Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?

[Bunion 2020]

So, I was riding alone deep in the woods last night, and actually had the thought that I wish I had a decently loud speaker setup, due to bears, cats, moose, etc. There have been more bear sightings/encounters here than I ever remember so far this fall.
They are everywhere.

Several buddies who still ride the deep in bear country epics have taken to carrying small airhorns as an adjunct to their bear spray.

[XXX-er]

I could have used an airhorn for those fucking Catholics

[jackstraw]

Drones. I think they are worse than Bluetooth speakers.
I got up to Rolling Pass on Saturday and some nerd is flying his goddamn drone around. I’m just trying to eat my snack and enjoy the breezy, beautiful solitude and I’ve gotta listen to the annoying whine of that thing, not to mention, probably get caught on camera.


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Yeah, they are annoying, but certainly useful for many things.

It'll be interesting if Joby's eVTOL things get approved and start flying around. They look like giant drones, so I'd have to believe they're loud as hell...maybe not?

[rideit]

I have one of those 110db air horns, good idea!

[John_B]

Yeah, they are annoying, but certainly useful for many things.

It'll be interesting if Joby's eVTOL things get approved and start flying around. They look like giant drones, so I'd have to believe they're loud as hell...maybe not?

Some local dickhead owns a Pivotal BlackFly. Fortunately my house is outside of his flight range but friends and acquaintances that live near by are less than thrilled.

[g_man80]

Current order from Germany is going through LAX! That place seems like a black hole for customs. My last order that went through LA sat for about 6 weeks. I’ve had great luck with stuff going through Detroit and east coast locations.

Well, it didn’t take an eternity, but they must still be using a front-end loader to sort packages.

[Dantheman]

Some local dickhead owns a Pivotal BlackFly. Fortunately my house is outside of his flight range but friends and acquaintances that live near by are less than thrilled.

It's absolutely insane you're allowed to fly these without a pilot's license from basically anywhere. Hopefully the FAA steps in to require pilot licensing and restrict TO/landing to airports. The ultralight regs these guys are exploiting were never intended to permit this kind of bullshit.

[mcski]

I had to google it but that is indeed insane that no licensing is required. Bizarre. It feels like an airborne version of the titan submarine for the not quite billionaire class

[XtrPickels]

It's absolutely insane you're allowed to fly these without a pilot's license from basically anywhere. Hopefully the FAA steps in to require pilot licensing and restrict TO/landing to airports. The ultralight regs these guys are exploiting were never intended to permit this kind of bullshit.

Whoa
First- that thing is cool as hell.
Second- yes, should have to follow other FAA rules.

[Roxtar]

Wow, a human piloted drone.
That is a very cool place to park $200K.

[jackstraw]

It's absolutely insane you're allowed to fly these without a pilot's license from basically anywhere. Hopefully the FAA steps in to require pilot licensing and restrict TO/landing to airports. The ultralight regs these guys are exploiting were never intended to permit this kind of bullshit.

First kids ripping around the streets on ebikes and emotorcycles with no license and now guys flying personal helicopter things with no license. What the hell is happening!! What's next, trumps wins? JFC, no!!! Time to change course!

[rideit]

“rEgUlAtiOnS aRe fOr sNoWfLaKeS, mUh fReEdOmS!!!”

[mcski]

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... MASS HYSTERIA!

[Touring_Sedan]

I guess it's time for the yearly pedal swap.

[skaredshtles]

I guess it's time for the yearly pedal swap.

Heh.

[VTskibum]

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[jackstraw]

Well...rants worked


You Spoke, We Listened

Bronson C Carbon frame only available



We recently launched the Bronson with a feature that made a small but vocal group lose their frickin minds. We announced that at launch the Bronson CC frames (that’s 2 of 5 available kits) would come without derailleur cable ports and routing. Why? Because at the highest end there’s only wireless kits available so the ports were superfluous and added weight. But frame only buyers felt they were being excluded from the CC goodness because that would reduce their options for cable operated drivetrains. Well, we listened and we will be selling C Carbon frames aftermarket now, and these have the full cable routing for derailleurs. So if you like having the sickest frame and a cable operated drivetrain, you can get one

[toast2266]

Why? Because at the highest end there’s only wireless kits available so the ports were superfluous and added weight.

Provided you completely ignore the existence of any manufacturer other than Sram, and also deliberately overlook X01 / XX1 mechanical groups.

Santa Cruz (and Specialized) can still fuck right off.

[jackstraw]

Provided you completely ignore the existence of any manufacturer other than Sram, and also deliberately overlook X01 / XX1 mechanical groups.

Santa Cruz (and Specialized) can still fuck right off.

Only SC and specialsauce? I would think all the PON high end bike/brands would follow suit

[skaredshtles]

<nsip> Specialized) can still fuck right off.

QFT.

[toast2266]

Only SC and specialsauce? I would think all the PON high end bike/brands would follow suit

The Bronson and the new Stumpjumper are the only bikes I can think of off the top of my head that don't accommodate any sort of shift cable routing.

I'm sure others will go that direction, and they can preemptively fuck right off too.

[Abies]

I would simply never buy the 4000 dollar bicycle frame from a huge mass manufacturer anyways so as to not have this problem.


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[g_man80]

The Bronson and the new Stumpjumper are the only bikes I can think of off the top of my head that don't accommodate any sort of shift cable routing.

I'm sure others will go that direction, and they can preemptively fuck right off too.

And the new Hightower. And I think the new Epic. But yeah, SC and Spesh

How much weight does one internal tube weigh? There’s still two tubes there for dropper and brake!
If they really wanted to save weight, they would ditch the storage compartment. I’m yelling at clouds. We know they only did it because SRAM and marketing.

[jackstraw]

And the new Hightower. And I think the new Epic. But yeah, SC and Spesh

How much weight does one internal tube weigh? There’s still two tubes there for dropper and brake!
If they really wanted to save weight, they would ditch the storage compartment. I’m yelling at clouds. We know they only did it because SRAM and marketing.

I have one bike that came all axs. The shifting adjustment annoys me, but I'll get used to it. Just me being old and grumpy not being able to micro adjust on the fly...and the battery. But I will say the axs dropper is the balz. I dig that. It just works. And man I was probably the biggest complainer of the reverb several years ago.

[nickwm21]

It’s not the weight savings. It was one last thing to buy, manage, QC, etc… at the expense of loosing a handful of frame only sales….


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