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ebruner Added a reply to Kinematics
6/16/2025 8:18am @CascadeComponents thanks for all of the help/feedback on setup changes and reality checks for me on my nomad. I tossed the cascade link on, put the vorsprung tractiv tuned superdeluxe on and threw the smashpot in my fox 38 and the bike is unbelievable right now. I definitely feel like the added bit of progression to the suspension made it...
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ebruner Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/12/2025 9:00am That was not my take-away from what he said, and also not my experience on what happens to companies this size when the founder/chairman steps aside. With the words Clint used, he was suggesting that the company would go to a split ownership strategy (multiple leaders in the company take out SBA loans to buy him out). My experience, is...
ebruner Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
6/11/2025 12:11pm Good feedback everyone. I do agree that DD's feel nice, but the sidewall support is more or less the same as EXO+. I'm relieved to find out I'm not crazy. I'm going to continue trying out the DD's with inserts for my ebike, and see if I can get through the year on the reserve AL/HD hoop that I have...
ebruner Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
6/11/2025 8:56am I am a slightly obsessed shade tree bike wrench... Wrenching on my bikes fills a void that is created from quitting racing/wrenching on motos, rc cars, spec miata and performance street cars. I go looking for things to service/maintain on my bikes as working with my hands is my escape from work. My bikes are 99.9% dialed and I am...
boozed Liked a reply to forum topic Dumb Bike Problems
6/11/2025 7:53am
Damaging Torx bolt heads by blindly shoving Allen wrenches in them, or my torx wrenches by blindly using them on Allen bolts. You'd think I'd have learned by now. Or I just need to throw out all the Torx bolts. The day I realised I could use a regular one-way torque wrench on a left hand thread simply by coming at the fastener from the other side using an extension bar was a special day. I felt special in many ways.
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ebruner Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
6/9/2025 3:39pm I do usually drop 2-3 psi. I did in this case I did the same, but I was still getting rim strikes so I had to go back to 26psi in back (on my ebike in this case). Even with the reduced pressure that I ran briefly, I noticed that there was still more perceived harshness with the inserts then...
ebruner Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
6/9/2025 3:17pm I don't know with yeti in particular... but from a friend with industry knowledge that I spend a bunch of time with. He theorizes that many of the DH bikes that are carbon, yet not being brought to market, are being made on CNC'd aluminum prototype moulds. These are fine for limited production where you're doing hand QA/QC for each...
ebruner Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
6/9/2025 2:48pm Question for everyone here regarding thicker tire casings and tire inserts. Recently, I noticed that maxxis double down casing tires seemed to get a smidge 'harsher' when running inserts then without. I was getting some rock/rim strikes with a DD 27.5x2.5 dhr2 at 26-27 psi, and in lieu of bumping up tire pressure further, I decided to throw a tannus...
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/9/2025 1:43pm
I'm getting the new VTX in for testing shortly on my Megatower. Currently on the Vorsprung Telum. Excited to compare both against my stock SDLX Ultimate with HBO, which is a great shock in its own right.
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ebruner Added a reply to Top Choice World Cup Tracks?
6/9/2025 1:33pm Maybe unpopular opinion, but I feel like Mammoth Mountain would be a good venue and they could put together a pretty gnarly run from top to bottom with a good mix. Agreed on Angel Fire as stated above.
WynMasters Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 World Cup Downhill / EDR - Leogang, Austria
6/9/2025 12:04pm
On site we got no live stream of Q2 unlike the past two races, just one shot of the finish jump so maybe sadly it won't be put out this week. Be nice if we knew though.
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ebruner Added a reply to Silent Bikes - What tricks do you have to keep your bike quiet through the season?
6/3/2025 3:25pm I can't say what Bianchi did. I have seen the foam that spank used for their vibracore products once when viewing a cut-away of it at sea otter many years ago. That was a closed cell foam (polyurethane) which is exactly what great stuff is. I'd honestly be tempted to use a more open cell product, as open cell provides...
lemon Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
6/3/2025 8:34am
Reece Wilson sharing his thoughts on the tracks
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ebruner Added a reply to Silent Bikes - What tricks do you have to keep your bike quiet through the season?
6/3/2025 8:32am 2 things on this idea. 1) Spray expanding foam puts more pressure on the outside of a (mostly) sealed vessle then you would think. I would be very concerned about it hardening up in such a way where the overflow (ports) sealed up prior to the expansion/hardening of the material. This would for sure, impact the shaping of the tubes...
whitesq Liked a reply to forum topic Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
5/30/2025 10:19am
I'll fly the pro USD flag, although I'm very biased... I think you're slightly underestimating the nuance between an amazing fork and a crap fork. At this point you might have rode two forks of the same manufacturer and model but yet they feel vastly different. To me, that's down to fork manufacturing being on the knifes edge of production manufacturing tolerances. For example, 4-6lbs of extra seal drag is garbage, .25deg misalignment of tubes is total garbage, and if a 14" long stanchion deviates more than .0004" (human hair is ~.002") - steaming hot garbage. You might say those...
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ebruner Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
5/29/2025 2:28pm Cathro just posted a video on the other side regarding electronic lockouts. One thing I've been considering for a while now, is what is legal with regards to electronic suspension and pre-programming various settings for position on track. From a simplicity perspective, GPS would be the most ideal way to do that, but the nature of mtb trails with trees/cloud...
anotherbikerguy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/29/2025 1:35pm
Everyone knows the only way to get your bars and levers juuuust right is to adjust them with a rusty multi-tool in the trailhead parking lot while your buddies are waiting on you to start the ride. The more exasperated your friends are, the more precise the alignment.
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ebruner Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/29/2025 7:53am Seriously, this is the way.
dwhere Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/29/2025 7:53am
Can I patent the ole one eye squint? For real tho, equalizing the gap on each side between the sanctions and bars is way easier than aligning the stem with the tire.
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ebruner Added a reply to Silent Bikes - What tricks do you have to keep your bike quiet through the season?
5/29/2025 7:26am haha, I should have given more context I guess, that's what I get for posting on my phone while using the bathroom. his right side crank arm looks like the below photo (not a photo of his, just another from a megatower 2 thread), since I ride left foot back, my right side crank arm isn't in the line of...