cru-jones

I am very sure I can feel pedal kickback on my bike, and it is typically in chattery braking zones. You can prevent your rear wheel from skipping in these situations, the wheel will stop when leaving the ground and start to rotate again when touching the ground. Not sure whether 6 magnets are enough to pick that up, but for sure ignoring a skipping rear wheel is a mistake when talking about pedal kickback not being real.

I just wanted to comment whether I am the only person wanting a flat pedal shoe like this?

For me the main reason besides feeling hot is the perception by others (mainly hikers) I meet on the trails. I used a full face once on our local (not purpose-built) trails, and the angry (without reason) and/or scared reactions I got were on another level. Normally I would get a comment like „mtbs do not belong here“ maybe five times a year. On that single ride it happened to me five times. Interacting with people is also harder if you are hidden behind a full face helmet and goggles. I dare to say we would not have the level of acceptance and trail access we have today if wearing a full face was the norm. Also, drinking from a bottle is no fun with most full face helmets.

Decathlon has clear sport glasses that cost almost nothing and beat anything else I have tried: https://www.decathlon.de/p/mtb-sportbrille-st-100-kat-0-transparent/_/R-p-129779?mc=8118518

I know a few examples that after a few years of use showed that it does not work as well in aluminum as in carbon.

@mikelevy: Used to do that as well. But I found out they do not engage that well anymore after first time use.Wonder how that is with those reusable ones.

@taprider: partially not so new: http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/2016/08/an-unusual-suntour-derailleur.html

Almost seems like one size fits most.

I would like a reality check on Pinkbike polls going back maybe 5-10 years. How often did the responses in these polls reflect what was happening in the market afterwards? I have a gut feeling brands would be ill advised to follow these polls. @brianpark: I can tell you for sure it is not anywhere near 50%. I am involved in selling bikes of both kinds of cable routing since 3 years, the customer and dealer feedback regarding it is basically zero. If 50% of bikes would have issues for sure we would hear about it.

Let's put a camera dangling in front of the face of the least talented rider to make his climbing skills even worse than they are. And then talk about this cool Finn Tarmo not being marketable, because we are in North America and have no idea who iceman Kimi is.