I’ve never used the drop bar MS shifties but I sure like their flat bar ones
Incredible content from Japanese twitter today
Unbelievable
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If memory serves, it was eventually recalled.
I generally don’t watch him but I am enjoying this series. Posting this for tiny fucking frame bag content.
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really struggling to understand what it would be like to have a local constabulary that gave a shit about, well, anything at all
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This and trains and cat islands and I’ll be spending the rest of the day wondering why I’m not moving to Japan.
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The racism, sexism, and oppressive work culture aren’t enough?
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Re: ATBs from another thread. Ron kinda goes off here explaining his history with non-suspension
I followed the tech crumbs all the way until 2001 when a crash on a fashionable free ride hardtail spiral fractured my humerus… spent the remaining 3 years of college riding rigid, and impressing people by simply just keeping up with my suspension friends. it was challenging, but possible — but most importantly it was low stakes challenging. I could navigate techy climbs and descents, but never felt out of my comfort zone. more importantly, the simplicity of the machine I was astride, really began to resonate with me and my riding style. I became a trail scholar — reading the trail like only a rigid rider can/needs to. you don’t roll/slam over things, you find ways around them.
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Don’t ruin my fantasy with reality
Modern suspension is so much better than 20 years ago. If that person wants to be a bicycle ascetic, that’s their prerogative.
I do agree about choosing good lines. The suspension gives you some room for mistakes, though. But, riding with suspension is much more enjoyable to me.
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Some mountain bike trails are not suitable for a rigid bike, i.e. an average rider (enthusiast but not like a pro) will not be able to ride them without a somewhat conventional mountain bike. The trails Ronnie rides are not those and people should ride rigid on them if they please.
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Man that 29er is niche! I mean, I’d love a full rigid ATB for overnighters that have enough singletrack to make me question the NFE…and many are building that bike…but not Ron. No rear rack in sight in the marketing here…this is for serious riders needing 22lb-lightness…but still want to the joy of finding 622 rim brake rims…and don’t want to wuss out on 2.6 tires. Everyone on r/xbiking is killing themselves to find a 91 Stumpjumper barn find…just make that with rack mounts, dropper routing, cool paint, use Maxway and keep it under $1500 ffs. These passion projects should at least help him sell bags.
My buddy tried to sneak on a lift at Mountain Creek with an old Ritchey rigid rim brake bike and got yelled at lol. I do wish he had gotten on because I could have conveyed his experience there. I think it would have been interesting.
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Yeah, around here it’s either ‘smooth dirt and gravel suitable for 38c tires’ or ‘nasty rooty rocky mossy nightmare’, very little in between.
I feel drawn to a big BMX like a Stooge - I remember my old Haro was stupidly fun - but it would ultimately limit how far I could explore.
That, and the Banshee is so good for pedaling - I don’t feel any rocking or sluggishness unless I stand and stomp. Light years ahead of even the 2015 Jeffsy when it comes to climbing.
People calling mountain bikes “ATBs” slays me.
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I only ever rode shitty old 80s or 90s MTBs on all the XC trails in Texas and it was fun enough, but once I got a “modern” Fuse in 2018 I was like “man those old bikes sucked ass out here! This is great!”
Now I have a FS and it’s even greater, you just plow through shit and roll over everything. No need to gingerly pick your line and be smart.
I thought this too but then I rode the trails. Maybe it’s the rain and then the dry, but this was washed out gnarly baby head shit. That sure an enthusiast with a rigid bike with 2.4s could ride comfortably , but damn I would prefer my FS trail bike.
a modern geo’d rigid bike is going to be 1000x better than a vintage full suspension mtb.
that being said, the “i get to choose lines better” and “now im one with the trail” is shit i told myself in 2006 when all i could afford was rigid forks or shitty suspension forks.
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