shutter2ride

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Evil96 Liked a comment about Press Release Yeti Updates the SB165

4/12/2024 6:00am

less numbers more riding, my offering has about the same progressivity, runs coil like a champ, all this % stuff is getting to your head

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shutter2ride Added a comment about feature REVIEW: Pivot Switchblade V3 First Ride

2/8/2024 6:33am

As a mechanic at a Pivot shop (with several other great brands), I see very few of their bikes come in with the customer complaining about creaking, especially compared to other bikes. Their frame tolerances have something to do with it. Their BB interface shouldn't stop you from giving their bikes a try...

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moosyb Liked a reply to forum topic 2024 TEAM RUMORS

12/30/2023 7:34am

That's all good and well but lets face some facts here - Cube bikes are junk (I worked closely with the brand at a distribution level), the kinematics were average at best and the frame failure rate we saw was out of control, more than 50% of carbon bikes sold came back with cracked frames and they were horrendously slow with turnaround time on replacement frames, always looking for excuses. Saracen is a walmart/whatever brand so no matter the caliber of the rider you'll never get results riding a piece of crap down the hill. Personality or not, Danny Hart...

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Rol Liked a reply to forum topic 2024 TEAM RUMORS

12/23/2023 5:00pm

250.000K for funding a full season seems pretty reasonable to me. From food, to flight tickets, hotels, stuff and UCI team registering. To be honest, I think that is quite reasonable. And if it is for 2 people it might not be enough. If you calculaze out the taxes at an average of 18% you can only spend 210000. And you have to pay for health insurance, salary and taxes on income. And you should not forget that a professional needs to make more money as a normal working person because there is no regular carreer pat and you normaly...

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owl-x Liked a reply to forum topic 2024 TEAM RUMORS

12/7/2023 5:17pm

Dak rides for us, the podcast listeners. and probably Vidal Sassoon, deal announced Jan 1?

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Stewyeww Liked a reply to forum topic 2024 TEAM RUMORS

12/5/2023 6:23pm

For all we know Greg comited to retiring then changed his mind, he might have shot himself in the foot.

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Karabuka Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

12/5/2023 6:14pm

Thats an interesting one, but Keith has been pretty open about the brand and surely has an account here as well (he answers customer questions on some other forums, not sure if mtbr or nsmb, but one of those) and always said they keep everything pretty minimum and optimised and there are like 5 people empoyed by Banshee in total. And IIRC they operate in batches so they dont order a lot of bikes to be kept in storage which reduces the risk. They have been around for a long time too so they must have been through thick and...

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gibbon Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

12/5/2023 6:04pm

Same company who increased IBD pre-season orders by 50-70%, could'nt give delivery dates and would'nt let you cancel anything. Same company that increased RRP's by 25% in 9 months and refused to honour orders that were placed at the original price. Same company that constantly pushed their POS system (not fit for purpose), accounting package,finance products onto retailers whilst undermining them constantly with DTC offers and retail outlets. Retail director for a large european market was franchise manager for fast food company previously. They visited every company owned outlet at the height of the pandemic to delivery christmas presents.......3 shops...

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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

12/5/2023 6:00pm

Pure conjecture, but the panic discounts that Specialized started this spring do not give me any confidence that they're doing OK. Maybe they were just smart/cutthroat and got ahead of the crash, but it sure did a number on the entire market when they went off price so early in the season.

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shutter2ride Added a reply to 2024 TEAM RUMORS

12/5/2023 5:23pm

Sounds more like the accountants didn't offer him a new contract, and the rest of the staff was left scrambling to spin this into a nice 'goodbye'. All fn awkward. Anyway, looking forward to next year. Change can be very good.

stoic_machine Liked a comment about Press Release Forbidden Launches the Druid V2

11/19/2023 4:16pm

You got a year out of your idler!? Lucky! I got about 7 months lol. The NSB 7075 T7 idler is significantly better and the solid lube bearing is nice. Typically I'd agree trunnion is dumb but on these bikes with this design the issue most have with trunnion isn't an issue. It's being used correctly with trunnion being at the frame and not the rocker.

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StudBeefpile Liked a comment about Feature RACE IN REVIEW - Les Gets World Cup Downhill

9/12/2023 7:20am

What a great set of pictures and a great write up. I want to add. I really miss the old slide shows with mixed in audio from Sven and co. Learned so much cool racecraft from post race ramblings. Wish they would make a comeback. Always a great thing to have in the background on a monday while I pretend to work.

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shutter2ride Added a comment about press release Forbidden Launches the Druid V2

5/10/2023 6:29am

On a v1 for for 1.5 seasons, these look like good improvements, the larger repositioned idler, no chain guide at the bottom, to reduce drag and make things last longer. My alu idler was done after a year of grinding up Colorado Rocky Mountains. Will be swapping it to steel, same with the chainring, as it wears faster too. Not thrilled about the switch to trunnion mount though.

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shutter2ride Added a comment about feature New Wireless MTB Shifting - SRAM Transmission TESTED

3/22/2023 6:34am

So confused on the wording here; New Transmission only works with UDH, but you state that new transmission cassette rubs the standard UDH? What gives?

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