Reviewing the News w/ Ryan Palmer (March 2024)
Description
March was an interesting month for bike news. There was a dispute at Crankworx Rotorua which resulted in the men not competing in the finals, Scott is having crazy management drama, there are a bunch of interesting new lightweight eMTBs, and Simon had a recent trip to ride in Tuscany. In our third installment of Reviewing The News, Ryan and Simon get into all of this and more.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Simon’s recent trip to Italy (1:50 )
Riding eGravel bikes in Tuscany (4:03 )
Are gravel bikes just reincarnated 30-year-old mountain bikes? (4:48 )
John Tomac’s drop-bar riding prowess (7:39 )
How did we ride without dropper posts? (7:54 )
Slow eBikes in Europe (10:38 )
The Slopestyle strike (20:40 )
First-ever women’s slopestyle event at Crankworx (27:32 )
Scott drama (32:50 )
The year of the lightweight E-bikes (38:04 )
Norco Fluid VLT (39:58 )
Mondraker Dune (50:11 )
Short-travel high-pivot bikes (53:24 )
Old brakes vs. new brakes (1:01:51 )
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