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iceman2058 Liked a comment about Feature The Downduro Project: Dual-Crown and a Dropper Post, Öhlins DH38 m.1 Review
9/8/2020 11:47am
Not much into reading are we?
We ran it at 180 mm for this "downduro" test.
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alfredfetta Liked a comment about Feature The Downduro Project: Dual-Crown and a Dropper Post, Öhlins DH38 m.1 Review
9/8/2020 11:47am
This 2015 specialized enduro evo expert was ahead of its time.
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BHowell Liked a comment about Press Release The Bike You've Been Asking For - Privateer's 141
9/8/2020 11:45am
That information was not given prior to launch. Now that the bike is public, we went to the Privateer site, looked up the information you are asking about, and added it to the release.
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bizutch Liked a comment about Feature Demo Mullet vs Demo 29: Specialized DH Bikes Head-to-Head
9/2/2020 8:33pm
I have to assume you're referring to the author, not the comments? If so, the comparison makes perfect sense. They are the 2 similarly priced complete builds from 1 brand and very differently speced. This really helps people wondering if they should buy and race one or the other straight out of the box, no mods.
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BrianBuell Liked a comment about Feature Demo Mullet vs Demo 29: Specialized DH Bikes Head-to-Head
9/2/2020 8:32pm
Pumped you are stoked!
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video Scrubs: Show or Dough? Finn Iles Explains the Difference and How to Do Them
9/2/2020 8:31pm
Exactly. It's not a scrub if you don't slide off the lip. Scrubs are possible on a mountain bike, but they're ridiculously hard. Eliot Jackson, Aaron Gwin, Ian Morrison, and maybe three other people in the world have done a legit tire-sliding scrub on an MTB, and for those guys it's still kind of a roll of the dice every time- sometimes the tire slides too far and they can't pull it back. I don't see the benefit of watering down the word and losing sight of how enormously hard an actual MTB scrub is. That would be like me...
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RiderMikeCheck1 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/2/2020 11:38am
Yea, that newly design Maxxis Shorty(?) should be available soon (I hope). Have seen it on a number of bikes now New Shorty?: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEhc4cJC-gq/?utm_source=ig_embed https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/2/slideshows/13106/photos/36020/s16… https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/2/slideshows/13106/photos/36019/s16… New Unknown Tire: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEOISRGp6Lb/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CEKXbyKCCRl/ Loic and Finn have obviously been on Maxxis for the past season or two. So I'm assuming that this new new tire Loic is running is another Maxxis. It's Sharpied out so it looks to be another Maxxis. On a related note, one of the tech editors from another site has mentioned that his favorite wet conditions tire is still under embargo. So it's likely one of these two...
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Mtbforlife4 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/2/2020 11:36am
They put the FIT4 in the 38... When are they going to ditch the twinloc??
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BHowell Liked a comment about video Scrubs: Show or Dough? Finn Iles Explains the Difference and How to Do Them
9/2/2020 11:34am
I know where you stand on this topic, I recall your post about it some years back. However...to Finn's credit, he does call out that one style is just a turned-down whip. The second form is actually a scrub, wherein the execution has to do with coming in hot, compressing the bike, and carving off the lip as to stay lower over a jump. A throttle is not required, it is just a hell of a lot cooler. I would draw the same comparison to whips. Yeah, mountain bikers whip but nothing like a moto.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video Scrubs: Show or Dough? Finn Iles Explains the Difference and How to Do Them
9/2/2020 11:33am
I am a huge Finn Iles fan, and I think he's half right. One style is just a turned-down whip. Where we disagree is that the other style is just a turned-down whip, but lower.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about bike check BALFA "LA GUÊPE" PROTOTYPE 2002
9/2/2020 10:07am
Does look familiar, huh?
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Matt Dogg Liked a comment about bike check BALFA "LA GUÊPE" PROTOTYPE 2002
9/2/2020 10:06am
That's one dope extra legitimate travel apparatus!
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video Scrubs: Show or Dough? Finn Iles Explains the Difference and How to Do Them
9/2/2020 10:03am
I like the part where he rips the throttle open and slides the back wheel up half the lip. Oh wait that didn't happen because he's not scrubbing, he's just squashing the jumps while whipping and doing an ever-so-slight turn up the lip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlcrr58hlYs
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about press release Coil or Air - Cane Creek's All-New, Incredibly Adjustable Kitsuma Shock
9/2/2020 9:56am
I think most people judge bikes before they even sort out their spring rates. "This bike pedals like crap." 40% sag. "This bike is really soft and dead feeling." No volume spacers. "This bike is really bad on steep trails." Fork too soft. "It's so harsh on rough trails." Also fork too soft.
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Big Bird Liked a comment about Press Release Coil or Air - Cane Creek's All-New, Incredibly Adjustable Kitsuma Shock
9/2/2020 9:54am
Riders should have to pass a test on the effects of low and high speed damping before being allowed to buy a modern shock. It's crazy to me that even at some bike shops this remains a mystery. There are SO many people out there on crazy expensive bikes with complete garbage tunes.
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metadave Liked a comment about Press Release Coil or Air - Cane Creek's All-New, Incredibly Adjustable Kitsuma Shock
9/2/2020 9:54am
I agree "This bike sucks" is a common note to many current super bikes because someone doesn't know how to tune their shock. Most people can barely be trusted with adjustable air/preload and low speed rebound adjustments.
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mixmastamikal Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/31/2020 12:13pm
I was thinking this is probably the reason they didn't even bother to do a press release. They knew the comments would just be filled with slack seat tube angle hate and they didn't want to deal with it. LOL
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Dave_Camp Liked a comment about video Marco Osborne's Favorite Trails - AKA, Randy's Happy Place
8/28/2020 2:08pm
YEAH BOY! that looked really dangerous
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BHowell Liked a comment about video Marco Osborne's Favorite Trails - AKA, Randy's Happy Place
8/28/2020 2:08pm
I will concur with Marco, this is far and away my favorite region to ride! Nicely done fellas!
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grizzatom Liked a comment about video Marco Osborne's Favorite Trails - AKA, Randy's Happy Place
8/28/2020 2:08pm
Marco is the first Transition-sponsored rider I've seen make a video that's not on purpose-built PNW flow-carpet. It's refreshing to see someone thrashing on rocky, dry, unimproved multi-use trails like many of us in the western US. I hate the idea that a trail isn't "fun" if it's not on perfect soil or built specifically for MTB. Well done and sick riding, sir!
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