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Not having a stalk is a cost saving initiative from Tesla and something for the fan bois to lather themselves up about. No doubt driving 2.0 will take inspiration from startrek and do away with all physical controls. It will be a triumph for ergonomics and safety. I, of course, will wait for...

Nice.

Is the outer crimped onto the tube?

How people can (and more often can't) climb the steep techy stuff is a whole other ballgame, but the point I'd make with modern geo and tall guys is don't just rely on the reach figures. Yeah they seem huge but they don't tell the whole story of cockpit room. Steep seat tubes are great but you...

The reach numbers have gone up but remember that's measured from the bb to the headtube. The steeper the seat angle the more reach you need to have the same effective top tube length. The steeper seat angle and slacker head tubes of modern geo also means that frames don't "auto-adjust" was well...

At the end of the day that's all that matters.

Yeah a bit too much "UGLY AF" rather than "RIPMO AF".

Yeah. Seems like there should be a much bigger difference. Of course if you need to replace the battery...

I think they could have found an outback location with enough rabbits and goats to keep it interesting. Maybe even along some river for some fishing too. The friend of a friend did the location scouting for season 1 and apparently it was a big pain to find anywhere suitable but if it's not...

Alone "Australia". What the actual fark? Season one was in a place that was unrepresentative of 99.999% of Australia and now season 2 is in NZ. I kid you not...

I have two 2020 Trance 29ers, one in alu and one in carbon. I can't tell the difference in ride between the frames. The carbon's a lighter build but its funny how little difference there is when you get out and ride them. Fully agree though that the carbon one looks like crap. Got a bit of that...

Everyone should try to know as much as they can about every aspect of the "job" even though everyone on the team is a specialist in a particular field. Makes it so much easier to get a good results. Its terrible when team work turns into a blame game with empire building and demarcation...

Needed to make some thin spacers to fix bearing clearance on a hub I got from a burner a couple of years back. One is 0.8mm and the other 0.3mm. Although this is a round part its difficult to make on a lathe. CNC machined out of 6061 plate.

Running rim locks? They can make things a bit trickier. Putting one or two clamps on the tyre to keep the beads in the center of the rim can help greatly or just stand on the opposite side. Three tyre levers is also a must and taking very small "bites". Before you know it you'll be changing...

All those things you describe are terrible things to deal with. You're right to not feel great about the situation. I feel like the prevalence of social media driven #liveYourBestLife bullshit creates an extra pressure/unreasonable expectation that the default state of the human condition is...

Presumably the Manitou hex-axle type approach (which is excellent) is subject to some sort of patent.

Thanks for the heads-up. Had a close encounter of the roo variety last week which resulted in my helmet being smashed to bits. Nice to be able to pick up a replacement on short notice at less than RRP.

Had business in Adelaide after which a colleague and I decided we should drive home to Karntburra via Melrose and the new epic trail. Camped overnight at the caravan park and did the loop the following morning. Day was unusually cool, so perfect for riding. Trail was a lot of fun but would not...

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I guess those figures don't include the 500,000 or so people that immigrate to Australia every year who predominantly end up in Sydney or Melbourne.