Recent content by Giuseppe Magnetico

Re: Of course there comes a point where rider and machine have a divergence to where you could put said rider on any relevant bike of the time and will win. Kelly would have won on any bike of his era. However, we're dealing with carbon instead of steel or alu now. But even in the metal era...

Re: Yeah, of course you should at least try something before making up your mind. Funny that it's always the biggest critics who never even tried the technology that end up whining about it the most. You can read all the reviews and comparisons and internet chatter and white papers about this...

Which begs the question.... You come to your conclusion by theory, or by experience?

Man, you are typo heavy today! "I can see the point of it for off-road. Just not for off-road". Whatever, I get it. :lol: I don't buy the 'fine for dirt but not road' excuse. Road didn't like the idea of adopting threadless headsets or PF BB's either. Both tech came from the dirt. So your...

To you personally... Doesn't mean the option shouldn't exist because you don't get it. If 1x chain line is so dang bad, then why would anybody bother with it? Mtb,Cx,Gravel.... Road isn't the exception, it's just the most resistant to change. We already know this.

My best advice is that you're not going to find much ebike talk on a road racing site. You might have better luck here: https://electricbike.com/forum/ or here: https://electricbikereview.com/forum/

I use King and Wheels Manufacturing bb's, PF30 and BB86. No noises here. King worked for you famously up to this point so I think you just answered your own question. General rule of thumb is to never use those junk plastic cup bb's from Shimano or Sram and you'll be fine.

Re: Re: Funny how you visit this forum pretty much everyday for nearly 10 years but still don't know how to use it. Here, now y'all can go back to bed.

Yeah, an LBS price matching internet prices isn't happening unless they are stocking grey market stuff bought by the pallet, or just blatantly taking the fast track to bankruptcy. Many LBS' are actually procuring some parts from the internet because they can get it cheeper there than the regular...

For as bad as the movie is there's still a soft spot in my heart for it from a generational bias. That same year ('85) is when first started riding past my immediate neighborhood and eventually started riding centuries and racing the next year. Moved to Colorado a few years ago I met John Barvik...

I have a very good idea. Remember, I used to work here. Can't imagine it's any slower. Nice little swipe there, touché.

King Boonen, do you have any clue as to why this forum is turning into the amateur survey/questionnaire dump?

It really should only take one person for something so simple as a saddle bag. Even the largest bike bag manufacturers only have one or two designers handling the entire line. Bikes, coffee, and donuts... Well, at least you fit the stereotype.

You must have a massive R&D budget if it takes "several" people to design a saddle bag. :lol:

Back in my messenger days a similar end result. Coworker had his bike swiped durning work and he put out an APB on the radio upon discovering it was gone, 30 sec later he said he found it! I came up on the scene shortly after and the guy was laying on the ground in the fetal position, only made...