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The legs are priced reasonably (on the standard, not the Blackline which is a single piece and therefore surely more expensive) but also require a press. The issue is that the Intend forks are claimed to be carefully part matched so your particular parts don't bind. I'd rather spend $250 more to protect the legs than mess with all that down the road. For me, it's not a fork I'd own if I could not rig up some quality fork leg protection. Anyways, I'm building up a new bike for the Fall to replace the Relay. It'll likely be a...

Only reason they bought it was the endless database of how ppls forks and shocks behave.

As someone 5' 9" who test rode a full 29er once, experienced tire buzz, and never rode a full 29er again (other than hardtails) I can confidently say that I will never own a full suspension bike with a 32" wheel. I struggle enough with manuals and some last second jumps on my mullet bike. 29 rear and 32 front for me, and millions of other "average" sized riders would pretty much be a strictly wheels-on-the-ground affair, and that sounds about as fun as watching paint dry, compared to the actual mountain biking we do on a regular basis. For...

Relevant graph is relevant. Something something diminishing returns.

Glad it's working out for you. My lowers on the other hand after about 18 months of use.

Or the fact that he's less out of breath, despite riding one of the gnarliest dh tracks while talking the entire time, than most people are walking to the end of the driveway and back.

The rules for DH are almost as simple as saying that whoever rides a bike from the top to the bottom fastest while staying in the track limits wins, and I love it. Any type of hyper specific equipment rules like those in road racing or ski racing just limits the innovation that's required to be the fastest. If somebody wants to wear ankle weights or put oobleck in their tires because they think it's better, then they should let them. Let the fastest rider win. Shake weight in the steerer tube? Sure. Hamster bottle for the rear brake? Have...

I don't think anybody would expect anything different. I think the point is that SRAM parts are obscenely expensive relative to buying the whole. I don't know if these are representative, but Lost Co came up as my first google search so I'll go with that. Eagle Transmission Derailleur - $400 Eagle 90 Mechanical Derailleur - $190 Cage Assembly - $140 If you break the cage on your electronic derailleur, you need to pony up 35% of the total cost to replace it. If you break the cage on your mechanical derailleur, you're at 74% of the cost of a...

Welp, you can probably tell by my clickbait thumbnail alone, but I'm not a fan of the Podium thus far. TL;DR (or TL;DW), its different, but its not better. I also have durability issues that have occurred on two different Podiums and the performance is meh. Not bad, but certainly not worth the money. Also, I think now is a good time for me to eat crow and go "yeah, I think the media guys did get something a little different".

Finally! A proper electronic DH rear derailleur. I've been wondering when we'd be able to pay $1500 to ruin three derailleurs on the same rock in one race weekend. Can't come fast enough.

After Strava's heavy handed launch of the new data usage policy last year I immediately ended my paid subscription and welcome a MTB focused alternative. My needs these days are pretty basic but I’m happy to help and willing to beta test.

Lower leg service --> brake bleed Thanks, but no thanks.

Screw that, I don't want to have to disconnect my brake hose just to mount it to a fork. I hate the internally routed rear enough.

Which is exactly the sticker they'd put on it if they wanted to deceive us about the real stanchion size...

This is so good.

Obvious Fox didn't read the silent bikes thread. Missed opportunity to just line the small hole with furry side Velcro and smash the cable through.

Good eye, and that's hilariously bad. I'm 99% certain that no one planned out hose routing before making this arch for the test fork, and somebody had to get out a drill and give it their best shot. At least I'm hoping so, because that hose location does NOT look ready for prime time.