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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
6/30/2025 8:16pm
Of course I recognize this, and Richie already raced the Podium back in Finale this year. https://www.pinkbike.com/photo/28138500/ Maybe he just was winging it at Finale and is being more calculated? Maybe he didn't actually like it (its possible). Maybe he just wants more time? I honestly don't know, but again, this idea he couldn't race it or had no time doesn't appear true. This goes with my hypothesis that we're in a plataue of mountain bike technology. Though it may be possible to make something different, making something notably better on the race track is hard.
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SteveClimber Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
6/30/2025 6:37pm I think that's a fair assessment. I know of a few DH riders that didn't like the new forks when they came out, specifically the new Boxer, but we're forced to run it. I hate being a weight weenie, but day 1 was like 1900m of climbing and day 2 2200m, maybe he didn't want to lug the extra weight...
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/30/2025 5:41pm I think the crux of issue is this though, why are manufacturing jobs more desirable than service jobs? The current zeitgeist is that smashing steel is somehow better than shifting through spreadsheets. When you do first year economics you get taught the valid accepted reasons for protectionism, and the ones that apply here are: infant industry; protecting a new industry...
SteveClimber Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
6/30/2025 4:49pm Not to say you should definitely go buy it, but you have to remember that racers use what they are comfortable with, as they are going to smash into a corner at warp speed and just want a consistent feeling. Swapping to a fork they've had what, a month or two on for a major race is a big question...
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/29/2025 6:36pm The reason for this is obvious though, factory floor workers have seen a declining wage premium over the last twenty years. The blue collar jobs are more decentralized and less unionized that the "golden era" of US manufacturing. Simply put, the US does not have a competitive advantage in manufacturing, and it has a lower medium wage than other non...
SteveClimber Added a reply to What is going on with Thibault Dapréla?
6/28/2025 3:54pm I hate that this is the case, but even in bigger sports they don't care. Look at tennis, Zverev beat up not one but two partners and zero reprimand. Formula 1, the Horner situation. There's so many instances of this in the top tier of sports in the world and nothing happens.
SteveClimber Added a reply to The flex stay discussion thread
6/26/2025 4:25pm The burden of proof is on the claimant, you are claiming flex stays are creating increased axle movement due to the extra flex, therefore you must be the one to present the data. Your exact claim is, because i said so, my ass can feel it. There are experienced engineers here telling you they haven't seen it in making real...
SteveClimber Added a reply to The flex stay discussion thread
6/22/2025 3:29pm Zertz isn't designed to be a deformation zone, it's a rubber insert design to lower the natural frequency of the stay to reduce vibrations felt by the rider. Road bikes experience a high (ish) frequency vibration from the constant loading unloading of the tires going over not perfectly smooth road (and a low frequency vibration of power being applied in...
SteveClimber Added a reply to The flex stay discussion thread
6/22/2025 12:39am You are so lost in the sauce. Like 4 different people gave great explanations of how flex stays work and you dismissed every single one, but want a "data driven discussion" when you can't comprehend a literal Microsoft paint diagram. Now you don't like "buzzy undamped coil spring", this is comedy gold. @CascadeComponents Can i formally apologize for this member...
boozed Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/21/2025 11:17pm
We spent so much time worrying about pedal kickback that we didn't stop to consider pedal kickforward
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CascadeComponents Liked a reply to forum topic The flex stay discussion thread
6/20/2025 6:19pm
Regardless of whether any given frame member is in tension or compression, for the flex stay to move as a joint in the suspension the shock must also move. Thinking about it as a torsion spring, if you say at full compression the spring is wound up its maximum amount, for it to unwind the shock must extend. The extension of the shock is controlled by rebound damping so the unwinding of the torsion spring is also controlled by that rebound damping
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w4s Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/16/2025 4:41pm
the first picture of the post is literally tagged Chromag.
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Vorsprung Liked a reply to forum topic Have We Been Measuring Sag Wrong? (and how to fix it...)
6/16/2025 4:40pm
Agreed on all counts. If it's repeatable, it's as valid as it can be, but it's not a very meaningful target in itself, it's a byproduct of having the necessary spring rate for the loads you put on the bike and the ride quality you're looking for. Worrying about the precision of the sag measurement like that is utterly pointless if you're ignoring the factors that actually matter when selecting spring rates. On that note, we have a few different ways that we calculate spring rates for the Telum on any given frame (tuninghub.vorsprungsuspension.com) - if you know what you...
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AG Pennypacker Liked a reply to forum topic Have We Been Measuring Sag Wrong? (and how to fix it...)
6/15/2025 10:53pm
Hard to take a guy serious that rides Kendas.
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SteveClimber Added a reply to Have We Been Measuring Sag Wrong? (and how to fix it...)
6/15/2025 3:22pm Your onto something, but I just refuse to believe that someone wearing an all white kit, googles and half shelf, with a hip pack, on a DH bikes, knows much of fuck all. Jokes and fashion aside, Rulezman is a knowledgeable dude, and I appreciate what he brings to the sport, but this is just totally unnecessary. The absolute best...
BGoldstone Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
6/7/2025 4:50pm
well Joe Breeden hadn't had a top 20 result since 2021 and this season so far hasn't been out of the top 20. Tuhoto is looking faster but just needs to keep it between the tape. He has made all the finals except Poland where he was 21st in qualies after not making any last year.
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SteveClimber Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
6/7/2025 3:59pm That's fair, I did see Oli won. In the mens elites though none of the belt drive riders are doing particularly well this season, and potentially worse than where they were last season. At the end of the season ill collect the data and look at average gaps and finishing times from non-belt to belt-drive athletes to see if the...
SteveClimber Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
6/7/2025 1:23pm At what point do we start considering that belt drive bikes are slower?
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/6/2025 3:53pm Doing the work! So interesting, thanks for the data. I was convinced to try Ochain after your awesome review of it, and it improves my ride quality, so I can see why the pros won't some of the special sauce, anything that helps.
Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/5/2025 10:28pm
Affect. Something affects something else and the result is the effect (of it). Effectively.
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