Video: Pro Rider VS Pro Mechanic - Eddie Masters' Pivot Firebird Bike Check

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btom42 (Jun 3, 2022 at 10:50)

434mm chainstays for a Medium and 431mm for a Small. Old Firebird was 431mm across the board

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Tombrad FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 11:58)

@btom42 great call - +100 points to you

eliotw1 (Jun 3, 2022 at 12:54)

@Tombrad & @btom42: It also changes with the flip chip, -1mm in the high position (434mm Low / 433mm High for the Medium).

islandforlife FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 13:37)

@eliotw1: +1,000,000

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mookmeister FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 14:02)

That was like couples therapy.

murderbykev FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 10:04)

100% Pro Mechanic

pmhobson (Jun 3, 2022 at 12:28)

Minor detail I found interesting: Looks like he's got his flip chip in the "high" setting (timestamp 2:01)

sledMXer FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 18:47)

Eddie is 6’ (1.8m) He’s riding a medium? Seems like it would be way too small for him.I guess he knows what he likes but with everything “longer ,lower, slacker” maybe it’s big enough? I know Firebird runs a bit bigger. I’m 6’2”, and I’m on an XL Switchblade.

jimmythehat (Jun 3, 2022 at 23:47)

Same as Moir said on his live chat I’m guessing, he runs smaller bike for racing the tight twisty ews but said he sizes up one or two for normal riding on home trails etc.

Bperd FL (Jun 4, 2022 at 23:36)

Yeah that’s interesting. I’m 189cm on an XL (35mm stem tho). Also surprised how high his fork psi is, he couldn’t weigh more than 80kg.

mtbcrosscountry-com FL (Jun 6, 2022 at 20:21)

I am 190 and I run L and wouldn't want XL for sure and most people I know that ride firebird definitely downsize a wee bit

apokolokyntosis (Jun 5, 2022 at 12:45)

Wait, isn't that guy on the right the famous porn actor from Brazzers?

glenno FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 16:31)

Lol no handshake Kurt ?

gordonshred FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 20:18)

Haha icy

Vudu74 FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 10:11)

Team Mechanics vs. Team Photographers. Who you got?

eddylinewindancer FL (Jun 5, 2022 at 3:18)

Great idea for a video! I can't believe they were both so far off on the chain stay length!

theflowkid (Jun 12, 2022 at 16:30)

What CO2 holder is that in Eddie’s bike?

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Rhojax (Jun 3, 2022 at 10:10)

"A whole season on one [$2000+] wheelset" WOW impressive

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rbarbier12 (Jun 3, 2022 at 10:12)

Yes, but these guys are also riding at warp speed on very rough tracks most days of the year. For a wheelset to survive under the abuse of a top gravity rider for a whole season is mental.

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fullendurbro (Jun 3, 2022 at 10:28)

For what it's worth, I'm a pretty quick dude who has qualified for the EWS in the "get ya ass kicked" category and I made it 2.5 seasons on Reynolds before breaking a wheel. Made a change to We Are One to see what all the hype was about, and had a catastrophic failure on my seventh ride.

Reynolds is pretty great.

therealmancub (Jun 3, 2022 at 13:05)

They did all of the EWS season last year on the same program; Matthew Walker with a Men's top-10 overall finish and Morgane Charre with a podium overall finish (2nd). Not bad for what is essentially an off-the-shelf wheelset available from your LBS.

somebody-else FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 15:11)

@rbarbier12: I wonder how many frames though?

alanbonk (Jun 5, 2022 at 13:03)

@fullendurbro: which we are one rim were you on? Was thinking about giving them a go as well.

fullendurbro (Jun 6, 2022 at 10:22)

@alanbonk: Union. Great ride quality, just didn't last.

alanbonk (Jun 6, 2022 at 11:43)

@fullendurbro: Thanks for the reply! I may still try the Strife. I don't really race, just like to ride hard, and I'd like to avoid having a bad line choice grenade my rear wheel every time. So I'm willing to sacrifice some ride quality to have a wheel that hopefully doesn't explode as often, which hopefully the Strife can do with the extra material thrown at it vs the Union.

fullendurbro (Jun 6, 2022 at 12:21)

@alanbonk: No doubt! They upgraded me to a strife as well. Just got it laced up and only have one ride on it, but I still enjoyed the ride quality. Just a bit more harsh than the Union, but still great.

alanbonk (Aug 22, 2022 at 9:27)

@fullendurbro: Bringing this way back from the dead, but how is the Strife holding up if you don't mind me asking?

fullendurbro (Aug 24, 2022 at 10:22)

@alanbonk: So far so good, but I've been riding a smaller bike a lot more lately, so take that with a grain of salt.

alanbonk (Aug 24, 2022 at 13:22)

@fullendurbro: thanks for the update!

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hbar314 FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 10:50)

2 pictures and 38 words. Not a lot of article.

Advertising a youtube channel: check

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pisgahgnar FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 10:56)

The headline says "Video" are they not allowed to promote their own videos on their own website?

warmerdamj FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 11:03)

When half your audience doesn't have the attention span beyond a 30 seconds tic tok video this is what you get.

pisgahgnar FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 11:08)

@warmerdamj: Interesting take when the video is 9 minutes long

ceecee (Jun 3, 2022 at 13:18)

@pisgahgnar: half the audience loiters indiscriminately, the other half is under 30s, and the other half only does video

warmerdamj FL (Jun 3, 2022 at 18:47)

@pisgahgnar: Why is that interesting?