Recent content by caad9

It’s funny how they want to go smaller and lighter on the bikes everyone expects to be heavy yet almost every other bike is getting heavier

Also this, my dad was so razzed up after a race. Loved the thrill of locking horns with all the other old blokes. The other thing, power to weight ratio, like cycling, is the most important thing. Dropping a few kilos of body weight can make a big difference

My old man was doing it for a little while (late 50's to early 60's) He absolutely loved it. Went with another mate who spent all the cash he could to get better and dad took great pride in fiddling with his cart tuning to get faster (Absolute tight arse but also a mechanic). Often besting his...

It's probably not so bad paying for Stan in isolation to watch the events, however as @Jpez said and also @ozzybmx in another thread, you quickly end up at a point where you are paying $2k+ per year to subscribe to these various things along with the internet provider to watch it. Eventually the...

Whilst the repetitiveness of your gripes is draining @Haakon, you have a real dedication to your cause

I saw a comment on VitalMTB that hit the nail on the head. The slopestyle riders need Crankworx infinitely more than Crankworx needs slopestyle.

I bet there’s a few people in Ballarat who would appreciate this approach over the past few weeks

Slopestyle competition is a very small percentage of an already small pond. Who actually follows it? Riders can GAGF here, I'm with Mark

I like mine but they do not appreciate moisture

Does short track count?

@ashes_mtb I have heard from an informed source that the cars MG present for safety testing are quite different to the end product. Apparently it's reasonably known within the industry not to touch them. Make of it what you will

Great idea for a thread @Dozer. It's interesting to read peoples stories and see what they reflect back on.

This is super cool, photos are great and the bike has a very understated amount of matchy matchy.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/photo-story-matt-fairbrother-wins-nz-mtb-rally-entirely-self-supported.html Whilst it's not quite World Cup racing, Matt is an EWS racer and this just needs to be seen by more people.

I’d take a KTM 300exc and pocket $6k change, thanks