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I don’t think Lina is going anywhere unless she wants to. You don’t support a rider through jrs and then not give them a season or 2 in elites

I wonder how much of srams growth has been driven by acquisitions over the last few years

I know we are mostly gravity oriented here, but the Cannondale Factory (XC) team is shutting down and Maxime Marotte announced that Origine Racing Division will be without Origine come 2027. Origine said that they will continue as a frame sponsor some place else. The Cannondale development leaves a lot of quick people looking for teams next year, although I am sure they must have something arranged already. In other XC topics, I wish people would talk more about what happened to Chiara Teocchi. She is left paralyzed and was fighting for her dear life a some weeks ago. It...

I think 10 seconds per pole would be fine, but I’d still be fine with just assigning 30th place to anyone that misses a pole. With what these riders go through to qualify now days, getting 0 points at the end of the weekend is nuts. Especially with how few factory spots there are now days and how much a riders overall standings could play into a contract. If you drop in and make it to the finish line you should get 30 points or whatever. Also think the hiking back up thing is just dumb and dangerous. What happens...

For the current saint brakes, the calipers are beefed up but they actually have the same size pistons as XT and XTR - just a slightly different servowave ramp built into the lever. If the new saint brakes get released and it turns out that they also have the exact same size pistons as XTR, I'll be very disappointed in Shimano. We have waited far too long for these saint brakes to end up having 5% more power than XTR.

Keep your eyes peeled on Monday and you might see a fresh Loic Bruni interview.

$190k is the GDP of Tasmania lol Could buy the joint for that.

Hi there, I’m using the Schwalbe adapter as I’m in Europe and here it’s the main distributor. I’ve got also one from SKS and it’s the same. Basically you can unscrew the upper part, you just need this one and the little gum ring used as seal. You can see it in this photo. Hopefully one of your adapter has got the same thread

Dual slalom.

I am not an emtb owner yet but I will be at some point. I've ridden several gen's of Levo's, some SC offerings, some Pivot offerings, and some Shimano equipped emtb's. The thing that was remarkable to me about the Avinox bike I recently took for a very short spin was the small size of the motor, the very quiet operation, and the slim downtube profile. The combo of the slim downtube and the small motor are impressive in their stealthiness. I am excited to see what the new TQ system looks like.

I'm totally sold on clik. I've tried most, presta are fine, Fillmore brilliant... But what sells it for me is using a Topeak e-booster (or similar rechargeable thing). Click on, pump, accurate gauge, click off, ride... Because it physically opens the valve rather than being a one way valve that's closed by the pressure in the tyre, and it means gauge reading is live and accurate. If your OCD about pressures like me that saves minutes each ride.. no more wondering if my track pump gauge is accurate or losing pressure if the pump held jiggles the presta on the...

Sorry, I didn’t provide very precise instructions, but there is a central support in order for the overhang part to come out cleanly. You should be able to insert an Allen key into the hexagonal hole and break away the round support piece, tap it with a mallet if it’s too firm, hope this clears it up (The hex slot is there just to make sure you have an easy way to unscrew it from the pump if it ever get stuck)

I’ve designed this little 3d printed adapter, to use the Clik head onto the OneUp pumps: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2469641-oneup-x-clik-valve-adapter#pro…

Ok, so here are my experiences with Clik Valves on my two bikes after 2 months. Background My initial reason for trying it (in addition to pure curiosity) was that I use Lezyne pumps with the ABS-1 Pro Chuck head that you screw onto the valve. I started feeling that it took just a little too long every time I went riding to screw and unscrew the head compared to a quick click. The root cause for pumping so often was, of course, the tires, but let's not deep dive into that. It also felt silly that you couldn't let...

For years people have been asking for MGUs from SRAM and Shimano and there has long been speculation that those brands didn’t get involved because they didn’t want to undermine their own market share of expensive, high wear components. In doing so they’ve left their flank wide open for a Chinese company to swallow up the drivetrain market while solving issues riders have complained about for decades. Horrific miscalculation from the drivetrain cartel.

If I were SRAM I’d be worried. If I were Shimano I’d be shitting it