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DServy Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
8/28/2025 7:52pm "Some food for though" and then proceeds to give a huge Thanksgiving meal. Are you telling me fox engineers might be smarter than the average bear when it comes to sliding things up and down?
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DServy Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
8/28/2025 12:28pm I'd bet you dollars to donuts that the air pressure changes you see are more due to the air temp inside your fork than the outside atmospheric pressure. Ideal gas law and all that. The column of air serving as your spring is a closed system, so its not impacted by barometric pressures (however, the air in your lowers for...
DServy Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
8/28/2025 12:20pm Mainly wanted to highlight the following: > I'll be honest, I don't think I've ever felt a difference after a fork lowers service, but maybe my forks aren't dirty enough when I make the change? I'm not that convinced that swapping out just the oil for most folks does all that much, as I think the oil change is mostly...
DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
8/27/2025 12:33pm Are you putting in bleed blocks and winding the contact point out (away from the arrow) or just leaving it as is and slapping on the pinner cups.
DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
8/27/2025 9:30am yeah, I've tried using some Pinner bleed cups and do the lever bleeds like I've done with shimano brakes and it did not go well. I feel like I've only had success with full bleeds. Wanted to see if folks are having some success with lever bleed with syringes and how they are doing it.
DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
8/27/2025 7:29am Has anyone had any luck lever bleeding mavens with just the syringe? I feel like I've tried in the past and it's only made things worse. I was hoping to avoid a full bleed because I am lazy.
DServy Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
8/26/2025 3:03pm This type of set up peaked my interest, mainly since I feel like I'm moving the same way with my 38 with a X2. Do you find yourself running any tokens at all then? How much (as a percentage) would you say you're running over recommended pressure. With a year+ of damper forward setups being available with the improvements with...
DServy Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/21/2025 11:49am Not a rumor. They bought MI, dumped a bunch of capital into helping them develop V2 and then pulled the plug a year ago as a cost saving measure. It was a whole.... thing.
DServy Added a reply to What's the best 10-14 liter hydration pack for long days?
8/7/2025 1:31pm the large one goes down basically to the bottom of my rib cage and I'm 1.83m (6') which is about the same as most back protectors on the market. But I agree, for bike park days I use a longer one, but something is better than nothing IMO.
DServy Added a reply to What's the best 10-14 liter hydration pack for long days?
8/7/2025 10:02am I'll chine in with the POC Column VPD. I've used this for a few years and it pretty much my daily driver. I'm a firm believer in wearing back protectors as much as possible after some pretty bad wrecks, and I attribute this pack to saving my spine from a pretty serious issue after a pretty bad wreck I had...
DServy Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/6/2025 12:07pm Has anyone actually used the Stiffmaster 500000? Was curious on if it actually did anything meaningful.
DServy Added a reply to Alright, body armor. What is the best chest protector? (Also taking knee pad recommendations.)
7/27/2025 8:17pm POC chest and back protector is my favorite, mainly since it goes all the way down your back and doesn't stop halfway up your spine like some other brands. It's also quite comfy.
jma853 Liked a reply to forum topic ChatGPT + Bikes
7/24/2025 8:56pm
Can't wait for the Butlerian Jihad to begin
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DServy Added a reply to Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
7/7/2025 9:01am This is the way. Once again I'm reposting this video from Steve at Vorsprung because its just so... damn accurate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5R60JHJbxI
Evil96 Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
7/4/2025 10:34pm
Personal opinion, I’d never buy anything sram if not ultimate/silver level. Base might have a nicer pull but they’re on bushings, that will get sloppy and noisy quick, just like everything else they make. And this is a fact, not an opinion. Same with having the contact adjust on the higher end maven, if not base I’d 100% recommend those, you can make them softer and they work great. I have done that dumb pull the lever until contact and check the weight, it was the same as any XT/XTR brake out of the box, so they’re heavy pull when...
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DServy Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
7/4/2025 2:03pm I'd give the current Mavens a go first, and see if you even notice the lever pull issue before going down to the base. I'm 200+ lbs and enjoy how they feel. Even my wife at 140 lbs prefers the lever feel compared to pretty much everything else on the market.
dolface Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/4/2025 12:23pm
Probably around the same time you start being civil...
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Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/4/2025 8:38am
Kinda like was Cascade comes out with a link.. It doesn't mean the stock linkage sucks, but they made something to make it feel good according to their preferences.. When you get to the WC level, those rider's are looking for 10ths and 100ths of second and tweaking things in a way a lot of us wouldn't understand.. As for the 30t Ochain, wouldn't a 104 bcd 30t ring work? Or is there something with the Ochain design that prevents that? Haven't looked at one enough or in person to know..
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DServy Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/4/2025 8:31am Man, I emailed them like 3 times on the 30T compatibility of the Nero version and never got a consistent answer. I just chalked it up to being lost in translation and I didn’t want to sink a bunch of money into a new Ochain that is basically the same as my current one.
DServy Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/4/2025 7:58am It’s almost like people prefer different things out of their brakes and that it would be beneficial to the company to provide as many different lever feels out of a brake as possible. What a novel concept! The fact that they can provide as many different options with the same general architecture is a sign of some pretty damn good...