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ntm95 Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/14/2025 8:02am It's "graphene" all over again š That went from science to marketing real quick, and has never been produced outside a laboratory. Solid state has been just around the corner for over 30 years, seems unlikely to be tomorrow. But someone will attempt to use it in a marketing sense. Semi solid state sounds suspiciously like lithium polymer.
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ntm95 Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/13/2025 3:24pm The 60 certainly makes it more attractive.
ntm95 Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/13/2025 1:12pm I'm starting to feel like a try hard, but yes, I had one for a week. Good suspension tune. Kinematics were suspicious. Wanted an ochain for square edged stuff, surprising amount of chain tugging going on compared to other high pivots. Felt great at speed though. I liked it on steeper bike park stuff where there was good traction and/or...
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11/13/2025 9:19am I had one too. Felt like a yeti mte/relay with way less power, less range, and worse geo. The couple pounds difference was not noticeable and certainly didn't make up for the kenevo's longish list of shortcomings. It's a pity specialized essentially abandoned that model, it was ahead of it's time 6 years ago. I'd love to see a modern...
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11/12/2025 12:15pm For sure. I've got a variety of bikes from dh units to 5010's. Honestly, they're all fun at some point. The more capable units (e-bike or not), you're simply going faster and trying harder when the fun starts... and the threshold is higher before it stops being fun. A 27.5 wheeled 5010 is decidedly not fun in a place like...
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11/12/2025 9:59am Depends on the bike. My '25 mondraker crafty xr is just as capable on descents as my dreadnought v2 (avalanche zeb coil/ext storia coil).
Jason_Schroeder Liked a reply to forum topic E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/11/2025 7:48am
We had the chance to do some battery testing with Specializedās Turbo Levo 4 to get some stats on range. I did a test where I did same loop in each mode to see how time/battery consumption/power compared, plus a battery draining ride with a range extender. It was more for exercise, but it was cool (and pretty tiring haha) to see how different modes ate battery, and how far you actually can go on a full-size eeb. Iād be curious to know what kind of range other riders are getting from their bikes. Feel free to list out your...
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ntm95 Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
11/11/2025 7:43am Pedal on another bike was rubbing on it in transport.
ntm95 Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
11/10/2025 1:36pm Stay far away from fazua, their future is somewhat suspect, and failures are fairly common with them. Too early to tell with avinox. Shimano is doa. Brose is pretty solid from a larger company like specialized, if you have warranty. Their bikes are pretty "meh" though. I'd be looking for a used crestline 180 with the bosch gen 5 if...
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11/8/2025 11:49am Iāll have to try and see if thereās a perceptible difference between the gen 5 Bosch and fazua, with them both switched on. No reason there should be a difference between on or off, but admittedly the places Iāve rode both back to back are quite steep. If I am on the pedals past the cutoff, gravity is blurring the...
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11/7/2025 9:24pm Odd, Iāve pedalled my buddies pnw relay a bunch with the system off. We regularly ride our e-bikes without batteries. I canāt tell the difference on the climbs, or pedalling for speed after the cutoff. We will self shuttle a local ski hill until the batteries are gone, and then pull the batteries and ride until the legs are gone...
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11/7/2025 3:56pm You sure that drag with the bosch isn't just the fact that it's putting out more power, and suddenly none when it cuts off ? Or is this the older bosch cx ? I find my '25 mondraker crafty xr (bosch gen 5) more or less identical to the relay (fazua) with the motor off. Good bike too, great geo...
AvgMTBEnjoyer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/7/2025 3:17pm
Greeting people with "what's up assholes?" in videos is not poor attitudes. Leave Unc alone, he's honest and he works hard to spread the good word of long rear centres.
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2supple Liked a reply to forum topic New EVIL Offering - Forum Hot Seat with Evil Bikes
11/6/2025 10:29am
Whoās upset? Just because a lot of riders donāt know what chainstay length they prefer doesnāt mean it doesnāt make a big difference in ride feel. Size-specific chainstays are expensive, sureābut itās interesting that most brands now think itās worth the cost, while Evil doesnāt. Based on my own riding experience, I believe Evil is wrong here. A size XL shouldnāt share the same chainstay length as a size small. Itās disappointing, because I like a lot about Evilās bikes overall, but uniform chainstays are a dealbreaker. I ride a large and havenāt ridden a 435 mm CS since 2019...
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ntm95 Added a reply to New EVIL Offering - Forum Hot Seat with Evil Bikes
11/6/2025 7:51am Sure, you can ride anything, I've had a great variety of bikes as well. I think everyone knows how to ride a short chainstay bike, elbows up, aggressively low, drive through your shoulders/hips in corners. The traditional riding position and technique. If that works best for you, play on. And you are correct that a f/r ratio is only one...
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11/5/2025 1:44pm Agreed on the stock vivid air being trash. An ext storia was a revelation in comparison. I found the drag from the hp drivetrain to be excellent in comparison to others I've tried (claymore, range, slash). And the braking behaviour has been good for me, much better than something like the claymore that pretty much locks up. Like I said...
ntm95 Added a reply to New EVIL Offering - Forum Hot Seat with Evil Bikes
11/5/2025 9:59am I used to have a nukeproof giga 297 in xl. It's dimensions and f/r ratio were almost identical in xl. It was a great bike, until I got a taste of that long chainstay front end grip, and then there's no going back. I'd be curious which size the f/r ratio was designed around ? It seemed common practice to...
ntm95 Added a reply to New EVIL Offering - Forum Hot Seat with Evil Bikes
11/5/2025 8:27am Great looking bike. Very short chainstays equating to a 1.9 f/r ratio in size large. That's moving in the opposite direction to where most bikes are headed lately. Medium looks good at 1.83 f/r though. The large and XL are going to be relegated to "arizona" bikes, where corners are slow, and the steps are large. Short chainstays are good...
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11/5/2025 7:54am Almost entirely the geo and the f/r ratio. The high pivot is fairly calm through the pedals, but doesn't feel like a high pivot in most places. You feel it in some corners, doing hp rear end lengthening things, but not as pronounced as other hp bikes I've ridden. Also doesn't have that squishy feeling, it's quite firm earlier in...
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11/4/2025 2:53pm Brian Cahal should have a review out soon of the dreadnought v2. He has been on one all summer. His stuff tends to be pretty spot on.