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The timing of the forum changes and Bizutch's return are suspicious... 🤔

this video about vail resorts is pretty fascinating. it's about skiing but we're just skiing with wheels, right?

Micheal Jackson actually wrote man in the mirror about bar stack vs rise.

TEAMROBOT ain’t yo daddy. TEAMROBOT is your robot overlord. TEAMROBOT will not abide by your passive aggression. TEAMROBOT will direct you to the appropriate forum thread. May we all thank TEAMROBOT for his continued patience.

Wasn't she in Transformers?

The market is ripe for a new brand filling the gap between Fox Head and Fox Tail. Please welcome: Fox Torso

I WORK for DT Swiss so this is a shameless plug. No astroturfing here... We launched new dirt jump wheels today. First time we have used brass nipples in a system wheel. We are also offering the hubs separately. D 1900 CLASSIC - Dirt Jump wheels | DT Swiss

For the XC demons out there - Roval released a sub 1000gram (claimed 998grams) control world cup wheelset today it looks like Must be some of the lightest XC wheels from a big name manufacturer. And with some form of warranty/crash replacement, at least for US customers. Here in europe we dont get the "crash replacement" part of Roval unfortunately. Not sure how good or bad it is for you guys. Priced just around $3000 for you guys, where I live the price converts into about €3500, so quite steep. https://www.specialized.com/us/en/roval-control-world-cup/p/1000218374?…

Aussie makes his own 2chainz bike This makes me want to buy a High Pivot frame and a lathe.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGlXfYzMdDA/?igsh=MWFlZ2JvN3E4M2cybA%3D%… Sorry, I'm old, don't know how to embed that thing into my post. Kinda surprised that thing wasn't already here. On another note, a new non-Saint DH drivetrain is a coming!

went to check in w/ Chris Canfield at Vampire last week. super interesting stuff. showed his steel and new titanium bike and discussed it all. detail pics here https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/vampire-bikes-basement-chris-canfield

The course Marshall's removing a "golden ticket" holder from the C pits after they are disqualified for reentering the course in the wrong spot....

Adjustable noise levels?!?

TLDR: More volts = more betterer for design, and battery requirements, but not a huge impact to the end user if the design is done right. Complicated question and answer. There isn't a massive reason to favor a 48v system over a 36v system. The biggest advantage to a higher voltage system is within the formula/equation for current/watts/amps. Said another way... Amps = Watts / Volts. Here is an example... Assuming 750w power request/output by the motor. 750 watts / 48 volts = 15.6 amps 750 watts / 36 volts = 20.8 amps Batteries are generally more efficient the less...

RE Maurer's brakes: the star-shape cutout for the pistons is not something exclusive to Hope. The lever looks really similar in shape to the ones Oak Components sell. The Galfer caliper looked different (pics from 2023):

Looks familiar 🤔

Took me a bit to dig this up... Specialized patent drawing from late 2023. Looks like they're continuing to iterate on this.

Reading the news about Ari opening up a "satellite" location today: