Be interesting to see what the most popular topics were 20 years ago
Presta vs Schrader
Conti Vert Pro vs Fire XC Pro
is 17mm rim width ok for 2.3" tyres?
How do I stop my front mech rubbing?
I'm suspecting that this is AI written or at least very heavily influenced by it which I find puzzling. While I understand the publishing world is being hit hard from all angles and there is a probable need to adapt or die, I'm very surprised to see a publisher actively using AI to write articles.
I guess the AI is stealing our jobs point is counteracted by the fact that no one would really have been employed to write something so basic.
Benji has spent much of this morning putting that together from the forum software reports we have access to.
Be interesting to see what the most popular topics were 20 years ago
20 years ago, forums were dominated by arguments about:
1. Disk brakes are too complicated and unnecessary. Rim brakes are better because they are just disk brakes that have a really large disk. Plus, you can repair them in a blacksmith's shop if you have problems while crossing the Serengeti.
2. Hydraulic disk brakes are too complicated and cable disks are much simpler and just as good. Plus, you can repair them in a blacksmith's shop if you have problems while crossing the Serengeti.
3. Dropper posts are a solution looking for a problem. If you have a problem while crossing the Serengeti, you'll be waiting weeks for spare parts to be airlifted out to you.
4. Suspension bikes are just skill compensators, hardtails are lighter and just as fast on rough stuff if you just bend your knees. If you have a problem while crossing the Serengeti, you'll be waiting weeks for spare parts to be airlifted out to you.
Panaracer Fire XC Pros were awesome! Loved them, but then the Contis were pretty damned good as well. The only gripe I had with the Panaracers were how thin the sidewalls were. I used to get no end of punctures when I was out around me.
My little sis was a Conti-preferrer and had nearly no punctures on exactly the same trails.
Also, tubeless tyres are a solution looking for a problem, and how will you fix one if you're stranded while crossing the Serengeti.
the-15-most-predictable-singletrackworld-forum-posts
I think the title is supposed to be topics rather than posts, otherwise ‘it works on my iPad’ would be in the top three 😀
Ghetto tubeless technique
How much is my bike worth
Specialized warranty period
Is this a crack?
How to set up Magura hs33 brakes
If I do xxxxxxx , will I die?
Snowdon bike ban
I don't know what happened to the original, but...
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^ surely are the biggest threads, even if 95% of them are the same 5 people arguing with each other?
Plus, you can repair them in a blacksmith's shop if you have problems while crossing the Serengeti.
To be fair, I still put my commuter bikes together with the same mindset I put my trail bikes together.
I put my trail bikes together whilst imagining that I am living in Finale Ligure with endless options for punishing relentless double black diamond features that will snap me and the bike in half.
I build my commuter with the mindset that I will be touring remotest Mongolia for six months and every part should be easily serviceable and replaceable.
The reality is that the 'big' downhill near me lasts two minutes and the two 'punishing' features are mid at best. And if I got a puncture on my commute I'd probably just walk the rest of the way rather than fix it (it's a whole two and a half miles).
Always build your bikes for the type of riding you'd like to be doing, not the kind of riding you are actually doing!
Always build your bikes for the type of riding you'd like to be doing, not the kind of riding you are actually doing!
I'm currently saving up for a Cotic Solaris, but based on this reasoning maybe I should go for the new Jeht? After all, I'm bound to make it from the bridleways of Hertfordshire to the black runs of BPW one of these days, right?
Be interesting to see what the most popular topics were 20 years ago
I first found this place in 2002. I remember a lot of arguments about whether disc brakes were to blame for braking bumps and trail degradation in general, and about whether full suspension bikes could every be as efficient as hardtails. Not forgetting the arguments about trail centres. Brant Richards would be contributing to every other thread and if you judged bike sales by STW forum posts then On One were a far more successful company than Trek, Specialized and Giant combined. On top of all of that Dan and Beer would be trying to get people to click on links to truly awful things, and trolling was generally easier as your username was set by a free-text field that you could change every time you made a post.
Any chance we can do the longest running threads?
I'm nominating this one:
https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/sick-of-the-incessant-snow-updates/paged/63/
