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I've been using a Dakine for years too, maybe 15 years and it's held up. It was meant to carry a chainsaw so you can imagine it was BIG. I finally found the USWE and it's been amazing. Totally stays in place and has enough room to hold what I need. I didn't realize how much hotter and consuming the...

I just torque my headset cap to 50Nm.

It did not go as planned. Had to remove the tire to get good look at the area to tape. At times like this I miss tubes and not having to deal with sealant. Otherwise all is good.

Please do some Schwalbe Radials next.

This is timely for me too. I just started building my own wheels and broke my first spoke. I was going to take the lazy way, leave the wheel on/sealant in the tire, cut a hole in the rim tape, replace the spoke and cover the hole with a few inches of tape. Then just retention that one spoke. I'm...

I'm been using them for 6 months and haven't punctured any less or more. Puncturing seems pretty arbitrary sometimes and a difficult thing to test with so many variable in real life. I've gotten flats in areas I've ridden through trails 100x's no problem but because a rock recently got kicked onto the trail I got a flat. I really...

You also have to remember, Shimano is a huge company with product lines across many industries. If one of those products slips I can't see them getting overly concerned.

I've always cleaned SRAM pistons and massaged them as regular service. A simple wipe with q-tips and some iso alcohol. I can see the issue of using fluid on the extended piston intorducing dirt into the system and the massage would seem to accomplish the same thing.

That down tube size doesn't say Avinox. At this point in time I wouldn't give someone else's money to YT.

I would venture to say 75% of arm pump occurs bc of brake lever setup, 10% how the brake is used and 25% bc the brake system itself. That's 110% true.

For anyone first getting into radials getting the right PSI does take some tinkering, but it's totally worth it. +/- even 1 psi can make a lot more difference that in non radials. Terrain and weight, and side walls, also make a big different one person to the next.

SRAM and some others would say sane. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/sram-patent-hints-at-universal-brake-moun…

I ran OneUps carbon bars for a while and really liked the feel, but carbon was a pain. Having to pay super close attention to clamp torques and worrying any scratch/damage could lead to a break. I swear any time I crash there's some damage to the bars and carbon once slightly damaged is a much bigger role of the...

I'd like to see more vids of components being torture tested.