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@lucaj: Nope, not mistaken at all. What does your comment have anything to do with mine stating that its their money. Let them do what they want with it. Are you saying that if you make "easy" money vs "hard physical or mental" labor money its justified or not? Whats the point of your reply?

Haters going to hate. Here we go again. Any uber expensive bike, bike part or anything more expensive than minimum wager can afford. If you find this offensive, your the problem. If you have a lot of money, do whatever the F you want with it. No one in a FREE world should ever feel obligated to give to any charity. Would it be nice, sure, but its their money. If your OFFENDED, even mildly, F off and work harder to donate to these charities you think others should donate to.

I love this series. If there was no market for uber cheap/expensive, then there would be none of these products BUT THERE ARE plenty. Your statement is basically asking pink bike to only review & compare products in the middle of the price range. Though thats probably where the majority of consumers are. Its smart to reach out to the entire customer base outside the median every now and again.

How on earth can you have "gender neutral" data and apply it to a bike thinking you will get the best riding position and comfort for the rider which may very well be.... a male or female??? For f^@k sake!!!! I have already canceled 2 bike mags, stopped donating to local bike org due to this woke/lib BS and now I can add never buy a Ghost bike.

For the 1 millionth time, ITS NOT ABOUT BEING NICE, ITS ABOUT PHYSICS and safety. The downhill rider DOES have gravity on their side making their stopping distance and dismount/move out of the way time VASTLY longer, harder and ultimately more DANGEROUS. They are going faster and wind noise, bike chatter and tire noise make it much harder to hear the slow, silent up hill rider nearly impossible/less likely vs the up hill rider hearing the whir of the downhiller rear hub, rocks/dirt movement and chatter of the DH'rs bike. Physics was in place long before whoever came up with this BS rule. Lastly, take a poll PB, we don't climb just to walk our bikes down a descending section of trail. Most all riders I come across when I am descending know this, jump out of the way and encourage me to continue without pause knowing that I may start to decelerate because of this dumbass nonsensical rule.

I weigh 185lbs. ride medium aggressive. Minion DHF/DHR on my 2015 pivot mach 4, 27.5" tires. I routinely run 17.8/19.8psi. ZERO issues. Great grip and no deflection issues nor tire roll/fold during G outs. .5psi less in rear and I will start to feel lack of sidewall support.

just buy a wren stem. Lighter, cheaper and 100% reliable.

Accu-gage fat bike presta low pressure gauge 30psi. $20 on amazon. I ride once per week and always check tire pressure before every ride. Usually lose about 1.4 psi in a week between rides which is very noticeable.

Hans damph has been my tire of choice front and rear for 3 years, until I tried Maxxis DHR II (2.3") and DHF (2.5"). I seem to get a little more traction but most importantly more sidewall stability/support when aggressively taking turns. This allowed me to drop 2 psi in front and rear (16/18psi currently, Pivot mach 4, 27.5" wheels). I weigh 185lbs. more traction and support.

@WAKIdesigns: I weigh 170lbs and have ridden 26" crests w/no issues at all and 27.5" crests with no issues either. Both ridden hard on 100 and 120mm bikes, plenty of rocks and roots. Been on NOX composite skyline, 27.5", 23mm internal, 28H front, 32H rear for 4 years now (approx 2500 miles). They have seen everything from XC to bike parks. No issues what so ever from NOX carbon wheels. It helps if the rider is smoother and does not FORCE their way down the trails. Who knows exactly how most of these wheels but I can hypothesis its primarily towards lower skilled riders trying to keep up or mimic higher skilled/smoother riders.