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megastoke Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
4/26/2024 8:10pm This times a million. I have a descent local to me that drops 4500ft of vert continuously, much of it steep enough that you’re really laying into your brakes. It’s not very technically challenging, but it consistently gives me gnarly arm pump unless my brake setup is dialed.
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
4/26/2024 8:07pm
In my experience, forearm pump is 100% related to brake power. Lack of brake power can come from a thousand different sources, but when brakes start to fade, hands and forearms start to hurt and everything on your body and bike has to compensate. Could be caused by: bad brake design, bad bleed, rotors too small in diameter, rotors too thin (1.8mm vs. 2.0 or 2.3), rotors worn out, old pads, wrong pad material, contamination, and more. Now, I have noticed that "holding onto the handlebars and moving my body around" is harder when my brakes aren't working. Typically, when...
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megastoke Added a reply to 2024 TEAM RUMORS
4/26/2024 1:02pm To be fair, they’re actually pretty nice brakes. I won’t be buying a set because I don’t like supporting blatant knockoffs, but they actually seem to be well made.
DirkT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/15/2024 9:17pm
The hub/brake mount junction looks really weird to me! But perhaps it's just the angle.
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laurencesmith Liked a reply to forum topic Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
4/15/2024 7:26am
Heres a quick Vid of the Dual suspension in Action. I finally managed to pull my finger out and get this organised.....a lost Gopro.....a new Gopro that refused to work ( Gopro are rubbish these days it seems ) then buying a new Insta360 Ace Pro to arrive at the present situation....all I have to do now is learn to properly use it. I have a few more longer Vids I plan to publish in the near future showing the Dual suspension working in action. So this quickly shows both the Telefork Fox36/160 working along with the Upper link suspension...
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laurencesmith Liked a reply to forum topic Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
4/15/2024 7:14am
A few more Pics to wet peoples appetite :-)
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mfoga Liked a reply to forum topic 2024 Racing Talk
4/11/2024 10:06am
A couple of those are kind of embarrassing from a sponsors point of view.
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megastoke Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
4/9/2024 8:20am I have a 2023 Orbea Wild with a Bosch CX and the motor rattle is imperceptible to me even on super rough terrain. I don't doubt that it's there, but I'm not noticing it when things get rowdy enough to bring it out. What's strange though, is the Wild that I demoed before buying, with the exact same build and...
megastoke Added a comment about press release Tannus Releases a New Modular Tubeless Insert
4/9/2024 8:12am
I've actually had pretty good luck riding out on flats with the original Tannus tubeless, but I only weigh 160. You definitely have to go into limp mode, but I have probably ridden 15 miles that way without ever having the tire de-bead.
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