JustinVP

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JustinVP newmencomponents's article
Mar 5, 2024 at 11:56
Mar 5, 2024
Newmen Launches New Phase 30 & Beskar 30 MTB Wheels
Good hubs, I have them on a Newmen wheelset that sees abuse. Best almost-silent option out there. Only downside is you need a special tool to service them, but it's not that expensive. 32 pt engagement, which is fine for me (I've had higher, don't care). Oh, and you can't buy them in N America, but R2 bike ships them. Honestly, they're the only mid-priced quiet and reliable hub on the market. I can't overstate how much I despise loud or unreliable hubs (cough, cough, EVERYONE).
JustinVP dariodigiulio's article
Feb 6, 2024 at 16:36
Feb 6, 2024
Forge & Bond Release New Budget-Minded Thermoplastic Wheelset
@Muscovir: That's just funny talk. I've personally killed at least 3 aluminum frames where fatigue was a big part of why they died. A couple of them had cracks at multiple welds after 5 years and a lot of miles. Yeah, I've been riding for a long time. Never done that to carbon. I'm not saying carbon is always better, it's not, and burly aluminum frames do fine. Lightweight aluminum fatigues, just as lightweight carbon cracks from impacts. Lightweight carbon doesn't fatigue.
JustinVP dariodigiulio's article
Feb 6, 2024 at 9:13
Feb 6, 2024
Forge & Bond Release New Budget-Minded Thermoplastic Wheelset
@wyorider: I killed a porky aluminum DH frame from a rock doing that. Sometimes s*** happens.
JustinVP jessiemaymorgan's article
Dec 29, 2023 at 15:10
Dec 29, 2023
JustinVP mattwragg's article
Dec 22, 2023 at 14:38
Dec 22, 2023
Matt Wragg's 2024 Predictions
I couldn’t disagree more with this quote: “I firmly believe that enduro racing is the biggest change to mountain biking since it left the hills of Marin County and is here to stay, nothing else has changed the bikes we ride and how we ride them so completely.“ Where I’m at in the PNW (or PSW for my read-leaf brothers and sisters) we’ve been riding the same stuff in the same way since the 90’s. Sure there’s fewer skinnies now and the drops actually have transitions, but most of what we did, and do, is ride up big chonky hills and go back down near our personal limit. Freeride is dead, long live freeride. Enduro is dead, long live enduro. FreeeeeDuuuuurOooooooo!
JustinVP edspratt's article
Nov 17, 2023 at 8:48
Nov 17, 2023
Industry Digest: Fox Factory Completes Marucci Sports Purchase, 'Ranger Trek' Trademark Appeals & More
It's not a MTB thing, it's a pavement bike thing. As someone who's ridden quite a lot in the city it just freaks me out seeing all the inexperienced riders on ebikes ripping along a sidewalk or those death traps called bike lanes. They're blasting past driveways and little cross streets with no idea that they're essentially invisible and about to get t-boned. They have no idea that getting doored is even a thing. Scares the shit out of me seeing how they ride. You need to make yourself visible, but know that you're actually invisible, be predictable, and understand that every car is basically trying to kill you. The ebike noobs have no idea about any of this, they're just ripping along totally oblivious.
JustinVP edspratt's article
Nov 6, 2023 at 7:30
Nov 6, 2023
Fox Factory Looks to Buy Lizard Skins' Parent Company
Good time to be making a big purchase. Buy low, sell high. Not saying it was a good idea, but it was good timing. The opposite: the suckers who bought Kona.
JustinVP edspratt's article
Nov 5, 2023 at 8:10
Nov 5, 2023
Slack Randoms: Comparing MTB Prices to Motorcycles, Performance Pee Bottles & More
That pee bottle is the perfect accessory for your completely impractical overland rooftop tent.
JustinVP dariodigiulio's article
Oct 6, 2023 at 9:34
Oct 6, 2023
Review: Some Pleasant Apparel Surprises From YT & Enve
Probably just better quality fabric and especially zippers. I have a hunch that $99 pants are going to see a lot of zippers blow out.
JustinVP Alexachristensen's article
Oct 5, 2023 at 21:24
Oct 5, 2023
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