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jeff.brines Liked a comment about Feature Nico Vouilloz and Fabien Barel Discuss 29ers in DH

5/3/2017 1:08am

Wow. I'm pretty shocked. I figured both Nico and Fabien would love the bigger wheel as they both seemed to do whatever was needed technologically to eek out more speed. Larger riders have disadvantages in places, advantages in other places. Bigger wheels will be the same way. Limiting wheel size is like limiting bike fit, skewing things to benefit a certain type/size of rider. As far as it being a bummer for the industry, cmon boys! Its not like the wheels, tires, and 29" trail bikes weren't already in production this year. To add, I could see a few smart...

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mikeymierk Liked a comment about Feature Nico Vouilloz and Fabien Barel Discuss 29ers in DH

5/3/2017 1:07am

26 is dead. Sam Hill went enduro. And 29 is in DH. Who cares? Get. Over. It.

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ThomDawson Liked a comment about Feature Nico Vouilloz and Fabien Barel Discuss 29ers in DH

5/3/2017 1:02am

That's the worst point that keeps cropping up. The exact same thing happens whenever a new innovation or improvement hits the circuit - carbon frames and components, somebody develops a glue-like tyre compound, somebody develops a super controlled damper (that smooths out terrain just like a 29er wheel btw). Etc etc, eventually everyone develops (copies) their own carbon frame, their own tyre, their own dampers and everyone's back on the same page...until the next thing comes along. It's precisely how competition drives innovation. Besides that your (and Brendan's and Loic's) argument assumes that a 29er wheel will be faster and...

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sam.rodda. Started a new thread Vital Media Issue

8/17/2014 11:47am

Hey, having an irritating problem here and I'd be very grateful if someone could help me out. I am currently unable to view Vital hosted videos (i.e. not Youtube or Vimeo ones posted on here) or some other articles, notably the Jared Graves bike check that was posted recently. Videos open on Mozilla Firefox as just a black box, the...

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david.stamford@gmail.com Liked a comment about video Post-qualie chit chat with Lord Warner in Leogang

6/15/2014 8:16am

Check out Needles in the background during the pits commentary of Fairclough and the blonde chick

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sam.rodda. Added a comment about photo Fort William PIT BITS - Steve Peat's New Custom-painted Troy Lee Designs D3 Helmet

6/6/2014 6:48am

Salami fingers

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TRex Liked a comment about Feature Spy Shot! Prototype Burgtec Clipless Pedal

2/12/2014 12:22pm

I think I just threw up in my mouth.

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sam.rodda. Added a comment about press release Team Norco International Expands Roster for 2014

2/12/2014 12:20pm

Yeh it'll be cool to see Lorenzo with a team behind him. Let's hope that his frame stays in to pieces and he can get some solid results!

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NAYR Liked a product review The Shredtastic Shredder- Updated 10/31/12

1/26/2014 11:25am

The Specialized marketing team has declared the Demo 8 “the world’s fastest downhill machine,” that “oozes premium downhill performance,” and by watching the likes of Sam Hill and Troy Brosnan shred the bike to pieces, Specialized has attempted to force you to believe that this bike is totally mega sictor awesome, is mean looking, will impress all of your friends, and make hot naked chicks shuttle you all because you and your bike are so rad. Unfortunately for Specialized, they didn’t drop the ever growing Sam Hill and pay the big bucks to America’s rock Jesus, Aaron Gwinn, who has...

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sam.rodda. Added a reply to Vital Media Issue

1/24/2014 1:24pm

Hey man,thanks for getting back to me. I forgot to mention in the first post that I had tried installing the latest Flash player a few times already. Tried that again just out of shear hope, but still no better.