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tell me you ride an ebike without telling me you ride an ebike 😝

I mean that they require more finger power to deliver the same stopping power. To compare it to other brakes, the Advocate has by far the shortest free stroke I have tested, and also the overall stiffest feel to the system (meaning that there is hardly any movement of the lever when you squeeze it past the bite point, the hoses are super stiff and will not allow for any kind of lever sponginess). They have good initial bite and are easy to modulate. When you really need get braking heavily, I would put their power above the Code RSC...

both (forbidden edruid, velduro rogue) were built up the week before the test event. the power was there, don’t get me wrong, but the force needed to pull them was so much more than the intends, especially at the beginning of the stroke. hence the comparison with XTs to codes.

The power on Mavens is incredible, i’ve never ridden a brake with so much power available. That said, they’re coming off my DH bike because mine refuse to be consistent for more than half a day. They’ve been worked on by myself and two different shops. They seem plagued by wandering bite points and pump up regardless of piston massages or hocus pocus bleeding rituals. Nothing kills your flow on trail like a lack of confidence in your brakes. Hopefully (pun intended) my new GR4’s will be better. They seem to have improved my main complaint from the V4.

If this happens we’ll see the full fat segment morph into 55lb full power e-bikes with motor gearboxes. Then, the SL e-bikes as we know them (42lbs with Exo tires and 400wh battery) will fade into the bushes and be replaced by 45lb DJI powered bikes with 600wh batteries. 400wh just isn’t enough to not take your analog 120-140 bike out now that they’re fashionable again.

1. Schwalbe Shredda (rear on the front) and Magic Mary (rear and/or front) radials have been awesome in the slop and then unexpected dust on my local steeps in Malvern. 2. More mates getting eebs. They enjoy it and I enjoy it. 3. Trips to Scotland - long old drive, but worth it for the natural stuff in the Cairngorms and the well built and natural stuff in the Tweed Valley. Also great to be away with mates and the main aim of biking. 4. New Levo gen 4. It's a great bike for me. 5. World Cup racing -...

1. Riding bikes with @Evwan 2. Riding bikes without @Evwan 3. Tall rise bars 4. Mavens 5. Schwalbe MM Radial Ultra Soft

Thank you for the tip. Is HOOKIT2025 the code that you used? $80 sounds like a great deal for these.

I don't have anywhere else to post this pain so I shall do so here. I've been thinking back on the year, and as time went on I really wanted a Zink Vacay more and more. But I had just purchased a YT Jeffsy and couldn't afford to invest in not only another bike but an even more expensive bike/build of course... But I was thinking to myself "why did I get the Jeffsy and not the Zink? maybe the Zink wasn't released yet so I wasn't even aware of what I was missing? how long after buying the Jeffsy...