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Tehllama Added a comment about video Drone Skills
5/14/2023 9:18am
Combination of two things: it's unbelievably hard to chase bikes with an aircraft that will go to triple digit speeds in half a second, with this tight a proximity downhill that's an insane level of control. The other part is that the primary focus is being able to get 3 second TikTok ready clips of Damien absolutely shredding, which this has a couple dozen of executed perfectly. I totally appreciate that the full edit is hard to watch for people who don't fly FPV. Watch some of the kids doing SBang videos, and this is tame by comparison.
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Tehllama Added a comment about video Drone Skills
5/14/2023 9:18am
Combination of two things: it's unbelievably hard to chase bikes with an aircraft that will go to triple digit speeds in half a second, with this tight a proximity downhill that's an insane level of control. The other part is that the primary focus is being able to get 3 second TikTok ready clips of Damien absolutely shredding, which this has a couple dozen of executed perfectly. I totally appreciate that the full edit is hard to watch for people who don't fly FPV.
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Tehllama Added a reply to Best front AND rear tire
3/29/2020 12:46pm DHR-II Front // e.13 SemiSlick Rear (29x2.4 on both). For dry desert conditions and going fast with maximum braking potential on the front tire. The e.13 Semislicks come in super-beefy casings (while the MinionSS 29er tires don't seem to actually exist in the retail world in any casing other than EXO).
Tehllama Added a comment about product review Forekaster (2017)
11/17/2017 8:05pm
As another data point - 29" 2.35 Forekaster. I got one on a bike that was new to me, and fully expected to remove it, but it's done remarkably well. I ride almost exclusively loose over hardpack and hardpack desert conditions, and ride aggressively through rocks on carbon rims, and I have yet to be disappointed in the performance of the tire. I will finally swap it out this season for a beefier casing Minion, but I've mostly decided to retire it from tread wear. I'm really curious about running a 2.6x29" tire for my XC-Trail hardtail setup - just...
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Tehllama Added a comment about feature Vital MTB Face Off: The Best Dropper Seatposts
5/9/2017 10:05pm
Yup, practically unbeatable if local support is a must have. FWIW, that's what I've been running since last December, couldn't be happier
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Tehllama Added a comment about feature Vital MTB Face Off: The Best Dropper Seatposts
5/9/2017 10:04pm
Awesome stuff. I concur that the BikeYoke is brilliantly engineered; but it's hard to compete on price, support, and overall feel of the Fox Transfer with a WolfTooth lever. Love mine.
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Tehllama Added a comment about news story RESULTS: Qualifying, 2017 Lourdes World Cup DH
5/1/2017 9:44pm
Lol, just kidding. A brilliant fourth place.
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Tehllama Added a comment about news story RESULTS: Qualifying, 2017 Lourdes World Cup DH
4/29/2017 9:55pm
What happened to Florent Payet? I'd be gutted if he couldn't run in the final, after putting it on the podium in Val di Sol
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Tehllama Added a reply to 2017 Racing Rumors
4/4/2017 5:35pm With Florent on it, they practically look like 24"s. I hope he can follow that breakout season with another great one!
Tehllama Added a reply to XL and XXL bikes in Downhill?
3/30/2017 10:42pm Whereas I'm also 6'2", but long legged. I'm happiest on a bike marked XXL, with a reach in the 475mm range. It's a long bike 452mm chainstays, and running a longer fork I think the wheelbase is pushing 49"... But the added length out back keeps it balanced. The strange part is that this is the most reactive and playful...
Tehllama Added a reply to 2017 Racing Rumors
3/14/2017 9:57am It looks like the Super Deluxe coil is what the operator was designed around, so speccing the Kage for last year on production bikes was just a temporary stop-gap
Tehllama Added a reply to Curtis Keene Teases New Specialized Tires
2/22/2017 3:02pm Hillbilly meets eTRS...
Tehllama Added a comment about feature Aaron Gwin's Signature Onza Tire Is More Than Just a Look-alike
2/15/2017 6:17pm
I want the 29x2.4 myself... But yes. Need all of the wheel diameters, CST should be able to hook it up
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Tehllama Added a comment about feature Aaron Gwin's Signature Onza Tire Is More Than Just a Look-alike
2/15/2017 6:15pm
The biggest knock I've seen is that it looks like a DH F/R minion with Butcher side knobs... Which promises most of the cornering traction of a DHF/Butcher, most of the braking traction of a DHR2, and the rolling resistance average of those three, depending on center tread durometer... If expectations are still for a dry weather tire in 900g weight class that rolls acceptably and keeps up when the going gets gnarly, then I'm not at all skeptical.
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