Outing shirk

**Arty50** · 11-29-2011, 06:18 PM

And I predict tears when he sees that bb.

**El Chupacabra** · 11-29-2011, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Arty50

And I predict tears when he sees that bb.

But.... it's a Porsche bike. It must be good.

**kidwoo** · 11-29-2011, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by shirk

Woo is more the fixie and skinny jeans and PBR crowd.

You should see the mustache I'm rockin right now.

**frorider** · 11-29-2011, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by kidwoo

You should see the mustache I'm rockin right now.

is it yours?

wait...what?

**kidwoo** · 11-29-2011, 07:50 PM

PA-POW!!

He's here all night folks!

**frorider** · 11-30-2011, 09:37 AM

Back on track:

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Burning...e-26-2011.html

**frorider** · 11-30-2011, 09:49 AM

New bike line, hyping their front der clearance solution: http://www.bikerumor.com/2011/08/15/...12-new-dh-rig/

**marshalolson** · 11-30-2011, 11:24 AM

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it is called the "EPO".

**kidwoo** · 11-30-2011, 11:31 AM

Syringe storage in that aero seat tube.

**VTskibum** · 11-30-2011, 12:03 PM

^^ That is ridiculous, I first thought it was photo-shopped.

**Mr. Altagirl** · 11-30-2011, 03:18 PM

Very timely... you guys are all Gay (especially Bagtagley).

**kidwoo** · 11-30-2011, 03:59 PM

Just saw that on vital.

I swear I had NOTHING to do with it!

**joetron** · 11-30-2011, 04:10 PM

Oh yeah? But what about this?

**kidwoo** · 11-30-2011, 04:22 PM

I take it all back!

**shirk** · 11-30-2011, 04:25 PM

That video solves the whole debate.

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**Mr. Altagirl** · 11-30-2011, 04:26 PM

The argument is obviously over. Touche'.

(most of the 29er riders I know ride like the guy on the 26” in that video… except they look way classier in their white bib’s /no-shirt get-up)

**kidwoo** · 11-30-2011, 04:33 PM

Hey you can't deny it. If you're going to go out in public wearing shrink wrap, and ride with rigomortis steeze with your butt clinched so tight it makes a collapsing dwarf star jealous, 29ers are your tool.

As evidenced in this other highly informative video.

**scrublover** · 11-30-2011, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by kidwoo

Hey you can't deny it. If you're going to go out in public wearing shrink wrap, and ride with rigomortis steeze with your butt clinched so tight it makes a collapsing dwarf star jealous, 29ers are your tool.

As evidenced in this other highly informative video.

Shit, from the look of that, why aren't they just on 'cross bikes?????

My brief 29er hardtail experiment two winters back suuuuuucked.

http://forums.mtbr.com/29er-bikes/fr...5D-491856.html

Sold it off quickly. Still curious though, particularly as a replacement for my hardtail. Have a bike swap in line for this weekend, to let me get some time on a Banshee Paradox/Reba 120mm Maxle setup for comparison. It's way more in line with the fit and geometry I'm after.

**LeeLau** · 11-30-2011, 05:28 PM

^^^ I can't believe they filmed that and made the video public

**iscariot** · 11-30-2011, 05:59 PM

IMHO...

So once people love the speed and smooth rolling of their 29'ers, which will eventually peak, as it did with 26'ers, won't they want to ride something more challenging and just ride trails with bigger roots/rocks/tech etc... to make it challenging again?

Then some dude will start riding on a 36'er and we go through the same process all over again...

When in actuality, if you want a smoother ride, then you could ride your 26er on smoother trails, and if you want a tech challenge, then you could ride your 26er on rougher trails. Just because you can clean tech climbs or downhills on a 29er, that were more difficult on your 26er, doesn't mean your suddenly a better rider.

Have fun doing whatever. But just watch the trails get more and more tech, so that riding a 29er becomes more challenging (likely about the same challenge proportionally that currently limits the fat bell curve of mountain bike riders on 26ers) and then watch some "pioneer" ride it on a 36 because it "just rolls over stuff faster and smoother". This process ends with 44 inch moon-balloon tires that "just rolls over stuff faster and smoother", to the point that you won't even realize your on a trail. What fun!

**westoxified** · 11-30-2011, 06:07 PM

Interesting.

I can't wait to see what new trails come out at Interbike 2012.

**kidwoo** · 11-30-2011, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by westoxified

Interesting.

I can't wait to see what new trails come out at Interbike 2012.

Just got an email from the forest service with the subject line: "How to cope with emerging larger wheelsizes on public use trails. Where's teh gNaR????"

**creaky fossil** · 11-30-2011, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by scrublover

Shit, from the look of that, why aren't they just on 'cross bikes?????

Hell, that looked fast and flowy to me.

It absolutely SCREAMS and BEGS FOR a 6+6, sub-28-lbs Uber-All-Mountain bike!

(or a road bike with 700x19 tires)

Anyway I'm glad my little prodding of Woomeister got this thread rolling.

Remember kids: in order to "grow the sport" it has to be made incredibly easy for the rank beginner -- otherwise, all existing MTBs owned by people everywhere will just dissolve into thin air!

**kidwoo** · 11-30-2011, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by creaky fossil

Anyway I'm glad my little prodding of Woomeister got this thread rolling.

Yeah don't know if you noticed but everything said after you showed up, was also said before you showed up.

All you introduced was "bBbffd!! bOuLDrrr sUx, hAtE jMpZ!!! bLaAhaaAAH!!"