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11-02-2017, 04:55 PM #226
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11-02-2017, 05:23 PM #228Banned
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11-02-2017, 05:48 PM #229
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11-02-2017, 08:12 PM #231
I blame Special Ed for years of bouncy bikes that supposedly offered some improvement over single pivot designs but in fact sucked and made sucking seem normal.
Ever ride up a hill next to an Ellsworth so you could see that pivot action hard at work? Special Ed is not innocent in that travesty of marketing genius.
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11-02-2017, 08:41 PM #232
Agreed on the full squish. If you're not racing your only hard tail should be your road bike, in whatever form it takes. If you are racing that's probably still true. Sure, you should get one that doesn't bounce like somebody turned the double wishbones off the front of a car sideways. But that's pretty easy (to geek out fully check the anti-squat numbers on http://linkagedesign.blogspot.com and seek 100% at sag, or close). Avoiding Hudge chain growth is also a good idea.
As to broken Yetis, the 575 seems to have been quite troublesome for them (see earlier comments about avoiding flex links if seeking longevity--but particularly aluminum ones) and their recent plastic bikes...are they still shattering? My wife fell in love with a Yeti a few years ago and this year she's all about an Evil--I'm kind of hoping she decides to unload the Yeti before trouble shows up. But they're sweet riding bikes, I can't argue with that.
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11-02-2017, 08:46 PM #233Registered User
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I understand specialized also want the dealers who take them as a brand to invest heavily in carrying all their soft goods
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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11-02-2017, 08:52 PM #234Registered User
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11-02-2017, 09:29 PM #235
Fuck Specialized...
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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11-02-2017, 11:30 PM #236
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11-03-2017, 05:04 AM #237Banned
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11-03-2017, 10:35 AM #238Registered User
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Specialized wants to have an independant dealer build and stock a Specialized store for them SO what independent dealer will want to be dictated to by any brand as to what they must carry when they don't think their customers will buy it ?
IME that ^^ policy is not necessarily written in stone, locally the specialized brand was dropped by the well established "A" dealer in town or probably "A" dealer chose not to book any bikes cuz he already had so many brands / so much model overlap
So Specialized could either leave this small BC town period OR walk down the street to that upstart free ridey "B" store
Looking at the local trails "B" store sold a LOT of Specialized trail bikes but zero specialized accessories andLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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11-03-2017, 10:37 AM #239
^^^ lol
Specialized still makes good tires.
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11-03-2017, 10:40 AM #240
Sounds sorta like, although not exactly the same, as Schwinn shops 40 years ago. There were some big shops with buying power that sold Schwinn and other brands, but they were the rare exceptions. Most Schwinn shops were beholden to Schwinn and exclusively stocked "Schwinn Approved" accessories. It was utter bullshit and one reason for Schwinn's demise.
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11-03-2017, 10:46 AM #241
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11-03-2017, 10:56 AM #242
^^^ it was just a quip, but yeah, like many(most?) brands, they probably get their tires made by someone else.
Some of their tread designs look like copies of other brands too.
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11-03-2017, 11:06 AM #243
To be fair, in the early days Specialized did spec some improved road tire designs, as did Schwinn years before. (Schwinn LeTour, made by National, was far and away the best road touring tire in the mid-1970s.) I have no clue what Specialized is doing these days re tires. Based on my experience doing private label deals in other industries, as a general rule I buy stuff branded by the actual manufacturer, e.g., Michelin or Continental for road bike tires. Not sure how that works with MTB tires.
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11-03-2017, 11:09 AM #244
When it comes to tires, I kinda laugh at the idea that when I was a throttle twister, to use the right insult, everyone called Cheng Shins "cheap Chinese tires" (even though they're Taiwanese), yet when named Maxxis they're the best, and totally worth their ridiculous msrp.
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11-03-2017, 11:12 AM #245
If I walk into a new bike shop and I see Specialized, I immediately know what they carry, and leave.
Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
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11-03-2017, 11:21 AM #246
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11-03-2017, 11:25 AM #247Banned
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11-03-2017, 11:43 AM #248
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11-03-2017, 11:46 AM #249
The specialized tires did get my attention, because you can get a decent tubeless ready tire for like $55 while the nice tires from maxxis, schwalbe, are all like $80 or more. Oh wait, this isn't the rant thread.
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11-03-2017, 11:51 AM #250
Yep. And the specialized on my bike look to be copies of Maxxis. And the casings seem to be holding up.
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