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And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with Profile cranks!

I see too many carbon crank failures in my local area to go carbon, Sram being a usual suspect but Raceface also coming up occasionally although they usually de-lam from the spindle where Sram cracks at the pedal. Id be interested in trying Ti other than the cost of entry. I'm still someone who prefers 24mm spindles for bearing life as well but they might convince me to go 30.

Laces are the only option I will consider. I don’t care if it takes me 2 minutes longer to put my shoes on at the trailhead; I can get them just tight enough in the exact right places every time and don’t have to adjust them once throughout a ride of any length. Boas only solve one problem, which they also created: being able to micro adjust tightness on the fly when you’ve over-tightened them or they have lost tension as you ride. They also break easily, are annoying to replace, and they frequently send the wrong parts. They can...

I can't wear road shoes that don't have 3 velcro closures. Makes dialling in the perfect tension along all the whole foot 1000x easier. I have RC TNT2s, with laces and a top velcro for MTB, which also works pretty well. Not sure I would trust full velcro in the dirt tbh.

Was just wondering why he is on an XL Capra front triangle now while he was on a size M Canyon Strive last year. Turns out they are about the same reach!

I do like to think about how other sports influence riding styles. Personally I grew up skiing, and always was encouraged to be "in the middle of the camber" so I'm used to being in the middle of my "traction points". Since, I've preferred a more balanced and centred position on the bike. If a rider has no other sport's influence, how do they ride? If a child is never spoken to, what language would they speak?

Mr. Moi Moi is a surfer. He probably surfed before he ever rode a bike. Probably slashed a turn on a wave before he ever slashed a berm. One does not slash a turn on a wave from the middle of the board. I've lived with surfers most of my life. So I at least think that I know. I'd say Jack should try out a medium too while he's there.

One of the first things I noticed after going from carbon cranks to eeWings was the stiffness. Very noticeable, and quite surprising. Cranks, bars and rims are the only places on my bikes where I use carbon, because it makes sense from a performance point of view. But titanium cranks oneups the carbon ones.

Without a high(-ish) pivot I think anything getting close to 420 mm with a 29er rear wheel is a major achievement (or front triangle massaging) situation. Regarding riding style, I'd say Moir knows how to handle a bike. EWS champ? Meh... Irrelevant. In all seriousness, talking about hanging off the rear, any time someone mentions that I instantly remember Chris Kovarik (in person from Maribor to be honest) who looked like he was surfing off the rear of the bike. True, different times, different bikes, but yeah. Crazy Australians :D

I wouldn't be surprised if most people can't notice any differences in stiffness between two cranks. Even more so with mountain bikes that have fairly wobbly frames (compared to a hardtail), wobbly wheels, suspension, etc. etc. Could be wrong, but it would be interesting to see how many (few) people could actually notice it without it being pointed out (for example comparing two XTR-like cranks that have different levels of internal milling and look the same on the outside). Why go with an alloy model? At the face of it I can only point to two factors. Price and impact...

That's a fair point. I'd like to think that these new cranksets should be at least as stiff as XTR's since ews factory teams are getting it first. A curious question would be why go with an alloy crankset now for a (nearly) top-shelf model?

Swanging off it. No surprise, it's like he is riding a unicycle sometimes he's so far off the back, the front half of the bike is there for show it seems.

Gary does what Gary wants.

Hey guys! I've been listening to a lot of MTB podcasts and yours is now the one I'm most looking forward to hear! Especially perfect when spending evenings building and wrenching on my bike in the offseason. So glad to hear that you'll host those every week. Cheers and thanks!