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My thoughts as well, yeah.

ALN gives an off-topic comment wishing her a happy year. Miranda to RM?

Yeah, it's been known they are dating for two months or more i think.

Given the rotor size, i'd say it' still 27,5". But at some points they do look kinda big. How tall is he, does anyone know?

No. While it is important, i think seated fit of a bike that gets pedalled a lot is more important. So anything enduro and down needs to fit properly seated.

I always cringe when i see a reverse mounted rotor...

Regarding GXP bearings, i'm running a pressfit GXP BB on my bike since new, so 3 and a half seasons, roughly 300.000 vertical meters. Not a single problem. I've also seen comments that the GXP bearing system is one of the best out there since the difference between the BB bore and the spindle is so large, it can be...

Almost everything? This is mostly in connection with XL frames and tall guys (and girls!). A steeper seat tube angle moves the seat forwards, which means the CoG of the rider is moved forwards. So more towards the front axle, which loads it more. For guys between sizes M and L and either side of that border the seat angle...

For jdasco: Yep, like i said a few times, people are going ballistic over reach without even knowing what a long reach means or what causes it on the really modern (think Pole) bikes. With the new RAD system, that had an article on Pinkbike, it's even worse i'd say. Another measurement that completely ignores the seat position. For LLLLL...

A longer reach needs to be balanced out with a much steeper seat tube angle. With a tall rider, this moves the seat forwards by about 5 cm or more. You can easily keep short chainstays and still achieve a much more forwards biased CoG. Granted, your front axle will be moved forwards as well, but still, the weight distribution...

That will give you a too short cockpit length, so you'd have to lengthen the stem to 90s XC lengths to have a proper fit. A forward offset post is a bandaid solution to a frame related issue. That needs to be fixed.

I can't for the life of me figure out why noone has bought out Pinion, put an electric motor into the (enlarged) casing to drive the output shaft, add electronic shifting and call it a day. You have the mounting to the frame already standardised (more or less), so you just hang the electric motor off that as well, figure...

I shudder at the thought that the whole cycling industry is a glorified wild west in regards to engineering standards (compared to automotive and aerospace industries). I really really hope i'm wrong.

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Wow, quite a few assumptions here. I don't see the point in Di2 actuation with anything. Mechanics work plenty fine the way we have it now. The thing is i can hardly see a both-way-actuated seatpost without some electric power for that. I haven't given it enough thought though, but you need some energy for things to move. With seatposts...

Compare a 10 year old drivetrain to either Eagle or the new XTR. If that is not engineering, either i don't know what is or you don't know what is. With the danger of sounding like a smartass, i'm betting on the second. But i have a good reason to do that. I've seen the effects of a clean sheet...

No water bottle support. Even though i mostly ride with a backpack, it has become a big no for me in the past year. It's much quicker to do a one hour spin with a water bottle, quicker preparation wise. Though on an XL a water bottle cage could be mounted towards the front of the triangle on the underside...

Has KHS moved away from the Astro catalogue business model?

Not all places can be ridden with an 11-36 1x10. I've been through this debate many times. I'm running Eagle with 32T in the front on a 27 incher and i wouldn't mind a 30T in the front at times. Granted, i like to have a higher cadence, but believe me, i'm not lacking any shape or speed (i can...

AFAIK Norco moves the BB forwards on larger sizes. Makes the chainstays longer, makes the seat tube angle even slacker. And doesn't change the distance between the seat and rear axle, which is the driving factor for the uphill abilities of a bike (sit too far rearwards and the bike will want to do wheelies and the like). Wrong way...