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Great colour

remember 20 years ago when MTBR vs $eth vs a13x made ridemonkey go off?

He also quite invented the tires "cross mounting" during Monte Carlo rally. Basically putting 2 snow tires and 2 road tires but in diagonal (for ex: front left rear / right snow tires and front right / left rear road tires). The guy has some magic when it comes to setting up his machines

They say every Lahar bike has some pubes in the weave

Likely pareidolia but could be a designer that's trying to be funny. I've designed stuff in the past the looked fine then when I looked at it 24hours later or from a different angle all I saw was a dick or a silhouette of trump screaming. I did a concept art piece of a game concept and in the sky is definitely trump screaming about something and it annoys the hell out of me that it is there in the final approve piece.

Haha! As a graphic designer, I'm quite sure the "hidden message" is what the viewer is bringing to that design. Read as, someone has "anal" on their mind and it wasn't the designer. That said, it is the graphic designer's job to vet the design to avoid issues like people who read "anal" in everything.

Can confirm...

whoa, that fork/wheel clearance is gnarly. also, bummer those not-a-race screencaps are basically old news. i'll leave the true nerding to you all. also also, high fives on your story sleuthing yesterday also also also, this is technically gear related and freaking hilarious TLD 90-degree "ANAL" (sorry stik)

Great point about rally, i think a lot of the top guys in these sports just have a really good feel for grip and line choice overall. Many people know Nico Vouilloz has numerous rally championship wins at a very high level, but do you know he is also the French Remote Controlled rally driver champion!

I think being a DH rider helped me to learn Moto faster, but I did it in that order and didn't really see any post Moto improvement.

Want to be clear. I love Intense bikes, the brand, Jeff & Jenn all the way back to when Greg Wulff worked there before sliding over to Turner. Just haven't been a paint scheme/sticker fan on the models I've lusted over in many years. I owe my start in DH & serious trail riding to them. He gave me my first Grassroots bike. Had team colors, gave us Intense team jerseys that his top pros were wearing & Jeff worked on my bike himself at this National like I mattered. Would love to rep the brand again but budget has...

Also, the rear axle is effectively a suspension pivot that the wheel rotates ever so slightly around as the swingarm moves up and down and the wheelbase changes (bounce up and down with one or both brakes locked and you'll feel it). Depending on the design, the use of the rear brake restricts the free motion of this pivot to a greater or lesser degree which can account for that slightly harsher feeling even when the suspension is sitting high in the softest part of its travel. I personally always liked the feeling this sort of feedback provided, and back...