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Dec 3, 2013 at 11:11

Dec 3, 2013

Video: The Enduromat

Look at the bunny bounce around on a bike!

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Nov 26, 2013 at 21:43

Nov 26, 2013

What's with the XC saddle on a DH bike? Plus, it's too clean. Looks like a poser bike. Let's see some pictures of it after it's been ridden.

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Oct 26, 2013 at 21:16

Oct 26, 2013

Bell's No Compromise Approach to Enduro Helmet Design

Bought it. Love it. Agreed that the Bell brand/logo was a turn-off and was looking at the POC, but I tried the Super and it looked and fit great. It cost a good chunk less than the POC and seems to have better adjustability.

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Sep 23, 2013 at 14:57

Sep 23, 2013

"The first Production Mountain bike was the Specialized StumpJumper in 1981. Ritchie didn't start making Mtb's untill the early 1980's." NOT!!! @ bradn104 - Specialized copied the Ritchey/Fisher design. I know, because their shop was a few miles from the home I grew up in and my parents have two of the Ritchey bikes they bought from Gary Fisher and Charlie Kelly before Specialized came out with their machine-built knock-offs. I used to hang out in their shop as a kid. Gary and Charlie were racing home-built "klunker" mountain bikes since 1976 in the original Repack race. A few years later, they had road frame builder Tom Ritchey build the first mass-produced handmade mountain bike frames for them in 1979. Joe Breeze made the first MTB-specific frames in '77/'78, but only a handfull were made, compared to hundreds of Ritcheys. Mike Sinyard of Specialized was a parts supplier to Gary Fisher and he bought one of their fillet-brazed frames, then had TIG-welded knock-offs made in Japan under the Specialized name. Anyway, watch the movie Klunkers if you want the true story, or check out this site: http://www.sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/mtbwelcome.htm

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Jul 27, 2013 at 1:16

Jul 27, 2013

Pinkbike Poll: The Demise of 26'' Wheels - Unnecessary Extinction or Natural Evolution?

If I had to get another frame, it would be the Ibis Mojo HDR. I could swap over my 26" wheels or go 650B down the road if I want to (I don't): http://www.ibiscycles.com/bikes/mojo_hdr/ No one makes anyone buy a 650B when there are lots of bikes to choose from. As for parts, I'm not worried that they'll ever stop making 26" rims and tires, and the 26"/650B tubes are interchangeable.

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May 31, 2013 at 1:50

May 31, 2013

SRAM XX1 Drivetrain Review

The best solution is to save your money and ride what you've got. If you constantly drop your chain, learn how to tune your bike or find a good shop to adjust your derailleurs, maybe remove a link, replace worn gearing if necessary but, most importantly, learn how to shift gracefully by letting up a little on the pedal force for a split second until the chain is fully engaged. I can see running single rings and chain guides for DH, but I do some pretty gnarly all-mountain riding and chain drops are never an issue for me with my "old school" triple-ring setup. SRAM is catering to racers at one end of the spectrum and wealthy noobs at the other. This is not a practical drivetrain, based on technical merits alone. I don't care how great the reviews are. The system is technically flawed and no amount of engineering can overcome the fact that a single ring setup will wear out faster and have more drag than a double or triple ring setup when used in the high and low gears. It's not like SRAM came up with some brilliant idea no else had ever thought of before. These are well-known limitations that have prevented other companies from doing this before.

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May 31, 2013 at 1:41

May 31, 2013

SRAM XX1 Drivetrain Review

Back in the day, a dropped chain was a sign of an unskilled rider. We didn't blame it on the equipment. Yes, 1 x 11 is simpler to use and lighter. It may shift great, but so did 3 x 6 if you knew how to unweight your pedals while shifting - no fancy ramped cogs or skinny chains required. You might love 1 x 11 personally, but you are making a lot of compromises. That might not bother you, but it bothers me. It is a poor technical solution to a nonexistent problem, as far as I'm concerned.

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