There’s been a lot of frame manufacturer sponsor musical chairs going on recently. And I’m sure there will be more. I don’t know why this interests me because I really could care less who’s riding what and at what level. What is interesting is that once you sponsor a pro team, you really can’t go […]
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As a companion piece to what I wrote a couple of days ago about SRAM/Truvativ’s HammerSchmidt, I want to clarify the weigh issue. I’ve seem a few “yeah, it’s cool but it weighs 1600 grams!” Well, actually, it’s heavier. The all-mountain system is 1623g and the freeride system is 1785g. Yes, that is a heavy […]
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For quite a while, Truvativ teased the bike industry with HammerSchmidt (some interesting video commentary here – nice haircut, Bos). Caused lots of speculation. The most widely held opinion of what it would be was a gearbox for gravity type bikes. Close. Gearbox with two gears. Cyclingnews.com had a nice piece on it this morning. […]
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Cycloculture’s interview with Grant Petersen. (What’s playing: KWMR West Marin community radio)
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I probably really should be finishing up the Fox fork rebuild and disc brake piston replacement, but this’ll only take a few minutes. I read two pieces this morning that prompted this impromptu diatribe on focus in the bike industry. The first one was a bit about the Trek dealer launch of their ’09 bikes. […]
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