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E-bike cable tourism is notorious for friction, it’s worth checking. You also should check hanger for alignment, a new hanger is not the same as a properly aligned hanger, and often the hanger will need tweaking to account for frame tolerances etc. set is up is right, things aren’t worn, and the hanger is straight, then cable routing is next stop.

It’s not. I don’t wanna ever have to have a relationship anyone in the warranty department. I just like my things to work well for years.

I feel like I can hear the derailleur just by looking at it 🙊

New cable XT and Deore drivetrains for Shimano on the new Orbea Oiz. Looks like they use the new clutch style like on the new DI2 derailleurs...

From the downtime podcast, apparently when Loic crashed he was wearing an alpinestars airbag system. The tech MX system is on the market already (Barcia was wearing it during is insane supercross crash ealier this year), but it would be fantastic to see mtb-focused versions as well.

I think there's a business case to be made for lower-cost park bikes now that many peoples' primary bikes are eMTBs. Back in the day, my cohort of friends had a trail bike and a DH bike. Later, I feel like it became an enduro bike and a lighter trail bike (aka downcountry). Now, I imagine a lot of mountain bikers' pairings will either be a park bike and an eMTB, or a XC bike and an eMTB.

My hot take is if Brage wasn’t attached to this bike, the response would be much less positive.

Maybe I just haven’t noticed before on the other 32” bike pictures, but damn those tires look so close together.

Man… this forum is screwed. Everything is turning crab, each new product launch is 1.25% better than the shitty unusable last generation, and now we are discussing solar capabilities on an ai bike that will more than likely be a kickstarter scam. The future looks great! 😃

Can you make aftermarket cable routing too?

The accountants

I'll be honest, 15% is pretty low. Not V1 Sentinel low but getting there. Definitely down in the "huh" range. The only way I'd ever expect to get that to not bottom out in the parking lot with a coil is run practically no sag or run an unreasonable amount of damping. I had a V2 Hightower as a personal bike for a bit. It was significantly more progressive with a little more travel and a little more shock stroke to work with. I put a DHX2 on it once for the sake of experimenting. At 30% sag it would...

Has anyone looked at the similarities of the T6 and the late GT frames, yet? https://gtbicycles.com/collections/trail-mountain-bikes/products/sensor…

My brother runs a shop in Eureka and this is definitely true there. A significant portion of the community relies on bikes for commuting and when money is tight people ditch their cars first.

I love you all but can we please move the commuting talk to a different thread? Thanks!

our house is carved into the hill, with the car park 4 stories below. only accessible by a car lift, one spot costs 250 chf/month. i bike to work and use the swiss train network for everything else, and my transportation costs are still lower than that...

I worked on advocacy for the 15 minute city concept, and can tell you that literally no one has actually proposed restricting travel. That idea is a "bUt OuR fReEdUmB" talking point aimed at people who do their own "research".

I'm at point where I want my car when I need it, but with the expenses that come with it, I would like to use it less often..

I believe that the idea behind 15 minute cities wasn't to restrict travel, but to lay out cities where you don't need to travel more than 15 minutes to get what you need. But, in most American cities, a 15 minute drive takes at least 30 minutes and a 15 minute walk is considered to be inhumane.