650b pfff
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Blue Mountain Bikes Brooklyn/Lahar/Kowa/PO1NT Raci
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jrewing
Eats Squid
Amen...
The two main guys repolato29r and doucheMoGaptoothSmith650b both ate shit at the top on a track that should suit those bikes. Then Graves the animal on a smaller travel 26 placed 3rd.
Anyone got some cheap 650 rims?
flamshmizer
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I went on a ride on the weekend, and there was a bloke with 650b wheels riding with us. His bike had substantially shorter travel than mine, but we were about the same speed on the downhills. Therefore, 650b's are actually faster.
Thats the same level of science you are using buddy.
Nevermind there was another bloke who left us for dead and another bloke who lagged behind the whole pack. What wheel's were they riding? Tune in next week to find out.
Thats the same level of science you are using buddy.
Nevermind there was another bloke who left us for dead and another bloke who lagged behind the whole pack. What wheel's were they riding? Tune in next week to find out.
indica
Serial flasher
Can be and are more often than not manipulated to show whatever the fuck you want.
moorey
call me Mia
Or from me. I'm stockpiling for the apocalypse.... Bring blank cheques.Doesn't matter,,, in a couple of years the only place you'll be able to buy 26in is in an antique shop... So much for the "we're just giving the buyer more options"
Keep up the new wheel fads. More cheap parts for mugsy here :first:
dirt lover
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Sure Mitch and Steve crashed but look at it from a different angle, Blenki managed a 5th place ride on a track that definitely wouldn't normally suit him. 27.5 guesses for what size wheels he was running.
ajay
^Once punched Jeff Kennett. Don't pick an e-fight
It's a very good point!!
jackass'd
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That's bullshit and will never happen. This whole thing will, and already is going to go full circle and the marketing bollocks that stooge companies are hauling at easy beats will run it's course and be all over. In the end, mountain biking will be the winner, not the fat pricks making new brochures and paying pro riders to ride stupid looking bikes.
scblack
Leucocholic
I disagree, but you are not wrong in any way. There has been some good discussion raised on this point about making a rule to restrict wheelsizes in MTB.
The best argument is basically this:
- The UCI have SEVERELY restricted any change or different parts in road cycling - to the point of banning shoes because they are too "aerodynamic" - event though MANY other components are designed for aerodynamic efficiency. Performance has been held back to maintain the "appearance" of a traditional road bike. EVERY part on a World Tour roadie has to be specifically passed by the UCI, and that retards innovation in a very very big way.
- The counter argument is that "Mountain biking" has always been the "innovator" discipline and welcomes changes if a company or rider feels they work better. Disc brakes and many other components have been filtered through MTB in the pursuit of advantage. If wheelsizes were restricted in MTB this ethos would be lost.
Basically MTB has always introduced new concepts for bikes, and if we make rules to restrict wheel sizes that innovative endeavour to improve will be restricted. Wheelsizes may prove to be performance neutral - but hey, if you want to try, away you go.
moorey
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To most of people, it will sound mostly right..mostly...
MARKL
Eats Squid
+1, the only rule I would introduce is that Andora, Champery and Val di Sol are always on the world cup circuit.
flamshmizer
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I would kill for the UCI to ban all but 24" wheels.