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  1. landcruiser

    New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?

    First ride on my new Sentinel yesterday. So far the Vital review has been spot on. Bike loves to go fast. Front end sticks like glue. 140 rear is a good compromise in travel and more than the 135 I had on my last bike, but I don't think it'll convince me to get rid of the DH bike. Stock X01...
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    Cairns World Champs

    Redbull had no choice. UCI controls the feed for World Champs. All Redbull can do is take the raw feed and announce over it.
  3. landcruiser

    Complete Guide to Downhill Rubber

    Well yes, I was only saying it was a passable tire option considering the dry conditions at the beginning of that week. I would have never expected anyone to run that tire in the wet if they hoped to stay on track.
  4. landcruiser

    Complete Guide to Downhill Rubber

    Of course not. No one on here actually rides bikes outdoors or has first hand knowledge of what they speak. My speculation was based on how the conditions were being reported in the track walk videos/posts/etc from this year. If the conditions at the time of my post were not actually as...
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    Complete Guide to Downhill Rubber

    On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is most likely to result in washing out over a berm in the rain, the Mingnaar is objectively a 10, so that makes the Griffin a 20. It makes for a good placebo for a "fast rolling" rear tire for anyone who already doesn't know what the hell their rear wheel is...
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    Complete Guide to Downhill Rubber

    I loved getting rider feedback about tire performance, but I always tried to interpret their actual design input in ways that meshed with my understanding of how the tread actually worked. There's a lot of elements of this latest tire that I would have never allowed into a final design for...
  7. landcruiser

    Complete Guide to Downhill Rubber

    Probably an okay rear tire for MSA where the ground is hard and there's not a lot of severe braking. Even on the front, all that surface area and edges will be good on the exposed rock that makes up 50% of the track. I'd be worried traction in all of the dusty/grassy high speed corners though...
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    Foam insert + lightweight tube (instead of tubeless)?

    Disclaimer: I like sealant. That said, the setup you want doesn't sound impossible to execute. I don't know the exact specs of crush core (CC), but I would start with the assumption that a 27.5" CC will have the similar effective outer diameter as a 29" wheel, so I'd be looking for a low...
  9. landcruiser

    Procore / Ghettocore progress thread

    An important distinction is that Mavic and E13 both have their own tire models, but not they're own factories with proper R&D support. Last I knew, Mavics were made by Hutchison who are fairly conservative (just like Mavic themselves). E13's are made at CST who have been all about the bottom...
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    Foam insert + lightweight tube (instead of tubeless)?

    @Udi it sounds like you really just want to track down some of the few remaining UST tires. Those things still mount up tubeless, but don't need sealant to hold air. UST plus CC (or equivalent) would have all the attributes of the system you are describing, but without the "mess" of sealant or...
  11. landcruiser

    Complete Guide to Downhill Rubber

    Just to add to what @slyfink already stated: Schwalbe's Super Gravity tires use a 2ply "turn-up" construction, where you get the same amount of material as a 2ply DH tire in the sidewalls, but less casing under the tread. So they have the sidewall support of a DH tire, but a more supple tread...
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    Complete Guide to Downhill Rubber

    Those are the same tires we talked about in August
  13. landcruiser

    Complete Guide to Downhill Rubber

    I don't think there's anything to speculate about. Derivative or not, they'll work great in a wide variety of conditions.
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    Nao With Gimbal

    Why would you like to use a camera with a case on Karma (or any other gimbal)? Hero5 is waterproof without a case and has a replaceable lens cover. Karma itself isn't rated as waterproof (or any other gimbals I've seen). So the camera is already safer than the grip. Even if you're using an...
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    Nao With Gimbal

    Good to hear. My offer stands of course. If you have any further issues, lemme know.
  16. landcruiser

    Nao With Gimbal

    Have you heard back from us yet? I'm in engineering at GoPro. I don't work directly on the Karma Grip, but I can try to help out if you haven't already heard back from customer support. Feel free to send me a PM if you'd like.
  17. landcruiser

    Guerrilla Gravity, badass frame manufacturer in Colorado

    Love the new lines. This is still at the top of my buy list. I don't get your asterisks on the reach measurement though. Reach is reach isn't it? Are you just trying to say that your steep seat angles offset your long reaches when seated? The reach from bars to BB when standing (the fun...
  18. landcruiser

    Complete Guide to Downhill Rubber

    The real question is have they made any real tweaks to the construction to improve over the sharpied DHF's that Gwin's been using most of the season? The idea that drastically different tread patterns could exist to meet similar rider needs is a fantasy that needs to die. Like you guys are...
  19. landcruiser

    Pinning the drop(per)

    Biggest downside is that it requires a completely straight and uninterrupted seattube. That's pretty rare on trail bikes these days.
  20. landcruiser

    Hack Norris..

    Well, that's effectively what this Huck Norris thing is trying to be. It's a protective element that's not rigidly held in place inside the tire. It's a hard balance to actually meet. In terms of allowing the element to float, you don't want to affect the ability of the tire to conform to...
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