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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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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 / 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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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Why are road bikes more popular than mountain biking?
« 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?

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