gabriel-mission9

Could have been a good video. I'll never know because I couldn't make it through the first 20 seconds without throwing up in my mouth. Keep the clickbait shit for youtube

Track steepness only effects your sag when you are on the brakes. Off the brakes the bike will ride at the same angle relative to the ground, no matter the gradient the ground is at. (kinda... its actually a bit more complicated than that as both ends will reduce in sag the steeper the track gets, until both ends reach 0% sag when the track is vertical. But for all intents and purposes, track gradient basically doesn't effect sag until you pull the brakes) However yes, when you brake the front will dive much deeper into the travel and the rear will unweight more, on steep tracks.

@TheR: The polls on "which way do you run your shifter?". The beginner articles on "basic tips to set up your forks" or "what seat angle is right for you?". The sudden increase in advertorials and sponsered content. It's not ubiquitous (yet) and it's hard to give absolutely specific examples of why the whole site feels closer to GMBN and further from Dirt rag by the day. It just feels that way to me. The slow creep of slight sterility. The gentle and subtle reduction in punk attitude. It just feels like their aim is moving away from the mtb lifers and towards the average joe who might drive to their local bike park once or twice a year when they have nothing better to do. I'm not even saying I don't get why they might do this or that there is no place for that sort of content. I just feel like GMBN and MBUK have got that covered. Pinkbike moving to take some of that pie is, to me, detrimental to their position as the place to go for serious content.

@TheR: Have you not noticed the new proliferation of "family friendly" articles better suited to somewhere like GMBN or MBUK? The entire site is (IMO) noticeably more sterile and less fun.

It would be nice if Pinkbike hired people who actually understood this stuff to write about this stuff.