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Interesting... 

Unfortunately litigating something like this is probably expensive and hard... And, probably to a fault, I'm not a litigious person.

I know Australia intervened when Samsung used the beach in adds for waterproof phones expressly not rated for salt water. I guess it's all about scale.

I'm curious to know what exactly the cause of creak is. So far as I understand, it's corrosion. It's an interference fit between similar metals, so how are things getting in there? Flex? Poor tolerances? Some combination? I'm really interested in what EXT has to say (and to see if their fork performance matches theory).

Forks are probably the 2nd most expensive components on bikes to the frame and a csu with service on its own is probably the 3rd (unless you have carbon wheels or king hubs). On my bike the fork is the most expensive part. Agreed that brands have maybe gone too far.

Edit: it's incredible what a difference "blueprinting" can do for performance. Matching individual parts to optimize limits and fits of the assembly. (I.e. if a pivot bore is on the wide end of the tolerance, mating it to similarly wide links and hardware reduces friction and wear). It sounds like this is what ohlins does, which I imagine is part of their success. Too bad it's so labour intensive. Some companies have automated qa/QC to automate this process as you can widen tolerance windows to reduce scrap rates, often providing net cost savings.

One more vote for Andrew fork club. 

At my current anxiety state I'm going to end up with a 49 on my chromag before the night is up.

What are the cost drivers of a DC fork? I always assumed it was mostly due to production volumes being smaller.

It's good to know there are some gems out there. You may have sold me on the Mezzer then. Or maybe I should just spring for a DC fork on my next bike. 

I'm now even more curious about how that press fit interface is sized, manufactured, and assembled.

Immensely frustrating. The last time I had a fork that didn't break was 2010. Do we all just need dual crowns now?

Rain jackets, night lights, winter shoes, and carbon bars are the only products that let me ride more (carbon bars = warmer hands for me). Happy to spend the dough. Would be cool to see the frequency response of various bars. Pretty sure there's a fair amount of work done correlating vibrations to fatigue. Maybe there's a way to optimize bar layup/diameter/etc around that.

That article is fantastic. I really like how the author empathizes with all sides... we're missing that often. On the Squamish issue I personally think LeDuke has the right attitude, it's just time to move on. I disagree that Squamish and Compton really ever had all that much in common. And like, you can't fetishize the 'ton while also supporting weed legalization IMO.

Anyways, the reality is I think you just have to evaluate how much something actually means to you and Kondo it.I remember twice while I was a guide really offending people with words I didn't even second guess using. Really its no big deal for me to change those things so we can move on easily. The only solution to ignorance is education.

Really well written article. 

Yeti Tribe, Squampton, old Marzocchi posters... I'd be interested to keep track of the microaggressions in cycling. I wonder if you could timeline those things as well (i.e. when did yeti start using tribe? When did it end?). There's certainly a sum of microaggressions that just become aggression. Putting together a history of those as well as a history of diversity in the sport would be interesting.

Am I the only person happy they didn't rename it the Totem? I loved those decals as a teenager and maybe I'm overthinking it but....

I've been drooling over this tool for a while. Too rich for my blood, but it's a beauty

Costco wool shirts is back!