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Has anyone considered the possibility that the belt might in fact be the weakest part of the gearbox ecosystem? Sounds like most of the concerns over gearboxes on the wc circuit involve belts slipping.

a killer race recap video from spider mountain texas and their hill country DH series #1

Smash a thumbs up on this post if you confirm all three: 1) you know what a Bassworm is, 2) you know how to install one, 3) you installed one on your own bike. I do, I do, and I did.

At least here in the US, DH is getting better and better by the year. In my corner of the world (southeast US) I've witnessed many of my buddies I used to race enduros with buy downhill bikes and swap disciplines in the past few years, including myself. I'll always have a soft spot for enduros, (I trained for years and raced dozens of them, and still do), but it's undeniable that the energy and vibe at downhill events is unmatched. What I've noticed over the past few years at the local, regional, and international levels, is that the pointy...

The median income in the last ranked state (Mississippi) is higher than the median income for the entirety of the UK. Your problem is lack of social programs, not lack of income. American's are obscenely rich, yet have ~15% poverty rate (from OECD data). If you get an international perspective you'd realise how well off the majority of Americans are

The Levo killed the enduro star. How many e-bikes where being sold in 2015 and how many enduro bikes are being sold compared to e-bikes today? It’s a lot less about how to broadcast a race than it is about sales trends

Endurance racing and Enduro as it is i see as separate, with current enduro format evolving from a mix of big mountain endurance races and Super D in the early 2010's. Its just different then endurance. While I'm happy to be wrong, I doubt you will see the general public that do enjoy following enduro care about timed up's or the bikes that come with it. They wanted untamed DH tracks on heavy hitting bikes where anyone could come out on top if they had it in them and for a while, that's what they got. 2016-2021 were fantastic. Wyn's...

If Putin/Trump hit the big red buttons and nukes are flying, there will be 2 things left in existence. Cockroaches Giant Bicycles

Are brakes the new component that we've realised is easy to make with a run-of-the-mill machine shop? I expected more cranks to go with the overpopulated machined-stem-and-pedal market, especially since 5dev proved that you don't even need to make a good product to charge stupid amounts for it, but perhaps we're leapfrogging to brakes instead.

The bankruptcy hearing was definitely on 9/11/2001 and that's when Schwinn was broken up into two with the bicycle side (Schwinn bike, GT, Riteway) going to Pacific and the fitness side (Schwinn Airdynes, "Spinning" bikes, etc) being purchased by Direct Focus aka Nautilus. At that time I was managing a big IBD in Boulder, CO and due to the events of that day we sent all the staff home before opening while a few of the managers stuck around to receive packages and generally sit around in shock. We carried a fairly decent selection of mid to high-end Schwinn Road...