Brian Fantana

There is a new sheriff in town. Looks like SC has updated the Nomad. That head angle looks lekker!!

Jekyll 27.5 review: http://www.bikemag.com/gear/first-impressions-racing-new-cannondale-jekyll-27-5/?mobile=off

You are going to love this bike!! My wife cannot stop saying how much she enjoys her Zula.

Alutech Enduro bike with Pinion gearbox:

Who is this Thomas Sahm you speak of? Sure it is not Thomas Dietsch and Stefan Sahm?

When Burry was crowned u/23 XCO world champ in 2009, Sagan was riding as well. He came 4th.

Although he is not crossing over, Nino will be riding a race or two for Orica Green Edge this year. Last year there were rumours that Kulhavey wanted to give road cycling a go as well.

Dude, Pump Track Nation is a copywrite publication. I also have it, and in the email that Lee sends to anyone who buys it, he gives you the password and asks you specifically not to distribute it to others. The guy makes his life out of skills clinics, pump track designs and coaching, so rather let people who want the book pay $ 9.99 . The price is very cheap if you consider the valuable information in the content. I am busy with a kick ass pump track design, which we'll build in the heart of PE as soon as we get municipal approval. I have also marked out a mini pump track on the farm this past weekend. Going to start building it over easter weekend.

In the second photo you can clearly see that Platt did a lot more slipstream riding than his partner.

I understand your post 100%. People keep talking about the spirit of Enduro etc. I think Enduro is becoming too competitive, last year in the EWS riders were cutting corners (literally), breaking shuttling rules, helmet rules etc. The true spirit of Enduro is an awesome day of trail riding with your friends. If you watch Klunkerz, you will see some of their races like Appetite Seminar and Repack. 1st prize was a bag of weed and they had a keg of beer at the finish which was kept cold with snow collected the day before. That is what Enduro racing should be like.

Yes, the latex tubes Topeak Ergon riders use is a Lakata thing. For some reason he loves latex tubes.

It also keeps mud out of your face. Your front wheel throws mud through the opening between the arch and crown of the fork. The mud is projected forward at an upward angle, and as the rider moves forward, some of the mud ends up in his face. This mudguard catches the mud and keeps it out of your face.

http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Brian-Lopes-Joins-Intense-Cycles-for-2014,25256/bturman,109

So Brian finally saw the light :ph34r: :devil: First he parts ways with Ibis (mutual decision with both parties on good terms): http://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/Brian-Lopes-and-Ibis-Part-Ways,727 And it seems like he will be riding Intense from now on (use translate in chrome): www.endurotribe.com/2014/03/mercato-brian-lopes-quitte-ibis-pour-intense/#toparticle

Lakata is out due to a severed achilles tendon. He would definitely have been here, if he did not sustain the injury. He was second at marathon world champs last year and he beat Sauser properly at Leadville 100, so it would have been exciting if he was here.

If you cannot carry work out yourself, and it needs to be done by a workshop, you need to do what the rest of society does: Book it in for the work, and collect when ready. If they used to do work like this immediately for you in the past, it was most probably because they had the time, but it must be seen as a bonus. If they don't have the time or capacity to do it immediately you cannot really hold it against them?

It was the same thing at Attakwas this year. In 2009, the most common bikes were Giant Anthems, now every second bike is a Specialized Epic, and many of those S-Works. The bike industry must be booming if you look at the money riders spend on bikes.

Tim Noakes have on quite a few occasions mentioned that people without a history of type 2 diabetes in their families, low carbohydrate resistance and who stays in good shape with a conventional HCLF diet, should not just merrily hop on the LCHF diet. So he is definitely not advocating this across the board. As for the books, better to part with (a little of ) your money and be informed, than to openly criticise a world renowned expert without a little bit of background knowledge.

It depends on the type of LED your light was designed for. Depending on how old your light is, it could use a Seoul Semi Conductor P7, or if it is newer it might be a Cree XPG or Cree XML. You can source these LED's from various places online, but if you go local you are a bit more limited. You can try RS components but they mostly only stock the LED chip, which is very difficult to install as it is very small. It is better to source a LED which is already mounted on a star. You will also need thermal heatsink compound/epoxy in order to fix the star to the body of the light. You can try Rabtron, but their choices are limited. I suggest you phone Hannes from Extremelights and ask him for advice, he might have some spares lying around.

Which is why specifically said "to a certain extent". In the situation you mention above, chain suck would have occurred a lot sooner if you used a standard non clutch derailleur. The clutch can be adjusted to be tighter as well, which is not a bad idea for a muddy race: READ HERE

Butch's machine, which he will use to tackle the Epic:

I have ridden many marathons on a single speed rigid 29er, and I have ridden even more marathons and ultra's on various geared hardtails(26 & 29). My times (ss vs geared) on these races with similar fitness were very close to each other. So much so that in wet conditions I would rather opt for the ss for reliability. My opinion is that many (amateur) marathon riders burn their matches on the flat & fast sections while they are snorting and puffing trying to stay in the front pack. After the above mentioned exertion they NEED the granny(2x or 3x front) to go up the tough hills. However on a ss or 1x setup(to a certain extent) you are forced to ride within yourself on the flats, which leaves a lot more in the tank for the tough climbs and technical sections. The above is just my opinion and observation, so please don't take me to the cleaners in case your opinion differs.

A clutch derailleur will address chainsuck to a certain extent.

You will find that people on the net generalise a lot when it comes to materials and their properties. There are different requirements for welding within the same material depending on the material shape, thickness as well as the welding method applied. If you are TIG welding AISI4130 with a wall thickness of less than 3mm and follow the rule of thumb of 40A per mm of wall thickness, you don't require any heat treatment before or after the weld. No stress relief of the HAZ is required either. You only need to ensure that the temperature of the material is above 15ºC before you start welding. For most bicycle frame, roll cage and other frames, you will not easily go over 3mm wall thickness, since a larger OD with less wall thickness can provide better stiffness to weight ratio, while keeping relatively good weldability. However the correct weld settings and electrode length and shape also plays a big role. The welder also needs to control the tip to material distance accurately as some TIG machines automatically increases the voltage (and thus the heat input) as the arc length increases. However when you go thicker than 3mm the HAZ microstructure will show that pre weld heat treatment is necessary. You can read more about it here: http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/articles/Best-Practices-for-GTA-Welding-of-4130-Chrome-Moly-Tubing