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D(C) Added a comment about feature Gravity Tire Shootout - Vital Test Sessions
12/5/2024 2:45pm
Cannibals are awesome, and at $50 CAD per tire on sale earlier this summer, they were a no-brainer.
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HexonJuan Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
12/3/2024 9:12am
Lotta options: 1. Piston crooked in bore. Sometimes this is obvious, other times not so much. Remedies: Push the piston back in straight by pushing on a couple sides. Worse case: install a pad on the opposite side and secure a pad spacer. Pump the brake to force the stuck piston to move and reset it after. 2. Debris. Typically happens after a good amount of use. Solutions: pump the piston out enough to clean it thoroughly. If the brake's had a helluva life, consider a caliper rebuild kit. When the caliper is split make sure to clean the bore...
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D(C) Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
12/2/2024 10:44pm General question about how brakes work - what causes a seized piston, one that doesn’t move in the caliper when the lever is pulled? I understand that the caliper seals essentially act as a spring, responsible for retracting the piston, and that the piston only slides within the seal when advancing to compensate for pad wear. If it is dirt...
NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/2/2024 10:02pm
Unpopular opinion:
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D(C) Added a reply to Mountain Bike Tires
8/12/2024 4:03pm The Tomahawk was a good option as well (discontinued), which came in DD casing. Minion SS comes (came?) in DD and DH casing at some point.
D(C) Added a reply to Mountain Bike Tires
8/12/2024 11:55am There is a Rekon EXO+ that seems to hold up pretty well. For burlier casings, you could look for one of the gravity-focused semi-slicks, like Minion SS or similar.
TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic "Inverted" LSC and HSC Circuits on Rockshox Dampers
7/19/2024 8:05am
Also Ohlins has published their settings info in the past - I had these saved and couldn't remember where from but it was actually a 2018 press release for the updated TTX18 damper. It also shows their HSC working in a much more useful speed range! Not sure how this relates to current forks - unfortunately there isn't much support for them here so I don't have any actual info on what they sell today
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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic "Inverted" LSC and HSC Circuits on Rockshox Dampers
7/19/2024 8:04am
So anyway I did mention I'd post some data for this thread, here are the tests I've run on charger 3 & 3.1 in the past. Blue is 3.0 fully open and fully closed, red is 3.1. The HSC adjuster is less noticeable when the LSC is closed, its effect is more at very high speeds, but overall I found it to be pretty consistent with what they claimed. The interesting things are in the second 2 pictures This is a pretty typical compression speed distribution plot I pulled from a 160mm Enduro fork data logging run, the 2 black...
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Digit Bikes Liked a comment about Feature Carbon MTB Handlebars: What's the Best All-Around Option? | Vital MTB Roundup Review
7/17/2024 9:33pm
@Jonathon Simonetti for reference, could you add scores for the aluminum Deity Blacklabel bar's on your personal ride?
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O1D4 Liked a comment about bike check CCS 160 - Home made steel full suspension
5/5/2024 9:55pm
Woot! Nice one Brian and what a way to put it to test right away at the Pemby Enduro!
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NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/4/2024 10:26pm
Looking like that, I think the cover must be there for some other porpoise.
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NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/10/2024 8:16pm
You see, we all want to avoid launching our new products at Sea Otter and being lost in the noise, so we all launch our new products the week before......wait a minute....
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rludes025 Liked a reply to forum topic If You Could Change One Current MTB Standard...
1/30/2024 2:43pm
Not really what you are asking for, but I would like to see existing standards paired down. BSA BB, 148mm boost, 31.6 Seatpost, 50mm(or 52mm) chain line. Edit to add 203/223 rotors need to go away Yes to external cable routing.
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synBike Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/20/2024 10:06am
The linkage itself is VERY sensitive to adjustments. They could be using a set of different upper links with a few different progression ranges. Alternatively they might have some chip inserts for that same link. I say that link specifically because the point where the dogbone connects has a big influence on the progression AND you can't see the side of it anywhere because it's hidden by the seatmast. FWIW on a factory team I would just have separate links rather than messing about with chips. You can see an example of moving that point on the link below highlighted...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic Preventing new bike lust...
1/16/2024 12:16pm
This is a great question! UPCOMING ESSAY WARNING: I know I'm an outlier but, for me, getting a new bike is kinda the worst. For example, it takes me about 3-4 months to feel truly dialed on a new mountain bike. I can get any new bike feeling “rideable" pretty quickly, but I’m talking about getting the bike to fit like a glove to the point that riding it feels like second nature. "New bike day" requires tuning the bike's fit and suspension simultaneously, two parameters that affect each other. Not to mention that you’re pretty much guaranteed to need...
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CascadeComponents Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/31/2023 1:03pm
This is not a tech rumor so I’m not going to talk about this again. What I will say is we haven’t seen a single case of frame damage due to regular use. Frames are pretty overbuilt. Your wheels are more likely to blow up first. Ask me how I know. Off the top of my head, I can only remember two instances where serious frame damage occurred. One was improper installation and one was incompatible shock. We actually paid for the crash replacement frame for the incompatible shock case because there was a typo on our website that was...
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D(C) Added a reply to What to expect changing stem length/bar height
12/12/2023 7:46am What were your old bars? The Renthal bars have less backsweep than most, so there may not actually be that much change in the fore/aft location of your hands, if your previous bars had a more typical backsweep.
CascadeComponents Liked a reply to forum topic Frame Design
11/7/2023 9:26am
On the contrary, if you’ve got the time and patience I would highly recommend doing the math instead of using linkage. You will learn a lot this way. Kind of like it’s good to learn calculus before just using calculators to solve calc equations. It probably sounds more daunting than it is, but leverage ratio is just the derivative of y axle position so you can solve for axle position as a function of shock stroke and whatever other dimensions you might be playing with and then you’ve got everything. Once the equations are there it is way way faster...
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earleb Liked a reply to forum topic Frame Design
11/7/2023 9:24am
First rule of frame design, ignore marketing crap. Compare a whole bunch of different designs in Linkage and realize that everyone is slowly converging on the same thing. The window of preferred anti-squat and leverage ratios is narrowing in on roughly 100% anti-squat at sag and a LR of 20-25% linear progression starting around 2.8 to 3.0. Anti-rise seems to still be down to designer tastes or a compromise of the chosen linkage platform / shock location. The more time you spend in Linkage the more you realize everything has already been done...and thus why the window of optimized designs...
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notthatbryan Liked a reply to forum topic Do You Measure Fork Sag?
7/25/2023 11:06am
Sag isn't any more nonsense that the manufacturer's recommended pressure. Pick one as a starting point and tune from there. Document the changes and how they feel. Only change one thing at a time. It's a basic troubleshooting process and it's more important to be able to track changes and correlate those to the results than where your starting point was.
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