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A little bit early for April 1...

Wasn't he Megatrons nephew? Legend says if you say 'Jesse' 3 times in a row he will appear.

Just listening to Neko on the Downtime podcast. Loic organized a meeting on tuesday to discuss the formation of a riders union (and there is a managers version in the works) to represent the riders concerns rather than just having one rep....who the organizers then ignore. It appears it's just not us lot who are concerned with the ESO having free reign to carve up-sorry, take to the next level dh for the next 8 years. The similarity to what's happening in pro surfing with the WSL (private owner) taking over from the ASP (competitor owned/led) is interesting to compare...

this. posts going into the weeds of ebike acceptance or denial we be nuked from this thread.

please take your „problems with e-bikes discussion“ to another thread! it‘s about new tech in hear, thx.

Oh my god calm down they’re just bikes lmao

If they are testing a proto on Le Pleney they really want it to be seen. I can't think of a less secret place to test!

like the ones strapped to laurie's v10 in January? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRZiE1Ifnxs

Ideally a high- or mid-pivot sender in aluminum. In my view there is no advantage to have a carbon DH race bike. Rode the latest version of the Sender back to back with the Supreme and it was noticeably more nervous. Guess the weight was a big factor. But maybe that’s just me 😉 Anyway, super interested in seeing in which direction they go and if they will race it already in one of the upcoming world cups.

Nope. The field has caught up and passed her. She might be able to podium in the future, but she’ll never dominate like she did in the past.

I appreciate the ability of corporate speak to use so many words and still be so vague and meaningless: "By combining our activities in the new structure, we are even better positioned to serve the needs of our customers in the bicycle industry." Translation: "We gave Jonas his own desk in the office, a new title, and bumped his pay 20% so he can focus on bikes instead of doing bikes and lawnmowers."

RE prototyping, it's hit or miss if they have it internally. It's more likely they have a CNC or two to facilitate that, for prototypes it's as good or even better. If you need something printed, you go external as it doesn't make sense to have a printer in house, if it's not used more or less 24/7 - there's maintenance, buying the materials and then there's personnel you need to run the machine, who needs to be up to date with new developments, etc. On the other hand there are loads of companies around the world offering 3D printing...

Just a little nightmare fuel...

Headset cable routing is a good idea because when I see that I instantly know I don't need to look at geometry or build specs or anything to know I will never buy that bike, big time saver. It's like Amazon's one click buy in reverse.

>handlebar bag >MTB pick one.

Well yeah there's the booster too, but if you had the pads retract it would be absolutely horrendous braking. You can also stop most regular vehicles without the booster though. Provided that does involve a whole lot of standing on the brake pedal. Cams are super easy to do with really tight tolerances. It's all in the same set up.

Yeah it's still a custom tool even for two piece calipers. Conveniently it's an angle that taper mills exist in so it's just a matter of getting most of the upper portion of the flutes ground off so that it can undercut. With a single piece caliper it would have to be a ground down dovetail or something entirely custom. Both of those are definitely trickier to source, but not impossible. Decreasing MC size gives you higher brake line pressures. Code levers hit 3000 psi easily as is. I would be hesitant to increase that further considering there's another upside...

Found the Pole owner!

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