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The flat pedal king; shop sponsored rocking a demo and ohlins for now🤟🏻

I've been following the vampire stuff very closely since launch, even got my name down for a frame a while back. Not sure if I'll go through with it, as I'm very happy with my current bike I built recently. The most up to date information can be found on the vampire mtbr forum, from what is available it'll be a pretty awesome bike, and frames just got to Chris in Utah last week. https://www.mtbr.com/threads/vampire.1222986/page-2?nested_view=1&sortb… And on the topic of silver wheelsets, I've been hoping Crankbrothers will release the silver wheelset that is currently OEM only to the end consumer...

Vampire is close to launching. Chris Canfield was at the factory a few months back doing QC before putting the bikes on a boat. Should be any week now for the Fasterossa to go on sale!

I've actually put a lot of thought into it since I have a few frames with broken front triangles, pretty good idea what I want and an idea I'd use one of the rear ends with a "homemade" front triangle. I mean sort of "home design, mate made" because my welds look more like pop corn than anything I'd ride. The biggest limitation I see is main pivot placement. A high pivot would be fairly easy, but the broken frames I have both have a pivot close to the BB. So the main pivot would need to be moved about...

Hnnnnnngggggggggggg I need those silver rims!

I for one, am fully in favor of the increased availability of silver components (and I guess I should take some pics of my bike and post them in Bike Checks)

I know there’s a lot going on today with belt drives and pull shocks but how about silver rims?

If I recall that brief conversation correctly, Dak was suggesting he was able to run lower pressures than normal with the new casing. My understanding of the way the shwalbe radial's work is you end up running higher pressure. I don't know anything about tires though so maybe they are and its just different.

Something everyone has to realize about UBM and UDH is that SRAM is in the business of selling OEM to massive bike companies. Anything SRAM can do to make the process faster and cheaper/better for the OEMs is seen as a win. In the case of Transmission/wireless drivetrains, that is a WIN for OEMs. Say they can shave -5-10 minutes a bike not having to deal with cables, setting stops, tension, etc. They can install a Transmission drivetrain in <5mins, vs. say 10-12min for a cable-actuated version. Now, multiply that times 20,000 MTB builds and you have million(s) of dollars...

Come on, Orbea!! Make a Wild DH gearbox !!!

Reece on a Belt driven bike, Atherton Bikes moving to a Belt driven DH. Will someone win the $100k Belted Purse this season?

Reece Wilson-All Or Nothing Racing Team

Made by Allen Millyard?

atherton gearbox?

Öhlins RXF36 m.3:

FWIW a friend of mine is running a single crown Intend USD fork and says torsional stiffness or lack thereof is a non issue. Based on his and Darren's comments I would say that is very reasonable and it makes sense torsional stiffness really isn't an issue for a fork. The looks and perception point I was making still stands as until people genuinely try an "out there" product, they will have perceptions, assumptions and reservations, even if unfounded.

One of the good points that Darren from Push made about stiffness with their new USD fork was that torsional stiffness was overblown because front wheel traction limits the amount of force the front wheel experiences while riding. While you may be able to brace the wheel with your legs and twist the handlebars to show some twisting, that level of force is substantially higher than what is experienced in normal riding. I do take that with a grain of salt, since there was a little bit too much marketing speak from Push in the discussion but it was a...