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Brian Park over on PB says from Taipei: "Every major motor manufacturer has an eCVT coming for the 2028-2029 model year , which means new singlespeed hubs and potentially a new chain pitch standard (booo)."

Seems like the question I posed a page or so ago about the possibility of a split in bike-part standards (one for peddle-bikes, and another for e-bikes) might be in our future --- now has an answer. Not ideal for those that have a mixed fleet, and want to be able to swap parts between them, but perhaps this will minimize the design-bias toward >750W ebbs for those of us that still like to peddle.

Remember the show Iron Chef, where the chefs had 60 minutes to whip something up and whatever didn't come out just right had to be served anyway? The food was usually pretty good, but the presentation sometimes missed the mark. That's how some of my writing is (at best) going to go in the coming months (or even years). My life has changed immensely over the last 12 months, and the time I have for side quests is now significantly limited. When I say I have an hour to do something, that's probably all I have. Much of my Substack...

I’d read your ai hot take on your substack when you got the time and I’m sure nobody would mind if you chose to link it here. Good luck in your new endeavors, I’ve enjoyed what you have inputed here and your YouTube reviews.

There are definitely some questionable things out there in terms of product manager decisions and some questionable false economy choices (aluminum nipples is a good example). There is also a mild amount of QA/QC and general quality issues still present in this industry... But if I can offer perspective on the journalist comment. " I can't believe some reviewers out there keep stating "there aren't any bad bikes anymore" or "modern geo is pretty good already"..." That's being said because it's pretty much true. 16 years ago, there was a large majority of bikes that were complete shit. Nearly every...

Congrats on pulling off a cool and interesting project. I hope it's a killer ride!

I’m having a hard time seeing how the new enduro can look like this but with a vertical shock. The whole design is focused around a horizontal shock. Can someone with photoshop skills help us out

Part of the issue with sharing these photos is the context is completely missed and then you end up with a parade of people saying things like "Orbeas aren't safe". I had an athlete send a picture of a development frame snapped exactly like the Orbea (top tube and downtube snapped clean through) and immediately we started panicking about testing and strength issues. The rider basically said "this ones on me". He hit a tree head on so hard the handlebars were bent backwards and the bike went flying down the hill and fully snapped when it landed 10m away...

NO PLEASE STAY

The solution is clearly gearbox and beltdrive. #nosnappedchains

Correct! Boeing bought the drawbenches that lived in Connecticut and also the draw benches from Sapa. 2015 was the last time anything except drawn-over-mandrel straight gauge 6061 has been available domestically. Swaging machines and shops that can dome and swage still exist, if you know where to look. There might be an automotive muffler plant in Ohio that has a draw bench suitable to the task in mothballs, but the chances of a dusty old mandrel for a Klein downtube being useful, or there being staff members who remembers how to run the machine are pretty darn low. Outside of...

"Loyalty is what comes to mind... with YT" Well, that makes one of us.

I mean, it's not that confusing... 😆 2014: Easton-Bell Sports sold its baseball and softball division to Bauer Performance Sports ($330,000,000) 2014: Race Face buys Easton Cycling ($?), Fox buys Race Face and Easton Cycling ($30,000,000) 2016: Easton-Bell Sports sells Bell and Giro (and Blackburn) to Vista Outdoor ($400,000,000) 2020: Rawlings acquired Easton Diamond Sports from Peak Achievement Athletics (formerly Bauer Performance Sports) ($?) 2022: Vista Outdoor buys Fox (the other Fox) ($540,000,000) 2023: Fox (this Fox) buys Marucchi (whose logo looks like Manitou and name sounds like Marzucchi, which is how people frequently mispronounce Marzocchi –– which they also...