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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/22/2024 2:22pm Entirely true. The machined tolerance of moulds has to be very high. But again, people make carbon bikes at home, it's just that the mould for a rim is mega expensive as it's normally one massive central piece and a bunch of interlocking rams to compress the carbon. It's just not worth it for a "cheap" part for people to...
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/22/2024 2:14pm
Baking a rim is the easy part. It's not even needed depending on the choice of resin. And you don't need high pressures, you can get a lot done with just vacuum (and ambient air pressure compacting things). Making the molds is the hard part. At least for rims.
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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/22/2024 12:46pm Brakes are challenging. There's quite a bit of engineering involved in sealing them, and making sure they stay sealed properly, as you can have a rim crack, but break failure is totally unacceptable. So given that you need to have a 0% failure rate, it makes it quite a serious undertaking. Rims are relatively simple, it's just that nobody has...
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
12/20/2024 9:12pm Hmm I disagree with your final assessment. Creation and destruction are necessary to push development and try to keep prices competitive. It's actually a good thing so many newish brands have entered the market recently and some old ones are closing. It shows innovation and improvements in the market instead of stagnation. It only feels bad as we place cultural...
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
12/19/2024 2:42pm I've got no idea as I don't work in the industry and specifically haven't seen the accounts for the companies. But arm chair, id say 3 years would be fine now, as development has started to slow a lot compared to the 2016-2020 heyday of long drops, longer reacher much slacker every single year. I was specifically mentioning development as...
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
12/19/2024 2:04pm Wow. Another one starts circling the drain. I presume Rocky will be able to trade out of it, but RIP to bike development
sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
12/19/2024 2:03pm
this screenshot from a FB group was passed on to me - re: Rocky
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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/18/2024 2:13pm Sidenote, But can we petition for a vital forum comments of the Year award? I nominate this, and honorary mention to whoever started crab bike
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
12/18/2024 1:44pm No offence, but that's some industrial grade hopium right there. Others have pointed out how incredibly unlikely that is. All I'll say is that they already own Santa Cruz and Cannondale, do you really believe they'd gut there mid-budget firm to reposition it to compete in the same market as their other 2 companies? GT is dead. Long live GT
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
12/17/2024 2:11pm "Instead of selling well designed affordable bikes for intermediates and beginners were going to fleece you all with overpriced over-marketed bikes instead" Enjoy you 10K Santa Cruz you can't put Shimano on.
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
12/17/2024 1:20pm From Skills with Phil, GT is donezo. Pon called it quits for them
SteveClimber Added a reply to Shock servicing at home
12/15/2024 3:34pm A lot of it is due to rider ability and preference and existing bike setup (i.e native tune of the shock). In my opinion, broadly speaking a fast rider on a 140+ bike that likes moderate to high damping (and you should) will benefit from re-tuning a shock to a firmer overall settings. As on Rockshox and more to the...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Frame Compliance Analysis & Discussion
12/1/2024 1:46pm Unfortunately this won't be happening, as the donor frame is dead haha. Maybe if I can find another donor frame from someone to destroy to test I'll look at doing it, but my old frame cracked so I won't be able to modify it safely. I saw this on pink bike this morning, it's obviously a joke/gag bike, but from...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/1/2024 2:34am But don't you understand, the only thing that determines frame cost is material cost. Ignore all the expertise required, frame design, cutting, building jigs, years of practice, warranty allowance etc. Tubes are $50 a pop, 6 tubes, my frame should be $300 from my local car shop.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/29/2024 11:48am Wow your totally right. I stand. Corrected. Thanks for the info.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/28/2024 1:40pm 12s was developed for road bikes, and just ported over to MTB. Were not special and a tiny tiny portion of the bike market. SRAM and Shimano developed 12s for road/touring commuter etc where they will sell 90% of their drive trains, and it has a legit usage there, so you can do 1x 12s setups on road and its...
Snfoilhat Liked a reply to forum topic The Risk of Riding Mountain Bikes
11/27/2024 9:02pm
There are no comparisons* in the academic article for a perfectly sound reason: the sample is too small and too special. The comparison made by the newspaper article, the very recent past vs a span of years preceding it, only gives a tentative sign that the rate of spinal injury is higher than it used to be. Y’all raise good questions but these data don’t shed much light on them. *e.g. skill category, years of experience
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SteveClimber Added a reply to The Risk of Riding Mountain Bikes
11/26/2024 2:27pm I've been an advocate for steep jumps instead of long and lows for a while due to beginner behavior and injury chances. Build a flow trail with decent size jumps towards the end at moderate speed and they will feel confident enough to do them, as the lips are shallow and you just ride off them at trail speed, but...
SteveClimber Added a reply to Tuned Mass Dampers and Mountain Bikes
11/25/2024 12:09pm Great points, as an undamped mass suspended with spring rates for 30-50hz would continue to vibrate the frame after rest.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Frame Compliance Analysis & Discussion
11/23/2024 4:50pm I mean, look at that rear triangle, its looks ridiculously stiff. I'd want to drive over it with a truck just to develop some bearing play for comfort haha. @Ryan_Burney I'm just about to upgrade from a pretty clapped out frame, i'll see if a friend is willing to help make some bushing inserts and do some test runs. Not...