Originally Posted by
dgodave
I just want to throw my NEW mtb into the mix just to show how some bikes have recently stepped
backwards, technology wise.
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This amazing bike is not at all far removed from my very first mtb back in 1983. Swap out the disc brakes and indexed shifting, and this exact bike could have been built back then. The innovations here are of design (really big wheels and tires, frame geometry) and not of tech/engineering.
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compact geometry, 29+ tires, threadless 1-1/8" oversided bars, eternal bearing bb, hollow forged cranks, light mechanical disc brakes. indexed shifting... Yeah I'd say a few things have changed, but regardless. How do you like the Krampus and what type of riding do you do on it mostly?
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