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jbfiets Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
10/12/2025 6:38pm Main downside is the self-contaminating calipers. Spoke with Shimano and they had 'never heard of the issue,' which made me laugh out loud. I think all Shimano's ceramic piston brakes are prone to leaking. In the shop, I see their road calipers contaminate pads at 10x the rate of any other reputable brake manufacturer (sorry Promax, you don't make the...
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jbfiets Added a comment about feature Why Have So Many Bike Brands Closed in the Last Two Years?
10/6/2025 6:31pm
Charlie bringing the Old Testament, that was spectacular. I love these sort of long-form, sometimes rambling pods.
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jbfiets Added a comment about feature Your FOX Podium Questions Answered - The Inside Line
6/29/2025 5:55pm
In my head, I turned it into "the only safe place for your bike is on the trail." Hanging in the garage next to other bikes/cars/landscape equipment, hitch racks, roof racks, trunks, etc. are all a death sentence for bikes.
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jbfiets Added a reply to Podcast episodes gone missing?
1/28/2025 3:44pm Thanks for the help, I think the tags are a little confusing. I wasn't able to find it on the main podcast page (https://www.vitalmtb.com/tags/the_inside_line_vital_feature), but was able to find it by clicking the 'podcast' tag on one of the stories and then scrolling down by date. Got it now and will be listening shortly.
jbfiets Started a new thread Podcast episodes gone missing?
1/19/2025 5:35am It looks like some of the Inside Line episodes have been removed from the website (was trying to listen to "Grip Damper Breakdown" episode from April that a friend sent. They still appear on podcast apps, but can't be downloaded or played.
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