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Linkglide has been spectacular for me. Might be my favorite groupset ever (it replaced dog puke NX, so that probably makes it seem better). Every low spec ebike should come with it.

https://asacycles.co.uk/collections/rail New Trek Rail - 800w integrated battery, mullet only

My ancestors arrived in Ste Anne de Beaupre from France in the 1780’s. If you have any French or Acadian blood in you, your family also likely arrived via Ste Anne. If you have a French surname, I highly recommend heading to the cathedral near the falls and paging through the book of names. On my first visit to MSA in 1997, i found signatures from ancestors who used to make a yearly bicycle pilgrimage from the Maine Coast to Mt Ste Anne in the late 19th century! Bicycles, hospitality and Ste Anne go ALL the way back. Iam not...

Weren't they back into MTB twice already? All I rem mber is the CEO spitting his dummy out over how nobody in MTB appreciates them and that they're never coming back. And they've come back twice since. However, those parts look straight out of 2004, absolutely no thanks. If they're not gonna make themselves a viable option by actually selling their things, then it's all a moot point anyway.

I'm still thinking that the pedal kickback perception has more to do with chain management than classic kickback caused by anti-squat. Said another way, it's the chain slap pulling the cassette forward, and then slamming into a pawls/teeth, vs chain growth, caused by anti-squat/growth. This has less (but still it's something) to do with hub engagement and more to do with various ways to control (damp) the chain oscillations and smashing forces when the chain movement comes to an abrupt halt against any of the various bike components. I've played around a lot with making my bikes quiet, which makes...

I was actually in talks to do some contract work at Pinkbike on their buy/sell page, but they stopped responding after looking thru my comment history. Then I got permanently banned.

In my experience, there's no replacement for displacement.

More so in the long-term review… Some companies have trouble building „regular“ hubs, so I‘m a bit concerned that extra complication could come at the expense of longevity / robustness Generally rad product though!

I like the ski analogy. I feel like there was a golden age for powder skis around 2012-2014. The Bent Chetlers from that era remain one of my favorite skis ever. Since then, powder skis have walked back a bit in terms of how purpose driven they are. I think largely because it didn’t make sense to have so many skis made for conditions few were accessing. I wonder if we will see something similar with bike design where what’s considered a big bike gets a little smaller since most trails aren’t akin to bike park laps. That said, I’m...

I always felt that the suspension-creep happened for two reasons (and I'm happy to be proven otherwise): 1. Refined kinematics allowing for better pedalling performance allowing greater suspension travel without as many drawbacks 2. Better long-travel single-crown forks allowing for 170-180mm front travel without flexy noodles. These two combined resulting in models like the Megatower creeping up in travel, and then the Hightower creeps up behind to maintain the gaps in travel from before. So rather than the mid-travel models getting longer legs, its the long-travel models getting longer and the mid-travel growing to fill the gap. As was definitely...

We get it- you like a progressive bike 😅 I’d think you’d be stoked on this because you get to make another link 🙂

What about killington for the other North American stop? Sounds like lots of pros headed for the us open this year. Close to st Anne for teams to travel with a van setup. Be a shame to loose the us open but with how good those guys are at building a track and race culture they could turn out new events and feeder series every few years. Part of the leaked document mentioned new venues hosting a high level event for a few year before world cups. Us open is a great way to do that.