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Washing your helmet? Sheeeet...next thing you guys are gonna tell me is that you wash your bikes too. LULZ.

Not rumor or top secret tech (or is it?!), but all this SS talk got me excited... Fellow Luddites rejoice. $5 in hardware and proper reuse of a destroyed derailleur: Keeping it about tech, though, this little contraption really made me want to try the Lal Supre Drive. I hope the Supre Drive or similar concept shows back up in the future.

It's all over for Big Derailleur once someone wins an XC race with a gearbox

WTF, did Giant just take their FEA mapping output and turn it into a paint scheme?

I have a few rides on the Specialized tires, Butcher Front / Eliminator rear on my 170mm bike from blown out dry to hero dirt in the backcountry (not purpose built or bike park). I also have a tacky chan + roamy in trail casing on my 130mm bike so have experience with radial. Main takeaways so far Improved grip over Conti DH (SS front, S rear) - Better braking right away was noticable, its like I added 15% braking power. It does not feel noticeably slower climbing on dirt than conti, although I haven't gone back to do a...

Yeah I wouldn't recommend that at all. Great way to ruin it. It's bad for it to be subjected to those chemicals and that heat for that period of time. Dishwashers are harsh AF. I take mine into the shower, put it on when I have shampoo in my hair, move it around a bit, get some shampoo into the straps, then rinse it all out immediately. Sounds stupid but shampoo seems to do a better job with odors than anything else, and it's the fastest/easiest way of washing it that I've found.

Can we please not turn this into a d*ck-measuring contest regarding who rides which steep thing w/ which gearing?

I would be highly concerned of the detergent damaging the plastic or foam so I wouldn't risk it. Also don't want anything thats been sweaty going through the same machine as my dishes..... I never thought of them being hard to clean? You can hand washed the pads/replace them occasionally and the rest just wipe it down with a cloth and maybe mild soap

Just blissfully rolling along on indestructible, quiet, low engagement DT350 hubs over here. In the forest, people barely know I'm there instead of sounding like an inner city brake rotor on a Dodge Neon dragging pad off the wheel.

Here's my experience on the new Maven B1 I decided to try out the B1 Mavens after my Radics started losing pressure (both side MC bores had scratches). I previously had a set of maven A1's last season, but decided to go with the Radics due to them feeling better in the stand (I nerd out on my bike more than I ride it). I've always used steel brake hoses with the Mavens that Radic uses. This is just due to them looking way cooler, there's zero noticeable difference in feel compared to original Sram hoses. I've also only used...

Also had issues with my 90 setup. Turned out to be not enough cable tension, but the weird part is it only affected one cog in the middle of the cassette. Since fixing that it’s been fantastic. Can’t remember if it was said earlier, but it sure feels like SRAM made the mechanical stuff harder to setup as a way to steer people toward AXS.

Frameworks balance bike coming in hot.

Aaron Gwin to become a father. Neko looking to sign the boy post umbilical cord cutting.

I don't really buy that theory. Looking at the last few seasons, this feels more like a natural progression than Loïc not being there. Finn Iles 2024: Already one of the fastest riders in the field. Multiple podiums and only 0.169s off the World Championship win. 2025: Injury/concussion issues meant he never found his rhythm and openly talked about it 2026: Looks more like a return to form than a breakthrough. Jordan Williams 2023: Won an Elite World Cup in his rookie season, proving the speed was already there. Had a hard time to find his rhythm and speed in...

Guy who owns bike company trashes competitors bike. Shocking.

I would just like to call out the fact that 100% of the 6 mens elite world cups so far have been won on 148 rear ends.

Depending on where your chain stay length falls you don’t have to change chain length between a step up or down with transmission. T-Type Specs

What issues with the jab are you talking about? Just curious, I have one of the first ones made and have yet to add any of the “enhancements” but I still love the way it shifts, with the UDH brace, haven’t run it without… It’s pretty rad in my opinion that every time they come up with something to make it better they offer the upgrades at a significantly reduced price for current owners, free would be better but it’s a small price to pay for a small outfit that I want to support and see succeed in the long...

I'm dealing with the dreaded chain not seating/ skipping on the 3rd cog issue on my SO's bike with T90. Shifts great across the range then the ramps on the 3rd cog are too wide or cassette was manufactured out of tolerance spacing. Looking into a cassette warranty now. I find the new T type setup scheme to be more confusing and janky. I never had an issue adjusting a B limit screw or H/L stop. Jamming hex spanner into a slot as a setup datum and hand tensioning the "B limit" while torquing correctly, with EXACTLY the right (proprietary)...