fattyheadshok
- Member since Aug 6, 2015 O+
- Male / 59
- Flourtown , Pennsylvania
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- 353 Trailforks Points
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fattyheadshok edspratt's article
Feb 22, 2024 at 12:06
Feb 22, 2024
[Updated with Statement] Orange Bikes Appears to Stop Trading While Administrators Aim to Sell the Business
Absolutely
fattyheadshok Eastern-States-Cup's article
Feb 22, 2024 at 10:53
Feb 22, 2024
Details Announced for 2024 Eastern States Cup Season
@NoahS1234: Jiminy is sooo hard that’s what makes it fun! But damn that place is no joke.
fattyheadshok Eastern-States-Cup's article
Feb 21, 2024 at 18:03
Feb 21, 2024
Details Announced for 2024 Eastern States Cup Season
ESC is the best. Awesome sauce!
fattyheadshok edspratt's article
Feb 20, 2024 at 20:53
Feb 20, 2024
Video: George Brannigan's Practice Lap POV from Red Bull Hardline Tasmania 2024
Some of those gaps are huge with no room for mistakes. Don’t know how they’re gonna keep the tires on through some of those catch berms.
fattyheadshok sarahmoore's article
Feb 20, 2024 at 20:40
Feb 20, 2024
Video: First MASSIVE Hits on the Red Bull Hardline Course
Damn! The g outs into those berms though. Kudos to the builders for getting that right.
fattyheadshok sarahmoore's article
Feb 20, 2024 at 20:24
Feb 20, 2024
5 Cyclist Attacked By Cougar Near Fall City, Washington
Hope FTW!! Hopes have the best sounding hubs IMHO.
fattyheadshok mattbeer's article
Feb 10, 2024 at 6:23
Feb 10, 2024
Opinion: The Big Short - Smaller Wheels Don't Require Shorter Chainstays
I’m gonna have to agree with you here. The one size fits all approach doesn’t work. Neither does the marketing approach of making everyone feel that last years bike is now simply a dinosaur and absolutely unusable. That’s complete bunk and people fall for it. Some things are indeed game changing. Take dropper posts for instance. But we all know which things are and which things aren’t. This article primarily deals with two issues that are fundamental to a bike’s handling. That is wheel size and wheel base. The whole notion of “getting it right the first time” is ludicrous. I happen to be fortunate enough to have a mini mountain bike museum in my garage. All the bikes are rideable and still ridden. I’ve got bikes from 1999 up to 2022. Guess what???? There’s nothing wrong with any of them. I’ve updated all of them with droppers, modern brakes, better shocks and more reliable drivetrains of course. Do they handle differently than one another? Absolutely! My 17 yo son’s favorite bike is his 2008 Intense 5.5. He calls it “the greatest trail bike of all time” It’s got 26” wheels a steeper head angle than anything built today and short chain stays. He likes it because it’s like riding a full suspension BMX bike through the woods. He can throw it around all day long. But…. He also knows it lacks the stability of his Tracer from 2 years ago. His bike handling skills are due to the fact that he had to learn perfect jumping technique riding that 5.5 due to its geometry. Same with his technical riding skills. Take that old short bike down a DH course and you learn very quickly how to dance on the edge of Newton’s razor. Those skills translate into the bigger more stable bikes but not the other way around. You just need more muscle to get them to corner, hop, etc. I would argue that the great wheel size revolution and many of the geometry changes have indeed resulted in greater stability and safety but not in better handling bikes. This is good for pros that already have great bike skills because it allows them to go faster. Ditto for the brand new rider because mistakes are more easily forgiven at the expense of pop and fun. Essentially longer stays and wheelbases along with 29” wheels maximum the inertial tendency of the bike therefore increasing the plow through it factor. Basically we’re trading in fighter planes for bombers. So I’m all for adjustments in chain stays and wheel sizes. Just wait until the market runs out of ideas and starts marketing a new wheel size as being fun and manouverable. That new size will be 26”! It’s all just different flavors not right or wrong. Everyone’s body size and flexibility is different. Bikes should be able to adjust to the rider’s style and bio mechanics.
fattyheadshok mattbeer's article
Feb 10, 2024 at 5:31
Feb 10, 2024
Opinion: The Big Short - Smaller Wheels Don't Require Shorter Chainstays
@getschwifty: Right there with ya! Still running 10 spd here with modified Saint derailleurs. Using the One Up RadR cage here as well. Hope jockeys thrown in for good measure. Since moving to that system haven’t broken a single derailleur in years. Broken derailleur used to be a regular occurrence. Wish One Up still made that Radr cage
fattyheadshok sarahmoore's article
Feb 9, 2024 at 15:34
Feb 9, 2024
Must Watch: 'Afterlife' with Brandon Semenuk
Yes yes yes!!!! More edits like this Brandon! You’re art in motion sir.