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No riding for me this weekend, my new spokes didn't come in so I can't lace up a set of fresh cranks.

That Lauf freehub would go great together with these cranks.

I have a project brewing for next summer that's a mini mullet park bike and honestly I've been surprised at the fact I can have matching modern Conti tires and matching 27.5/26" rims at this point that can handle bike park riding. Basically, I haven't had to go down any rabbit holes to find good stuff that can handle me, a 200lb, poor line choice hack riding in a bike park and even working in shops, I'm blown away by that considering it was like pulling teeth the last 5-6 years.

Government land management

Saw them at Pappy and Harriet's in Pioneertown, CA last August... did not disappoint. AMAZING live.

And sales numbers.

IDK what the riddles mean, but good excuse to re-listen to this classic.

That would depend on the overall progression of the frame. Higher leverage ratio means easier to get into the travel, essentially it means you have a longer lever arm to compress the shock, more of a mechanical advantage. If it stays higher through the whole travel, and isn't as progressive, like it starts with a 3.5 lr and goes to a 2.5 lr at the end and the larger bike starts at 3.0 and goes to 2.0, assuming a linear curve, that's 28% progressive vs 30%. If the shock volume and pressures the same, the 28% would have less bottom...

Here is a timeline of tariff Trump did during his first term: https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2019/05/16/tariff-timelin… And the latest data for country or origin of imported bikes I could find on Bicycle Retailer News: https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2023/08/08/bike-imports-p…

It should also be mentioned that there will be retaliatory tariffs imposed by other countries. So, your reward for already making products here? Now, they'll be harder to sell elsewhere. Yay. Then there are tariff exclusions or exemptions, which can be freely given to companies friendly to the administration. Smaller businesses or those without political connections may get stuck with the higher tariffs, which can hurt their ability to compete, even if they produce similar goods or services.

What I am learning (and I know, anecdotes are not data) is that many/most Americans think that foreign companies will have to pay any tariffs and that the buck stops there; that that's how tariffs work, end of story 🥴

Man, Trek isn't even the first mountain bike manufacturer to make a one-off metal full suspension bike called the Pipedream. And with Wade's the name worked on additional levels which is better. Damn, Brian beat me to it by moments.

Wade's Pipedream. https://bikes.com/en-ca/blogs/stories/wade-simmons-pipedream?srsltid=Af…

...and for fun, Nvidia - $3,253,615 per employee (and operating margins are 65%, too) must be nice.

in a far corner of my shitbox den lurks this beauty. One day her time will come again. you know those barnfinds with old porsches and mercedes gullwings in America, I'll be the Australian version of old 90's mtb. If I had hair I'd get it permed.

Looks over forked