Pinkbike.com
Powered by Outside
TEAM-ROBOT
- Member since Nov 19, 2007
- Male / 37
-
Los Angeles , California - 346 Followers
- 205 Trailforks Points
Fast trails, other robots, digging. SLAYER. Kill all humans! ......... kitkat bars and synthetic robot lube
Recent
TEAM-ROBOT mattbeer's article
Jul 10, 2026 at 17:10
Jul 10, 2026
Bike Check: Oisin O'Callaghan's Trek Session Prototype
Troy Brosnan was the first world cup rider to experiment with this, and it's catching on. I've tried it and love it. Won't go back. My rear brake is the one that typically fades on long descents, so the big rotor is welcome, whereas with Mavens the front brake with a 220mm rotor can feel stabby and hard to manage the intense power. It's a great compromise, and makes the front and rear brakes feel more even in power.
Selling
Jul 6, 2026 at 14:30
Jul 6, 20262025 Transition Sentinel Carbon w/ Fox Factory Float X
$2300 USDThis bike is about 18 months old, but has not been ridden much as it’s kind of redundant. It’s been my second bike, but as it’s got 150mm of travel, it’s a little too close to my main bike in travel so I never ended up riding it much.
Frame and shock are in great condition! Great buy with low miles, and most of the miles on it have ended up being pavement miles from riding to local trail areas. I’m selling it to buy a much shorter travel bike. The only real sign of wear and tear on the bike is the heel rub on the rubber chainstay protector because I’m a little duck footed when I pedal. If you want to replace the chainstay protector, it's $15 on the Transition webstore, and the part number is 01.25.98.4301 or VLF-1844e.
Frameset includes:
Fox Factory Float X with three position lockout, compression adjust, and Kashima coating
Wolftooth Premium Zero Stack headset
Rear axle, seat clamp, and chainstay protector
Notable frame features:
This Sentinel can be run as a 29/29" wheel bike or as a 29/27.5" mullet. The lower shock mount has a geo-adjust flip chip to accommodate mixed wheels. Low for 29" rear wheel, high for 27.5".
It is also possible to install a longer stroke shock of 205mm x 65mm to increase the rear wheel travel to 160mm.
Includes internal frame storage, using Transition's B.O.O.M. Box.
Buyer pays shipping and transaction fees.
Shipping only to the US.
TEAM-ROBOT Mandownmedia's article
Jul 2, 2026 at 11:08
Jul 2, 2026
Tech Randoms: 2026 La Thuile DH World Cup
@Rileyplummer: If a brake warps in the rotor and there's no one to heat it, does it still warp?
TEAM-ROBOT mattbeer's article
Jun 3, 2026 at 12:17
Jun 3, 2026
First Ride: Specialized’s New DH Bike Has a Wild Drivetrain & a Lot to Prove
@FuzzyL: try a bike with super short chainstays and one with super long chainstays and see for yourself. I think you'll be surprised how noticeable it is. I've found the longer stays consistently and noticeably increase the grip on my front contact patch, regardless of my body position. The only way I can recreate that front tire grip on the bike with shorter stays is to shift incrementally more weight onto my hands, which sucks for a number of reasons.
As @seanfisseli and @jeremy3220 said above, you can't shift weight forward or back on the tires with just your feet, because at the end of the day all of the forces in your feet have to travel through the bottom bracket, which is in a fixed point front to back. Weight is shifted forward or back on the tires by changing the ratio of weight in your feet or your hands (or your butt, if you're seated). That's the only way it works. Even when you shift weight on your feet from your front foot to your back foot, or vice versa, that's a method of changing the position of your center of mass, which has the effect of shifting weight onto or off of your feet and and onto or off of your hands.
TEAM-ROBOT edspratt's article
Jun 1, 2026 at 17:21
Jun 1, 2026
4 Things We Learned from the Loudenvielle DH World Cup
@montogeek: enormously, I would think.
TEAM-ROBOT edspratt's article
May 29, 2026 at 11:28
May 29, 2026
Throwback Thursday: 16 Race Bikes from the 2016 EWS Opener in Chile
@Jmac888: Crazy, I missed that first time through, as well.
TEAM-ROBOT YTIndustries's article
May 28, 2026 at 8:00
May 28, 2026
YT Launches Avinox M2S-Powered Decoy X Core Range
@ddbiked: you could just have two pegs to rest your feet on. You could call them "peg foots," or something like that.
TEAM-ROBOT edspratt's article
May 28, 2026 at 7:59
May 28, 2026
Throwback Thursday: 16 Race Bikes from the 2016 EWS Opener in Chile
Here's another sign of a bygone era: everyone has a fast rolling rear tire on. I see Aggressors, Hans Dampfs, the Minion SS (RIP), Nico has the Michelin "Racer", Joe Nation even has the short-lived Maxxis Tomahawk, which I'd completely forgotten about.
The only normal rear tires are Graves on the Butcher and Sarah Leishman on the Highroller 2.
TEAM-ROBOT edspratt's article
May 28, 2026 at 7:56
May 28, 2026
Throwback Thursday: 16 Race Bikes from the 2016 EWS Opener in Chile
Yup, correct. No 12 speed to be seen here.
TEAM-ROBOT Dario-DiGiulio's article
May 27, 2026 at 10:30
May 27, 2026
First Ride: Manitou's Gen 2 Mezzer Fork is VERY Sensitive
Super impressed by Manitou's ability to do things differently and deliver great products. Looks great. Would love to try a 180mm Mezzer LT.












