That article was shared with me by a person who works in cycling media. They said Hambini was the perpetrator.
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Ah OK, so itās hearsay. Iām not saying itās wrong, just that we canāt prove it, is that right?
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This article from 2020 seems to confirm the story.
I also couldnāt watch the one video of his that I tried. Heās so negative.
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Having just read the article, I do remember a Hambini video in which he was ranting about a female cycling journalist over some minor disagreement. It probably was her.
I donāt think the things he actually said were quite as bad as what that article describes. But it seems to have had a snowball effect. Depressing.
I do remember him accusing her of breaking āCovid regulationsā which I found particularly offensive.
I think a slightly rough machined surface is better able to retain whatever grease / loctite / anti-sieze that is used to assemble the bike.
Hamboney seems like the kind of person that they developed psych meds for.
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Found this one on YouTube, really cool to see the state of bike building back in the late 80s in such detail! I was quite surprised to see that local framebuilding had already declined quite a bit way back then.
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Hambiniās content could be delivered in the same manner without all the toxic bullshit intertwined in the mix. Itās done this way, by deisgn, for higher āengagementā on social media platforms and when viewed in that manner itās obvious heās using his platform not JUST to highlight poor cycling standards but also to bash and attack others. Itās not a privelege, itās a race to the bottom and heās trying to drag others down to his level.
He really reminds me of DurianRider and the same schtick he was trying in the late 2010s and onwards.
The cycling world is better off without his precense and we shouldnāt give these folks any additional thouight or discussion on their platforms. Ignore them and let them become unemployed or move onto something better suited to their skills
Lastly, if Hambiniās bottom brackets are indeed the best, most accurate, youāre losing valuable watts etc, that should sell itself on those merits alone.Every pro team would be speccing them if thatās true right?
The fact that he HAS to be caustic tells me that his product isnāt neccessary in the world of bikes (maybe aviation and aerospace) but bikes are imperfect objects from the moment theyāre made and that level of precision isnāt needed by the average rider or even most sponsored racers for that matter
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Nobody really knows Hambiniās level of expertise. He definitely helped lead the brigading of the woman journalist after she responded to his misogynistic comments about her. I generally avoid watching his videos because of that.
There are big bike companies that deserve his attention, I guess he ran out of them and decided to go after small builders. Itās too bad. I guess his feuds with bike mechanics werenāt getting enough views.
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Maybe some Cease and Desist letters from the big guns made him change his targetā¦
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I donāt think he worries to much about cease and desist letters. They give him something to make videos about.
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Apologies for the self-promotion here.
My excuse is that I figured it could be of interest for framebuilders to know about this fork that is a bit different from the rest. It may not suit many bikes as a replacement or upgrade, but it could be good to build a custom frame around - just like Spencer, who wrote this review, did.
I designed the thing, so if you need any tech specs, just reach out. And we do framebuilder pricing too.
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Would this fork fit 50-686 tyres? Currently using a 470mm fork on the 32ā gravel, but for the production bikes I would prefer 20 to 30mm less stack. This fork seems to get close, but maybe to closeā¦
Unfortunately with a fork length of only 430mm, you donāt get much room between the crown race and the tyre. Difficult to squeeze in tyre clearance and enough material in the crown with only 23mm or so. 
This is the overlap.
I think the shortest carbon fork on the market that will still take a 32" wheel is the Columbus Futura Adventure. 470mm axle to crown. 425mm from the axle to the top (inside) of the fork arch.
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