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HexonJuan Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/26/2024 7:57am Coil negative springs are bad engineering at this point. Coil negative springs only available in one weight is just sloppy customer care.
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HexonJuan Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
3/26/2024 7:42am We have a county in our area that redeveloped the MTB trails in one of their parks (Heritage Trails) with a bunch of actual well made drops and jumps, all created and maintained by members of the local advocacy group. The county I live in is risk adverse and NIMBY packed, but there's another neighboring county that opened a couple...
HexonJuan Added a reply to If You Could Change One Current MTB Standard...
3/26/2024 7:25am As a guy who had a pal have that happen at about the halfway point of a 25mi ride and then the following week had it happen to me on my commute, yes. Yes indeed. Those experiences also made me consider that straight pull spokes may also play into things.
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic If You Could Change One Current MTB Standard...
3/26/2024 7:23am
You know, those spoke hole plugs could still be useful when paired with rim tape to protect against the dreaded broken spoke/flat tire tubeless tragedy. A lot of race runs and bike rides have ended because someone popped a spoke and it blew through their rim tape from the inside. Dak Norton says he always runs a double layer of gorilla tape under his actual tubeless tape for extra protection from wayward spokes. The Velocity plugs would be a much more elegant solution.
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HexonJuan Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/26/2024 7:20am It'll T up with GT's rebranding beautifully however.
HexonJuan Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
3/21/2024 6:56am Skate/bike parks are such a hard thing to sustain on a private level. There are only a few examples of private parks older than 10 years that I can think of. My local (4Seasons) hit 22 this year, and Ray's has gotta be getting close. I obviously can't speak for every park though. Only thing that makes sense to me...
HexonJuan Added a reply to TRP dhr brake questions
3/20/2024 6:40am Threading the pushrod a bit is a nice idea, but when voiding warranties it's best to triple check your measurements. Then double check em again. 2 potential issues with this mod are both related: threading it far enough the brake doesn't fully engage as it hits the grip (bad) and/or potentially allowing the threads to hang up on the retaining...
HexonJuan Added a reply to If You Could Change One Current MTB Standard...
3/18/2024 9:09am The Edit and Slacker from Airdrop are both 27s, but I get your drift on pricing. FWIW, I've a Trance X29 and the only neg I have with it is the low stack, solved by a 60mm rise bar. For what they have the 27.5s going for now, I'd say they're worth a look.
HexonJuan Added a reply to If You Could Change One Current MTB Standard...
3/18/2024 6:54am Airdrop, Banshee, and Knolly are options for dual 27s, and the bikes all look solid. I ended up nabbing a Status frame, running a 29 fork with a Production Privee lower cup extender to run a 27 up front. Haven't done the trig on it but the bike rides wicked fun, which is way more important than what a geo...
HexonJuan Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/23/2024 7:06am Unsure if they ever made it to market, and that article does look to have been pulled. Granted, that was early 00's and since the product lost relevancy as soon as it landed they may have just saved server space since no one owned the brakes. They looked like a Grimeca brake from near the same era got beat with...
Uncle Cliffy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/22/2024 1:42pm
Anyone else remember the Brembo prototypes in the mid 2000s? I remember hearing they didn’t go into production because they would cost $600 each.
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HexonJuan Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/22/2024 1:41pm They were reviewed at the other joint and were panned, especially so for the asking price.
HexonJuan Added a reply to how much do frame design aesthetics matter to you?
2/20/2024 12:03pm How much? A lot. Got ride a '20 Wolf Ridge. Damn thing pedaled and descended really, really, really well. But look at it. Personally I couldn't get past the aesthetics, lack of water bottle mount be damned.
HexonJuan Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/16/2024 6:47am I was thinking Motobecane's HAL Boost.
HexonJuan Added a reply to Forcing brake fluid shimano brakes
2/11/2024 1:32pm That's pretty smart right there. Shimano's design had me wondering if the system has air in it from assembly. Every stock Shimano brake I've worked on has had an air pocket in the MC. Decided to check out the internal structure and ports (had a dead SLX MC and a bandsaw) and was surprised to see they don't have a...
smelly Liked a reply to forum topic Forcing brake fluid shimano brakes
2/11/2024 1:16pm
Another way to yield quicker engagement is use thicken rotors. Shimano come with 1.8mm rotors, so use 2.0 or larger rotors for quicker engagement without futzing with pad position. I’ve found Shimano brakes work much better with frequent lever bleeds.
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Digit Bikes Liked a reply to forum topic Forcing brake fluid shimano brakes
2/11/2024 1:16pm
If you force it enough you can burst the diaphragm in the master cylinder.
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HexonJuan Added a reply to If You Could Change One Current MTB Standard...
2/9/2024 10:45am He was hunting for 1.25 units. Went down a rabbit hole looking for any axles, even checking Ali. No dice. Alternate solution established, 1.5mm Time Serts.1.5 axles are still available readily.
HexonJuan Added a reply to If You Could Change One Current MTB Standard...
2/7/2024 11:27am You're both correct, there are multiple ways to skin a cat. Point is it'd be saweeeet if we only had to skin one, not four. Pal is working with some frames made by Zen when they were around that need axles so unfortunately he needs to get proper new units. Feels like I might be busting out the scanner and...
