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ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/5/2020 3:27pm Maxxis should have bought the SpinShield company when it was around. Best insert ever probably but never produced. It's also time they release the breaker tires Syndicate and others ran.
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ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to Ideal WC season?
12/4/2020 3:35pm keep the usual ones and add more: Fort Bill (get rid or re-route the wood section) Lousa (fine as is) Val di sole (could use some new section but not too many) Leogang (with the new lower wood) MSA (same as VDS) Andorra (fine as is) Snowshoe (fine as is, still new) Les Gets (rework a bit the wood part...
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2021 Mountain Bike Team Rumors
11/22/2020 12:13am Is this your opinion or do you have a source about the new session?
_Lan Liked a reply to forum topic Bike design as a hobby
11/18/2020 9:23am
Just a one off. It's one thing to design bikes as a hobby and another to actually make a business out of it. Frame's done by the way. Will be testing it out soon and make a bike check. 
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ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2021 Mountain Bike Team Rumors
11/3/2020 12:17am Marshy has been wrenching for pivot too. He could just be a wrench for hire now.
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/1/2020 1:30am Just get a grip and stop talking about Minnaar or commencal lineup. This is a tech rumors thread that manages to keep on delivering photos, good opinions and food for thought from posters, let's keep it this way.
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/1/2020 1:24am
sharpy212 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/1/2020 1:21am
TECH RUMORS!!! If you want to start swinging your handbags about who the real GOAT is... start another thread and stop hijacking this one!
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ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2021 Mountain Bike Team Rumors
11/1/2020 1:15am I don't see Rachel retiring, recently she said she was a bit torn about not going to try and race. I think the fire is still there. Danny to cube will either mean they build a top level team or he will just ride the bike and do his own thing. But let's not forget Warner might just be wrong...
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to Are Global DH Bikes Sales Falling?
10/23/2020 9:15am I have to say, this was maybe true a few years back, but nowadays dh bikes are not really more durable than big enduro bikes. In my experience rims dent easily to the point they can't hold air anymore, brakes pads get worned fast, suspensions need frequent service, tires get worn fast, bearings fall apart or wear quickly, derailleurs get...
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to Are Global DH Bikes Sales Falling?
10/21/2020 12:15pm I think the rule has never been actually enforced, has it? Fayolle won a WC with a one off shock and nothing followed. "Production" rules are silly in dh racing whatsoever.
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to Are Global DH Bikes Sales Falling?
10/21/2020 2:55am When we talk about how many dh bikes are sold (let's say in a year) compared to the past we have to account for different things: numbers of bikes sold and rate of dh/enduro bikes sold by manufacturers (I'm talking about enduro because those are the direct "conpetitor" of the dh market). Are dh bike not sold anymore (this would...
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/21/2020 2:21am I think Mark Wallace has always experimented with a coil fork, using progressive springs. A few months ago I saw an ad on PB buy and sell, where the Owner of Dumbar cycle (not sure if I remeber right) was selling his bike with a converted coil fork. The ad stated that the coil was progressive and came from Wallace...
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2021 Mountain Bike Team Rumors
10/20/2020 3:38pm Come on Vital, give us an interview with marshy. He is one of the most established guy on the circuit for us folks!
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to UCI DH Rule Unclear - DSQ for Riding Over a Course-Marking Pole?
10/17/2020 8:00am Can someone post a screenshot of the rule? To add to the confusion, I must say I think that the rule about reentering between the same pole was written with other scenarios in mind. I think it was meant to prevent people crashing/riding offtrack (I mean like overshooting a turn) and just reentering wherever. This is a different case which...
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2021 Mountain Bike Team Rumors
10/17/2020 2:30am Rob Warner might have just talked BS for the sake of rumors, I think Hart would want to ride some proven equipment (and probably stay with fox) and Cube nor Polygon are at the moment. We'll se what future brings. As far as Syndicate is concerned, I don't see Vergier leaving, he IS the top dog there at the moment...
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to UCI DH Rule Unclear - DSQ for Riding Over a Course-Marking Pole?
10/17/2020 2:06am I haven't checked the results yet, was he actually DQed? He didn't just ride over the pole, which would make the call difficult, his back wheel went over it making him ride outside of the pole. BTW the call in this situation is made worse by the fact that there was a missing pole in that section and the tape...
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to 2020 Mountain Bike Team Rumors
10/13/2020 3:45am I don't see him joining an existing team, I guess he'll follow Gwin's steps.
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/12/2020 1:05am These new high pivot horst bikes are interesting for sure. The instant center can move around quite a bit so it will not always create a rearward axle path. Nonetheless, this seems a good way to put the good carachteristics of both design in one frame. But I'n not gonna lie, I don't like the aesthetics of that Norco.
ORTOGONAL555 Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/11/2020 6:21am On a side note, anyone got any ideas why the Giant dh team riders are not using the prototype bike they raced with last year? They are back on the old glory. I wonder if Giant will pull out of dh racing.