maximumradness

About Me

I miss the weather in the PNW.
Colorado changed how I ride.
My kids are so rad.
Found a shred babe, gonna keep her.
Gratitude is the meaning of life.
I used to own my own bike shop.
Now we are making stuff
hi5bikes.com

... More

Member Summary

Followers: 4

Following: 5

Photos: 157

Videos: 2

Setup: view

Forum topics started: 6

Forum replies: 229

Comments: 351

Fantasy: 320th

Lives in:

Dillon, CO, USA

Member Since:

8/1/2009

Recent Activity

Filter:

All

maximumradness Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems

6/26/2026 9:52am

I have been working really really diligently to not blame the long rear center on my spire XXL for my shit Manuals. I never really had them on lock anyways…. So I keep pulling and thrusting and ripping my shoulders apart all the time. Like trails, uphills , rough stuff , speed slow, cruising with the kids on connectors- just...

Rhetti_2_Ride Liked a reply to forum topic Dumb Bike Problems

6/26/2026 9:46am

https://www.gravitygrabber.com/products/grab-bar A past shop buddy of mine designed this one.

This forum topic has 310 replies.

Fenton Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/24/2026 8:53am

Content cannot be rendered.

This forum topic has 6969 replies.

maximumradness Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/24/2026 8:54am

Seriously tho; that could be a really great little electric moto - and I bet it would have a 525 reach and a 460 rear center in the XXL CC builds

maximumradness Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/24/2026 8:52am

Gearboxes have always had drag issues. E-bikes have always had drivetrain issues This was inevitable and makes a ton of sense really … Ironically, the newest talaria’s espouse their bad ass gearbox’s too. Pegs or pedals? You choose.

maximumradness Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/24/2026 8:49am

Thanks boss. I’d just like to say a big thanks to spomer for keeping the squids, the crabs and the trolls in their respective lanes Where’s the PIMP’d out SURRON thread ?

maximumradness Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/24/2026 8:48am

XXL Reach will still be a wimpy 495 tho

maximumradness Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/23/2026 8:08pm

I need a rumor…… about a Horst Hightower ….. What’s the word on the next Cruz to “transition” to 4bar? Where da rumors at? (Surrons are peak e-bike)

maximumradness Added a comment about video Amaury, Asa, Andi - The Weekend by John Lawlor from Leogang

6/15/2026 5:33am

LAWLOR RULEZ.

Votes:

This video has 2 comments.

maximumradness Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/13/2026 5:18pm

But can you still eat 8 bananas in one breath ?

maximumradness Added a reply to 2026 Leogang World Cup Downhill

6/12/2026 12:16pm

I like it when Charlie interviews all the rock stars on his way down. more of that Charlie! but yeah great look at this wild track too.

maximumradness Added a comment about video Vital RAW - Leogang World Cup Downhill

6/12/2026 11:59am

im here for this. what a great track, tune for speed, or jank, and suffer for it either way!

Votes:

This video has 3 comments.

TEAMROBOT Liked a comment about video Vital RAW - Leogang World Cup Downhill

6/12/2026 11:58am

It's just so sick. The tire sounds in the flat-ish right hander starting at 3:30 are second to none, and Loris has the most signature Vital Raw freehub sound at 2:56. Great sneaky go-round line from Remi T at 5:34.

This video has 3 comments.

NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/6/2026 6:25am

I think there's a business case to be made for lower-cost park bikes now that many peoples' primary bikes are eMTBs. Back in the day, my cohort of friends had a trail bike and a DH bike. Later, I feel like it became an enduro bike and a lighter trail bike (aka downcountry). Now, I imagine a lot of mountain bikers' pairings will either be a park bike and an eMTB, or a XC bike and an eMTB.

This forum topic has 6969 replies.

maximumradness Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/6/2026 6:23am

There was a c-sixx and bionicon “idler “ that was just a tube of plastic that worked like that, it actually pivoted on 2 directions and was super slick. That thing silenced a few hardtails for me in the past but I don’t seem to have one in the bin anymore …. I think I saw one in the pit...

maximumradness Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/6/2026 6:19am

I get that. Yes, marketing is a thing. But geometry doesn’t lie. All these bikes have a merit, and end user scenario-a target buyer demographic- built into the development I think we get worked up sometimes when we want that to be us and it isn’t. Or we don’t want it to be ourselves and —— whoopsie! it is! Also...