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my brother in christ what are they doing needs this but gently caressing your ballsack from the front

Does SRAM do the hall lock mod different than shimano? Shimano you just put a washer between the B screw bumper and the derailleur so that it bottoms out when you tighten it. To get your wheel off, just loosen your derailleur. Pic of shimano for reference. Insert 1-2mm plastic washer where red line is. I didn’t remove the c clip and b screw bumper, I just cut my washer so I could open it and slide it in there.

Still looking for a bike with 69% progression and 420mm stays.

And on rotors installed wrong way around.

Yeah crabs are basically the horst link bikes of the animal world. Everything eventually evolves to crab. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

Or like all gas powered cars (and trucks) ended up with turbo 4 cyl engines. Best configuration for the job (Edit: according to the product manager and bean-counters).

So kind of like the biological world where everything becomes a crab.

I did. But I still expect better. We are talking five figure bikes that can be solved with some clamps and mastic tape or a little oval thing. Why is that left to the customers to figure out where it goes?

Not really a tech rumour but a tech wish: since we’ve somewhat stabilized on geo development and are looking at new ways to innovate, can companies put more effort into silencing bikes? It’s kind of embarrassing that a $10k bike sounds like a shopping cart.

Your point is valid but I’d take it a step further and say hell no to a light bike due to safety. In my view, frame failures (especially DH bikes meant to hit huge features) are just as bad as helmet failures, full stop.

on how many frames is he by now? i have seen so many snapped rear ends before on such a new model on social media

Counterpoint: flat mount brakes also require adapters for different rotor sizes, except for the default 140 or 160 mm (depending on frame manufacturer). For the record, I do not know enough about engineering & frame design to question any of what you said about more efficient loading of the frame/tubing. I assume you're correct in that regard. It's plausible that there are engineering gains achieved by relocating the caliper. But from an end user or mechanic perspective, it's a pain in the ass. I do wonder if the bolt spacing pattern limits the achievable size/power of calipers. AFAIK only Hope...

Yes. We had a standard that did not require threads to be cut into either frames *or* the calipers themselves. Roach a thread and you don't need to repair a frame, replace a caliper, or bleed your brake line -- just replace a cheap aluminum adapter. And don't get me started on how many slightly different lengths of flat-mount brake bolts are out there because every different chainstay depth requires a different bolt. Flat-mount brakes: brought to you by the same minds that think thru-headset cable/hose routing is a perfectly fine idea.

Flat mount in steel MTB is a recipe for disaster. There is very little chainstay remaining once you miter out space for the mount. It was designed for carbon with zero consideration for steel.

Your bias is showin' there, bub!

I’m a big proponent that steel hardtails should always have adjustable dropouts also so they can be run single speed.

That rear brake mount can go fuck itself though.

I clicked on the new SC ebike article on PB. Didn’t really read it, but one of the first lines was like “the bullit has a cult following for balancing travel with weight” Is that actually a real thing? I fortunately don’t get cornered in a room with ebike people, but when I do, they all gush about how frickin awesome having a super heavy bike is for descending. So what is it? A good balance, or the heavier the better?? Is that just SC sending some random script over to copy and paste into the article? Idk man I’m...

Ahh the good old days of Slow Reezay and Super Tacky...