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big-red edspratt's article
Jun 5, 2023 at 8:03
5 hours
Video: Tahnee Seagrave Tears Up Lousa
Looking strong and fast AF. You love to see it.
big-red mikekazimer's article
May 25, 2023 at 11:19
May 25, 2023
Throwback Thursday: 10 Classic Photos of the Day From 2003
The BB7 is the bike equivalent to those unknown bands that your favourite band listens to.
big-red WhistlerMountainBikePark's article
May 17, 2023 at 12:09
May 17, 2023
Whistler Bike Park To Open This Weekend, Garbanzo Zone Slated For June 10
I think I paid about $80-85 in both 2021 and 2022.
big-red dariodigiulio's article
May 15, 2023 at 5:29
May 15, 2023
First Look: Cervélo's New ZFS-5 XC Bike
@iamamodel: We can never forgive you for this sin against the bicycling gods. You are forever shunned. SHUNNED!
big-red edspratt's article
May 11, 2023 at 13:49
May 11, 2023
Throwback Thursday: Pinarello's 2012 Dogma XC Hardtail with PinaFit XX9 Geometry
@SATN-XC: No, just a cross brace that's uncomfortably close to the tire for some reason.
big-red edspratt's article
May 11, 2023 at 13:47
May 11, 2023
Throwback Thursday: Pinarello's 2012 Dogma XC Hardtail with PinaFit XX9 Geometry
@onawalk: This was my favourite marketing-speak/bad-translation script of all time. Thank you for the reminder.
You could almost believe some of the technology behind the marketing speak until they get to the part where they blame all pedal bob on the sixth pivot point near the rear axle and then suggest that using a flex stay instead magically eliminated ALL pedal bob. Not only were there other flex-stay bikes around that time that demonstrated otherwise, but nobody who gave it a moment's thought would ever think that using a flex point instead of a pivot point would somehow change the fundamental properties of a suspension linkage. That's the moment in the video where they really give away that they're not just messing with some crazy finite element analysis and cutting edge design ideas and marketing them poorly, but are actually just flinging BS by the handfull.
big-red dariodigiulio's article
May 11, 2023 at 12:37
May 11, 2023
First Look: Cervélo's New ZFS-5 XC Bike
@Phat-Tony: I think the Blur would still suit your needs just as well. It's a bit hard to translate 1:1 since the Cervelo chart above lists chainstay length (measured in line from the BB to the rear axle) while the SC Blur chart lists Rear Centre (measured horizontally from the BB to the rear axle) instead. But when you compare them, they both get longer with each size increase, and without doing the math, I'd bet that the the 440mm chainstay on the Cervelo would give you very very close to (if not exactly) a 437.3/438.3mm rear centre, as the Blur provides.
Plus you get proper cable routing and a slightly slacker headset that's going to give more stability at speed but won't really give up any low-speed handling in real-world use.
big-red dariodigiulio's article
May 11, 2023 at 12:29
May 11, 2023
First Look: Cervélo's New ZFS-5 XC Bike
@isaacb92: I'm honestly surprised. The geo is so very similar across the board that it really does seem like it could have been the result of a slightly different linkage or shock. And I figured that the cable porting could have been edited out of the construction process in the same mould, but I'm no expert on CF fabrication. Plus looking more carefully, it would appear that the Cervelo has lost the asymmetric chainstays of the Blur. Thanks for the info.
big-red dariodigiulio's article
May 11, 2023 at 6:57
May 11, 2023
First Look: Cervélo's New ZFS-5 XC Bike
Scratch my edit above. Looking at the geo numbers more carefully, the differences are way smaller than I thought they'd be. They clearly just modified the linkage a bit or used a shock with a different eye-to-eye.
big-red dariodigiulio's article
May 11, 2023 at 6:08
May 11, 2023
First Look: Cervélo's New ZFS-5 XC Bike
You might be looking at the old Blur. Other than the lack of proper cable routing, this IS the same bike as the 2021+ SC Blur. Like not similar, but actually the same moulds from the looks of it.
Edit: maybe not the same moulds as the geo is a bit different, but I'm wondering if they found a way to modify the geo using modified linkages/headsets since the frame itself looks the same as the Blur/Wilder down the the finest details.
