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yupstate mikekazimer's article
Mar 26, 2024 at 8:12
3 days
First Ride: 2024 Cannondale Scalpel - The XC Classic Gets Longer & Slacker
@vinay: Yea, I guess if I were looking to purchase this bike I'd wonder if this was just a crazy hard impact by a heavy-ish rider or something more prevalent. I mean 190lbs isn't unreasonable for an average adult dude and you want some wiggle room for if you make a mistake, misjudge something, etc. I wouldn't routinely be taking my 120mm 25lb bike off any 5ft drops but I wouldn't expect it to crack if something happened accidentally every few months. Sometimes, some people just break stuff. I know guys that can't get down a single trail on EXO+ tires without exploding them. Then I hit the same DH trail with Rekons and i'm only like 20seconds behind them on a 8 minute segment without flatting. It's possible some people just know they are frame-breakers and others are not.
yupstate mikekazimer's article
Mar 26, 2024 at 6:35
3 days
First Ride: 2024 Cannondale Scalpel - The XC Classic Gets Longer & Slacker
@AndrewFleming: Need more EPOs and TRTs and other acronyms.
yupstate mikekazimer's article
Mar 25, 2024 at 12:37
Mar 25, 2024
yupstate mikekazimer's article
Mar 20, 2024 at 6:41
Mar 20, 2024
Review: Yeti's Back in the XC Game With the 2024 ASR
The downcountry field test pointed out how different bikes can be that seem the same. Remember the LaPierre? Also you can call one a clone of another but sometimes one has a 67.5* HTA and 450 reach in a size L and the other "clone" has a 66.5* HTA and 475 reach. They ride very different.
yupstate henryquinney's article
Mar 18, 2024 at 7:32
Mar 18, 2024
Henry's Waffle House: All-Mountain Bikes Are Back, and They're More Pointless Than Ever
@ridedigrepeat: I think that depends on the person and their trails. Also just their general preference. I have a "wildly capable" 120 bike and I just take it everywhere now and almost never ride my other bikes. If I could only have one bike..honestly I'd be torn. I'd hate to lose this 120 bike. I mean it's nice to have the longer-travel bike for a ride every once in a while..but not sure I'd throw away the 120 bike and get a different mid-travel bike just to have "one bike".
yupstate henryquinney's article
Mar 14, 2024 at 12:06
Mar 14, 2024
Henry's Waffle House: All-Mountain Bikes Are Back, and They're More Pointless Than Ever
@totaltoads: I do agree you can just buy some of the older bikes but of course everything has it's lifespan and it's nice to have new things every few years IMO. But if you can keep the maintenance up and the frame lasts then an older bike will work. I have been fitting the "all-mountain" need the last few years with a 2018 Pivot Mach 5.5 that's around 28-29lbs and of course has that 160mm Fox 36 and some EXO+ tires. I've ridden at bike parks pretty successfully and also it can scoot around an XC race course about 95% of the speed of a race bike. But I'd like something new and 29" :-)
yupstate henryquinney's article
Mar 14, 2024 at 11:22
Mar 14, 2024
Henry's Waffle House: All-Mountain Bikes Are Back, and They're More Pointless Than Ever
I agree that the problem isn't with all-mountain bikes as a theory, it's with all-mountain bikes as they are being built by most manufacturers in the last 5 years. They are mostly 32-35lb sleds that only differ from Enduro race bikes by .5* HTA/STA and 10mm of suspension. What we need is a large crop of 140-150mm bikes that are 27-30lbs with 75-76* STA and 65-66* HTAs. Not much exists like that today.
yupstate mikekazimer's article
Mar 6, 2024 at 11:28
Mar 6, 2024
First Ride: The 2024 Rocky Mountain Instinct Gets Updated Geometry & In-Frame Storage
@Keegansamonster: I thought Pivot or anyone else using DW usually meets with Dave Weagle when creating a new model and goes through the plan for the bike, intended use, specific layout, intended leverage curves, etc. and they come up with a plan? I'm not claiming to be an expert but I'd bet Pivot or other brands licensing DW would say it's still driving their prices up. Again, if you don't find that innovative then those are not the brands for you; for sure.
yupstate mikekazimer's article
Mar 6, 2024 at 10:30
Mar 6, 2024
First Ride: The 2024 Rocky Mountain Instinct Gets Updated Geometry & In-Frame Storage
@Keegansamonster: Your opinion about it being innovative or not aside...I believe Pivot, Ibis, etc. have to license their usage of DW-link so it's going to make them more expensive. Now that may not be worthwhile to you or someone else and that's fine, but it does make them more expensive.
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