wyorider

Former Expert (XC) and Cat 2 road racer. I like to ride technical trails all summer and backcountry ski all winter.

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wyorider seb-stott's article
Mar 16, 2024 at 9:24
2 days
Pinkbike Poll: Do You Use Your Climb Switch?
@ultimatist: Power transfer to the ground is the same. Even a few brief wheel slip incidents require more power to regain speed. Open your shocks. Open your mind.
wyorider seb-stott's article
Mar 16, 2024 at 9:22
2 days
Pinkbike Poll: Do You Use Your Climb Switch?
@stevemokan: I have a light XC bike-power/weight is THE main fitness metric for climbing speed. And in season I’m at single digit body fat. Your point??
wyorider seb-stott's article
Mar 16, 2024 at 9:19
2 days
Pinkbike Poll: Do You Use Your Climb Switch?
@waterrockets: that’s a really, really different test from real world conditions. I’ve ridden the same climbs shock open and closed at the same normalized power-and open is faster. Every time the rear wheel slips for even a split second it costs in both power AND speed. In “real world” conditions, there may be one sprint for position at the start of an XC race, but even there traction is king. Even with a tidy pedal stroke and correct tire pressure, the rear tire will slip more without rear suspension (lockout or hardtail).
wyorider seb-stott's article
Mar 16, 2024 at 9:10
2 days
Pinkbike Poll: Do You Use Your Climb Switch?
@Snowytrail: false. XC racers stuck with hardtails for years even when the data showed that rear suspension was faster. Ditto dropper posts. Lockout makes a bike FEEL faster, but skipping/chattering across even a dirt road is slower than having full traction. In motorsports rear suspension is used even on flat track dirt bikes and street bikes because even on a very smooth surface suspension gets you traction, and traction equals speed.
wyorider seb-stott's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 15:14
Mar 15, 2024
Pinkbike Poll: Do You Use Your Climb Switch?
Yep-have a power meter on the XC bike. Yep-lockout is useless.
wyorider seb-stott's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 12:44
Mar 15, 2024
wyorider seb-stott's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 12:42
Mar 15, 2024
Pinkbike Poll: Do You Use Your Climb Switch?
Even on the 100mm XC whip it isn’t worth it. Pros still insist on a lockout, but it isn’t faster. If FEELS faster bouncing around, but it sure isn’t. That’s why motorcycles don’t have lockouts (and hardtails aren’t used even for flat events like oval dirt track races).
wyorider henryquinney's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 9:02
Mar 15, 2024
Henry's Waffle House: All-Mountain Bikes Are Back, and They're More Pointless Than Ever
Buy an XC bike for home trails, rent a big bike out west. Ski on carving skis at home, demo powder boards out west. Easy peasy.
wyorider henryquinney's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 9:01
Mar 15, 2024
wyorider henryquinney's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 9:00
Mar 15, 2024
Henry's Waffle House: All-Mountain Bikes Are Back, and They're More Pointless Than Ever
@SunsPSD: sorry you live in flatlandia. A gravel bike might play for you best.
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