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Jakowitz Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
10/16/2025 1:13am I've had alot of trouble with my Shimano xt brakes- the first set of brakes I've worked on myself. But after a while I've now got them working reasonably well. I'll probably buy the new hope brakes in the next year. A few tips anyway- - The syndicate bleed guide above is good but I've also always had to do...
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AvgMTBEnjoyer Liked a reply to forum topic Frame Design
10/14/2025 7:37am
I've settled into my new digs at uni, and I've been told the uni DMLS printer only works with Alloy so my steel design won't be needed. Bit of a shame, but I'll live, i think I will have to be making my own tubes out of prepreg carbon sheets though. Making my own custom tubes is risky but gives me a lot of opportunities to control more parameters on my build. I'll see how things go from here.
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/3/2025 2:01pm
Power to the People: Do you all want this thread locked being we've hit the two year mark and a new one created or should it persist? How to Vote Thumbs Up - Lock It Thumbs Down - Keep It Open Voting window is through the weekend.
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Jakowitz Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/22/2025 11:47pm I think that these warehoused frames are the new reactor that the new Nukeproof boss confirmed is coming in this interview- https://www.pinkbike.com/news/interview-clive-gosling-global-brand-mana…
jeff.brines Liked a forum topic Feedback Wanted: Strava-Like Racing App
8/12/2025 7:36am
Hey VitalMTBers I wanted to solicit feedback from the community to see what (if anything) you'd want to see in a GPS based racing and navigation app. I've spent the last few months building pnnd, a checkpoint based race app for my dirt biking buddies. I'll be expanding these features to be a little more mountiain bike centric in the coming weeks, and am really focused on allowing users to create races, of all types, to run among friends. Races can be public, invite only, or club based, run on a particular day, a range or in perpetuity. Privacy controls...
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thresh Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/10/2025 12:10am
Don't want to be that guy, but can we get back to topic please.
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NY_Star Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/5/2025 12:49am
On the Commencal front its bikes like these that will sit around forever. This came out December of 2022. By the time it was shipping transmission was pretty standard for GX builds. So this is a bike with an old drivetrain and a previous generation Ohlins fork. So you are getting a "new" bike with previous generation parts. I have to think this stuff is never going to move and every month it gets worse and worse. https://www.commencal.com/us/en/BT3MTRV5OHEU2.html
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Jakowitz Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
8/5/2025 12:07am I got chatting to someone who worked for Meridia at a trail centre, apparently they think that the new owners of Nukeproof are sitting on a huge glut of old frames. Scott are clearly struggling to clear stock too judging by the 50%+ discounts that are still out there. Similarly to the post above me, these are gx axs builds...