NAHBS 2019 Grand Finale Photo Epic

 I’d say if you don’t have both in your head in at least 30/70% and you plan working in a bigger organization, you will have a hard time... then have some room left for check and balances. You have to be able to communicate with other people, that involves understanding their needs and motivations.

 "...Badiane said he entered the class to ground his education in industrial design in reality..."

Reality in a fat bike? That's funny.

Looks great. Good work!

 Absolutely gorgeous rear end on that bike, too.

 You got that right. Hands on should be mandatory for engineering and design students. Works great in Germany.

 @RichardCunningham: I find it rather weird how this can even be a question... and in many comments from adult people I read that engineer has to come first bladi bla. In design process in construction industry, if you cannot have basic hands on knowledge and at least fundamental understanding of what other specialists do, you are burned... anyone can lock themselves in a room and "optimize" their little world. You won't get anywhere far if you have grandiose ideas about how a product should look and work, and even if you put it together somehow, stretching all others involved to your wish, the chance it will suck is big. Guess what, if you don't have a water bottle in the front triangle of anything else than a FR/DH bike, you are at disadvantage to everyone who has, your checks and balances are going down. So you can stuff your grandiose, perfect optimized suspension system in your anti squat. If you can't design kinematics around it, then sorry...

 They started this program the year after I graduated. I've heard nothing but great things about the instructor and the over all course.

 @WAKIdesigns: Grandiose, perfectly optimized suspension system with your anti squat is kinematics.

 @pinkbike-engineer: in Soviet Russia Yoda speaks perfect English

 @RichardCunningham: I don't even mean hands on but practical. I've seen too many concept bikes with front swing arms and floating handlebars, come on there is no possible way to execute that. or spokeless wheel designs that would never work properly. Don't even get me started on the organic concept stuff that look like someone soft-served a dog turd for a top tube.

 @RichardCunningham: suspect of the engineers that can’t swing a hammer.

 Whew! For a second there I suspected I was the only one who thought that. It's not even a pretty color match - orange and baby blue. Great for advertising your oil company on a racing car travelling at 150mph, but a bike? No thanks.

 Gulf Livery is the best Livery. Fight me.

 @atourgates: JPS. Finishing move.

 @JTepic: I take your JPS and raise you Martini livery

 I like the humor but I'll have you notice that most women can't grow mustaches. It's 2019 bro.

 @cedrico: They can wax elsewhere.

 I have one of their 29er hardtails. It’s rad! I haven’t been reaching for my FS since I got it...

 Me too. Luckily it's mine and that frame is currently in my garage being built up.

 Corvid party coming to a trail near you!

 Such a clean line. I hope RSD notices.

 @n1ck: #twinning

 @jon-boy: and the snow is finally melting. Perfect timing!

 The same address is listed for WH Bamford and nemesis project so it seems likely.

 Weak!!!

 Dear Susan, Stop.

 Exactly! My eyes are bleeding...

 The Dekerf looks like a Production Privée Shan 917: www.production-privee.com/fr/produit/917-gt1

 @zoobab2: definite similarities. Dekerf took it a step further with the custom painted fork. Both companies took inspiration from the famous Gulf livery known to motorsports fans everywhere. I’d love to see forks matched to more bikes.

 You think that is a lot more stress on a flex stay than one with a bearings or bushes?
Flex stay flexes, that is a clue?

 It's why it has a long yoke. That thin piece of titanium has a lot of flex. The Spot Mayhem has a pivot on its flex link but its interesting how different materials are used in different ways to accomplish the same goal.

 @aljoburr: flexing a piece of titanium introduces a lot more stress to the metal than ball bearings rolling as the swingarm pivots.

 @CullenHerring: Depends on the elastic limit of the material, Titanium can deform quite a bit without stressing it to where it is likely to fail

 Just have to design for those added loads. Bearings allow the elimination of moments(torque) in one direction. Flex stays reduce that moment to a degree and you just have to design the joint to take it. More weld area is one way. This type of joint is very common in f1 suspension a arms. :https://goo.gl/images/sHzsTE

 James is a wizard. Has taught a lot of people what is possible with Titanium

 Unless the builder is the same Brad Hodges formerly of Nemesis Project. Dude scammed multiple people in the industry out of alot of money.

 @zdubyadubya: That's a bummer. His bike is one of the few practical, rideable looking bikes.

 That bike is seeeexxxyyyy! 3

 I don't think they're made in China. Someone posted it on the review page yesterday.

 @DarrellW: they are made in taiwan

 That was one of my favourites too

 Typo. Known the brothers almost since they founded the brand.

 @RichardCunningham: heck yeah! Obviously I'm a proud owner of one of their creations. pennies on the chainstays etc.

 Already done in 2008 @preach

 @chezotron: but they've up'ed their hipsteryness to 1000% since then

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpHIkX2NxCQ

 They're MAKERS. Duh. Half the visitors will be at the pallet-wood furniture expo tomorrow.

 I will not downvote you but honestly work with a bike builder and get something custom at some point in your life. It is a fun experience. We have a few of them in our house and we aren't hipsters just like to support small business and get a tailored product.

 @Sycip69er: I have a custom made titanium hardtail, where I worked with the welder to get my geometry dialed. Its fun, and the bike rides fantastic. However, its a practical mountain bike. Most of the bikes here aren't practical for anything, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so they say.

 @hamncheez: yeah. At NAHBS the builders generally have two types of bikes. Practical builds to attract buyers and over the top builds to attract the press and the judges. People here judging on over the top builds are missing the standard builds. Some folks like English and Oddity just do cool weird stuff. Mosaic and Desalvo builds a lot of standard stuff.

 Maybe for some people, but It’s adds an quantifiable measurement to a subjective one. A wheel could be dished “close” or it could be dished within .5 mm. It’s No different than using dial gauges on a truing stand instead of just eyeballing it.

 @Verg: actually it is different to a trueing stand as a dishtool has magnifier effect with doubling the offset with rimdiameter then doubling it again by switching sides and tipping the tool. Dish tools are cool like that even the most basic one will get you 4x the smallest eyeball tolerance with relative measurements rather than absolute.

 4 times smaller than eyeball tolerance that is..

 Although it's a waste to do that to titanium.

 @DarrellW: Painting titanium isn't blasphemy. Maybe so if you are a die hard Moots owner.

 All the track bikes have saggy chains, Maybe it's a thing?

 huh?

 lucky for you im a massive homosexual!!!