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I think my keyboard is the wrong size, running a stand up desk size XL

Closing the page will have a very similar effect. And it's even easier to do. The wonders of internet!

I think you all should meet up at like an airport hotel conference room and measure each other for a weekend and please post the days in this thread so I can go ride without the possibility of running into any you. You goddamn nerds.

my spitfire is one of the few bikes i regret selling.

If they re-vamped the titan, it would be very high on my next bike list

Thats an interesting one, but Keith has been pretty open about the brand and surely has an account here as well (he answers customer questions on some other forums, not sure if mtbr or nsmb, but one of those) and always said they keep everything pretty minimum and optimised and there are like 5 people empoyed by Banshee in total. And IIRC they operate in batches so they dont order a lot of bikes to be kept in storage which reduces the risk. They have been around for a long time too so they must have been through thick and...

Did anyone have Nuke Proof on their bingo card? I didn't. https://singletrackworld.com/2023/10/signa-sports-financial-woes-future…

That was an excellent article. Shops can be their own worst enemy, and crap customer service [ESPECIALLY towards women] is enemy #1. Regardless of the unpleasantness inflicted upon the IBDs by the big brands, if a shop doesn't nail that customer experience, they're going to be roadkill eventually. Seriously, how hard is it to say hi to somebody when they walk in the door? Or treat your customers the same regardless of their appearance? The author's other comments about growth having to come from outside the existing customer base via the mobility market also rang true for me. Lots of...

L.Shaw to Specialized, along with 6000 others!

Apologies if this has been posted already; new mirror saddle from Spesh?

Era doesn't use x fusion lowers for some time now.

I recently went from 12* SQ Lab backsweep bars to more traditional 8* backsweep Chromag FU50s to get some more rise (grrr low stack height on L/XL frames). Setting them up for the same hand position, which I measured with a string, they feel surprisingly similar. Only diff is slightly more outside palm pressure on the 12* bars like Sir Bot mentions, and the 8* bars create slightly more elbow torque. Elbow issues are why I originally tried them, but that's long since healed so I find no benefit any longer and do get excessive hand pressure on very long...

Given that the Era uses an X-Fusion chassis (the same goes for the upcoming Fast coil fork), I wonder if this would have happened sooner if they offered an RV1 chassis for 29 inch wheels? And on that note, does anyone know if there is a new RV1 coming? or any news on the prototype air shock that was on Tom Van Steenburgen's Rampage bike?

Hopefully that maybe is soon

Nukeproof not so nuke proof after all? Too soon?

Bump for some (not so good but) foreshadowed news. https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2023/10/17/signa-sports-u… Looks like Nukeproof and Vitus having some difficulties.

Do you really do pushups with elbows by your body? Most people make them at a ~45° angle. I distinctly remember seeing someone doing pushups with elbows by the body and got a comment 'yeah, that's what cross country skiers do to train the correct muscles'. Because in XC skiing you actually do push down with your arms closer to the body.

Because it was such a big difference in how I ride my bike and has made me eat the hat I loved to wear before. Just goes to show, nothing is for sure.