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I'm curious how it'd work to filter out the stale taste of that one beer I regretfully poured in my pack 3 years ago
Not to drop two topics here at once here since I know hydration pack hygiene is all the craze right now.
But who is making these front rotor/caliper guards? I know it's been talked about in this forum before, but does anyone know where to buy one? Was lurking Greg Williamson and saw him rocking one -
Nothing really new here, but EXt working on some "normal" looking mud gards! Hope that fox offers a similar one in the future.
Gives the USD fork kind of a more "normal" look. (I say normal just because im not used to USD forks in mtbs, but they do look good)
Fridge. Occasionally clean it out with the cleaning tabs but goes right back into the fridge.
LOL! My hydration packs go years between cleanings [actually, I never clean them out, as I get a new pack every 3-5 years, which has a bladder in it, so...]. I also never put anything in there other than tap water. 🤷
Using bladders for water only is a big difference to putting isotonic drinks in it... If you put anything other than water in it hygiene and upkeep of the bladder is very very important
Afaik theres not really any brand making them, most likely just some person working within the team that is handy with a 3d printer. Same goes for specialized's guards.
J-Tech Suspension makes them
Well i'll be darned! I think my point still stands for the specialized ones, and the ones on Greg's bike. But nice to see a company offer them to the "public" - Wonder if they are making them for any other forks than the EXT's
I have a feeling JTech are very heavily involved with the Intense Team, don’t could still be a 3d printed part for them..
Pretty certain I spotted an MRP logo on a disc cover last week, but I can't see them listed on their site.
It's weird that Acerbis, what had been the crown prince of molded plastics for 2 wheels, hasn't been successful in the MTB field.
Seems like they were the first to market in the 80's with rotor covers.
Yeah looking at the surface finish, it definitely looks 3d-printed, so the ones spotted so far are most likely prototypes or just made in low volumes, not for consumers probably, yet.
If that's all you think you see...sure.
Wanna help us out oh cryptic bud? Cause I can’t see anything new.
Wait so those mushrooms that grow in my pack are not healthy like that blueberry flavored bread i have in a cupboard after three weeks?
DESCRIBE THE THING!!! My brother in christ you are posting spy shots of some byb telemetry device that nobody knows about. Stop being cryptic, nobody here likes that. Tell us what you know about it if you're allowed.
Looks like a TMD is hanging out on the steerer tube. And, is that another sensor zip tied to the rear shock?
Probably the position sensor or whatever the device is called that measures the stroke?
Just don't use sugary formulas there, it'll last much longer.
I'll never forget grabbing a older bladder I thought I'd tossed that I'd filled with a Redbull/vodka/OJ Mix I used at a music festival for three days straight in the hot sun and then it likely sat for 9 months with water, in it after trying to clean it out, having likely thrown out the fresh one I'd picked up to replace it by accident after using it once. The first swing tasted weird and the second one I puked and went home.
Take care of your water containers
Motorcycle endurance road racing started using this in the early 2000s.
bosch upgrades current CX motor power to 100nm/750w, releases CX-R motor and more
https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/100nm-torque-750w-power-bosch-line-cx-upgradeable-july-plus-new-cx-r-motor-and-more
Looks like Intend is working on a 1-piece upper design.
Re: Water satchel sanitary issues/remedies. One of the best bladder & bottle tips I ever got was from Dirt Rag (RIP) ages ago. That tip? Denture cleaning tablets. 2-3 depending on the size of bottle/bladder. Works a treat and even adds a slight minty taste to the water, which is better than the plasticy/rubbery taste of some of the aforementioned, IMO at least.
That looks pretty crazy! 😳
Does anyione have insight into how that's made? Is it machined from billet? 😱
Anything to prevent creaking is a big hell yeah from me. I've beat this poor horse to death, but single crown forks shouldn't be a disposable item for the bigger and/or smashier set.
It seems like a thread-on crown race that in turn squeezes a flanged steer tube around the upper crown could fully prevent creaking when combined with this one-piece upper.
Shoots, you might even be able to use a 1 1/8 without creaking with this design, allowing a massive amount of headset adjustment options. I wrote it here, can't be patented, let's make a standard, lol.
Keeping the racenut from unthreading is likely the 'no it won't work' challenge. Here's a quick sketch, tell me why this idea is either stupid or workable - I'm not an egineer I just overthink everything all the time.
That would be a crazy tooling/fixturing setup to machine that from a billet if that's the case. My bet is that its cast then machined to provide the necessary tolerances and surface finish. Either way I would really like to see a video of the machining in action!