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Pretty cool concept. I remember first noticing this on Vali Höll's YT. She rode without the pulleys during practice and then they were added for the final. Rulezman also makes them for his Banshee bikes. He claims it completely removes pedal kickback.

I asked ChatGPT what Sesame Seed was talking about and to be okay with being brutally honest and distasteful if it wants. Enjoy: This comment seems to be a convoluted attempt at drawing parallels between professional bike racing and motorsports, particularly Formula 1, but it’s a jumbled mess of loose associations and misplaced terminology. Let’s break it down brutally: 1. Chain Drive Skepticism : The commenter kicks off with skepticism about recent changes to bike racing due to “chain drive,” but gives no real details or context for what exactly they are skeptical about. It feels like they are grasping...

He had that mule last year, too, didn’t he? (judged events don’t belong in mountain biking)

Woosh

Apparently I struck a nerve. Good news is there are plenty of DH bikes with old Boxxers, and enduro bikes with 21'-23' X2's for you guys to pony up to, since they are such awesome products.

Been talked about before but now almost available to buy https://road.cc/content/tech-news/wheels-self-inflating-deflating-tyre-… From the world of gravel… Can add 14psi in a km (deflation much quicker) into a gravel tyre, would be slower for an xc tyre. At that rate, probably only plausible for xc marathon/stage racing which can have sustained road or fire road sections interspersed with difficult-for-an-xc-bike singletrack.

Maybe they're doing lights?

PNW Components has something coming out.

Right now the market fell out of mid and low end sales post covid. Top of the line stuff is probably chugging along just fine, as the target market is relatively recession immune, so we're going to see the eggs go into that basket for a while.

The price