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sprungmass Liked a bike check Copper Plated Tonton
3/4/2026 12:22pm
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fondle4rondle Liked a bike check Volition Frameworks Custom Gearbox Enduro
10/6/2025 3:32pm
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Will_Narayan Added a comment about bike check Volition Frameworks Custom Gearbox Enduro
10/5/2025 10:23am
You need one of these green fox fork, or at least a black one, otherwise pretty cool rig !
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edwardyoon Liked a bike check Sklar Tall Tale (my Sklartail)
9/9/2025 4:01pm
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Will_Narayan Added a reply to 32-inch Wheels and Mountain Bikes
9/6/2025 5:05pm Just a thought that crossed my mind while doing 32" frames in bikecad, with the better rolling capacity of 32" wheels, and less suspensions travel available, could we see more softail frames (for XC/trail), or frames with flex stays and a simpler suspension device than an air/coil shock. There used to be elastomers back in the days but these were...
Will_Narayan Added a reply to 32-inch Wheels and Mountain Bikes
8/18/2025 10:08am I'm really curious about it. I have a lot of stack and lot of rise on my 29" hardtail (ESD) with 150mm of travel, so there's certainly enough space for a 32" wheel and a bit less travel, so a 100 or 120mm 32" could roll REALLY well (of course weight and head angle/rake are to be considered as well)...
Will_Narayan Added a comment about bike check Nicolai GAM-PI
8/5/2025 3:38pm
Looks great, could you give some geo numbers ? SA looks quite steep particularly for a HT, chainstays look long even with a gearbox
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Will_Narayan Added a comment about press release Race Face Introduces 55mm Rise Era Handlebars
7/28/2025 8:10am
Indeed, 14 bars and not a single 31.8, meh
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Jakub_G Liked a comment about Press Release Race Face Introduces 55mm Rise Era Handlebars
7/28/2025 8:09am
No 31.8, no sale
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Will_Narayan Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/5/2025 12:44pm Fast are indeed working on a fork, but it's a single crown, you can see it here : https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h-dMzSac5zM (it's a short video of a project which goal is to do a French bike, either with made in France products or, as the Rockrider frame implies, designed in France parts). Does not mean that there isn't a downhill fork in...
Ryan Burney Liked a reply to forum topic Can You Fine-Tune Frame Stiffness With Just Bolt-On Bridges?
3/18/2025 4:51pm
The shape of the rear triangle has a big impact on stiffness. The most efficient design is one with a large, well-defined triangle, like what you see on a road bike. It works like a truss bridge, where tall supports on the sides make the structure stronger without just making the base thicker. Adding more material at the base would make it heavier without adding much strength. A well-designed rear triangle keeps the bike stiff and efficient without unnecessary weight. Frame and pivot layout also play a huge role in stiffness, making things more complex. The main takeaway is this...
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Will_Narayan Added a reply to Can You Fine-Tune Frame Stiffness With Just Bolt-On Bridges?
3/15/2025 7:43am Also, how much does the shape of the rear triangle make a frame prone to flex or not ? I mean, if you compare for instance a Giant Glory to an Intense M1 (moreover the high pivot one) or a V10, doesn't the shape of those 2 bikes is more prone to flex because the triangle is way more compact...
Will_Narayan Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
3/14/2025 5:38pm I don't know in the rest of the world, but where I ride (east of France) covid has messed things up quite a bit. We used to organize rides through a messageboard and there could be big rides (up to 20 or 30 people sometimes, a bit of a mess :p), it had started to decline before covid but despite...
Will_Narayan Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
2/20/2025 2:05am I used to be a bike nerd talking non-stop about geometry and incremental "innovations" even if I'm certainly not a good mountain biker, but I've lost it with e-bikes. I rode mine a lot the first year then got kinda bored (or just had a change on interest in my life). I like e-bikes, but my experience is pretty much...
Will_Narayan Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
2/18/2025 11:27am I haven't read the previous pages so I may be repeating something's that's been already said, but I'm thinking that's also why we see gearboxes and more exotic transmissions (2 chains) more often now. The whole traditionnal mtb has "plateaued", the only or so thing that remains is the archaic but pretty efficient derailleur transmission.
Will_Narayan Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
2/12/2025 12:50pm Goggles and clothes maybe ?
