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    Knob vomit from Maxxis

    You guys should remember that MOST people don't know how to properly corner on a mountain bike, and/or ride trails that don't have aggressive lean angle corners in the first place. Tires such as the Hans Dampf may actually be better suited for the skills of the majority of riders. This is not...
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    Nobody's going to comment on this, seriously?

    They've always prided themselves on doing experimental stuff and protos with fast turn around since everything is local, so I figure Temecula becomes the proto shop where they keep doing the fun stuff. Doesn't Trek use a similar structure?
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    Nobody's going to comment on this, seriously?

    Bye bye "made in the usa" :(
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    Trek wins over DW

    Time for DW to make an ecrypted phone call to his old DARPA friends. Robot voice: "Is this the residence of Judge William Conley?"
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    Ride like a world champ

    Should have made it a Nelson Mandela edition and sent profits to his Children's Fund.
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    Your bike just got dominated by F1 technology

    I don't know what the deal is with that Brutus, but regarding the e-bikes, maybe they see a bigger market for these in the future. Bikes are fashionable again, which opens up a wider popular market, the only problem is you have to exert effort to make them go. And thus, fashionable e-bikes...
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    Your bike just got dominated by F1 technology

    Call me Sally, but I kinda like the idea of an e-bike for commuting. Gonna have to convert this sucker to motard. I can't really show up sweaty to my office, so bike commuting is not really viable. Transport requiring no gas, no insurance, no licensing might be worth giving up my man card for.
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    Your bike just got dominated by F1 technology

    While you guys were arguing about wheel sizes, Caterham made pure awesome available starting in 2014. Who knew that the Girvin linkage fork was F1 techonology! More info here: http://caterhambikes.com/
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    How do you cope with winter?

    Kail - some people would kill to have what you have on your doorstep! I spent 3 winters in West Yellowstone, learned to telemark near the divide there (Lion's Head), and now live in Ohio. Talk about depressing! But you know what? I'm not depressed. Because I've learned to value other things...
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    No more DH bikes from Orange

    Ha ha...bravo! I had a Series III, made for a long drive to Scotland, but it was fun and very memorable. Speculating how Colin Chapman would build bikes is a pointless exercise unless you're Colin Chapman. I'd suggest that whatever he'd build would weigh half of what is currently out...
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    No more DH bikes from Orange

    "Simplicate, then add lightness" - some guy who made stuff go really fast (Just feeding the fire to keep things nice and toasty in here.)
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    No more DH bikes from Orange

    Gee Atherton agrees* *or at least he did for the first half of the season.
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    No more DH bikes from Orange

    That counts, rip away! The latest GT Fury super-duper 2nd place WC overall bike is a SP with no linkage to drive the shock (flat rate). Orange is awesome because it's a bunch of lads just doing their own thing in a shop out in the Yorkshire countryside, bending sheetmetal without fancy...
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    No more DH bikes from Orange

    I think the only people qualified to rip on Orange are the people who rode one of their recent bikes and didn't like it. Anyone? Anyone?
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    "Advantages" of bigger wheels and angular momentum

    I've never ridden one, but judging by the absolute non-success of 69ers, I'd say there was definitely some funk going on. Physics says if you're leaning a 69er over into a corner, the front wheel wants to carve a different radius than the back wheel, which doesn't sound good. Then again...
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    Awesome stats from 2013 WC season... and prognostications for 2014?

    No doubt, Troy is one of my favorite riders. But not sure if you noticed, another young kid from France went completely nuclear this year and eclipsed Troy. I wonder if Loic's had any big off yet though? That tends to shrink the balls a bit...
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    Awesome stats from 2013 WC season... and prognostications for 2014?

    Yeah seriously dude, what gives? I mean it can't take that long to find and process every race result ever recorded for nearly every downhill rider in US and Europe and manage a site that innovatively compares results whilst holding down a day job. Sheesh, pull your thumb out! ;)
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    No more DH bikes from Orange

    Steve Jones is a good rider and tester, and his writing style is such that you have the pleasure of reading the article multiple times to gather his full meaning, enhancing your enjoyment of the magazine... ;) I am personally saddened to see Orange drop their DH bike, but at least they are...
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    "Advantages" of bigger wheels and angular momentum

    You are probably thinking about gyroscopic forces, but I think their effect is not to noticeable. The reason 29ers are slower to change direction is actually related to camber thrust - basically that bigger wheels carve a larger turn radius for a given lean angle. So you've got to lean a 29er...