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shamday jessie-mmorgan's article

Aug 6, 2026 at 9:49

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Continental Expands Gravity Line With 13 New Tire Options

I got Xynotal Trail Endurance for a build I did trying to keep things light and fast. I hate that tire. It is like riding on a hockey puck if there is any moisture. I was constantly slipping on roots and rocks if it was even remotely wet on the trails. Maybe it is good somewhere like Utah but for New England it ain't. For reference I have the most time with a DHR2 3CT on the back and did a season or two on a Wild Enduro. I keep going back to Maxxis. I even just picked up some Dissectors to try out since I can't bare this Xynotal any longer. Maybe I should try the softer compounds from Conti...

shamday seb-stott's article

Oct 6, 2025 at 8:23

Oct 6, 2025

Review: The £1,500 Calibre Bossnut - Why Pay More?

PinkBike is a publication. They make money on clicks and time spent on the site. the $15,000 ebike generates controversy and thus clicks, comments, shares, etc. This will no doubt get a lot of attention too but It will not do the same numbers as the Specialized. Nor will the sales of this bike. Despite being "value" most riders, and probably 99% of PinkBike commenters, are not looking at bikes in this range. Their money is being spent on bikes 2-5 times the price. Source: I am guessing.

shamday mattbeer's article

Sep 11, 2024 at 10:22

Sep 11, 2024

Spotted: A Mechanical SRAM Transmission Derailleur

Isn't part of what makes Transmission so smooth the fact that it waits for a certain position of the cassette to shift the chain? How could the effect be achieved with manual shifting? Although, to be honest, I am not sure how it works with electronic shifting either; does the shifter/derailleur know the angular position of the cassette somehow?

shamday mattbeer's article

Jul 14, 2023 at 14:48

Jul 14, 2023

Deviate Cycles' High Pivot Titanium Prototypes

125/140 is down country? What ever happened to trail bikes?

shamday TransitionBikeCompany's article

Feb 16, 2023 at 8:31

Feb 16, 2023

Meet The All New Transition Smuggler

Odd spec choice for the 36 and Z1 on the NX and GX builds then the jump down to 34 for the AXS builds?

shamday TransitionBikeCompany's article

Feb 16, 2023 at 8:30

Feb 16, 2023

Meet The All New Transition Smuggler

Most people probably going to swap it out for X01 anyways, NX or GX go in the bin.

shamday edspratt's article

Feb 6, 2023 at 9:26

Feb 6, 2023

Stanton Bikes Bought out of Administration by Dan Stanton

“Dan Stanton, founder of Stanton bikes, buys Stanton bikes, now Stanton Bicycles Limited” I can barely keep up

shamday seb-stott's article

Jan 19, 2023 at 10:21

Jan 19, 2023

YT Launch New Cheaper Capra Core 1 & Upgrades Core 2 Model

Yeah but at least with the Yeti you get *checks notes* a press fit BB. (I know I know they fixed it but it took forever!)

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