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Looks like something you'd wear when you have a broken ankle.

"This bit is a bit technical" LOL!!!!!11!!1

I think it took us the length of this video to walk down that bit.

They aimed to save weight and it comes in at 54lb? I'm not a hater (more of a piss taker....), but it feels like I'm the only person that 'wants' these bikes to be lighter and with less assist. The turbo type mode on these sort of bikes is just daft. No wonder people take the piss out of them. If someone made a bike that was 40lb with modest assist and a lighter battery (it wouldn't be powering such a powerful motor) then maaaaaybe in a couple of years I'd one for those 'out-there / check em oot' days.

If communication is falling on deaf ears, maybe people should just be proactive and removed them and hide them for a while!

The author of this article talks about vertical compliance but when I sat through a presentation on these rims from Sram I can't remember it being mentioned at all! it was all about twisting motion and not deformation at the actual spoke interface. It's that twisting motion (like an ankle as mentioned somewhere above) that allegedly provides the compliance, not up / down movement.

"Goldilocks growler" - that creates a whole different image for a British person :)

The intro to the article resonates with me for sure. Maybe that's why my twisted mind is telling me that the Starling actually looks more modern than the Zerode?

Ha ha..... Mountain biking fashion is weird though. I remember being a regular in WBP in 2007 and you were a total dork if you didn't have your visor on your TLD carbon lid slammed all the way back, making it totally pointless. And now I hate the sensation of having it blocking vision so still push it up out of the way. I know there is the argument that it helps push twigs and falling squirrels out of the way but really? I'm temped to just buy a DJ / skid lid next and say goodbye to visors for ever :)

Yeah, it's just one of these but electric rather than gas, plus a load of marketing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puch_Maxi

Are we ever going to see a sensible BB / axle size? PF92 doesn't make much sense so much as I am fed up of new standards, why design something new around something crap? At least T47 has some logic behind it. Hell, bring back Isis Overdrive with 48mm cups!

^ Brackentrail isn't DH Primary. It's a multi-use / multi-directional trail that people so happen to like to 'shred' down. Craig's Connector will help get climbing traffic off the top half of the trail, but it's also increasing uphill traffic on the lower half as people now use the bottom section to access CC. Loads of Enduro-Lords go flying down the last bit straight into the path of hikers, dog walkers and also people riding / pushing up. There's going to be a big accident one day.....

Any decent shop should be able to get them easily (we have them but not in Vancouver....). LTP distribute them.

Posted by: cerealkilla_

Anyways, still waiting for some responsible leadership on this.

You'll be waiting a long time. Reps gotta rep. When our local IG superstar 'Check em oot' promotes riding up the Plunge, I guess the shop and companies he reps for think it's perfectly acceptable for him to do this. To be honest if I had an E-bike I'd probably do the same.....but at 8am on a weekday morning and I wouldn't post if all over social media. There were moto rides on Boney Elbows the other morning before the hordes were out, but again they had the sense to do it early and probably weren't trying to sell magnetic bottle cages or whatever.

It's the proper alignment that's the problem. People want 'em steep and deep braaah ;) Most UK trails are 'loam' but it's not such an issue as people generally don't just lazily point the trail straight down the hill.

Posted by: earleb

Posted by: skooks

Well that's one opinion. I dont think people will stop riding loamers, despite signs or fines.

Ain't nobody going to stop riding the Darkside unless the same trail experience is provided legally.

How does one provide the same trail experience legally though? The whole issue with 'loamers' is that they can't handle the traffic. As soon as someone scrapes one out in Squamish, within a month half the community finds out about it and it's fucked. Even 'semi-loamers'  like the 'new' Ditchpig is a wide rutted mess compared to a year or so ago. Still quite fun but not exactly a benchmark for sustainable trail building. I don't agree with armouring the crap out of all trails, but point a dirt trail straight down a mountain legally and expect it to last is a tough ask. 7th and Angry Small Person are good compromises but I guess they're not cool enough for the open lid and googles crew :)

Posted by: Ddean

NSMBA will have to wrap its head around the fact that its average riders use of the trails may increase A LOT (due to more laps per person) but that's its puzzle to figure out.

Why is it up to under-resourced trail organisations to figure out the puzzle? People doing the extra riding should get off their bikes (E or otherwise) and help. It's not someone else's problem. If we don't collectively look after the trails, they all be fucked. That's my issue with E bikes.

For a while Sram were being easy going regarding receipts and the like, but now it's back to normal warranty terms.

Also, Fluid Function are a Rockshox suspension service center and while I'm sure Shawn and the crew can tear down a Sram brake like the best of them, that's not really what they are there for.

As a Brit, I miss 'sessioning' and ironically my riding is far worse now that it was when I moved over here 12 years ago (being married probably didn't help though!). I've moved away from the Shore area but Floppy Bunny would be the perfect location for a 'learner freeride' trail that you could easily lap. Same for 38DD (is it 38 or 36? Maybe the size has changed over the years LOL.....). Natural High could have been good for that too pre car park but no easy climb back up IIRC. I'm rebuilding a trail away from the Shore at the moment with the intend of having people sessioning / practicing and multiple line choices, cruisy drops, jumps tech features etc. It's super fun not giving a damn how fast I go down a trail and actually piecing together the trail and getting all features dialed.

From a wheel building perspective I've been impressed with Chromag rims. While I'm sure they are not made in a special factory, when applying equal spoke tension during the tensioning phase they are actually round which is a sad rarity. I also agree on Bontrager Line 30 wheels with the POE upgrade being good cheap options. J bend spokes, brass nipples, pretty sturdy rims.

"Are you drunk, or did you fail english class?"

English.....