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SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/12/2025 12:29pm Completely disagree. It's like telling people to not drive old cars because the parts are hard to get. Good mechanics find a way to keep old bikes running. They aren't that complicated really, there is always a bodge to make things work. I'm not saying the servicing should be cheap, but the idea of don't ride old bikes it's too...
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SteveClimber Added a reply to Unchained Bicycles – Pinion / Belt / 7075 Bonded Frame / 170-170mm
11/6/2025 2:27pm Congrats! Bike looks amazing! Ive always wondered, does cleaning the truss rear triangle become a pain in the ass? How much mud and dirt gets stuck in there?
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/4/2025 3:07am Yeah that's fair. I was being too judgemental without knowing the real facts. Either way, shit show, I feel bad for the poor workers. In Australian news bookings at the bike parks and trail building contracts are going strong this season, so decent turn around from the anaemic summer we had last year.
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
11/3/2025 6:06pm The head of YT USA was incredibly naive to consider they could keep going somehow, and did his employees a disservice by telling them to stick with him, instead of jumping ship at the earliest possible opportunity. I hope none missed out of job opportunities because yet again, a naive CEO couldn't see the freight train coming for them while...
SteveClimber Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors
11/3/2025 2:22pm He does, but he also talks a lot of shit, and is famously a massive nit-picker at race venues and complains a lot. So what goes around comes around really. People in scene aren't vindictive, but you can only tolerate a whinging pom so much, ya know? Still waiting for the Hardline BC announcement to come, wonder when that will...
SteveClimber Added a reply to 2025 Red Bull Rampage
10/20/2025 10:25pm I think the big difference is that Isle of Man and all other motorsport have a history already written in blood. We're concerned because we don't want freeride MTB to become like them. We want to improve safety so we don't just accept that people will die chasing first place, its not a value the sport aspires too. Formula 1...
SteveClimber Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
10/13/2025 2:44pm I also agree with both of you. I've seen first hand how many wheels you go through in a race weekend. Having said that, Ronan either needs stronger wheels (you will still put them in the bin after the run) or to tone down the Nathan Rennie vibes. Both MSA and Loudenville were rider error though. MSA he was offline...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/13/2025 2:38pm I don't know how, but the heat tube and seat tube junctions look more Ibis like than Ibis bikes do
SteveClimber Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors
10/12/2025 4:39pm Also Neko has been smart to get non bike industry sponsors who have significantly bigger pockets, like loc-tite and WD40. Yes they don't have a team truck like Trek or Canyon, but that doesn't mean they're not able to pay well.
SteveClimber Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors
10/11/2025 10:27pm I don't see why Dak would move, unless he gets more money and better training conditions at another team. The bike is fast, the team is clearly working. Unless they are being underpaid, there isn't a lot better out there. Then again, maybe I'd take the pay cut to get of E13 rims.
SteveClimber Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
10/10/2025 5:23pm I'd put Danny Hart as the biggest name to miss finals, only because he has missed more than he has made. I think we've really seen the pace rise this year and former winners have, over a whole season, been left wanting. Charlie Hatton, Danny, Finn (injury related), Matt Walker, Reece Wilson (injury related) all have been totally eclipsed by...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/6/2025 3:50pm Yep, so a lightly used T-type chain works easily on other cassettes, the only issues are when the chain is brand new, but after a bit of wear the rollers will size down to the standard of a brand new (non T-type) 12 speed anyway. I just assumed they would make the new DH cassette use their new chains, eliminates...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/6/2025 3:50am Considering the Flat top 12 speed chains are way better and stronger than the old DH chains I figured they would swap to them with the next AXS DH derailleur.
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10/3/2025 4:27pm
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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/29/2025 2:26pm
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/29/2025 4:15am It's different to the Zeb we've seen, and the drawings in the patent filling. The prototype Zeb has a twistable dial at the footnut, this boxxer has a normal footnut.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/28/2025 8:05pm Interesting, its different to the new Zeb spy shots that have a distinct twistable nut on the bottom side of the air leg, that we assumed was for the new elastomer based bottom out bumper the filed the patent for at the start of the month (spy shots match the patent diagram).
SteveClimber Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
9/28/2025 12:13am Stoked for Dak what a turnaround for him over this season. Where did Richie Rude find the pace? He's been struggling in DH all season really, and suddenly turned it on
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SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/25/2025 4:11pm Possibly. There's an interesting phenomenon during big downturns you see in the investment/finance world where after big crashes a lot of people exit the industry for good. You think that people will learn to spot the bubbles and not repeat the same mistakes, but actually the companies are staffed with either juniors or people who weren't in the industry during...