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  1. GoLefty!!
    you of course realise you're critising a system that has only just been launched and is not fully operational
  2. GoLefty!!
    whats the salary?
  3. GoLefty!!
    indeed but we're 3:4,000,000
  4. GoLefty!!
    notice the inverted comma's. not an official stance but what officials who stand on the mountain say to riders when they ask. Cars, buses everything is going both ways.
  5. GoLefty!!
    Road is open "at your own risk"
  6. GoLefty!!
    Why don't they just admit 29 is for size large and everyone else should ride 27.5
  7. GoLefty!!
    Need to perfect my Terminator impersonation
  8. GoLefty!!
    so ugly it makes one look like a duck billed platypus
  9. GoLefty!!
    right so when's mine arriving?
  10. GoLefty!!
    where would one be able to purchase the stage from a non Spaz sell out?
  11. GoLefty!!
    Lefty still the benchmark for USD performance (Yes I have ridden a RS-1) but the RS-1 a markedly better than a conventional fork in almost every area. That Bike radar review is a load of bollocks. They were probably feeling the flex in the wheel since non carbon 29er wheels are pretty flexy. Like Lefty, the fork is stiffer so the flex in a wheel is much more apparent. Then they talk about how it affected the handling............what a joke!! In the 650B format I think the RS-1 will be the benchmark for 100mm travel since Lefty is not available in 100mm travel for 650B format. You could probably combobulate one to 650B
  12. GoLefty!!
    I had to keep it simple for you lawyer types
  13. GoLefty!!
    Long stem does not mean steep geometry. It could be due to a bike fit choice. E.g.. Lets take a Giant Anthem. Small has a TT of 57.5cm, the medium has a TT of 59.5. I need a top tube including stem measurement of around 66-67 cm. DO I take a Small and fit a 90 or 100 mm stem and have a shorter wheelbase that's a hoot around tight singletrack climbs or do a I take a Medium with a 70-80mm stem but 2cm longer wheelbase? More stable on descents but not going to go uphill as quickly, not goin to be as stiff and its going to be heavier. depending on my preference for where I need the bike to work with me more, will determine which size I opt for rather than a paradigm of short stem + wide bars = mountain biker and Long stem + narrower bars = Dirt roadie. In this case I'd be more inclined (Excuse the pun) to opt for the small for marathon and the medium size on something like a Trance. reason being about how the bike is going to be used most of the time.
  14. GoLefty!!
    Thanks for getting some insight to that. Basically they needed a different reason to address the same issue. Both companies looked at addressing deficiencies in the 29er rear wheel concept - one being wheel strength the other being a chain line adjustment. Personally I think the reason Pyga has chosen for the offset is a good alternative to the wheel strength issue Cannondale addressed. It is my opinion that the wheel strength issue is a bigger motive than the chain line reason since I've not felt that any 29er suffers from poor shifting due to the chainline being slightly comprised but I can certainly feel rear wheel flex and weakness of really rough terrain at speed. So Pyga's innovation has a nock on effect of changing the rear wheel dish. So kudos to Pyga for getting into this innovation path because I feel the rear wheel and front wheel hub widths are two of the biggest reasons I'm not a fan of 29ers yet. The wheels are just generally too weak. Hopefully this innovation gets the Pyga noticed and puts it on the international marathon bike map.
  15. GoLefty!!
    I think they mean that they're not requiring any proprietary parts to achieve this. You can take a bog std 142x12 rear hub and have it built to the required dish. it not new. Cannondale did this last year with their F-Si 29 Hardtail and the new Scalpel is going the same way. Cannondale use a 6mm offset which I believe they patented so PYGA can't use 6mm. They opted for 5mm and using the gearing aspect as the reason or change which Is pretty smart way of getting around what Cannondale has done.
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