stupidly expensive. so many mtb parts are just becoming bling for rich people to show off rather than adding anything useful or innovative. $1000 for a fork that kinda sucks, or $1200 for a fork that kinda works. what a joke.
I have switched to Fox performance and RS Select products. On sale they are about $500 or less, and give anyone who isn't a pro racer reliable performance that is actually usable. the single compression switch on my fox elite forks is way more usable, and usable on the fly, than having 4 different adjustments that need 10-20m to sort out anytime you want to make a change to the fork. it would be nice ot see a high end fork that auto-adjusts all settings to compensate when you want a bit more rebound, for example, but I guess at this point that would be an electronic suspension system, so the can upcharge $4000 for it.
Sadly I get comments form insecure assholes how I 'need to upgrade to kashima man!' you are missing out! I'm really sick of how bling-focused MTB has become by the pandemic bandwagoners, and people who drop $15K on a bicycle start trying to convince others to spend the same amount of money. None of my bikes have ever cost more more than $3K, and instead of 'upgrading' them I service them regularly...
the one thing i wish they would bring back is dual air chambers. super useful, but i understand that the process was way too confusing for an end user because it involved arithmetic.
been looking to ditch since 2020. however no place really had a good quality userbase to make it worthwhile. hopefully enough people come here that it becomes a replacement. i miss reddit from 10 years agowhen it was like 1/10 of it's current size, 50million users vs 500million, heck even 5million would probably be great.
back then it was full of quality content and was far less censored, which made it a great place for learning. then it got started becoming an echo chamber around 2015 and the 2016 election cycle, where mods banned you for offering any opinion that wasn't within their orthodoxy. now most subs apart from very tiny niche ones are focused on only allowing the 'true believers' to post.
Not surprised. Loving your kids is now socially acceptable for men. But loving kids in general is not yet socially acceptable for men, sadly.
We really need more men in childrens lives again. I remember growing up with male teachers in my elementary and grammar schools. That is essentially gone these days
I haven't gotten my bike yet, but I've sat through traffic a couple times over the course of this week and I've been thinking. Once I do get on the road with my bike, should I try to move around cars in heavy traffic?...
Lawmakers intend to schedule this year’s mandatory sales tax holiday for the weekend of Aug. 12-13, Senate President Karen Spilka said Monday. With a Thursday deadline to set the dates approaching, Spilka told reporters the Legislature intends to select the second weekend in August to suspend the state’s 6.25 percent sales...
First ride review: the new DT Swiss F 535 and F 535 ONE forks - Unequal twins (enduro-mtb.com)
The brand-new DT Swiss F 535 and F 535 ONE forks in review. What are the unequal twins capable of and how do they perform on the trail?
Reddit usage metrics fall thanks to CEO's plan to boost revenue (9to5mac.com)
TIL that millennial dads are spending 3 times as much times with their kids than their fathers spent with them. Back in 1982, 43% of fathers admitted they'd never changed a diaper. Today, that number is down to about 3%. (www.mother.ly)
CBS News poll finds most say Roe's overturn has been bad for country, half say abortion has been more restricted than expected (www.cbsnews.com)
Many women's concerns now extend beyond abortion access to health and reproductive care.
r/Anime_titties is now about actual Anime titties. No more worldpolitics. I would like to see reddit explain removing them as mods. It's even in the title of the sub
Should I lane split when in slow moving traffic?
I haven't gotten my bike yet, but I've sat through traffic a couple times over the course of this week and I've been thinking. Once I do get on the road with my bike, should I try to move around cars in heavy traffic?...
MA Senate president details plans for Aug. 12-13 sales tax holiday in Mass. (www.nbcboston.com)
Lawmakers intend to schedule this year’s mandatory sales tax holiday for the weekend of Aug. 12-13, Senate President Karen Spilka said Monday. With a Thursday deadline to set the dates approaching, Spilka told reporters the Legislature intends to select the second weekend in August to suspend the state’s 6.25 percent sales...
In Boston’s brutal rental market, the final insult has arrived: bidding wars (www.boston.com)
Amid record-low inventory, desperate renters are offering to pay even more than the landlord is asking. Sometimes by hundreds of dollars. Per month.