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ak-77 pinkbikeaudience's article

Jul 25, 2026 at 16:15

Jul 25, 2026

Ugly or Amazing? Vote on Mountain Biking's Most Polarizing Products

Serious comment: porque no los dos? As if something cannot be ugly and amazing at the same time.

ak-77 Dario-DiGiulio's article

Jul 25, 2026 at 16:08

Jul 25, 2026

5Dev Launches "Shredville" Cockpit, Bridging Drop and Flat Bars to Skirt New Leadville Ruling

If you don't want gravel bikes, add some proper trails to your course. This makes very little sense to me outside competition.

ak-77 pinkbikeoriginals's article

Jul 25, 2026 at 0:47

Jul 25, 2026

Video: Friday Fails #413

FF can get a bit repetetive sometimes. But this week had some moments that were special.

ak-77 mikekazimer's article

Jul 23, 2026 at 9:55

Jul 23, 2026

5 New SPD Trail & DH Pedals Tested: Can Anyone Beat Shimano?

Ice cube quote much appreciated. Very applicable to all things mountain biking actually.

ak-77 OneUpComponents's article

Jul 22, 2026 at 15:43

Jul 22, 2026

OneUp Announces New 157 Hubs

@iiman: PON is mostly an investment company, they don't seem to be interested in merging or managing the companies they acquire, they just (within limits) let them go about their business and collect some of the profit.E.g. focus uses DT Swiss wheels on their high end builds. BBB doesn't seem to supply any parts for their brands even they have a lot of small parts that could go nanny bike. And I don't pay too much attention to the commuter bike world but I don't think Gazelle and Kalkhoff share that many parts either.

ak-77 OneUpComponents's article

Jul 22, 2026 at 11:55

Jul 22, 2026

OneUp Announces New 157 Hubs

@iiman: AFAICS Reserve doesn't even sell wheels with the OneUp 148 hubs on them so I doubt this is a motive.

ak-77 OneUpComponents's article

Jul 22, 2026 at 11:04

Jul 22, 2026

OneUp Announces New 157 Hubs

Hub seal drag is such a red herring. You can stop an unloaded wheel dead just by lightly pressing your finger onto the tire, which does absolutely jack sh*t to a bike with rider bombing downhill. I don't think it matters even 1/1000th of a second on a race run. But hey, giving a wheel a spin and seeing it rotate forever just feels so good, I get it.

ak-77 Dario-DiGiulio's article

Jul 22, 2026 at 9:44

Jul 22, 2026

Specialized Releases $13,000 Ultralight Levo R

@DickPoundsGhost: You clearly know this much better, and I certainly do not think wheels are not tested What I have always thought, based on the wild discrepancies between weight limits for wheels and bikes that seem similar to me, is that the relationship between the test outcome and the weight limit stated depends very much on non-technical factors. There will be a range of forces to expect from different riders of the same weight, and a distribution of actual failure forces of the wheels. It comes down to how much overlap you allow between those distributions, and that is a decision that doesn't have to be the same for every wheel even within a company. My guess is that this decision has a large influence. But I am happy to stand corrected.

ak-77 Dario-DiGiulio's article

Jul 22, 2026 at 4:54

Jul 22, 2026

Specialized Releases $13,000 Ultralight Levo R

@Dario-DiGiulio: It's not a surprise to me. The weight limits are set by legal and marketing concerns. Actual strength has very little to do with it. I would love to see an actual test of breaking strength vs stated weight limit on wheelsets. I bet there is hardly correlation.

ak-77 Dario-DiGiulio's article

Jul 22, 2026 at 4:47

Jul 22, 2026

Specialized Releases $13,000 Ultralight Levo R

To make a 10k bike look cheap

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