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In my observation no, nobody stands up while climbing. I came from the old school Kirt Voreis school of climbing, which says to stand up all the time to train your descending muscles. Plus I spent a ton of time on singlespeeds, because it reinforced the Voreis approach, and because it's a fun challenge in a bizarre way, but that puts you and I in a very small camp. Most people on road bikes or mountain bikes will sit 99% of the time and will pretty much only stand to descend or sprint.

As far as I have read, both of these motor gear box units being presented by Gobao and Avinox are being billed as CVT (or infinite gearing) systems. CVTs are rather simple in application. You have two v-groove pullies connected by a belt and the pullies are split in half down lowest point (center) in the same direction of the belt. You then use a series of clutches (in cars, there are other ways to do this mechanically) that draws one V-groove pully together, increasing the circumference of the belt seat (effectively increasing the diameter of the pully) and decreasing...

I wanna know what's up with that Intend dropper post 😁

longsleeve mons stuff i usually wear up to 20°C before it gets too hot

"There are clear parallels with what's happened in plenty of other industries. Jayu Yang, a Taiwan-based industry expert, told us the decision to go global was made decades ago, as a Chinese national-brand strategy — the same one that made DJI, Xiaomi, and BYD leaders in consumer electronics and electric vehicles, respectively. Yang explained to us that, much like in the Global North, in the South, the pandemic accelerated everything, and with the cycling sector specifically, it pushed companies to expand manufacturing capacity enormously, only to then leave that capacity looking for somewhere else to go when the demand dropped."

Have not read/listened yet but based on the previous episodes I'm betting this will be interesting to a lot of you: https://escapecollective.com/part-3-will-the-chinese-brands-change-the-…

I love you all but can we please move the commuting talk to a different thread? Thanks!

Here for any Tippie/ Brage collabs.

Well as one of the "Older Crowd"..I am just super bummed at what cutting down the # of people making WC final's did to the sponsorship side. And I get part of it is the industry hurting a ton. But it just seems different this year. Your young, Up and coming..Welcome! Your over 30..We love Ya and what u did..Stop by and say hi! Maybe it's just me..But I would think Minnar saw what was coming, Danny's time might be limited. Gwin better be on game this year. Jack Moir U would think be offered a decent ride for DH...

Take a quick second and look at the methodology, which was posted here https://2026macro.vercel.app/about.html There is a lot of brilliance here, and if you cared to click on anything, you'd see (real) citations everywhere with links back to the actual research reports. Not trying to be a dick, but there is a reason I posted this. Its not a lossy compression rife with hallucinations. This is "AI done well".

He clearly did not leave by choice. Hope Mondraker forever regrets letting him go. Really hope he finds a company that will provide him with a great bike that is already "finished" and not another team developing for years just to drop out when the Bike is finally done. But more than that I hope he gets Paid! and I really hope has a great season.

The bike maintenance & vaping takes had me spittin up my cheerios🤣

I don't know, we're still working on it, though.