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Blake_Motley Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
7/26/2025 9:48am Hey @TEAMROBOT do you still have your podium? How annoying would it be for you to try to replicate this? Schroeder and I were talking about this and he mentioned that the fork is probably constantly going in and out of alignment on the trail and questioned how much it even matters that the fork is starting in perfect alignment...
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Blake_Motley Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
7/26/2025 6:40am A second binding Podium has hit Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMjL7O2S-5t/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
AvgMTBEnjoyer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
7/25/2025 9:07am A union adds democratic structure to a corporation. The workers use their bargaining power as leverage to negotiate their working conditions. You vote for your union reps like you would for representatives in government/council. Plenty of countries have gone insolvent due to the decisions of an autocratic leader, just like plenty of companies have gone downhill due to the decisions of a bad CFO. Bike companies are not an exception. The fact is, having the responsibility of an entire company in the hands of unaccountable CFOs or board members is a lot worse for stability than the responsibility being shared...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
7/25/2025 9:06am Don’t know a lot about labor politics outside the U.S., but respectfully, labor unions really can take credit for getting US workers the 40 hour work week and the weekend. Labor unions did that, and it took about 60 years of organizing before FDR signed the Fair Labor Standards Act into law in 1938: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/sep/09/viral-image/does-8-ho…
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dantecusolito Liked a reply to forum topic ChatGPT + Bikes
7/24/2025 1:12pm AI chatbots only regurgitate words it's found online in a different order, so the better option would be to see what actual dirt jumpers do, rather than using a glorified thesaurus to do your thinking for you. AI has its place for consolidating information, but this isn't it.
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Blake_Motley Added a comment about press release VHS Relaunches V-3 Chain Sound Dampener with Support from RideWrap
7/24/2025 1:10pm
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Blake_Motley Added a comment about product review Decoy
7/24/2025 10:30am
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Blake_Motley Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
7/22/2025 8:56pm Lugs don’t seem to be a contributor here. If they were, you’d see a failure close to the joint. That seatstay failed directly in the middle of a uniform carbon tube because it exceeded its https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_critical_load The frame has probably been bottomed out hard one too many times, or there was a defect/impact in the carbon
LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
7/22/2025 8:47pm Just to clarify. They Streisand'd the whole scenario. It's not like BK has the best reputation regardless (gestures vaguely at recent events) but he asked for the clip to be removed from MoiMoi's youtube video and generally tried to hide the event within the media and sweep it under the rug. Plus it came after his devastating live crash at Crankworx. Plus it had the added context of people going 'well its just a proto with an unfortunate proto flaw' for the first one, and then that happened. He got perfect storm'd... By some factors outside of his control and...
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Blake_Motley Added a comment about product review Mezzer Pro
7/20/2025 1:34pm
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/20/2025 1:33pm If you haven't watched it yet, drop everything and watch the 35 second video on the link in the original post (above my comment). And yes, you need to watch the WHOLE 35 seconds.
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Blake_Motley Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/19/2025 11:16pm I was skeptical until I watched the entire 30 second promo of the downhill scooter
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7/19/2025 9:22pm Real (I use Siemens products almost every day at work)
seanfisseli Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/19/2025 9:01am
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Blake_Motley Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/17/2025 9:24pm fashion vs function. Surely bigger glasses will keep more dust out of your eyes right? Idk I’m not the right person to make this argument I never ride with glasses anyway
Blake_Motley Added a comment about product review Mezzer Pro
7/17/2025 8:52pm I’ve seen some interesting financial decisions in the bike industry but different dampers for different wheel sizes would be up there. It doesn’t hurt to call and ask though!
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TEAMROBOT Liked a comment about product review An Unsuspecting Contender - Rocky Mountain's Instinct Powerplay
7/17/2025 8:36pm
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Blake_Motley Added a comment about product review Mezzer Pro
7/17/2025 7:46am The Mezzer Expert has a different damper than the Pro. Expert only has a single compression adjustment and no hydraulic bottom out so you’ll still have a ways to go. Maybe you could get the 27.5 Pro for $330 and rip out all the internals? That’s probably close to the cost of the IRT plus a hypothetical damper upgrade kit
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/16/2025 8:15pm Dude the org chart couldn't be clearer. But seriously, whenever I see anything this convoluted I immediately assume it's a drug front, money laundering, or tax evasion.
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