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JWP dariodigiulio's article
Nov 22, 2023 at 3:18
Nov 22, 2023
A Sneak Peek at Galfer's Prototype Hydraulic Brakes
@thenotoriousmic: Is that really your experience? I have SLX brakes and they are not troublefree to say the least. Bleeding once a month, mysterious contaminated pads, steep and rough hills result nearly instant in that famous wondering brake point (yes I can bleed a brake). They do grab stronglly and do the job. But upgrading to XT or XTR seams a stupid move because they are the same design. I was looking @ Hope or formula brakes, but I'm in doubt that those are a real upgrade, besides just being more exepnsive. What is you're take on it?
JWP mikelevy's article
Dec 13, 2021 at 20:37
Dec 13, 2021
5 Products I Loved in 2021: Mike Levy
@nurseben: What a snobbish post. I was in leogang in 2020. A clearly sponsored xc rider wearing lycra on a real xc fully (no downcountry bs) absolutely smoked the average ‘cool & real’ mountainbikers on those trails. Even the jumps. No protection clothing, just a helmet. It was comical to see. You think xc racers are not real MTB because of what they wear and the type of bike? Think again. The only real difference is made by skill. Not the type of bike, let alone the clothing. We are all just sheep in a capitalist society where the marketing determines by what subcategorie you want to identify with. For you and I, I get it, it is not ‘xc racer’. Probably cool trail enduro mountainbiker like most of us here. It ‘s all a joke and very very relative.
JWP henryquinney's article
Dec 9, 2021 at 3:00
Dec 9, 2021
JWP henryquinney's article
Dec 9, 2021 at 2:56
Dec 9, 2021
Field Test: 2022 Canyon Lux Trail - A Revised Racer
Swapping wont work @ the rear. It's actually a roadbike caliper. Max 160mm. I mounted a 4 pot @ the front. But that doesn't solve the small 160 at the rear off course.
JWP henryquinney's article
Dec 9, 2021 at 2:52
Dec 9, 2021
Field Test: 2022 Canyon Lux Trail - A Revised Racer
@hardtailpunter: True. It is a typical Canyon bike IMO. Lots of missed (geo) opportunities or annoyances (like those long seattubes on most of their models), but still -overall- a good bike for the money. IMO this should have been the original Lux 2-3 years ago when it was first launched.
JWP henryquinney's article
Dec 8, 2021 at 21:12
Dec 8, 2021
Field Test: 2022 Canyon Lux Trail - A Revised Racer
I have one. It’s absolutely just a regular xc bike with canyon trying to make it more sexy by labelling it as a more trail ‘dwncntry’ bike. So then I downcountryed this ‘downcountry’ bike’ like I always do with xc bikes like this. 4 pot in the front, riser bar, new rubber. It is NOT that bad of a bike like this review maybe made it to be. The dimensions are a bit weird, agreed, but maybe I got lucky and it just fits me. (Sized down to M instead of the usual L) The geo is just fine for an xc bike. As is the firm suspension platform. Having had a Hightower V2 (the blue one) I m not surprised that Santa Cruz did a better job. But you can almost double your spendings if you want one. And for an XC bike I’m absolutely not willing to do that. I was looking for a simple mile muncher with lots of water storage capabilities. Check! Pemberton BC is atypical terrain for an xc bike. Most will want a bigger bike in that area. I find that more extreme terrain tests the geo of a bike at the extreme ends. Shortcomings will quickly show themselves their. BUT, if you live where I live, (reasonably flat boring landscapes), than the shortcomings of some aspects of a bike’s geo don’t matter that much. So in that regard, why would I have double my spendings if this bike, in my terrain, just plain works and just deserves to be called ‘a good -xc- bike. XC stands for across the country. And this bike is great for just riding ‘across the country’. But nowadays all mountainbikes need to firmly live up to the extremes of the labels they have been put on. Be it xc (for some mistakenly synonymous for xc racing), downcountry, trail, enduro etc Only if the geonumbers reach the extremes of a certain category, is it a good bike. And if you live in BC I understand why it matters. But I don’t agree with that trend pinkbike pushes.
JWP edspratt's article
Nov 14, 2021 at 8:03
Nov 14, 2021
Video: Gee Atherton Shares Recovery Update after the Biggest Crash of his Career
And most importantly (I find) : make sure it doens’t happen again. I had a big crash. 3-4 months of rehabilitation. Lots of cancelled holidays en lots of missed lots of trips with my children. But it could have been fatal, so no complaints. Sold the big bike and now (for me) it’s just xc-trail loops. ‘Being the fastest down the hill of a ‘kom’ isn’t worth the risks imo. Fuck that. Same for Gee; as a fan I absolutely!!! don’t expect them to do this insane stuff !
JWP edspratt's article
Sep 25, 2021 at 22:27
Sep 25, 2021
Results: Jennifer Jackson & Leandre Bouchard Win the 2021 Canadian National XC Championships
Why did Emily Batty didn’t participate this year? Injured?
JWP jamessmurthwaite's article
Jul 26, 2021 at 8:54
Jul 26, 2021
Mathieu Van Der Poel Crashed in the Olympic Final Due to Lack of Training Ramp
Also no dropper? Why? Weight is seriously overrated.
JWP jamessmurthwaite's article
Jul 26, 2021 at 8:53
Jul 26, 2021
Mathieu Van Der Poel Crashed in the Olympic Final Due to Lack of Training Ramp
All athletes knew already months beforehand that this would be a drop and some even took special dedicated drop lessons especially for this drop. It could be he didn’t know beforehand, but as a pro you should know the exact condition of the track you’re racing on. So he arrived from the Netherlands and then didn’t check out the track? Not even once? I think there’s his mistake. I hope he heals well !!
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