MTB Podcast – Episode 10 – Dirt bike in sheep's clothing

MTB Podcast

Worldwide Cyclery

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4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2017

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Are e-bikes really ruining mountain biking, and why are roadies freaking out about disc brakes? Also, Shimano vs. SRAM, aluminum vs. carbon, spin bikes vs. trainers and what chainlube we think is best. Topics covered in this episode: • Spin bikes vs. indoor trainers: which is better? • WhiteCrow pressure adjust hub system: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/whitecrow-hub-adjust-your-tire-pressure-on-the-go-bicycle-technology#/ • Are aluminum frames stronger than carbon frames? • Putting a 120mm fork on a Specialized Epic – good idea or bad idea? • Is it worth it to buy a budget bike and upgrade the components? • Which chain lube is best for what conditions? • How to make sure your bike's color scheme doesn't look cheap • What is the best trainer for mountain bikers? • Does the bad chain-line make 1x drivetrains worse? • VeloNews: "What can disc rotors actually cut?" http://www.velonews.com/2017/02/video/video-can-disc-rotors-actually-cut_431182 • TransCR: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/transcr-the-prologue-2017.html • Deore m6000 Groupset: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/shimano-announces-affordable-deore-m6000-group-and-11-x-46-cassette.html • Valparaiso Cerro Abajo: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/red-bull-valparaiso-video-2017.html • Yeti Fox Factory Team announces new riders and sponsors: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/yeti-fox-factory-team-adds-new-riders-and-sponsors-for-2017.html • Are E-Bikes good or bad for our sport and trails? • Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge • Shimano XTR Di2

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome to episode 10 of the mountain bike
0:16.7	podcast we didn't retire it's pretty crazy we made it to double digits pretty
0:21.6	exciting stuff I'm your host Jonathan Lee and I'm here with my
0:25.0	co-host Stephen Lewis. Good evening. We're in Casa de Lee tonight. We're just
0:29.6	all over the place the last few weeks. We are still using trainer roads, mics.
0:32.4	Thanks trainer road, mics, thanks trainer
0:33.0	road, appreciate it. But I have to be comfortable. It's true because you've got a bum knee
0:37.4	so you're laid out on the couch in a slightly provocative position here. Draw me like
0:42.2	one of your French girls, Jack.
0:44.4	I'm sorry, that's what I think of.
0:46.7	Yeah, I mean, that's what's going on.
0:48.8	But we're, yeah, we're podcasting.
0:50.9	No Mormon cocktails, but I see some Pelagrino and the and the croix right Steve that's how you say it's French yeah
0:57.8	So we're doing okay. We're keeping it classy we're gonna talk about mountain bikes like we always do stuff in the news. A bunch of
1:05.8	you left for views. Thank you for that. Go over your questions and we have a topic that we want to cover
1:12.0	from our perspectives because a lot of people are
1:14.3	debating it right now but we'll cover it so just the same I once again you can
1:19.7	find this podcast wherever you're listening to it but you can also find it on iTunes.
1:23.4	You can find it on Stitcher, forgive me, you can find it on SoundCloud all over wherever you can listen to
1:28.0	podcast and you can leave us reviews there and we like five-star reviews don't we Stephen? We don't like anything but five-star reviews, don't we, Stephen?
1:32.8	We don't like anything but five-star reviews.
1:34.8	That's right.
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