Answering Your MTB Questions

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• MR

  @mrmotovisor3417 · 5 months ago

  Best mtb podcast. Please keep the episodes coming. You guys choose interesting topics that actually make the entire video enjoyable while other mtb podcasts can get pretty boring to listen to.

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• TY

  @tylermather7106 · 5 months ago

  I always enjoy the content being put out here. Good production value and the information is on point. If I lived in Utah I would definitely be coming to your shop there. Thanks for being a wicked channel.

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• FA

  @fandangomtb3558 · 5 months ago

  Here for this content! Nothing I love more than BSing with buddies about bikes.

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• PH

  @phillippedege4853 · 5 months ago

  Great show guys, thank you for your honesty through your videos. Becouse of it ,I purchased the Transition Regulator CX and can easily say it is the best bike I ever own !!!

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• JA

  @jamesc6876 · 5 months ago

  thoroughly enjoying this one.  i appreciate ur honesty and thoughtfulness in a joyful sport

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• GR

  @griffmtb · 5 months ago

  Thanks for all the reviews you do, they are the easiest to digest and make a lot of sense to me. Hoping you'll review the Norco VLT TQ model, that's the one I'm interested in and want to see your perspective. Cheers and keep up the great work!

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• TO

  @tomek6481 · 5 months ago

  Guys I’m thankful you touched the topic on e bikes. I was against the e bike for a long time. And you know what? How stupid I was. I’m really shame on my self. Now I’m happy owner of an e bikes 🤘🏻and do even more crazy things on it.

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• AD

  @AdventuresWithClair · 5 months ago

  Love it guys, good topics and well thought out.

• LA

  @lazylearner967 · 5 months ago

  Great video gents!  Love your content.  Add one more item to debate-  Shimano or Sram?   Endless debate right there!

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• TH

  @ThunderStruckMTB · 5 months ago (edited)

  Awesome stuff! (Kolbalt BTW)

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• BR

  @BrandonMeyer1641 · 13 days ago

  I remember when I was first getting into mtb and I went and demo’d a couple of bikes out in Colorado. The first of which was a Santa Cruz chameleon. At a touch under 5’11 I slip firmly between the medium and large. I demoed the large. Chainstays were around in the middle of adjustment range and I just couldn’t get on with that bike. I felt so stretched out even though I had slammed the saddle pretty much all the way forward in the rails. It was to the point where I couldn’t properly weight the front of the bike and it was washing out in turns and I couldn’t use my arms at all. They were just locked and the wheel wanted to lift like a mf on climbs. <br><br>I think what it came down to was four things, the slackish seat tube angle, the longish reach, the short chainstays and the way to wide 800mm bars. I get the sc opinion that people should just cut them down to what’s appropriate, but I’m gonna go out and say that 800 is just too wide of a bar on modern bikes in size large. It hampers so much with getting a feel for a bike when you go to take it for a test ride or demo because you’re riding the bike as is. You can’t just cut down the bars. <br><br>Years later (still looking for a bike) I hopped on a Cannondale habit ht, which has a steeper seat tube, shorter reach, slightly longer stem, and a narrower bar (780 in a large), and a higher stack. I hopped on that bike in the parking lot of the shop and instantly I just felt at home on the bike. The fit was dialed for me. And to complement, the chainstays in that bike were longer so you felt more centered in the bike and weighting the front was essentially a non issue. <br><br>I tried a chameleon in a medium some time later which again, comes with 800 wide bars and it felt better but the bike felt short to the point of lacking stability in the steeps and bigger hits. Im sure for me on the medium it would be a total play bike for stuff mostly off the trail. I’m pretty confident that I fit the large chameleon but if I bought that bike I would have to cut the bars down to 770 at the very least out the gate to make it actually rideable. My main takeaway from my time on the chameleon is that it’s one of those bikes where you just have to think manual or bunny hop and it will do it extremely well, but with the way the bars were stock accessing that on trail effectively was pretty much impossible for me. On the street where I didn’t have to contend with rocks and roots and dying, it was a different story. <br><br>I’m a huge advocate for riding a bike before you buy it to get an idea on sizing, and in addition if you’re going to try a bike at the shop, bringing your own bar cut to the preferred length and crossing your fingers that the mechanics will let you have it out on for a quick spin. <br><br>I wouldn’t say I’m a full on convert to the long chainstay gang. I think there is a lot of merit to how longer chainstays help you weight the front more effectively but you give up the “playfulness” when you do so. <br><br>On hardtails I think longer chainstays also can aid in comfort. When they are longer the rear triangle does not feel as stiff because the axle is further out and thus has more leverage to flex the chainstays and seat stays. My habit hardtail certainly feels much more compliant than the chameleon and other hardtails I’ve ridden with short chainstays like the fuse. <br><br>Searching for my first bike really taught me a lot about geo and fit, but I still have much more to learn. <br><br>The question of “which size should I get” really is a beginner question, or at least a question of someone who has been out of the market for 10+ years. A more experienced rider who has bought and ridden a range of more modern bikes won’t ask this question because they know the geo of the bikes they have ridden and know how to read a geo chart to get a better idea of where they land on the size chart. <br><br>The one thing I would absolutely not do ibas a beginner is buy a bike online that’s for damn sure.

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  @offdaystv · 5 months ago

  I got a killer deal on a cervelo zfs-5 and your channel was the only one that actually reviewed in a practical sense