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I've had alot of trouble with my Shimano xt brakes- the first set of brakes I've worked on myself. But after a while I've now got them working reasonably well. I'll probably buy the new hope brakes in the next year. A few tips anyway- - The syndicate bleed guide above is good but I've also always had to do a lever bleed on top of that, with the pads and rotors installed, in order to get acceptable levels of free stroke. - There are 2 ways in which you can fairly easily break them. The first is by over...

Breaking Shimano brakes during a bleed is easy. You just have to apply pressure to the system, this pushes on the membrane which is then pushed against a pin in the cover of the membrane on the lever. Same issue if you have air in the system and go on a plane. Its very easy to damage it if you don't know what to look for.

Since I saw this one 7 years ago this is how I've bled all my shimano and it has always worked well. I use putoline 2.5W but used to use the normal shimano.

My recommedation is to go for LikeWater or Putolines HPX R 2.5 fork oil. Both help massively with the wandering bite point issue and are better if you ride at colder temps. Gravity bleed and lever bleed after it is good, I’ve always used a shimano cup at the lever and a syringe at the caliper. Yeah you need to flush the all of the old brake fluid out if you change fluids. I guess its possible to somehow break your brakes while bleeding but highly unlikely, its an really easy process, especially with Shimano.

Janelle's first hit ends in a literal cliffhanger. We hope she's OK!

It’s clear some of you have never truly nuked yourself in crash. It can take hours for the severity and complete picture of what you hurt and how bad to set it. Couple that with adrenaline and elite level racing and you might not know for hours. As stuff progresses, it can become clear very quick that you need to get checked for something that might’ve seemed okay initially. Loic has never shown anything put respect and professionalism, I’m sure there was a reason for everything that transpired.

Loic’s leg was swelling up (heard it mentioned that there could be some internal bleeding going) came down and went straight to the hospital thus missing the podium. Healing vibes to Loic, time to get home and enjoy the new addition to the fam.

Craziest final race. Asa with fastest time. Gracey’s crash was so scary one of the scariest I can remember . Was so glad to see her be able to make the podium. Vali in shorts and then partying he’s way down after the flat. She has changed my opinion over last few weeks. She always felt super business like but the putting up money for privateer and then rocking the shorts, and how she handled the flat tire and having fun all the way down showed me something I had not seen or expected. Cam not getting to have a...

If you dont feel good and you sit 2nd overall, there is no explaining needed and definitely no need to cruise down. Dude is ultimate Pro and knows the game best to calculate what is worth it or isnt.

My goodness Hemstreet's crash was gruesome. Hope she's okay

well...... that could be cool of what's to come

Team Bergemann out there scoutin':

Straight lines are nice, but you can't kink shame them.

Would be good to see someone like Adidas FiveTen start a race team

This morning Jackson, Amaury, Loic, Lachie, Bernie, and Benoit, and all the other fast guys are all doing the gap that Breeden pioneered. Richie cased it and went OTB. He’s been talking to medical for the past 5 mins. Also unrelated, trek is running blacked out maxxis, and Richie is running transmission.

Oisin said in the PB interview that he bought the jersey and pants at the bike park out of pocket because it's what he feels comfortable and good about.

She is wearing Velocio's jersey and pants : https://velocio.cc/collections/womens-off-road-jerseys/products/womens-…

There is a growing scene here. While things were regressing about 12-15 years ago, the last 7+ have seen major growth. We went from zero bike parks to five (two government-funded), loads of trail centers, a few "official," but most not so official, and government-funded pump tracks. The number of riders has been increasing, yet the mountain bike race scene has been dying. But that's more of an issue with event organizers seeing gran fondos as exponentially more profitable. Riders would love to have a proper race series again, rather than just a few events a year, and this is...