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  1. xy9ine

    This is what's right with The Industry®

    i had a first year monster (1999). at the time it was pretty cool; certainly a stout chassis, and plush. though the damper was decidedly primitive, but that was a given back then. and was 10lbs. which was about 4lbs heavier than my next fork, a manitou x-vert carbon (which had a decent damper...
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    2021 racing rumors

    my tmx frameset (with cranks & jackshaft) was 20lbs. proper stovepipe tubeset there.
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    Bike review Trek Session 10

    would be cool if they did a new iteration. about time the session was properly refreshed. chonky boi:
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    2021 racing rumors

    early 2000's, yeah.
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    2021 racing rumors

    since 1994 (!) apparently. coming up on 3 decades. not bad.
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    Random new bike thread

    ^siiiiiick^ **that shredmaster, too.
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    What happened to team robot?

    i dunno man, looks like he's been brainwashed into mindless submission by the nefarious forces of organized religion. perhaps a rescue extraction / deprogramming is in order?
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    Should I sell my DH bike?

    ah, here: tora cycles (more images on their insta): though i think i've seen another builder do a nicer iteration...
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    Should I sell my DH bike?

    looooove this bike. actually got to take it for a whistler lap; very rad. there's actually a guy building a modern geo racelink-esque bike (that looks competently built) currently. will have to dig to find it...
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    What happened to team robot?

    i mean he's been (historically) such a cynical fucker (and i mean this endearingly) i can't comprehend the same human writing that bio. the cringe...
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    Random new bike thread

    happy to live in a place with none of that. wet AF, but no "mud" to speak of.
  12. xy9ine

    Random new bike thread

    big FF's rule. i've embraced riding in any weather, no matter how shitty.
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    Random new bike thread

    yes. tho even with a sprag hub, the pinion itself has only 14-22 POE (depending on gear) per crank revolution, so will be shitty regardless.
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    Random new bike thread

    looks like standard pinion twisters on there, no? having spent some time on a pinion, i'm kinda meh about these things. twister / doesn't shifter under load / shitty POE / expensive / heavy(er) / not customer serviceable... conventional drivetrains are just so refined right now, gearboxes are a...
  15. xy9ine

    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    random: guy i know used to know the OG VPP designer (james klassen) back when they were building the original protos just over the border in sumas, wa. apparently they had first approached rocky with the rights to the design, who passed on it because they thought it was too expensive (instead...
  16. xy9ine

    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    no doubt. the trails here are already swarming - with people on 5-10k bikes. i'm kinda ok with the sport not being made any more accessible at this point. (privileged elitism acknowledged).
  17. xy9ine

    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    noel seems like a good guy, but i cannot for the life of me grasp the appeal of the bikes. the designs are ugly AF; adding extra linkage & a funky seat tube angle for no tangible benefit (apart from originally skirting the horst patent, which is now moot). i just can't comprehend the fanboism...
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    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    used to think those mullet c'dales were *so* cool back in the day. amazing how things have progressed.
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    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    now that's an novel location. curious what the impact failure mode is; tool gets broken off, or gets punched through the downtube? not a bad looking bike, otherwise (apart from teh small wheels). i'd *totally* go for the $12kUSD livevalve option. *edit* damn, you can bolt shit all over the DT:
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    New Evil

    also could be a refreshed nomad.