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Simple dark horse thick grip option that I've fallen in love with this year is just cutting the core out of any old lock on grip, then sliding your favorite push on BMX grip over it. Ends up around meaty paw thickness but softer, longer lasting, cheaper to replace, and maybe more street cred?

I’m pretty sure the guy that has the I-track patent lets anyone use it as long as they put a sticker on the bike. What is bullshit about that? Genuinely curious.

I have been riding the ESI "Extra Chunky" grips for years now. They're cheap, thick, and comfortable (at least when new). The downsides are that they don't provide as much traction as more textured options, and are a bit more work to install and remove unless you have an air compressor. I may have to try some of the other options mentioned above.

Well this is interesting! However, seems like SRAM does not offer any multi-click (rapidfire) mechanical shifters (non-Transmission) anymore...

Yeah with shifting the BB relative to front triangle pivot points (assuming no concentric BB pivot) there’s no impact on leverage curve, which is kind of nice. The change in anti-squat would be pretty hard to notice. Anti-rise I do think would be noticeably different, but there’s a pretty wide range that people are fine riding so that’s not the biggest deal. Going the route of changing the chainstays and/or seatstays, it is possible to decrease the impact on the kinematics by moving the pivot points on the front triangle. I can’t think of a brand off the top of...

tried it once and hated it, it felt like a dhf to me which i don't like at all, especially as a 2.5, the 2.3 feels much better

So this is kind of hilarious to me because forbidden just ships a pile of parts along with a frame that isn't even put together. Having built/QC checked a lot of bikes from Transition, Ibis, Cannondale, Orbea, and Forbidden I can honestly say that the QC on the Forbidden frames are absolutely stellar, on par with Ibis carbon (Ibis alloy leaves a lot to be desired). Unfortunately, with bike brands that ship just frame and parts end up leaving a lot of their bikes "QC" impression on the skills of the builder building the bike. If your headset creeks, or...

Izanagi Teru V2 prototype. V3 coming soon...