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big-red Dario-DiGiulio's article
Sep 24, 2026 at 6:03
Sep 24, 2026
Pirelli Launches New Scorpion Gravity Tire Range
@nedersotan: True, but in fairness, this table is for Pirelli's gravity tires only. I'm assuming they'd have something similar for their xc, gravel, and road tires. If you applied the same logic to larger tire makers, it would seem a lot simpler an exercise if you break out the overall categories like that first.
Still would be relatively messy compared to this of course.
big-red Dario-DiGiulio's article
Sep 22, 2026 at 8:59
Sep 22, 2026
Pirelli Launches New Scorpion Gravity Tire Range
@mtbman1980: Counterargument: if you have more than three tires, you should be able to explain easily why. Consumers shouldn't have to buy and ride multiple tires or go to third-party review sites (like Pinkbike) just to make sense of what tire would make the most sense for their riding and local conditions.
big-red Dario-DiGiulio's article
Sep 22, 2026 at 5:51
Sep 22, 2026
Pirelli Launches New Scorpion Gravity Tire Range
Credit to them: that first table where they break down tread, then sidewall, then rubber compound is exactly what I want. Every other tire company should take notes.
big-red edspratt's article
Sep 18, 2026 at 5:01
Sep 18, 2026
Video: First Laps of the New Soldier Hollow XC World Cup Course
Was really starting to wonder why they went all the way to Utah if they were just going to ride a dumbed-down cyclecross course on a grassy hill until the 10-min mark when they finally got to some of that legendary local terrain.
big-red seb-stott's article
Sep 17, 2026 at 5:55
Sep 17, 2026
First Look: Pinarello's Dogma XCT Is For Marathon & Downcountry Racing
I still can't see a Dogma without remembering the 2014 Dogma marketing video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn7bTKb48S0
Complete with Ondacurveasymetric!!!
big-red TEBP's article
Sep 15, 2026 at 10:23
Sep 15, 2026
Final Randoms - Bespoked Show Dresden 2026
It's Stanley Tucci's "but what if we could" scene from The Core applied repeatedly to bike design.
To add to the VPP hydro steering and shared bb/rear axle, there's also an ebike motor and a gearbox in series before the third chain make's it's way back to drive the rear wheel. Not to mention the parallelogram size adjustment.
big-red jessie-mmorgan's article
Aug 13, 2026 at 11:25
Aug 13, 2026
Intend Releases Elevator Dropper Seat Post
@Takaya94: Yup. It's great. Comes up at the ideal speed every time (quick but damped like when you have the air pressure perfectly dialed on an air-sprung post). It's a bit heavy obviously, but I've been riding the bike with a smile from ear-to-ear for six years, so I guess the weight hasn't been a problem.
FYI, the model is the Rainier, but Just checked the site and it looks like they don't make it anymore other than as a 27.2mm option with lower travel ranges for gravel bikes.
big-red jessie-mmorgan's article
Aug 13, 2026 at 9:09
Aug 13, 2026
Intend Releases Elevator Dropper Seat Post
My PNW coil-sprung dropper is six years old. Sometimes I grease it. Otherwise, I haven't thought about it in six years. My other bike has a 9Point8. It's a very good dropper and I appreciate that it's 100% rebuildable, light, has a fantastic saddle mount interface, and is pretty reliable, but I've done much more maintenance work on it over the last few years.
big-red jessie-mmorgan's article
Aug 13, 2026 at 7:21
Aug 13, 2026
Intend Releases Elevator Dropper Seat Post
I had a 9point8 post set up like this on a used bike once. The worst part is that even though 9point8 posts CAN be setup this way to facilitate use with certain trigger options they sell, they can also easily be setup with the pinch point at the trigger with any modern trigger that has a clamp mechanism - including the trigger that was installed on this bike. I have no idea what the installer was thinking here.
big-red jessie-mmorgan's article
Aug 12, 2026 at 9:41
Aug 12, 2026
First Look: Cube Goes High-Pivot With the New Fritzz Enduro Bike
@jessie-mmorgan: too true, but so was the Titan example - though actually an X2, but I assume they're in the same ballpark.
