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smelly Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
1 day ago Wow that’s a weird brake/shifter angle. Cool looking bike, though it’s not clear to me why anyone needs a bike to make trails even easier than they already are in this era of shitty flow trails.
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smelly Added a comment about press release Galfer Revolutionizes MTB Braking With The New Disc Shark® EVO
5/6/2026 5:11pm
I assume €125 is the revolutionary part?
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smelly Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/29/2026 7:26am Gonna be a dick and point out that if you run smaller than a 32t, you don’t need a power meter, you need a gym. Edit: it’s not my opinion, just an uncomfortable matter of fact for why they don’t make power meters for 30t rings. I’m sure there are exceptions, like people riding fully loaded 87lb touring bikes who...
smelly Added a reply to 30.5 VS 32s- People actually on board… Duke it out
4/26/2026 4:32am I was an early adopter of 29. Will not be adopting 32, except maybe a gravel bike. Took about 15 years for geometry to get properly sorted on 29. It’ll go a bit faster this time, so the real question, if these take off, is what’s going to happen in 2035-2040? Will 26 return or are we staring down 36?
sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Race Talk
4/24/2026 7:12pm
in needles' podcast (posted here a couple days ago), pardal thinks it'll be close to 3 minutes. so not super short.
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smelly Added a reply to 2026 Race Talk
4/24/2026 7:12pm Dang then those woods sections are going to be slow and tricky. I like it. I was just guessing based on the video being 6 minutes and half of it being no riding and the riders pace being slow. Big fan of the lower speed technical tracks.
smelly Added a reply to 2026 Race Talk
4/24/2026 4:20pm Looks cool - raw, old school, homegrown feel to it. those woods sections will turn into sniper rock gardens and clever taping will make for tricky corners. Suspect this will be a sub 2 minute course though, and some of those jumps may need to be embigened. But it’s just nice seeing something new.
Evil96 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/15/2026 4:51am
Why not get a Madrone instead of a bunch derailleurs that require a lot of maintainance and not even working that well spending the same if not more for something much weaker, soft
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smelly Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
4/7/2026 11:21am Looking at the website a “400wh motor powers big rides” Man, I got a different definition of big ride than Transition.
smelly Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/7/2026 5:04am Top tube humps are a death knell
smelly Added a reply to Tire inserts - do you run them?
4/5/2026 5:08am Running rear tubolight inserts on all bikes. But I mostly ride a hardtail and short travel bike with exo tires. Only the eeb has DD/dh tires How you guys are toting around heavy casing tires on trail rides is beyond me. I’d rather go to the gym, or play monopoly, or have a colonoscopy. Lordy heavy tires suck to ride...
smelly Added a reply to 32-inch Wheels and Mountain Bikes
3/26/2026 7:40am A lot of this talk sounds like the old adage that the difference between theory and reality is that in theory there’s no difference between theory and reality. But in reality there is. Bring ‘em on. I don’t see myself buying one, the LAST thing my local trails need is a way to make them easier. But who cares if...
smelly Added a reply to Concussion
3/23/2026 4:06pm You wouldn’t. Observers would have to tell you what happened. The red flags pertain to events during and immediately after the trauma, so it would be based on eyewitness report.
Bobsmothersbrother Liked a reply to forum topic Concussion
3/23/2026 5:59am
There are a lot of resources around managing concussion, but the most important thing that is consistently not explained or managed is that emotional disturbances are normal, and can be severe. Depression, anxiety, disorientation, and at the extreme, suicide, are very common symptoms of head injuries. It’s really important for people around the concussed person to be aware of this, and for a plan to be in place to help.
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smelly Added a reply to Concussion
3/23/2026 5:11am @Big Dos they should. Gradual return to play has been the standard for at least 15 years now (I learned about it back then in med school, don’t know when it came out). If I’m being blunt, if your GP isn’t familiar with it, it may be time for a new one. This is pretty basic primary care stuff these...
smelly Added a reply to Concussion
3/22/2026 8:12pm Notably, severity of the inciting event often doesn’t correlate with severity of concussion. I’ve seen severe concussions from seemingly innocuous events (low speed fall), and people knocked unconscious who have minimal/no residual symptoms. 🤷 Personal experience though, I’d add the “seeing stars/hearing knocked out” type to your list. Take a hit and get sparkles in your vision and the sound...
smelly Added a reply to Concussion
3/22/2026 8:00pm Primary care doc here. There’s 4 symptom domains that concussions effect - the physical (headaches, light/sound sensitivity, balance and disequilibrium), cognitive (word finding difficulty, brain fog), emotional (frustration, depression, emotional lability, anger), and sleep (hypersomnolence or insomnia). Someone above suggests you obtain baseline testing. And that’s all well and good, though my experience as a doctor who has treated A...
smelly Added a comment about news story FINAL RESULTS - 2026 Tennessee National Downhill
3/22/2026 3:28pm
Looks like Luca Shaw and Pinky were on stormers as well by split 3.
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matmattmatthew Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
3/12/2026 6:19pm
Flame me if you’d like, but 32” wheels is one of the few things that has me excited for a new bike. There are so many amazing full suspension bikes now ,and geometry, for whatever discipline, have pretty much leveled out. As someone that rides my Singlespeed as much or more than my FS, I’m excited to build up a rigid Singlespeed 32er. My local trails are fairly mellow and as I get older I appreciate momentum and keeping a higher average pace over “shredding the gnar!”
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smelly Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
3/1/2026 12:01pm At least they haven’t devolved into a discussion of if Dario’s chainstay is the right length.
