zhendo1990
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Stiksandstones Liked a comment about Feature Battle of the BODs

5/21/2019 2:30pm
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My YT Jeffsy AXS/ZIPP/TLD Special. Thanks.
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zhendo1990 Added a comment about feature Vital Rides the All-New Cannondale Habit

10/9/2018 8:44am
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Norco bikes are made overseas. Pretty sure Devinci is the only large North American brand still manufacturing most of its full lineup domestically.
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zhendo1990 Added a comment about feature Vital MTB Test Sessions: Five of the Best Long-Travel Enduro 29ers Raced and Reviewed

3/7/2018 8:51am
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Really rad review, and I appreciate the individual writeups for each bike. I actually just bought a Sentinel after a (albeit snowy) test ride up in Bellingham, and some recommendations from Brandon towards the Transition line. I noticed that you guys felt like the casing wasn't substantial enough on the Transition's tires. However, the Orbea was also running the Exo casing, but just had a wider front tire. Did similar complaints carry over to the Orbea, or was it more a product of the narrower tires on the Sentinel? Additionally, did you guys ever try throwing another volume spacer in...
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zhendo1990 Added a comment about product review Warden

10/19/2017 7:45am
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The bike pictured is mine - I had the CC DBCoil IL and then swapped over to a DVO Topaz, which I like much more than the Cane Creek. While the Cane Creek shock felt great for the first ride, it very quickly developed a "knocking" in the stroke of the shock. I discovered that it was due to poor bushing tolerances on the shock shaft, which were causing the shock to cant slightly out of line with the shock body in the early stroke. This was allowing for air ingress past the main seal head into the damping oil...
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zhendo1990 Added a comment about video Why Loic Bruni Won't Race his Prototype Specialized 29er at Fort William

6/1/2017 5:23pm
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This honestly kind of scares me. Loic is one hell of a competitor, and it would suck to have someone as passionate as him walk away from the sport. I know he has been outspoken on this 29er vs. 27.5 argument, and I have to imagine there are other competitors that feel the same way. It seems that pressure from the mountain bike market that seems to reliant on constant change to drive profits is trickling over into the competitive side of the sport as well. One of the things that I love about downhill racing is that everyone is...
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zhendo1990 Added a reply to XL and XXL bikes in Downhill?

3/29/2017 2:13pm
I have to disagree with the "if it helps the pros, average guys benefit too" logic. I see this as akin to the clamoring for overdamped suspension setups by average riders - pros hit things so much faster than average riders, and at those speeds, they have different needs than the average rider. The advent of ultra-long bikes is beneficial...
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zhendo1990 Added a comment about feature Legitimizing the Shop | Ghost Bikes and REI

9/19/2016 9:52am
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Exactly what I was thinking. As a Seattle resident, I go to REI quite a bit for backpacking gear, etc., but I can't even remember the last time I stepped into their bike department. It doesn't help that the bike shops seem to be shoved into the back corners of their stores - if they hope to appeal to customers who wouldn't otherwise be seeking out bike stuff in their stores, they really should try to bring bikes more front and center, and carry some higher end stuff. Even if they were to carry 1 or 2 of the very...
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zhendo1990 Added a comment about feature Canfield Brothers on their Direct-to-Consumer Approach

3/29/2016 9:42am
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Canfield seems like an awesome company that has quietly been making awesome products for a long while now. They're in my neighborhood now (PNW), so I'm looking forward to a trip up to their HQ to demo a couple bikes in the next month or two.
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