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Why is everyone so negative? A few months ago there were 170 countries in the world where you couldn't watch World Cup racing and now it's down to only about 155. That's 8% growth!

@mikelevy: Should have told me you were coming. I have extra 3 road/gravel bikes at my house in Taipei. Next time.

@mikelevy: I've spent years riding all over Taiwan, it's amazing, and if you also happen to enjoy road riding and climbing it's absolutely one of the best destinations in the world. The MTB scene was pretty good in Taipei for a while but the riders were generally older and many have moved on, there's a been a resurgence in recent years but decent trails are still a challenge to find or take a good deal of time and effort to access. In addition to the challenges Jaame mentioned, a huge hurdle has always been a lack of trail work. The mountain bike community, exept for a very small group of mostly foreigners, simply does not maintain their trails. There's potential for sure, but until the riders see trail building and maintenace as their job rather than the responisbility of someone else it's not going to happen. The road scene on the other hand is HUGE, and inclusive, and 100% worth a trip to experience.

@davieangel: we’re moving back in July. Hodala!

Nicole's great! When I lived in Taiwan a few years ago she was one of the first people to show me the local trails in Taipei.

@englertracing: two different terms for the same thing. Rebound shaft speeds are highest when the shock is more fully compressed and the spring force is greatest (end stroke), shaft speeds are slowest when rebounding in the initial stroke because spring force is less (beginning stroke). For rebound only, position sensitive and speed sensitive essentially mean the same thing since the speed is going to be dictated by the position in the stroke and vise versa. This doesn't hold true on the compression stroke since shaft speed will be dictated by bump force which is variable, while rebound force will always be the same for a given shaft position at a specific spring rate. There always seemed to be some confusion for some riders whether RS was referring to beginning of the shock stroke or beginning of the rebound stroke which led to some people getting their adjustments backwards, for simplicity and consistency across the platform it probably makes more sense to refer to the adjustments as Fox has.

Problem solved: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f9HZa34yO0

Man I still love the sound of those Tioga discs rolling by at speed

Manufacture overseas, get accused of selling out for cheap labor. Manufacture in America, get accused of being too expensive.