramping up where they met the bar end. That cramp has gone away and the performance has been super sweet, noticeably less hand fatigue than without them. That being said, I've gotten them into the bike park and they straight up suck on jump trails. They have a tendency to poke my wrists or...
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john_likes_bikes Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/24/2026 10:11am New motor is much wider and doesn't retrofit into todays M1/M2 frames so that's probably not the case.
john_likes_bikes Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
6/12/2026 9:17am The Albert performed SO poorly in the mud for me you'll slide off the trails LONG before you rub the paint off your links. 😄
john_likes_bikes Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/10/2026 6:36am Beyond emtbs the industry has run out of reasons to tell us we need a new bike so they're consolidating. Makes total business sense, especially after many companies got killed after misreading the market after the pandemic. If 32" wheels or the next big idea we complain about around these parts catches on they'll build out their lineup again. It...
sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/8/2026 6:13pm
30+ years ago bullet bros was trying to solve the same problems.
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john_likes_bikes Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
6/3/2026 1:18pm First thing I thought is I'll see these all over the lifts as rental bikes
john_likes_bikes Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
6/3/2026 10:13am Without whipping out a ruler is the spacing all that different than a DHR 2? My position would be more about the "soft" seeming to be very, very soft for a rear tire. An Albert Soft held up better but not substantially more. This is my first time trying a TC so maybe I should have expected this? Any who...
john_likes_bikes Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
6/3/2026 9:30am I'm 100% with you. I'm flat out disappointed by the wear on my rear Soft TC. I ride the same conditions and experienced the same wear... the soft is just too soft to hold up on ANY type if bike. If the TC was meant for purely race runs only as stated above then that should be somewhere in the...
john_likes_bikes Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
6/2/2026 9:05am Second hand embarrassment
schwalbai Liked a reply to forum topic Tire chat (nerds only)
6/1/2026 9:47am
Understandable mixup. We use Schwalbe PRO line to identify our highest quality tires that our Pros also race on. Schwalbe Line (missing the "Pro") is the trusted value option. You'd find this in a tire like the Gravity Tacky Chan, which has a TLR gravity diagonal casing with a bit more rubber/laps for support, but still uses the same Soft rubber compound you'd find on a PRO tire. Previously we did three levels of quality; Active, Performance, Evolution. But the Schwalbe brand is making a large effort to simplify and reduce SKU counts. Going from 3 product levels down to...
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john_likes_bikes Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
5/29/2026 3:04pm I thought "PRO" referred only to the Radial line but I think I'm wrong.... I'm still confused about the naming changes.
john_likes_bikes Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
5/29/2026 9:04am The next radial?
john_likes_bikes Added a reply to PIT BITS - Loudenvielle World Cup Downhill
5/28/2026 7:37pm They started with the Rise-Reverse stem then said F it, we'll make our own WITH clamps
obsethed Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/26/2026 12:12pm
OneUp Rims? On Caleb Holonkos Bike
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john_likes_bikes Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
5/26/2026 9:40am Why not ride the already available Supernought? Or are they totally moving away from that suspension platform for long travel too?
john_likes_bikes Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
5/21/2026 10:09am Politics, religion and emtb power limits. People are dug in, better for Avinox to not try to change minds.
john_likes_bikes Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
5/20/2026 9:10am Anyone have time on the new Vee radial offerings? Treads look good for what ever that's worth.
john_likes_bikes Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
5/18/2026 11:14am I think I'm in your riding area.... probably 350-400 miles. Might get another 50-100 max if I wanted to squeeze some more out of it. I think swapping in the new Maven cams and adding modulation might be significant enough of a change to give me some more miles bc of less locking.
