mtench

In case anyone else arrives here like I did by the power of google, it's worth reading the this comment (and the salient parts of the thread): https://www.mtbr.com/threads/measuring-chain-stretch-using-a-vernier-caliper.564317/post-7262977

They were showing the tyre at Sea Otter Europe this weekend with gaffa tape over the name. Should be released in a couple of weeks.

"but the next thing you know (or maybe hours later depending on how things go)" - it's definitely hours. Or at least it seems that way, based on my annual re-learning of how to bleed brakes.

@philc13: 27.2 degrees...

Pretty interesting to see the range of riders frame size choices - who likes to size down/up

This story reminds me of a time when, coming back from a backcountry splitboard trip, we had a few km of piste to get to the uplift for home and we decided to practise carving. I was quite enjoying myself when the guide* passed me, also carving nicely. One footing it. Riding switch. On a swallowtail. (*ex of the FWT...)

@endlessblockades: https://www.tapeplanet.com/Animal-Print-Duct-Tape-s/154.htm :-)

"high level of customer service" - err, nope "We have to offer factory and dealer quality at one time" - also nope How about we will ignore any emails and phone calls, we will fob you off with meaningless statements, we will try and convince you to accept damaged goods, will will take forever to ship you things we have in stock (I could have literally walked to the factory and back in the time to get a shock returned), we won't have things in stock that would make sense, we will not admit that our initial shapeshifter design was a piece of crap. All this = 1 year after I bought by Strive CF Race I had ridden it twice, including one ride on a flat trail to the trailhead where the freewheel pawls lasted 20 minutes and the second where I was stuck in DH mode the whole time. Shame because the bike is actually really nice to ride. Scared by the comments above about what happens when things go wrong later down the line, at least my bike was always in pristine condition when I sent it back due to it being unridable...