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32 is already a standard in the unicycle world, and 32 in bikes have been available to purchase for a decade

I thought we went through this with 27.5+, where higher sidewall can be beneficial in some specific instances of root mat or sandy XC trails, but in most cases they just feel too vague and imprecise. Adding radial casing to that, which makes the sidewall flex even more, would not be better.

Do we have to go down the 'I think you'll find its a 4-bar/6-bar/8-bar/linkage driven single pivot, axle-pivot-crab-12-link' again?! 60% of the last tech thread was this endless circle - Start a new thread!

Vital Forum Law - given sufficient time all threads will descend into pointless tech talk. Regardless of the initial point of the thread

I imagine the majority of department stores still have a tire patch kit in their bike section. And that if you are going to take the wheel and tire off there is probably very little to be gained over it. Including a homemade patch with an old tube and some quality glue. There is obvious advantages to being able to quickly patch a tire without removing it. And if you can engineer it to be something that lasts the life of a tire and is easy to use well the it’s going to be worth the effort/cost of innovation. Especially...

Put a plug in it trailside to get you out of the woods, then Rema TipTop tubeless patches (blue backing instead of red). They are stiffer so they don't stretch like inner tube patches do. There are very few tubeless tyres I haven't patched with them in the last 10 years, I punctured almost all of them and very rarely was it so late it made sense to throw out the tyre. On the other hand I patched week old tyres and ran them for most of the season patched. EDIT: if it's a really big gash and the patch...

Short chainstays for short travel and hardtail bikes. Long for enduro/dh unless you are doing backflips or something still seems to work for me. On a dh bike I’m going to trust the bike to grip and absorb. And I pretty much just pilot with my body weight in the majority of situations and try not to collapse to heavy g forces. On short travel or hardtail bikes I end up way off the back to really use my legs and arms as suspension when the bike bottoms out/gets chattery. Which is bound to happen unless you are going slower...

Long chainstay bikes put more weight on the front tyre and allow you to drift/slide the backend more easily. You lean the bike more and slide the rear like a dirt bike. My 1349mm wheelbase bike is the best cornering bike I have ever had! For 180º switchbacks I just do nose turn/manuals.

On a short chainstay bike you get a shorter wheelbase for the same cockpit size and head angle, so it's less stable and cuts a shorter turn. Your feet are closer to the rear wheel so it's easier to feel where it is. It's easier to push in and overwhelm just the rear tire, because when you push with your feet that's where the weight goes. You can turn with your feet more. You don't need to pull as hard on the bars to transfer weight or lift the front. That's what flickable means, and that's what people generally like...

https://www.crankbrothers.com/products/plug-mate-tire-plug-anchor-kit 👀 No more blowouts.

Specialized updated levo software, S-works motor gets 850 watts, standard gets 810.

I’d like to see more entry methods. Crank Bros are the only pedals where you can just slide your foot forward across the pedal and it will catch. They’ll also re-engage if you just stand on the pedal as you ride. I think that’s the reason they’re so popular with the gravity crowd despite their issues. Personally I find the “toe down” SPD entry method to be distracting in technical terrain. I’d like something that keeps the ease of entry that Crank Bros pedals have without the durability issues or vague centering. With the amount of horizontal space that gravity...

geo changes per size are straight comical. good looking bike though

Yeah they have insane 'mechanical grip' but the 'chemical grip' (compound) isn't there. That's part of the reason why I switched away, in the dry the tire is absolutely insane, however when it gets wet and especially when it gets wet and steep, it leaves a little to be desired. With MM Radials I can monster truck over wet root and not give a shit, was struggling with my argotal and kryptotals on the same trails in the wet. I do think I'd switch back to conti if they actually dropped that special compound, the kryptotal thread pattern is my...

if only people could watch Jackson and realize his size medium chainstay size is a handful of mm off my XL 29 V10.7 in long and his bike proportions are right around 1.8 and yet someway and somehow he is still playful... hmmmmmmm