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hotformullet mattbeer's article

Dec 17, 2021 at 3:28

Dec 17, 2021

Starling Releases the Roost Mixed Wheeled Hardtail

Sweet looking ride, but that's a super steep seat angle for a hardtail. Would be interested to hear if it rides differently from any other kind of steel. Out of interest, since this one says it's hand made - are any frames out there *not* hand made (ignoring that hideous robot-welded city bike from Holland)?

hotformullet amosdesign's article

May 8, 2019 at 2:27

May 8, 2019

Built Not Bought: The Story Behind the First Amos Design Bike

Good effort, and not a simple construction either. Impressive.

hotformullet deesta's photo

Dec 7, 2018 at 3:17

Dec 7, 2018

Very nice work! It's great to see new ideas being tried out.

hotformullet ERcrew's article

Dec 3, 2018 at 22:20

Dec 3, 2018

Video: Tricky Trials & Steeps in 'Try It All 2'

Check out the labels on their photo album — it was shot in the true home of Budweisser.

hotformullet mikelevy's article

Sep 20, 2018 at 5:27

Sep 20, 2018

Alto's New Carbon Wheels - Interbike 2018

@speed10: Easier to turn on a lathe...

hotformullet astonmtb's article

Oct 20, 2017 at 7:01

Oct 20, 2017

Schwalbe Magic Mary 2.6" Apex - Review

CRC are selling them in 26 x 2.6. The problem is that when they arrived (ordered the Purple DH Addix version) they had 2.5" written on the sidewall, and when I pulled my old 2.5MM off the bike and checked the carcasses, the pretend 2.6 measures exactly the same carcass width as the old 2.35. Another point is that even in 26", my tyre weighed in at 1400g exactly. Grip is pretty good though, and they don't seem to be wearing down or taking damage (and I'm not exactly a "finesse" rider)

hotformullet RichardCunningham's article

Oct 9, 2017 at 2:54

Oct 9, 2017

WTB Scraper i40 Rims - Review

What size does it measure up as? I'm can't be the only one who gets irritated with aspirational sizing measurements on a lot of tyre sidewalls these days. Case in point: recently ordered the new 2.6" Schwalbe MM Addix DH tyre off CRC, came with 2.5" written on the side, but measures up exactly the same size as the 2.35" MM that I just pulled off it.

hotformullet mikelevy's article

Sep 22, 2017 at 0:40

Sep 22, 2017

Carbon Fiber Valve Stems, An Improved Dropper, and 6D's Updated Helmets - Interbike 2017

@willbam: You're spot on about the embodied energy of Aluminium, but the difference is that the Aluminium is 99% recyclable, versus only about 70% for steel, and -let's be honest- basically nobody is recycling rarbon, and I'm not seeing any commitment for Investment there either. But the biggest misconception is when people talk about "carbon" they think of the bike frame itself, and not the piles of bagging, peel plies, Infusion mesh breather fabric, trimmed material, mould release agents and all the other gumpf that is needed for making carbon bits, not to mention all the parts that didn't make it because of quality issues (although the in-plane undulations in my Race Face SixC handlebars are pretty shocking by aerospace standards).

hotformullet astonmtb's article

Sep 15, 2017 at 5:26

Sep 15, 2017

Carbon Conundrum - Pole Bicycles Ditch Their Plastic Project

And the guy building the latest Bugatti should be able to afford that also? Mountainbikes and supercars are not household necessities.

hotformullet TitoTomasi's article

Jul 26, 2017 at 7:15

Jul 26, 2017

Tito Tomasi has Adventure in the Alps Down to an Art Form

Epic achievement. Average 80km/day, average 2800m climbing per day... when you factor in slow parts of the route like that via ferrata, that's impressive. One thing that I don't get about these long adventure rides is how to keep the GPS alive - lots of batteries, or is he using one of those solar chargers? Anyone know? Been toying with one of these rides (scaled down!) but this always seems like a sticking point to me.

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