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Not quite on topic, but… Asianometry did a couple of videos on the history of CNC and machining in general. He usually does these sort of historical essays of business/technologies, focussing on the semiconductor world. The parallel he drew between the manual machinist to CNC transition and what is currently happening to professional programmers because of AI was particularly interesting.

Too little, too late, too stupid, why not making it compatible to the same frames 😓 can’t find a single Shimano product that is good these days

Because it's actually incredibly relevant to this thread, A brief history of CNC machining; 1946- USAF pays kids at M.I.T. to use punch cards and hyrdaulic controls to automate lathes and mills for the first time. Somewhere in Ukraine, punchcard operated lathes start spinning precision parts for the Soviet Airforce. 1949- The Coordinating Commitee for Multilatleral Export Controls(CoCom), an "unoffical and involuntary agreement" in between the USA and Western, industrialized nations aligned against the Soviet Union not to allow industrial technology to be exported outside the Capitalist world- American industrialists had financed Japanese factory building in the 1930's in the...

I agree. On hard pack radial tires are hero dirt on demand. I run 30 to 32psi in the rear of trail and DH casing radials and never have a problem with squirm. I suspect the people with squirm aren’t running 30+ psi. Radials certainly help in the wet but in dry flat/loose I think they help just as much if not more.

Matt Beer from Pinkbike posted this on his story yesterday. The frame lines look like Transition. Do we think it’s the new 6 bar sentinel? The song choice also makes me wonder if it’s a Ministry cycles bike. Or if transition is licensing the 3VO platform.

I've been seeing a few clips of these guys from aussie seaotter, MSC Moto making mtb stems now. They've been making moto stems for a long time

I maintain that Radial(ish) tires are the biggest technological leap forward in mountain biking since 2019. Even on hardpack. Just run the right pressures.

Update on Maven Silver/Ultimate with the Shimano BH90 banjo/stock XT setup. No leaks whatsoever at the banjos. About ten 1,500ft steep brake heavy descents on them with plenty normal trail and bike park style riding mixed in. (ebike) I’m putting this setup on my trail and park bike here soon so will have every riding situation to report back on this summer. On another note I’m finding I like an organic pad in the rear and a sintered in the front. The sintered in the rear is so powerful it feels like it’s meant for a DH race bike where...

With the recent talk on the "catch all" forum on geo, as well as pinkbikes recent article, figured I'd bring back up this thread for people who nerd out on this. https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2026-mtb-tech-rumors-and-innovation… - Now talking geo https://www.pinkbike.com/news/analysis-chainstay-length-debate-solved-a… - not one CS is best Because of this thread (thanks) my factors to consider a bikes descending feel come from F/R ratio and RAD angle. For me the different styles of bikes require different ratios, a higher RAD angle likely requires more rear center. I'm currently riding the following as a shorter guy (5'6") and feel its a great spot for me...

It's entirely possible to objectively discuss economic impact factors which originate from governments without being a shitlord troll about it. If you talk to an investment advisor about what sectors and companies are facing headwinds, they do exactly that (the objective discussion, not reddit troll mode).

💯💯💯 The politics bullshit is getting thick here. I involve myself with bicycles specifically as something that is fun vs. all the divisive bullshit in the world today. Carry the political discussion someplace else.

You guys are welcome to keep debating this stuff, but I'd prefer it didn't happen here. I recognize that politics impacts the bike industry, and discussing those impacts objectively is absolutely fair game. But turning this thread into a debate over how terrible one politician or another is on the world stage isn't really where I hoped the conversation would go. There's plenty of room for that elsewhere.

Bro science at best. I will say, I am on the schwalbe radials and think they are great. But I never buy tires based on longevity, its always performance first and foremost.

Um... I'm not from the US neither did I comment anything related to the topic in a pro-US way (so the ya'll regime doesn't really apply to me), but saying @sethimus does anything politely on this forum is a bit optimistic, isn't it? I don't have a problem with someone saying something against some (admittedly very problematic) political situations, but beating the dead horse over and over again and doing it in a very crass manner gets annoying, at least to me. And based on the average number of downvotes his posts usually get it doesn't look like I'm the...

More people than care about Switzerland.

I've got both the new Zeb and Lyrik, and ran the previous versions of both. Old Zeb I had to run an MRP Noken to use most of my travel as opposed to only 2/3, at pressures that were reasonable for the first half of travel. Old Lyrik I had no such issues, but it was noticeably more flexy fore/aft and torsionally than old Zeb. Both new forks are a lot more linear and I'm able to use full travel on big landings at baseline pressures (then add ABO to give some reserve). New Lyrik is more linear than new...

I don't like coming here anymore

The area is about 2hours from Finale, but more like 5 from Morzine. But you really don't need to leave, there are 5 lift access bike parks all about 1h from each other and endless incredibly diverse alpine trails. I've mapped out the best ones that are drone friendly here, and there plenty more: https://eointhomas.github.io/PACA_rides/?hl=en-GB