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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video How Fast?? Lewis Buchanan Tears into the Tweed Valley
2/29/2020 11:00am
Are they gonna make a longer travel bike for him to race on? 130 seems... aggressive.
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Captain23 Liked a reply to forum topic First World Cup DH Win?
2/27/2020 12:36pm
Current Men who’ve won a World Cup Greg Minnaar (RSA) Aaron Gwin (USA) Gee Atherton (GBR) Amaury Pierron (FRA) Loic Bruni (FRA) Danny Hart (GBR) Troy Brosnan (AUS) Laurie Greenland (GBR) Martin Maes (BEL) Loris Vergier (FRA) Alexandre Fayolle (FRA) Remi Thirion (FRA) Brook MacDonald (NZL) Sam Blenkinsop (NZL) Mick Hannah (AUS) Current Women who’ve won a World Cup Rachel Atherton (GBR) Tahnee Seagrave (GBR) Tracey Hannah (AUS) Myriam Nicole (FRA) Marine Cabirou (FRA)
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five Slack, Short-Travel 29er Mountain Bikes Reviewed
2/26/2020 5:00pm
Can't hit the thumbs up button enough, Mike.
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Mike Buell Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five Slack, Short-Travel 29er Mountain Bikes Reviewed
2/26/2020 5:00pm
Also, if we can get 250 people to pre-order and pay in full. I'm sure we could build a Phantom V3 frame that weighs in at only 2.5lbs including shock and axle. Same geo and everything. Only caveat is this frame will only come with a 7 day warranty, and High School NICA rules will be enforced. Both wheel's must stay on the ground at all times. If you so much as pop a wheelie you will be disqualified, and your warranty void. On the plus side though, you could run over the frame with your enduro bike, and just...
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Mike Buell Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five Slack, Short-Travel 29er Mountain Bikes Reviewed
2/26/2020 4:59pm
Very well said Noah, and fully agree. I believe it was Graves who was once quoted at an enduro race saying something along the lines of. You get to choose the parts you put on your bike, parts you trust, you don't get to choose the wight of the bike using those parts. I can't speak for all the bikes in this test, but since I was personally responsible for picking the spec. on the Banshee Phantom, I feel relatively qualified to offer a little insight on that one. Is it all based on cost vs. weight? Not exactly. Especially...
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jeff.brines Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five Slack, Short-Travel 29er Mountain Bikes Reviewed
2/26/2020 4:57pm
Guessing you don't like admitting "I'm wrong". Fun fact, I do it all the time. Liberating. I also learn that way. Yes, more aggressive riders would prefer a more progressive design. I've ridden the bike. It isn't God Awful, but I did find it to use more of the travel more often and find bottom more often. Not my favorite feeling for a sports car derived short travel bike. Furthermore, by stating "most DW link bikes" you are implying there is a coupling of this design and the leverage rate. My point was to say you can decouple this. I...
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TEAMROBOT Added a reply to Why are there still no 200mm+ Enduro bikes?
2/26/2020 10:51am "I usually am not one to 'hate ride' a trail over and over. Im sure its a spirtual exercise on some level in order to make a person better but Im too shallow." I highly recommend it. If you ignore the hate it never goes away, it just festers in a small corner somewhere deep down inside. I also recommend...
scary Liked a reply to forum topic Why are there still no 200mm+ Enduro bikes?
2/26/2020 10:43am
I usually am not one to "hate ride" a trail over and over. Im sure its a spirtual exercise on some level in order to make a person better but Im too shallow
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GetSoMesy Liked a reply to forum topic Why are there still no 200mm+ Enduro bikes?
2/26/2020 10:43am
I'm riding a 2017 Orange 324 with 200 mm rear travel set up as a AM/FR/EN/DH bike (or mountain bike); it also has a 212mm Vecnum Nivo Dropper, 32:9-46t cassette on 150mm hub. I have had it set up with 27.5 front and rear with a Fox 40, but it was a bit heavy for wheel lifts, and the front wheel felt small after having some mullet bike setups. So now i am running it happily with 180mm 29" fork and 29" front wheel. The seat angle is about 74deg, and i can get my post low enough to buzz...
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_Lan Liked a forum topic Why are there still no 200mm+ Enduro bikes?
2/26/2020 10:41am
So I designed this thing, a 205-220mm travel (currently at 215mm) Downhill bike. I've been riding it almost everyday since I was able to tune the suspension to my liking (ditched the harsh EXT for an X2). It performs very nicely as a downhill bike going down yet still climbs like any other efficient enduro bike can. Sure, enduro bikes have become more capable and are creeping up to downhill travel numbers but why don't bike companies just go all the way. They keep teasing us with slight increments every year. There must be a market for such bikes...
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five Slack, Short-Travel 29er Mountain Bikes Reviewed
2/26/2020 10:40am
Jeff, slow people don't need heavy tires, strong wheels, or real brakes. This, in turn, makes their bikes much lighter.
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NoahColorado Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five Slack, Short-Travel 29er Mountain Bikes Reviewed
2/26/2020 8:22am
My advice to people: do not weigh your bikes - unless you're trying to build up a hill-climb specific bike. There have been a lot of tests and studies about bike weight, and the consensus is, it doesn't matter nearly as much as people think it does. For some reason, we all still think trail bikes should be ~28lbs, it's been that number for as long as I can remember. It was that number when I worked at shops - before we had dropper posts and tire choices beyond: folding, wire bead, or DH. When forks had 30 or 32mm...
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jeff.brines Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five Slack, Short-Travel 29er Mountain Bikes Reviewed
2/26/2020 8:19am
Sorry, but no. This is the same old adage of people going "VPP has this type of leverage ratio curve (the upside down U)". As we've seen in the current crop of VPP bikes, this is not true. There is a reason the engineers at SC designed the old VPP stuff this way, just like there is a reason Ibis has gone with the leverage curve above. It really has more to do with how the curve works with an air shock paired with your average noodling dentist
As far as Giant's DH bike, I'm not sure why they...
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video Between the Races – Episode 4 – Troy Brosnan
2/25/2020 5:40pm
Great sneak with the e-bike product placement. I almost missed it.
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TEAMROBOT Added a reply to Why are there still no 200mm+ Enduro bikes?
2/25/2020 3:46pm This same argument is happening in reverse right now in the comments for the "Test Sessions: Five Slack, Short-Travel 29ers" review. Over there someone is complaining that the test bikes are so heavy, so why even bother buying a short travel bike? "If it's going to weigh the same as an enduro bike anyway..." blah blah blah. TRAVEL NUMBERS DICTATE...
anotherbikerguy Liked a reply to forum topic First World Cup DH Win?
2/25/2020 2:03pm
I remember some years back Team Robot had a list of active riders who had won at least 1 World Cup. Anybody have an updated version of that list? Would be interesting to compare the list of all winners with list of multiple-time winners (2 or more WC wins), but maybe even more interesting to see a list of active riders who have placed 2nd (or maybe just podiumed) but never won... Somebody get Eliot Jackson on the phone.
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Matt Dogg Liked a comment about Feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five Slack, Short-Travel 29er Mountain Bikes Reviewed
2/24/2020 8:11pm
amazing work everyone! keep it up! I liked how BT gave his 'add to quiver' bike and his 'one bike quiver' bike. and a massive shout out to Banshee for performing against the plastic, pretty, and pricey bikes. awesome format and the geo nerdage is sweet too.
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic First World Cup DH Win?
2/24/2020 3:57pm
Will Tahnee be back in time>?
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TEAMROBOT Added a reply to First World Cup DH Win?
2/24/2020 3:59pm Here’s a thought: no one gets their first win this season. Tahnee, Tracey, and Myriam will be healthy and Rachel will be back on the bike. On the senior men’s side, it’s tough to bet against a stacked winners circle that already includes Loic, Gwin, Troy, Amaury, Laurie, Danny, Loris, and Minnaar. Edit: Tahnee’s broke. I forgot. She might be...
NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic First World Cup DH Win?
2/24/2020 8:33am
Shark Attack Jack. Mick Hannah will get his second (Vigo 2006). He'll also win World Champs.
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