All

Mini-rant here: a buddy just got a new bike that came with Mavens. He's normally an Saints guy, but wanted to try them. Texts me and says they feel kinda mushy. I have him bring the bike over, and start by doing a piston massage (which should have been done at the factory or the shop he got the bike from). Instantly the rear brake gets very snappy and feels great. I try massage the front brake, one piston is very sticky but eventually moves, but the whole system never firms up (feels like there's not enough fluid in the...

Norco Optic A and Sight A

Wow dude. Are you some sort of proud non-feminist? What on earth did you just decide to type? Holy shit! I made it about five minutes on level 4/10 on the period simulator zapper we got. Mentioned it in the podcast ep discussion a couple months ago and the offer still stands: pm me your address and I’ll send you this thing. Strap it up and go about your day and you’ll never say some flippant garbage like that again. Cannot imagine being a pro athlete with that shit, let alone the bleeding. It’s been said before but I guess...

Ya know, I'm changing my tune about 32" wheels. I don't really have all that much interest in owning a 32" bike, and I fully expect most, if not all of the first 32" bikes to not be in my wheelhouse... But right now, I'd kill for anything that isn't related to an ebike to read about. Never before have I yearned to digest some bike stuff that just involved the measly 250w that I struggle to put out. So... bring on the 32" content please, I am primed and ready for it.

It's wild that my 2018 Lyrik RC2 has been on 6 different bikes and every travel config between 150-180. Still going strong 8 years later with no creaks in the CSU. Best fork of all time. (yes it's red)

I don’t know I think yall are sleeping on the mismatched tires. I’m running an assegai in the front and a kryptotal in the rear (mainly for its wear characteristics). You can pry both from my cold dead hands. I’m loyal to whoever makes the best gear aesthetics be damned.

Jeff was measuring travel from a sagged position. Kinda clickbait move IMO. Any good modern fork will sag a bit under just the weight of the bike, it's been like this for years. Shocks do the same thing.

Different brands do have different suspension feels but that’s really getting off into the weeds and most riders won’t be able to tell or care. You can sometimes run into some weird combos but thats pretty rare.

You know aside from the carbon, the shock layout, the yoke, the tube diameter, the paint work, the branding, the build, it's pretty much a knolly.

Maybe Knolly can sue Cannondale before it gets released…

Hello! I admit I have seen the ”Shimano Reports Bike Maintenance a Hidden Barrier to Participation” title on the home page and I got curious. I didn't read the entire thing, nor did I read all the comments here, as I don't have time right now (but I will make some time to read), so excuse me, but I feel the urge to say something. From my understanding, Shimano is whining that in Europe people are cycling less, because bike maintenance is hindering them. Did I understand right? If yes, than I find Shimano to be at least a bit...

I didn't read everything, but I can 100 % assure you that aluminium enters the chat when it comes to dirty fluid. QED, I've bled a lot of Code R and RSC brakes. The difference is that RSC is anodized, which includes the insides of the lever body and the caliper, which means a smooth, hard coated master cylinder bore resistant to wear. On the other hand Code R is painted and is painted only on the outside. Which means the piston rides directly on raw aluminium. The master piston, if you disassemble the R level brake, is a lot...

Show us on the doll where the X2 touched you.

Frame storage DOES add weight. A tube is a pretty amazing piece of a construction element. Lightand stiff in multiple directions, in torsion and bending, bending left and right AND up and down. The problem is the moment you cut into it, while a small hole won't really affect things that much, a long slit will though, you're breaking all of it. So to make a downtube with a big hole cut into it to be able to fit things inside of it, you need to add a lot of material around the rim to bring back the stiffness. A...

Winner is whoever has the least amount of loctite on the main pivot bolt.

Spoken like a boomer core lord. That’s what the viral forums seem to have become though. Dario is actually a breath of fresh air in mountain bike media, same as Jason. His perspective is a welcome change from the usual safe, generic industry takes the rest of the media recycles time and time again.