toast2266
- Member since Jun 22, 2004 O+ FL
- Male / 43
- Whitefish , Montana
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toast2266 pinkbikeaudience's article
Mar 18, 2024 at 13:51
17 hours
Pinkbike's DH Fantasy League is Back for 2024!
The prize for winning fantasy 2024 should be an all expenses paid subscription to watch bikes in 2025. That's worth some serious coin.
toast2266 edspratt's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 13:29
Mar 15, 2024
Myriam Nicole Recovering from Surgery After Thumb Ligament Injury
@yakimonti: Might as well have a minefield of nonsense in an article that's actually on topic. By ignoring it, PB just ensures that this topic is going to get hashed out in comments on unrelated articles (like this one, and the article about DH broadcasts in Canada, that also had a lengthy discussion about Daprela).
toast2266 seb-stott's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 12:52
Mar 15, 2024
Pinkbike Poll: Do You Use Your Climb Switch?
Air shock: never
Coil shock: every time the trail even thinks about going up hill.
toast2266 henryquinney's article
Mar 14, 2024 at 13:31
Mar 14, 2024
Henry's Waffle House: All-Mountain Bikes Are Back, and They're More Pointless Than Ever
Now write the exact same article except comparing enduro bikes to DH bikes. Why bother with an enduro bike when the fun part is going downhill, and downhill bikes do that better?
toast2266 SramMedia's article
Mar 14, 2024 at 8:07
Mar 14, 2024
Must Watch: Brandon Semenuk Is Incredible As Always for 'In The Know'
The one shot edit is the best ~5 minute thing I've seen from any rider in any sport, ever. It's a high bar.
This one is good too though. The editing was fine.
toast2266 dangerholm's article
Mar 12, 2024 at 15:33
Mar 12, 2024
Bike Check: Dangerholm's Scott Genius ST Concept
@L0rdTom: It's not so much that the extra complication of the maintenance is that huge. It's that there's *some* extra complication for *zero* functional benefit. Hiding the cables and hiding the shock offers no practical upside and a number of actual downsides (hidden cable rub, difficulty in adjusting the shock, additional heat build up in the shock, limitations on parts compatibility, etc.). It's very literally making the bike worse in order to make it look better. If that's what you're into, then by all means go for it, but I'm gonna stick with bikes that the manufacturer has not purposefully made worse.
toast2266 dariodigiulio's article
Mar 12, 2024 at 10:32
Mar 12, 2024
Review: Specialized’s New Epic 8 - All the Speed You Need
The S-works frame not having any way to run cables for a mechanical drivetrain seems like a pretty aggressive move. Shimano better get their shit together.
toast2266 dangerholm's article
Mar 12, 2024 at 9:49
Mar 12, 2024
Bike Check: Dangerholm's Scott Genius ST Concept
@dangerholm: Don't get me wrong - I love to look at bikes like this - they're gorgeous! I'm even good with the color.
I just don't want to own / maintain it. And more broadly, I don't really want to own Scott bikes in general because of the direction they've gone with regard to form over function. But that's certainly just my personal preference.
toast2266 dangerholm's article
Mar 12, 2024 at 9:26
Mar 12, 2024
Bike Check: Dangerholm's Scott Genius ST Concept
@dangerholm: It just comes down to form vs. function. Some people (yourself clearly included) give great weight to the aesthetics of a bike. Other people are much more utilitarian. Hidden shocks and hidden cables offer something approaching zero in terms of functional benefit. But they look pretty.
To each their own! Personally, I'm gonna stick with function over form.