Bike blerg thread

whats the smug?

Damn everything is poopoo shit

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it reads as “I understand this as an important development, but I don’t think the rest of the people reading this article do” to me

but maybe i’m just in a bad mood

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ah I see, I read it as “this is going to have a massive ripple effect we can’t even imagine the extent of”

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I’m probably just grumpy :frowning:

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“frame building community” is such a weird turn of phrase

I mean… it is a community with official meetups and whatnot. And yeah… this SUCKS.

I think Prol’s comment wouldn’t have read as smug if his avatar wasn’t next to it TBH.

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I’m curious what happened
I wonder if they’ll send out some IP for future proofing

He’s referring more to hobbyists than big producers I guess? Then that makes more sense

Hence the “frame building community”, not the “frame building industry”

Their slider dropout has always just been my personal epitome of design. After some drinks I just don’t even know what to say. I guess I’ll hit my pmw ‘bubble blower’ in their honor and regret my time not pursuing building my own frame.

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New favorite phrase: masochistic numpties

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tired: team of experts
also tired: masochistic numpties
(everyone’s tired in 2026)

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Need this on a sticker

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https://www.pinkbike.com/news/paragon-machine-works-is-closing-a-great-loss-for-people-who-make-bikes.html

Has a nice, long comment from Danielle Schön up in America’s hat, who was setting up take over CA distro.

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Wolftooth is tryna flex their musa machining lately
I wonder if they could take it up a notch

Looks like Blackburn’s site ‘blackburndesign.com’ is dead, and new redirects to a section on Bell Helmets, as of a few weeks ago.

My favorite thing they made, the Grid Basket, is gone too. I really like it, since it’s a Wald 137-sized basket with the solidity of a rack.

Cost-cutting marches inexorably on…

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real committment to the bit there @igor printing that quill stem

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Cadaero still haven’t sold their monstrous cheese ball harness from last year.

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:joy: