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Its not crazy at all to think that he is making more than an engineer at the company, almost any other sport is like this. Its just a bike company we are talking about its not like you need to pay an engineer 250K a year.

Thanks Blake, this is exactly the discussion I'm hoping to have on here. What sort of difference would you expect to see in the data? Bike using more travel, using less, more force at the rear axle, or less? My hunch is the bike with bad pedal kick will use less travel because it's getting hung up on the chain/anti-squat as it's trying to compress. (I think this would produce more measurable force at the pedals, too, because you're getting more force in your feet as opposed to absorbed by your rear spring).

Also don't forget to mention I'm openly promoting diabetes. 😁

I'm not.

Weird sizing

The focus of this being the way they wrote the number 4 which is still a bit different and not focused on the caliper itself which is completely different is kind of funny. When are we gonna start talking about what color crayons taste best cause i feel like we are getting pretty close?

Engineers take the raw data, think through what they see, decide what is happening and make changes to the suspension. Then repeat the run and look at the data again. That's where the engineering part comes in, you interpret the raw data, you don't need the software to tell you if it is good or not. What you see is what you get and it's on you to determine if it is indeed good or bad. Having raw values at least gives you some confidence you are seeing the real thing vs. "add x clicks" where you have no idea...

>Bike manufacturers spec 30,000 different headset combinations on frames over the last four decades >FSA makes something compatible How dare they!

I read this twice and I still have no idea what you intended to say other than jaded garbage. You definitely have truly lackluster diction.

You can get that info from rate curve graphs. It shows the starting rate. The smaller the number, in terms of rate so say .333, the less force required to activate the suspension. If you're reading a ratio graph, then it's the larger the number, like 3 which is the inverse of the above. That only tells part of the story though because force at rear wheel graphs are a more complete picture for suspension activation because that includes the shock's spring rate. This still excludes the behavior exhibited by the shock tune. Overall progression percentage can be calculated by...

VPP magic pedalling it around? V2 Hightowers I see in my riding group all bob like crazy and everybody switches the shock platform on when it's time to go up. Or did you mean something else by magic? Regarding the Transition (if it looks like a duck...), the seattube is hella bent and low insertion length, unlike what the Sentinel has:

Well, I think it makes more sense on a road/gravel bike IMO I've had heaps of road punctures etc - can store wind jacket etc in the frame. Vs MTB... big rides are usally at the point of hip pack anyway or shuttle'd For reference i've used alot of bikes with storage, Stumpy evo, slash.... marin etc i've used it once, to put my wind jacket away on the EVO... and that was on a local ride. Never used it otherwise... id rather my tube be on the frame if i ever needed it(which i dont)... as most internal storage...

I know a few fast people who are on the DHX/Float X for DH use. The story I’ve heard is that it’s cheap, reliable and responds very well to retuning. It has less external adjustability than an X2, but if it’s tuned for you that doesn’t really matter.

Agreed. It feels like pinkbike vibes have entered the chat recently. There was once a time when I read pinkbike to be entertained by bufoons and would read vital for core-guy insider info and stoke. Seems like some of the pink-dweeb arguing bled into the vital forums.

The vitalmtb forum getting ready to argue about electronic shifting, me included