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PHeller lizrov's article
Sep 29, 2023 at 14:27
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New Mountain Bike Apparel Brand Curious Creatures Wants to Bring a Fresh Approach
Pros: Ethical and Repairable. Cons: For a new brand, they are coming out swinging with high prices, and the bottoms aren't made domestically, but are priced like it. Prices are really high for a t-shirt that's just a cotton t-shirt (not hemp or Merino). I've got plenty of cotton t-shirts. Why should I buy theirs? Repairable is always tricky, because if the product is junk and you need to send it to get repaired often, you'll eventually spend more time getting stuff repaired, or being told that it can't be repaired, than you will wearing it. Or worse, the company will go out of business right when you need something repaired. Suggestions: focus on pants and shorts, find domestic manufacturers of pants and shorts, bring prices down to get people wearing your stuff, raise them as you get established.
PHeller edspratt's article
Sep 29, 2023 at 13:59
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Elite Qualifying Results from the Snowshoe DH World Cup 2023
Bruni is also threatened by quite a few other riders for the overall as well. He's out there to get as many points as possible, even if he gives away some secrets on the way down. He knows that Goldstone is on home turf at Snowshoe and MSA, so he's out there likely giving it his all to get comfortable with where the limit is. Towards the end of the season there is no reason to sandbag.
PHeller edspratt's article
Sep 29, 2023 at 13:52
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Elite Qualifying Results from the Snowshoe DH World Cup 2023
I could totally see Rude sandbagging. I mean, he gains nothing by placing high in qualifying aside from taking points from friends and competitors. But it's gonna be fun to see how he does on race day. Aside from a DNS/DNF here or there, he hasn't placed outside the top 10 in a North American DH event in the last 10 years.
PHeller seb-stott's article
Sep 29, 2023 at 13:44
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First Ride: Merida One-Twenty - A Mountain Bike for Mountain Bikers
Flex Stays are the one area where it seems worthwhile to use carbon or steel. That being said, there are many applications of carbon and aluminum where a product is designed with flex in mind and they are subjected to millions of cycles without failure - see commercial airline wings. Perhaps the one difference is that the resin surrounding carbon fiber does start to break down, and can be susceptible to UV damage over time, where as aluminum will not. At least with metal however you can take it to the local scrap yard when it fails...where a carbon frame will end up in the landfil.
PHeller edspratt's article
Sep 15, 2023 at 9:14
Sep 15, 2023
Ibis Enduro Team Pulls Out of World Cup Racing
@kwl1: not necessarily out of business, but massively reduced operation. They are still shipping old stock, but I don't think they are making anything new right now. We haven't heard anything from the company itself yet, but a lot orders are getting cancelled and refunded, while some others are still being shipped.
PHeller edspratt's article
Sep 11, 2023 at 14:18
Sep 11, 2023
[UPDATED] Elite XC Results & Overall Standings from the Les Gets XC World Cup 2023
There just isn't the same level of race after race, season after season dominance in the women's XC as there is in Men's. Who was the last truly dominant female WCXC rider? I'm talking someone who was almost guaranteed to win, and won multiple seasons? Probably Dahle and Neff. Dahle was 30 when she started her streak but was a long time threat to the Podium for years prior. Neff was 21. Dahle also continued to be a podium threat for several after her streak. If Kate only wins the overall once but continues to race for another 10 years, that wouldn't be outside the norm, nor would be it outside the realm to see her win it once again.
PHeller edspratt's article
Sep 11, 2023 at 14:00
Sep 11, 2023
[UPDATED] Elite XC Results & Overall Standings from the Les Gets XC World Cup 2023
Rockrider is picking some good athletes.
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Sep 1, 2023 at 15:02
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PHeller dariodigiulio's article
Sep 1, 2023 at 14:54
Sep 1, 2023
Randoms From the Made Bike Show
I always thought it would be cool if there was a frame builder who just uses cut up old bikes and re-welds them into modern geometries and wheelsizes.
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