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Need some Shimano brake fluid. Went to three shops today (all were sort of along the way with other things I was doing). No one had any. Was told it’s really hard to get. Left the last shop and from my phone ordered a 1 liter bottle from Jenson for under $20 get a few other nic nacs and now free shipping. That single serving can woulda cost me like $12 at the shop. Sigh. I love the idea of supporting shops. I try to do it when I can. buying clothes and pads and shoes and helmets is much...

Back when the Capra was about to be unveiled, there was a rumor the next gen enduro- and AM-rigs were about to get a vertical-shock layout, to be more in line with the Izzo. The Capra proved it wrong, the words above state the same for the Jeffsy. But it would have been nice to see a “bigger-travel Izzo”-looking Jeffsy!

altitude will go full santa cruz anyway.

Proto Burgtec pedals with centre pins?

Prolly could be counted as innovation, you absolute pickle jar

I agree completely with the last paragraph. Mountain biking is so much more dynamic than road biking that hard/fast rules of fit really don't apply in the same way. In my experience, more people want to size up than down because they are either coming off of an older bike with a crazy long stem and trying to mimic that fit or they are passengers on the bike, not the pilot. I would say there is also a much bigger variability in mountain bike geometry than road bike geometry. In short, I'd say the only key thing is sizing the...

Thanks for all your help, I had an awesome weekend with no arm pump and a bike riding just fine! Thanks again!

I have always struggled to find a "correct" setup on all my bikes. Im 176cm, short legs, and 181cm reach. On my current bike, Canyon Strive 2022, reach 480 and 634 stack, 760mm wide bars, i felt the bars was way to low. 20mm spacers and 30mm rise. Changed the bars 40mm rise, wich was better, and then bought som 60mm risers, and WOW! The difference in control, strenght, less arm/hand fatigue and how much easier it is to look ahead. My riding position maybe terrible, but i feel i actually can load the dront tire better now, most likely...

Be careful of setback though. Or effective cockpit length in regards to the position of the grips. I'm trying out a 70 mm stem now for example because of the 12° backsweep on my 55 mm rise bars.

That is the WP version of the new Onyx 38 damper with the Cone Valve. DVO NZ reached out after I commented on it as it turns out they had been testing it for a few months already. I've had it all in bits and will run it on the Dyno tomorrow but so far- -Yes it is an actual Cone Valve design, but on the base valve instead of the mid valve. This will change its effect somewhat, since there is much less oil flow at the base valve -Overall construction of the base valve is really nice, the...

Did the same when I bought my Stumpy, didnt need it sent to a local shop as I'm more than capable of building a bike on my own but wanted to build a relationship with the shop and wanted them to make couple bucks.

Great labor will keep the good shops thriving. Even as an enthusiast who has always done everything and custom builds everything there's still I'm happy to leave bikes in good hands if I simply don't have the time. Rest of the bike shops I have no remorse for; arrogant attitudes, unjustifiable mark ups for providing no service (buying a frame is the worst!), lack of after-sales support or customer service, it just sucks. Having spent time on both sides of the counter I've heard numerous employee tirades on how pax will be completely screwed over buying from DTC brands as...

I was there for NORBA Nationals. Traveled to as many as possible for so many years thanks to my job, friends and sponsors. Just acting as an advocate, not challenging the top dogs really. But NORBA Nationals were the pinnacle of DH. The things that made it work were the stories. Palmer crossing all barriers & becoming "The Greatest Athlete on Earth" during a generational cross over of the US Postal dominance, Lance's cancer fight & the meshing of pop culture X Games. The real underlying strength of that era's stories wasn't the athletes though. It was the marketing powerhouses...

One other thing...the irony of Bruni saying we have to go to 30 racers to get a "dream scenario team" of a "TOYOTA/Specialized". Every team at NORBA Nationals had that "dream scenario". Specialized/Mtn Dew SOBE/Cannondale Volvo/Cannondale Trek/VW The Ford Motors women's team Chevy Trucks sponsored the entire series, Sven & Needles drove around squeezed into Honda Ridgelines. Kicker audio had a massive demo truck Park Tools supported every National with a Tool truck Anyone remember the sport needing to be F1 or cut down to 30 then? Hell NO!!!

I honestly think UCI would never allow DH to be mainstream. They are clearly all in. for male road cycling and that's it. The TdF is as good as it gets for them it seems and it used to be broadcast live and on tape delay in the US on NBC Sports back in the pre-cable and internet days. As you said, it would take a major company (ahem, Discovery) to purchase it outright, not just broadcast rights, to make it more mainstream. I still have hopes for the Disco/ESO series. In a few ways, it's better but in many...

The old NORBA days (RIP) were as close to supercross as possible for MTB. Maybe even as close to NASCAR as we will ever be in terms of coverage. That being said, a WC pit is just like a supercross one with the big rigs all over. The money is there, albeit slowly drying up, at least for the racers/support teams.

Slight Box One vibes? Not the same in principle as Box lever was pushed in instead of rotated the other way, but yeah... Single lever nevertheless.

Shimano Nexus shifters have had a similar action for a long time (take the ST-7S20 model for instance)