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maglor mattbeer's article
Nov 13, 2026 at 0:23
9 hours
Enve Launches a $125 Tubeless Rim Tape Gun
Or... maybe we finally just get rid of the holes in rims and use a magnet to guide nipples into place, marginally harder wheel build for a lifetime of no rim tape hassle, the only reason this hasn't happened and probably won't is because wheel building machines need the hole.
maglor Dario-DiGiulio's article
Nov 11, 2026 at 3:21
2 days
Review: Scott Spark RC - 2026 XC Group Test
@justanotherusername: We are talking about a 65.9 deg head angle on this Spark so i don't think that's going overly wild, i agree it's a balance, not suggest 63 like a DH bike, just saying i think a slacker head angle and probably shorter stem is good for descending confidence without slowing you down uphill, the other options for better descending would be more travel and chunkier tyres but both of those will slow you down up, less so the travel with modern lockouts but my thinking around head angle is the negatives are about feel and not speed and i can adapt to feel.
maglor Dario-DiGiulio's article
Nov 10, 2026 at 7:27
Nov 10, 2026
Review: Scott Spark RC - 2026 XC Group Test
@justanotherusername: Not saying you don't understand it, just giving my reasoning for liking a slacker XC bike, each to their own and all but if we all said "I wouldn't want it much slacker" we'd still have XC bikes with 70+deg head angles.
maglor Dario-DiGiulio's article
Nov 10, 2026 at 6:28
Nov 10, 2026
Review: Scott Spark RC - 2026 XC Group Test
@justanotherusername: I'm not sure i understand the head angle comments, a slacker head angle won't make the bike slower but it will make it more stable, and put the wheel further in front to reduce the chance of OTB, why wouldn't you want that, i think people mistake lively steering for lively pedalling, stable can feel slower when it isn't because less is happening, don't get me wrong though there is merit to a twitchy bike being fun because it's a more wild ride, same reason shorter travel can make mellower trails more fun, but i think I'd take more stable steering and go shorter travel for the lively ride.
maglor Dario-DiGiulio's article
Nov 10, 2026 at 1:32
Nov 10, 2026
Review: Scott Spark RC - 2026 XC Group Test
More travel doesn't mean it doesn't suit 99% of the course, the nature of XC racing means it must be faster up and down to have 120 otherwise they wouldn't be doing it, and as a consumer why wouldn't you take the extra comfort while knowing it's still bloody quick, i think the lockouts and electronics have alot to do with it too, means you can have efficient and capable, also worth noting you can always put extra air in the suspension to effectively shorten travel but you can't add travel to a bike.
maglor Dario-DiGiulio's article
Nov 10, 2026 at 1:25
Nov 10, 2026
Review: Scott Spark RC - 2026 XC Group Test
Really like Scott doing something different, always clean looking and light too, just a shame the large sizes don't look as nice with the huge mast of a seatpost.
maglor seb-stott's article
Nov 1, 2026 at 0:43
Nov 1, 2026
Analysis: The Chainstay Length Debate Has Been Resolved (According to Pinkbike Readers)
If manufacturers are reading this, yes we want different chainstay sizes but please also make them adjustable, sometimes a large person rides tight trails and wants shorter stays and sometimes a shorter person rides flat out bike park and wants longer ones.
maglor seb-stott's article
Oct 29, 2026 at 4:42
Oct 29, 2026
Pinkbike Poll: Should Bigger Bikes Have Longer Chainstays?
People might moan about this, but they also moan about prices, multiple chainstay lengths would add cost to frames so how much are people willing to pay for it is the question?
maglor seb-stott's article
Oct 28, 2026 at 8:12
Oct 28, 2026
Eco vs Turbo Mode: How Much More Range Do You Get?
So turbo is only 4% faster than Trail but used 20% more battery, does this not prove that the power arms race is pointless.
maglor Mandownmedia's article
Oct 5, 2026 at 4:57
Oct 5, 2026
Tech Randoms III: 2026 Lake Placid DH World Cup
is the weirder part not that the Norco pictured seems to be the latest production model and not actually one of the one's he raced, just looks like an off the shelf build.
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