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DServy Added a reply to Drivetrain Talk
5/5/2025 6:03am I'm sure some folks will break out their pitchforks, but I'll go on record and say that I much prefer my T-Type GX drivetrain to any of the last generation Shimano/Sram drivetrains. I found the 12s XT/XTR hyperglide offerings to be made of cheese, with constantly failing clutches, terrible cassettes that would either creak or just have their rivets fail...
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DServy Added a reply to Case Study: Jekyll DH Data Logging Setup
4/21/2025 10:14am So one thing to note about HP bikes (from Steve at Vorsprung when I chatted with him) is that the nature of HP bikes with their reward axle path means that axle velocities tend to be slower. I know a lot of people with HP bikes run fairly light compression tunes because of it (though, ironically, the Telum runs a...
DServy Added a reply to Whistler Bike Park Seasons Passes not being sold to Yanks
4/18/2025 6:48am They are still selling SGC camps for what its worth, which I'd assume they'd nuke as well if this was a policy decision. I am highly doubtful a company like Vail would lose out on making some money because they are worried about the border. The only season pass refunds I've ever seen offered are ones due to medical conditions...
DServy Added a reply to Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
4/15/2025 2:20pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P18SutYYL5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5R60JHJbxI Once again, Steve's got you covered.
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4/15/2025 2:10pm
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DServy Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/15/2025 6:39am As someone who has been on this thread a while I'll say: Leave the banter I feel like this thread does a good job of balancing Tech rumors and general Tech discussion that may seem off topic, of which Crab link is our proudest moment. The banter around the tech is just as important as the tech. If you just...
DServy Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
4/13/2025 6:58am First off, I just want to personally say that I loved your podcast you did with Remy was awesome. Your perspective and optimism around the future of Enduro was heartening to hear. I hope that it does go back to "cool bikes in cool places" and that you continue to have a long career racing your bike as fast as...
DServy Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/10/2025 10:58am I'd just run the @CascadeComponents chainguard for forbidden bikes on it. I have one on my Dread v2 and use it instead of a lower roller. It's awesome (also allows me to take out a couple links in the chain) For the people at Forbidden who read this blog. I love you guys. Your bikes are awesome and I can't...
DServy Added a comment about press release OneUp Components Announces NEW V2 Carbon Handlebar
4/9/2025 6:50am
Goddamnit oneup, I just ordered a new set of bars...
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DServy Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/8/2025 6:52am My god, the class 3 thing is a nightmare locally. We're going through a major US forest service recreation plan "re-work" and eBike access is a huge sticking point. The local MTB advocacy group was for opening up class 1 access but not class 3 because no one reputable made them. Thus implying that class 1 was as far as...
DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
4/2/2025 9:47pm Yeah, that’s kinda what I figured. I’m not sure if Galfer greens are worth it to have the ease of picking up a set of SRAM metallic pads pretty much anywhere. Though they did seem to work well on the set of TRPs I also threw them on. Still trying to find a good pad for that brake that isn’t...
DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
4/2/2025 5:36pm So, now that some of us are coming out of winter hibernation, wanted to get some thoughts on brake pad options. I did spend a week riding on Galfer green pads on a set of mavens and they seemed “fine.” However I’m not convinced they are that much better than SRAM metallic, though they did bead in super quick. I...
DServy Added a reply to Shock servicing at home
3/18/2025 7:11pm Do you know how the LSC/HSC/Rebound adjusters work on the new RS stuff? I tried to figure out exactly what they are doing to provide the relevant adjustment ranges, but they don't seem to have any documentation on how that piece works or how the oil flows through those adjusters.
DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
3/17/2025 8:37am I get that. I'll just quote the relevant information again for those who missed it: " Sure you can find them cheeper online elsewhere, but if the MSRP is $60 USD(!) a pad then that's what they go for at things like local bike shops and such. And yeah you could get them cheeper online, but that doesn't always work...
DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
3/17/2025 5:49am Current Magura mt5/7 race pad cost for one set of pads on Jenson screenshotted below. Sure you can find them cheeper online elsewhere, but if the MSRP is $60 USD(!) a pad then that's what they go for at things like local bike shops and such. And yeah you could get them cheeper online, but that doesn't always work in...
DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
3/16/2025 3:38pm Yeah, the amount of just random crap that tends to happen to Maguras makes me never want to touch them again with a 10ft pole. I’ve had multiple master cylinder failures. Brakes randomly going to bar halfway through the ride, and the never ending fight to stop them from rubbing made it so that they will not find a place...
DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
3/11/2025 7:18pm Yeah, but an orbital sander is way easier in my opinion. Granted you might scuff up some of the pant/markings off the brake surface itself, but it was a price I was willing to pay. I've tried the sandpaper to rotor on the bike for years and never got it to work.
DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
3/11/2025 11:10am Going to circle back here. Just got an orbital sander to breath new life into some of the "dead" rotors I've accumulated. Holy smokes did it work super well, a bit of 150 grit to 220 and they look brand new.
DServy Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
2/25/2025 11:07am So now is not the time to say I picked up a set of M8s I guess.
DServy Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/18/2025 2:01pm I really hate to derail this conversation but I must talk about those maven cups. I've always been a fan of the Shimano overnight cup bleed rubber band thing and I thought these cups would help me do the same things to my mavens. Needless to say, it did not work, in fact it made my mavens feel terrible. So...