Cool story, but where can I find this knowledge about particular brands or particular bikes? On sites which earn money by displaying bike commercials and publish sponsored texts? From internet forums, full of bullshit? How can I be sure that paying $2k extra for let's say Santa Cruz is really worth it (can you imagine, that the worst frame I ever had in terms of alignment was a Knolly)? This are the real questions bike sites should be trying to answer, but they generally fall short ... So if you see a good build you can at least be sure that it has a good suspension with standard mounting dimensions. Man, there are so many layers of bullshit in the bike industry and bike media also. You say about ride quality, but the ride quality could be measured quite well just using some telemetry and suspension tune analysis on dyno, but which site does it? None. So when you read bike reviews the best you can get are some feelings about one particular model, but you know what, that other model with RS suspension will ride differently from the one using Fox... So I agree with your diagnosis, but I cannot see any treatment to this disease.
April 24, 2022, 11:26 p.m. - lkubica
Cool story, but where can I find this knowledge about particular brands or particular bikes? On sites which earn money by displaying bike commercials and publish sponsored texts? From internet forums, full of bullshit? How can I be sure that paying $2k extra for let's say Santa Cruz is really worth it (can you imagine, that the worst frame I ever had in terms of alignment was a Knolly)? This are the real questions bike sites should be trying to answer, but they generally fall short ... So if you see a good build you can at least be sure that it has a good suspension with standard mounting dimensions. Man, there are so many layers of bullshit in the bike industry and bike media also. You say about ride quality, but the ride quality could be measured quite well just using some telemetry and suspension tune analysis on dyno, but which site does it? None. So when you read bike reviews the best you can get are some feelings about one particular model, but you know what, that other model with RS suspension will ride differently from the one using Fox... So I agree with your diagnosis, but I cannot see any treatment to this disease.