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This forum at the moment (not actually just poking fun)

Recently learned how hands-off Transition is for manufacturing. They basically do the industrial design and pivot layout then the factory does the rest. No in-house composite engineer or stress analysts at least double checking what the factory is doing. I know they’re not unique in this, but they’re charging a lot for what is basically a Transition shaped catalog frame. They give a lot back to the riding community here, so as a local it’s a little easier to stomach, but if I were outside Washington it would be a much harder sell.

I was just saying to myself that headsets needed more pieces.

IRCC, according to publications that have tested more than 1 brand of radials, schwalalabe radials are on the more extreme end of the radial design spectrum. They require MORE psi than the other brands suggest, and they are directed more to technical riding than jump laps. Spesh seems to have nailed a middle ground with theirs, and when my Maxxis combo wears out, I'll be ordering a set.

The problem with internal cable routing really comes down to the fact that suspension forks currently don't allow for hidden hoses. I think, based on what happened in road and gravel, that if that possibility existed, headset cable routing would become extremely common. I think a lot of brands were worried about the sales floor problem that happened with road bikes of having a rats nest compete with an integrated bike. Imagine how much money some brands lost as a result of that. Add to that, they are in a position where they have to predict the future, and they...

I'm 6'6" here and have zero interest in 32in wheel bikes, my XXL Spire is long enough on tight trails. I'm more concerned with the XXL sizes disappearing from lineups at a rather rapid pace with no explanation. I know we are a small market in the XXL frame size. But Transition dropped all XXL sizes for 2026 and their 2027 lineup won't see the size return. Yeti offered the SB140 and SB160 in XXL but are not offering it in LT or MT. It's a shame to see companies pulling back from this size as it nice finally riding...

As the first glimmer of the 32” era dawns, the Industry’s evil plan for 27.5 comes to light: the leftover 27.5 rims are to be stamped and converted into 120t rear sprockets for the new dominant Big Wheelers.

They will have to rethink it and also make a first party 28T at least if not even a 26T. Unless they are going 13spd and 60T in the back.

Looks about right for Lebron, so it must be AMAZING on the Small and Medium frames.🤣

It’s a grower, not a show-er

Bike industry: 32" might make sense for tall people! Also the bike industry: Lots of small and medium 32" frames, no XXL frames.

bro's gonna get murdered by big drivetrain illuminati after that one

It’s weird - sram can release an ecosystem of groups with proprietary cassettes, derailleurs, chains, rings, that have stratospheric prices and persistent issues (speed, shift calibration limitations, QC issues, cassettes that need to be installed multiple times to settle, battery pins corroding etc etc), plus compromises they try and correct release to release. Maybe that’s ok, it’s up to the rider. At the same time, Shimano releases a new di2 ecosystem that uses their existing(and awesome) cassettes, chains, rings, has the industry leading shifter for ergonomics. A sealed battery compartment, but its perceived to be noisy on some bikes, but...

It was promising- less chainslap in general but on very large impacts chainslap was worse as you'd pull the derailleur into the weaker spring zone. Shifting was actually improved- less tension on the chain going into big cogs. Think the best would be a massive torsion spring to add tension everywhere and then use the cam over spring to mostly subtract tension going into the large cogs. I believe that is the limiter on cage tension. Once you have too much- the derailleur doesn't like shifting into the big easy cogs. I filed paperwork to patent, begged, pleaded, told everyone...

lebron and canyon prove 32" wheels are best for tall people 🤣 (non MTB...it's crazy how proportionally correct it looks)

A lot of that dead band can be dialed out with the bit adjuster. There is certainly more with the B1 but most of that seems to me to be the power coming on more gradually and only feels dead, but isn't actually. Between my A1's and B1's I have the same measurement for reach and "full" engagement point but how the power comes on is much different. If you're dead band measurements are varying that much you either need a bleed or there's too much variance in the testing for it to be valid.