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cheapondirt Added a comment about feature Vital MTB Face Off: The Best Flat Pedals
7/27/2024 8:31am
Just picked up a pair of Supervillains. The combination of support and grip is something special. And pins are accessible from both sides!💡 It's early days, but they made a strong first impression. My previous pedals for comparison: Giant Pinner. A huge platform, but with corners shaved, it feels slightly smaller than the villains. I find an ideal balance of grip and repositioning ease. Only 1mm concavity in the body, but no center pins, so that's enough. A great pedal let down by the lack of a rebuild kit. DMR Vault. Very grippy, but too small and too much forward...
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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/26/2024 6:38pm
This statement has been made confusing by SRAM marketing, and isn't true: " A T-Type transmission or something similar will shift better than mechanical because it knows the precise time to shift to prevent damage and premature wear. " There is no timing, there's no sensor that knows the position of the cassette. The magic is in the cassette itself, which is designed more like an OG front dual chainring with ramps that only move the chain up when it hits those designed shift points. There are also narrow-wide elements on the largest cogs to retain the chain, presumably for...
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john_likes_bikes Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/19/2024 9:18pm
Why this came to mind I don't know:
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cheapondirt Added a comment about feature Carbon MTB Handlebars: What's the Best All-Around Option? | Vital MTB Roundup Review
7/18/2024 10:25pm
Gratifying to see the 31.8 aluminum handlebar hold up so well against the new stuff in rigorous testing. (As opposed to forum opinions such as my own!) Thanks for all the work that went into this.
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johnnyrider Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/6/2024 12:40pm
Another shot of the new Schwalbe Albert Gravity. Pretty similar to a Magic Mary. This one is a 27.5 X 2.6. Les Gets, today.
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Finkill Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/4/2024 11:27am
Got to see the new Schwalbe Assegai/Kryptotal type tyre at Eurobike today on a random bike that it probably should not have been on. Knobs look bigger generally to me, though I could not check side by side with the Maxxis/Conti equivalent. Looks like it should be a good addition to the Schwalbe range.
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/30/2024 12:58pm
Sorry for wording it badly, of course RSC s have bearings. But they are not the performance differentiatior. This is where the swing link is the factor between the two. I must admit I very much like Code RSCs (to be honest I did like Lewis Ultimates better, but not 500+ eur better), but every Code R that I touched is, well... Garbage. The lever feel is completely different. Might be the bushings. But I'm fairly certain it's the swing link as I did used to run Guide RS brakes that had both bushings and the swing link.
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HexonJuan Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
6/14/2024 3:35pm
The answer is torque. With the arms pointing towards the direction path, the brake track is expanded outward, putting the brake track in tension and consistent with the pads. Reverse it causes the opposite. Obviously not a huge deal at normal low temps as anyone who's done an abubaca can attest, but once the material heats up to upper limits the story changes.
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cheapondirt Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
6/14/2024 1:46pm This has to have been discussed somewhere sometime, but Faahkeet's backwards rotor made me wonder. Why are rotor arms the way that they are? Seems like the intuitive direction would be the other way around.
Milton 26" Liked a comment about Press Release What Sets The New Race Face Handlebars Apart?
6/13/2024 10:35pm
Ironically, in a blind test done by GMBN the reviewer found the aluminium bar to be more comfortable than the carbon one, and it was the advertised Race Face ERA bar! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX92u-uzLfo I'll stick with my Aluminium 31,8 bar since I prioritize comfort.
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FaahkEet Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
6/11/2024 6:01pm
I just fitted up the calipers to the existing banjo and bolt. I could see the oring pulsing a bit when squeezing the lever but no leaks. I did order a set of Hayes compatible banjos and bolts just in case, will install it on the rear first when I replace that line - the outer sheath peeled a way in a spot from a shuttling incident so a very small show leak from that. The banjo and bolt were easy to get. The rear brake also needed a new post mount due to its size so picked one up...
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cheapondirt Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
6/10/2024 11:29am For me, it was just a cheap power upgrade. I paid like 50 bucks on marketplace for my calipers. Very much a poor man's Cascade setup.
hairybarnyard Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
5/26/2024 12:31am
Recently bought some Dominions and have a theory about all the excessive lever throw/dodgy bleeds that some people experience. It seems all the non-oem bleed kits come with SRAM fittings i.e. an m5x0.8 threaded fitting with an elastomers on the end. When bleeding my dominions the first time, I tried fittings like this but they leaked fluid under pressure and pulled lots of air in under vacuum. The reason for this is there's no spotface on the bleed port for the o ring to actually seal against so it just extrudes itself off of the lip if you thread the...
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cheapondirt Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
5/26/2024 12:30am I've tried power+ and galfer green. It's been some time now and I didn't use them back-to-back, but there were clear differences. Power+ seemed like singularly focussed, dry condition, race pads. I made the mistake of installing them one January and aside from hardly working when wet, they lasted something like 10 hours. You might get more life out of...
cheapondirt Added a comment about photo Specialized pits, first to see the kit!
5/15/2024 6:50pm
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Uncle Cliffy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/15/2024 5:17pm
I have this: DMR Defy. 27mm stack. I gained 20mm of bar height!
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Shinook Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
5/10/2024 11:37am
I'll pre-empt the inevitable butthurt about the below by saying that all of these options are good. They are all powerful, all reasonably easy enough to work on, and all (mostly) consistent. I mainly say that because people adore Saints and I found them to be the weaker in almost every category compared to others, but still good. I'd also caveat that "power" is somewhat misunderstood IMO. Most people don't have the means to measure overall, total available power, rather they base it on how the brakes feel. A brake like the Maximas may have a ton of overall power...
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Davide Calamonieri Liked a bike check NOT SO NEW NS FUZZ
5/7/2024 8:48pm
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hamncheez2003 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/7/2024 8:30pm
I'm not persuaded that lockouts make as big a difference as many think. Tire choice is far more influential. Of course the top riders will be on the top technology by their sponsors. But I just think the correlation is the other way around- 4 of the top 5 riders were on electronic suspension because they are the top riders, its not making them meaningfully faster.
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