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Primoz Added a reply to Big Bird's Bikes
3/19/2015 12:40pm Oh, is this it: http://dirtmountainbike.com/bike-reviews/homemade-bikes-big-bird.html#G… ? First Google hit for big bird dirt mag :D
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Primoz Added a reply to Big Bird's Bikes
3/19/2015 12:36pm Ah, i thought you had a different rear end on a demo. How does a 412 CS feel like?
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3/18/2015 10:50pm
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Primoz Added a comment about feature SRAM Introduces BOOST 148x12 and 110x15 Standard & 2016 Forks
3/18/2015 2:44pm
Exactly so. Think single speed hubs. How wide is the axle spacing and how wide are the flanges appart? The weight is not much of a problem, as Pinion showed. Higher cost, yeah, is a problem, but only if you're looking at bikes on the cheap. It is a closed unit too, so you save some money in the long run (single speed sprockets and chains can be made cheaper). A pinion only requires an oil change a year. The biggest problems are manufacturer's inertia, they don't want to go to a new, uncompatible and weird standard (weird being how...
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Primoz Added a comment about feature SRAM Introduces BOOST 148x12 and 110x15 Standard & 2016 Forks
3/18/2015 1:24pm
Think of it this way, 148 is basicly 140 mm (okay, 141) in 'old units', when we didn't have the through axle shoulders. Think about how this compares to 135 and 150 of the old standards. The analogy is the same considering 142, 148 and 157, as mentioned. But there's a bigger problem. I love the idea of an 11 speed cassette, but feel it could have a wider range still. And the 11th cog gets really near the spokes. How do you get the spoke clearance and get another cog for example? All of that without losing any flange...
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Primoz Added a comment about video Santa Cruz NZ Enduro Race Recap Video
3/17/2015 12:34pm
Oh, does anyone know which Planet of Sound - We Are Together remix is this?
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Primoz Added a comment about video Santa Cruz NZ Enduro Race Recap Video
3/16/2015 12:02pm
Oh my god, this is just perfect. Natural trails, gnar (rocks and roots) and the ability to ride XC helmets!
Enduro like it should be done in my opinion.
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Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/15/2015 10:42pm Custom made? Pics?
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/15/2015 9:30am It's easy to get excited, not look properly and get ahead of yourself. I've certainly been there, done that, will do it again, many times over. 
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/15/2015 7:38am It'd be quite a complicated mold if this is carbon TBH... Smally, finnicky features with small, finicky coutouts. It does look really smooth (carbon-like), but i think i might be seeing a weld by the upper rocker thingie mount between the 'seat tube' or better yet the vertical plates and the top tube at 0:32. There's a suspicious ridge/bulge/something. The...
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/15/2015 4:18am I think the rear end might be a bit shorter. Otherwise the shape isn't that different to the current linkage (as far as triangulation of the pivots goes). http://ep1.pinkbike.org/p5pb11289313/p5pb11289313.jpg On the other hand, looking at the picture of the aluminium link, it might just be a machined out aluminium link for lightness (with the majority of the green parts of...
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/12/2015 3:02pm Does Santa Cruz really have that much money to burn?
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/12/2015 11:50am Ah, i was looking at the bottom picture thinking it's the new frame, yeah, it's definitely changed around, there is no longer a faux bar arrangement, there's a much bigger swingarm incroporated this time. I doubt they went with a fourbar linkage, it's not their style.
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/11/2015 3:25pm Basing off the warranty and MSRP prices of a Santa Cruz frame is not a good way to judge costs, since i'm pretty sure SCs are also made in the far east. And you don't know the R&D, marketing and profit margins. No idea what the costs would, literally no idea, i am after all still finishing up college (masters...
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/11/2015 1:05pm Yeah, the likes of Trek or Specialized or some of the Germans (Open cycles) can or could take that hit due to the brand image (the first two are big, huge brands, Open Cycles is German, which in the minds of many is a sign of engineering quality). I can hardly see that with Commencal, while i have nothing against...
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/11/2015 11:34am I'd say it's the fender not conforming to the arch and being longer, therefore not showing the gap with light. Commencal are sticking with aluminium, they've said it's cheaper and that carbon is not worth the bother for a company their size and that aluminium is good enough. They used to have carbon Meta 5.5s and swingarms on the 5.5...
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/11/2015 7:43am I think it's a matter of time for Scott to go carbon,s ince they've been doing carbon since like forever. The thing is that supposedly different groups make the Gambler and Voltage lines as opposed to all the Genius and XC racing bikes, the latter of which are the carbon bikes. As for Devinci, i wouldn't be surprised at them...
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
3/9/2015 1:21pm The black one looks the same.
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
2/23/2015 9:29pm If i'm not mistaken it's just a spacer which the Vivid needs for some reason, as the Ti spring at the same stroke is shorter than a steel spring. It could also employ the thrust bearing to prevent biding. Though i'm not completely sold on the idea of the binding, can't really see how it could play a big role...
Primoz Added a reply to 2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs
2/18/2015 9:41pm World cup champion, not world champion. Gee is ofcourse still a part of the Atherton's team.