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After The Ride / Re: What do you think of my theft-resistant mountain bike idea?
« on: January 04, 2024, 07:56:48 PM »
Quote from: kbernstein on January 03, 2024, 09:11:10 AM
The people worried about adding 70 grams of key are not the people who ever leave their bike unattended to begin with  ;D

I think it's also about being able to ride your $2500+ bike to school or work instead of having a separate beater bike set aside just for commuting. Just seems like a waste to have a nice bike but too afraid to ride it

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After The Ride / Re: What do you think of my theft-resistant mountain bike idea?
« on: January 04, 2024, 01:48:32 PM »
Well, there is also the customizable paint job going for it. If I saw a bike on eBay and it had a custom paint job, I'd start by asking for their proof of purchase or assume it was stolen. Buying stolen goods can still land you in jail

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After The Ride / Re: What do you think of my theft-resistant mountain bike idea?
« on: January 03, 2024, 04:13:03 AM »
Maybe requiring a key to operate the bike would help? But idk how most people would feel about adding another 70 grams to their nice bike

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After The Ride / What do you think of my theft-resistant mountain bike idea?
« on: January 02, 2024, 09:37:24 PM »
The concept is simple: why is that you can leave out a brand new $70000 SUV with the engine still running, just parked in a nice neighborhood and you can be confident that your fancy car won't get stolen? Because cars have VIN numbers on all the main components, making it much harder to sell to a repair shop or on eBay or something. So why not put serial numbers on all the components on your nice race bike as well?

Here is the link to the product page:

https://genexie.com/product/the-globalist-full-suspension-carbon-fiber-mountain-bike-with-a-20-year-warranty-made-in-china/

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Maintenance, Mechanics, & Tools / Re: Do you really need to do annual suspension maintenance on every suspension brand
« on: December 31, 2023, 10:00:57 PM »
What if you just only did the maintenance once every 3 years? Would coil (or even the super cheapo elastomer suspension found in the $700 bikes) suspension still work and won't get destroyed? IMO, when most people buy a new bike, they just want something that is reliable and low maintenance. Taking it to the LBS and paying $250 every year doesn't sound low maintenance for me

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Metal Frames / Re: Why don't we get cassettes that are optimized for riding on flat dirt paths?
« on: December 31, 2023, 05:01:50 PM »
Quote from: mirphak on December 31, 2023, 12:38:10 PM
SRAM kind of does that to a point, and then you get that jump from 42 to 52 that everyone complains about.

Maybe if SRAM/Shimano made a 13 or 14 speed cassette like Sensah ARX, then we could have better gears. Personally, I think I would rather have bigger jumps on the climbing gears, as I don't need to fine-tune the gear ratio for something that would only last 15 seconds anyway

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Maintenance, Mechanics, & Tools / Re: Inexpensive Torque Wrenches
« on: December 31, 2023, 04:58:30 PM »
Quote from: carbonazza on December 31, 2023, 05:18:50 AM
I'm so happy of mine for this exact same reason.
However I'm not sure it should be re-calibrated, from time to time.
I just asked SHAHE about it.

What brand was your digital torque wrench and how much did you pay for it? I see some good deals on Amazon (probably from more Chinese businessmen/factories), but of course, they are still more expensive than the regular torque wrenches

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Metal Frames / Why don't we get cassettes that are optimized for riding on flat dirt paths?
« on: December 31, 2023, 05:43:48 AM »
It seems that for all the MTB rear cassettes that I see online, the number of sprockets on the top gears seem to jump by two every time, as opposed to road cassettes that jump by just one for maybe half of the gears.

Why can't someone make an MTB cassette that has finer gear control for things like straight, level dirt roads, and for the occasional asphalt ride when training or just commuting?

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Maintenance, Mechanics, & Tools / Do you really need to do annual suspension maintenance on every suspension brand
« on: December 29, 2023, 08:14:46 AM »
A quick Google search will tell you that no matter what suspension brand you have, if it's air or coil suspension, you need to take it to the LBS to do a full suspension rebuild every year, even if you don't ride it that year. That just doesn't seem right to me because I don't see people needing to do suspension rebuilds on their Jaguar (car) air suspension?

And why doesn't any of the big brands mention this annual suspension maintenance? Could doing something like using pure Nitrogen or StayFill gas instead of regular air help prolong the life of the oil and seals?

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Maintenance, Mechanics, & Tools / Re: Chinese gear that measure the power output of both legs in watts?
« on: December 28, 2023, 05:35:59 PM »
Quote from: TribesMan on December 28, 2023, 12:44:31 PM
Its not so much about "pulling" as it is just unloading the pedal on the way up.

Yeah, that definitely makes sense. Maybe some athletes might think this newfangled tech is useless, but didn't some people think that the MP3/iPod players were going to be just a fad?

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Maintenance, Mechanics, & Tools / Re: Inexpensive Torque Wrenches
« on: December 26, 2023, 08:21:56 AM »
Are digital torque wrenches useful? I think they might be more of an "idiot-proof" way to make sure you don't destroy your carbon bike lol

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Maintenance, Mechanics, & Tools / Chinese gear that measure the power output of both legs in watts?
« on: December 25, 2023, 01:38:43 PM »
Are there any Chinese cycle computers (similar to the Garmin Edge 1040 Solar) that measure the rider's total power output (in watts) for each leg? So I assume this would also require at least two strain gauges or other type of force sensor on a special crankset. Do riders actually use the cycling computers during races as well, or would that just add in unnecessary weight to the bike?

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E-Bike Frames & Builds / Re: Possible 30% Income Tax Credit For The Purchase Of An Electric Bike (U.S.)
« on: December 17, 2023, 05:39:36 PM »
Quote from: Carbon_Dude on May 16, 2021, 04:28:51 PM
It would be interesting if Congress passed an eBike incentive.

I would be surprised if they did. Remember what Big Auto did to the buses? Personally, I am 70% sure that the reason all those crappy bicycles like Huffy and Schwinn are still being sold at grocery stores and Academy is because Big Auto wants people to buy a $200 bike, have them break in 10 minutes, and then give up cycling

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Why are road bikes more popular than mountain biking?
« on: December 17, 2023, 03:53:28 PM »
Quote from: genealogyxie on December 16, 2023, 02:00:36 PM
I wanted a road bike as a high school kid for a while, but after I got one, it just seemed a bit more boring than going off-road on a nice mountain bike. And the speed difference seems to be only 10% or so at most if you take both on pavement. Is it because all those bikers I see on the road are professional racers in training or something?

But surely there were things like public parks where you could have ridden a mountain bike?

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Why are road bikes more popular than mountain biking?
« on: December 17, 2023, 12:05:32 AM »
Makes a lot of sense. I guess I never thought of it as a team sport. Kind of like football or baseball.

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