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melonhead1145 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/17/2022 1:40am Yeah, there are very very minimal aero gains to be made on the bike, the largest surface cutting through the air is the rider
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brash Liked a reply to forum topic 2023 TEAM RUMORS
8/15/2022 1:53am
I've made this handy info graphic to explain the UCI in a nutshell, thanks for attending my TED talk. 
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melonhead1145 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/8/2022 2:14am Pretty sure Finn was wearing this helmet at MSA
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8/1/2022 4:09am Warner won't be unemployed. He's already said he is working with Red Bull next year, my guess is he is on a contract with them for X number of years. He does other commentary work apart from DH and XC like X-fighters
melonhead1145 Added a reply to 2023 TEAM RUMORS
7/26/2022 5:12pm Yeah if we could get more round, Aus and NZ in March, then a few week gap and then round Europe a bit then finish over in NA with a US and Canadian round. never going to happen but I can dream
melonhead1145 Added a reply to Seat angle : How steep is too steep ?
7/26/2022 7:57am 80 Degrees effective angle on my 161. Brilliant for going up hills, not the most comfortable on flat due to pressure on my hands. I have my saddle just forward of half way on the rails. I'd say 80 is about the limit of seat angles, and really only suitable for enduro bikes that are going up steep climbs, where...
melonhead1145 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/25/2022 5:44am Yeah already been seen. On some Ebike I think. It's pretty useless, it just tells you if the fork air pressure is correct. When Shockwiz becomes built into the fork then maybe I will be interested
melonhead1145 Added a reply to 2023 TEAM RUMORS
7/22/2022 7:54am Jim Monroe, already on the Atherton team isn't he?
melonhead1145 Added a reply to 2023 TEAM RUMORS
7/22/2022 4:33am Cheif on the bomb squad calls it a day, Nigel Page or Sam Hill retiring?
melonhead1145 Added a reply to 2023 TEAM RUMORS
7/22/2022 4:26am Sounds like it doesn't it, however Elliot Heap on Nukeproof Factory calls Brayton Grandad, and Brayton calls him his Grandson, so I wonder if this is saying that Brayton and Meg Whyte are to be brought into the Nukeproof Factory team?
melonhead1145 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/20/2022 2:03am It's a high pivot, upside down horst link. Aluminium mule for the new forbidden? or as said above a mule for a Norco DH bike, although the range converted to DH bike seems to be working for them.
melonhead1145 Added a reply to 2023 TEAM RUMORS
7/19/2022 2:32am Re the drive to survive type programming, F1 having few teams make sense because it is hugely expensive to run an F1 car, you can't just go to your local car dealer and pick up an F1 car, so teams need to have big budgets to build and develop the car. In DH you can pretty much, go to your...
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7/18/2022 4:08am In the latest Syndicate YT video Peaty says he was waiting a new passport so couldn't travel
melonhead1145 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/16/2022 4:57am Considering the amount of DH WC and EWS racers running mullets, I think it's obvious 29 is too big in the rear for a lot of riders
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7/8/2022 2:33am Regarding the proto demo. On the other site they had some more photos, and there is definitely a shock tunnel in the lower seat tube. I wonder if there is a linkage between the chainstay and frame that drives the shock, making the suspension layout similar to DW6.
melonhead1145 Added a reply to Great Concessions in Mountain Biking
7/5/2022 2:59am I thought the 135mm rear end was only on the super limited edition team replica? Apparently it was a change requested by Sam Hill. I had a 2004 Santa Cruz V-10 with a floating brake mount, the rer spacing was 160mm, but the floating brake cut off 20mm, so the hub was 140mm wide, with a 15mm Axle. As far...
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5/20/2022 2:27am
wait, are those holes so you can adjust the shock! oh man this intense is bad
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melonhead1145 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/17/2022 12:48am There's photos of Greg Minnaar and the new mega tower on his Insta, the post is about the fox 36, but looks to be the new megatower as the bike has an X2 shock
melonhead1145 Added a comment about photo It's Gee!
4/12/2022 7:36am
Good to see Gee out and about.
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melonhead1145 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/12/2022 1:54am Because it will be one of the first 3 chamber air shocks (Negative, and 2 positive). Gives a much more linear progression through the travel as the third air chamber replaces the tokens. EXT, Ohlins and Manitou already use a 3 chamber system in their forks, but it's a bit harder to package in a shock. I expect in 5...