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I doubt it’s galvanic corrosion, I would bet money on it that the aluminum oxidized and wasn’t treated before they applied the adhesive to the substrate. There could be saponification happening, but usually that only happens with some amine compounds when interacting with a substrate containing zinc, so I highly doubt that’s the case. A common misconception is that aluminum doesn’t oxidized, but it actually oxidizes (depending on the alloy) within minutes when exposed to oxygen. Anyone familiar with bonding aluminum should be well aware of this. We glue exotic road cars and race cars together all day with no...

I have the logical and obvious answers for all of this so Ill get to it. 1. steroids. 2. Weak wrist probably. Thought you were shifting it was just your wrist clicking. 3. Oh no… not lever feel again… 4. Is it more or less than the Push? 5. Largest demo fleet. Size matters. 6. Just going to ignore the lever feel stuff 7. Fuck yeah! (Also just being a satirical douche. I like to bring some humor when I can. Im sure your wrists are plenty strong )

As the author and principle tester behind this article, I'll chime in. First and foremost, the methodology and scoring are explicitly detailed in the article, so it's quite easy to follow the math behind the rankings. To delve a little deeper into the thinking behind the scoring system, the weighting of the criteria is heavily skewed towards feel, grip, and performance. This is the ranking to look at if you first and foremost want a pedal that delivers outstanding grip in any circumstances, and feels like it really belongs under your foot. Of course, there will always be some personal...

lots of points are good, but some are just invalid. While every rider is going after lighter and lighter lever action, even some swearing by the latest hayes levers. We are already being shaken by everything tumbling down the trail, we don't need to unnecesserily spend more energy than the bare minimun to stop. I did a full rebuild of my shimano levers, with a polishing step inside the barrel, and the braking action did improved, for the better. F1 drivers do oppose their weight while braking hard. They don't have servo brakes because the feeling of the brake is...

I took Dale's bike for a lap yesterday to try the Mavens. He bled and massaged them and was running 200F/180R rotors. For reference, I run TRP DHR Evos with 200mm rotors on my own bike which I find slightly underpowered although they make up for it with excellent modulation and a light lever feel. My first thought riding the Mavens was that the power is insane. It felt like someone was throwing a stick in the spokes (not saying this is good or bad, just how it compares to my TRPs). My second thought was WHY IS THE LEVER...

I don’t know if I buy this argument, I don’t think the evidence would support your characterization. And just so you know where I’m coming from, I don’t have an e-bike. I do ride my road bike about 15-20 hours per week, mostly all super easy endurance volume that supplements my mountain biking. I do lots of intervals and am generally in such good shape that I won’t ever need to buy an e bike and have no desire to. My thoughts on the issue you’re raising: There’s no way people are getting *less healthy* riding e bikes. Even with...

Am I the only person who cannot gather up an ounce of excitement for sram maven brakes? WC DH riders were on guides before the new codes came out. The codes are sweet, saints have always been awesome, the new Hayes brakes sound pretty good too. Idk man seems like we are dissecting a product that doesn’t really need to exist.

Thanks friend. I guess it was time to make an account after all, haha. To clarify a few things: - Yes, the title is abrasive, but I feel that I’ve justified that opinion in (too much) detail throughout the video. I’m not on YouTube to make money, considering I make less than C$4 RPM after tax. I also never pushed my resume/background in my video. - After I connected the rear brake, I cycled the pistons to probably 50% of what was recommended in the manual to ensure they were moving smoothly, which they were. I noticed minimal difference between...

I haven't listened to the whole podcast yet, but I skimmed through it. What I want to know is how they addressed yaw-ing of the two tubes. A key issue of upside down forks in MTB is that because we use one side for a spring and one for a damper the amount of force required on each side to compress the same amount is quite different. This means the wheel and fork yaws (twists) under load. It happens on "right side up forks" a bit too even with their one piece lowers. Put 2 o-rings, one on each leg...

Uh oh. Neko's letting Zink do runs on a Frameworks.

$599 US. A little more than half the Direttissima, comes with 4 rotors, two pairs of pads, bleed kit, rotor bag. Not terrible for high end brakes, but it would take some very impressive performance to make me switch from my DH-R EVOs.

I don't know if this was mentioned already but it looks like Zink is off Devinci. Crazy that a Rampage winner would lose his sponsorship after winning arguably the biggest MTB event of the year. And it looks like Devinci completely fumbled the opportunity to capitalize on it. Aaron, pick him up!

That checks out. I heard: 2024: New Stumpy (150mm trail bike, no more dedicated "evo" version) New Status (170mm newschool freeride, dual crown compatible, pretty similar to current version with minor geo tweaks) New "Epic Evo" or similar (120mm downcountry bike, sort of what the Camber used to be, carbon and alloy with smartweld tech) Some new e-bike stuff I don't particularly care about. 2025: New Enduro New Demo

Gwin is going to Giant to help push the Dick's Sporting Goods contract. Team Giant Dick's coming to a WC near you!

Gwin just said they should be announcing the bike by the end of the week on the IG live thing going on right now.