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When you hit something and the rim deflects, the lower spokes lose tension yes. What does the shape of the rim do though? It ovalizes, the spokes at 9 and 3 o'clock actually see an increase in tension, I would guess more so than the spokes at 12 o'clock. These rims sound like they're uber compliant though so maybe there's a very little increase in ovalizing?

I'm running dual CC. WR1 Agents with Minion WT tires.  If I had to choose between running only one it would be on the front. The reason being even with CC on the back, if I run lower pressures the tire still squirms in hard corners. It doesn't burp thanks to CC but it does squirm so I run normal pressures anyway. The lower psi in the front feels amazing in my hands though and it's definatly more about the ride quality instead of rim protection.

The Revive is the WAO answer to the cx/xc market

Some guy rpped by me on an Ebike today as we were climbing up the road. All I could think about was how shitty of a time he must have trying to ride that 60 pound bike down the trails. I don't see the benefit of them but if people are happy to lug them around then so be it.

I don't know about that anymore tbh. Wheel standards do seem to be the default complaint but I think things have settled down for a few years. Lots of new carbon bikes have 148 spacing still.

Yup lots of awesome things coming down the pipe from WAO. The show this year was much better than the last few years, just seemed to have more energy or something.

I'll be there for BBDO 2019. I won't be at the Fivers due to cheating tho :(.

Why do crown races need to be press fit anymore? I always put a slice in mine so it slides right on sans tools. When you tighten the headset it gets squeezed against the steer tube anyway. Notice how there's a race in the top cup that already has a slice? Same same.  The days of bearings actually running on that race are over so I don't see the point anymore.

I find it hilarious how the masses would rather have a water bottle first and suspension design come second but something small like fork offset is a huge deal.

This is what Its all about:

Imagine you're Sam Hill and you're going to race the EWS in Whistler. Do you want a stable at high speed front end or twitchy tight turning front end? Probably stable at high speed so you tell Sram you want the 37mm offset fork. Now you have to race France or something that's super tight with lots of switchbacks, go with the 44mm. Now the general public isn' going to buy 2 forks for each race so you run what you think you'l be most comfortable on most of the time. All of this BS about bikes being built around the offset is marketing.

Posted by: DemonMike

I used a WolfTooth product , worked okay. now using a proper boost hub. I have it kicking around as a back up , its a Hope Pro2 with a 29"rim. The wheel will need to be dished roughly the same as the rotor spacer.

For shame! You're a machinist and you bought an adapter? Haha I made one because I'm a cheap sob.

Posted by: FLATCH

Craftsman, not a robot.

Pretty sure robots don't weld any frames.

Posted by: tungsten

Posted by: T-mack

. At least an Uber driver will have to take care of their rides.

Ya figger? How, with wages like this?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwpAJFqgAbN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

i always assumed Uber drivers do it as a secondary source of income vs a full time job.

Like I've said before, if someone wants to lug around one of those heavy ass bikes on the descent then so be it. Just trying to bunnyhop one of those things is a big effort.

Looks like a rad option!

Posted by: craw

I'm trying to be polite and use the experience as a case study rather than an opportunity to say negative thing about a brand.

What's curious is that bar wasn't any lighter than any other carbon bar. It was just designed a certain way to achieve a certain ride for a certain type of rider, which I totally get.

It was a BZA I bet. Myself and a buddy had identical bza bars and his had what you describe whereas mine was stiff. Like his was shockingly flexy to the point I told him not to ride it. I'm guessing his was a first batch aimed at being compliant but maybe it was too much? Who knows.

Posted by: Stuminator

But with Uber, if you get bad ratings, no one will hire you.

Exactly. Consumers will have choice with uber. Cab drivers have to go through strict testing and yet their service is brutal and sometimes dangerous due to the clapped out shitty cars that run 24/7. At least an Uber driver will have to take care of their rides.

Posted by: grambo

Posted by: tungsten

You self absorbed instant gratificational clowns should watch https://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2018-2019/the-trouble-with-uber

If you don't like your drunk g/f's chances in a taxi in this stinkin' town now wait until you got Uber. lol....

Skimmed it, anything new besides the same old tropes of driver certification/safety and edge cases of sexual assault? 

Still failing to see how the atrocious behaviour of taxi drivers in the lower mainland is somehow safer than Uber... those fuckwits take ridiculous risks and break traffic laws constantly.

Agree. After watching that I was like 'yeah ok...sooo....can we still get Uber already?'

Posted by: craw

Posted by: T-mack

Posted by: earleb

I was never a big fan of Nicolai stuff till I started building my own bikes and geeking out of the finer details and machining.

https://en.nicolai-bicycles.com/frames/saturn-14/

Soo many sweet details in their frames. They also kill it with info in their tech sheets.

I feel like if more mtbers were machinists, bikes like the Pole Machine/Stamina and Nicolai would be way more popular.

People around here have been burned by boutique brands enough. Nicolai has decades of quality pedigree behind them. They're also super expensive. They're a niche bike for people that seek them out. The Machine/Stamina is wholly new and evolving by the day. It's a big ask to buy a $5k frame that's being revised every two months. It's exciting technology but for now I think a lot of interested riders are just sitting back to watch. The Evolink frames didn't do too well on the Shore so there's that.

Yeah I'm starting to grow more and more confident on mine but I still check it over after every ride for bends lol.

Posted by: earleb

I was never a big fan of Nicolai stuff till I started building my own bikes and geeking out of the finer details and machining.

https://en.nicolai-bicycles.com/frames/saturn-14/

Soo many sweet details in their frames. They also kill it with info in their tech sheets.

I feel like if more mtbers were machinists, bikes like the Pole Machine/Stamina and Nicolai would be way more popular.