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I am most interested in the long term durability since they now use bushings instead of their so well performing cup and cone bearings

They all broke and evil nearly went under.

If your glove is bunching up? Means it's too big. Could be from a few reasons. But yeah, tighten that up. Glove care. Always wash your gloves when you wash your bike gear. Kinda like lube your clipless pedals when you lube your chain. Manufacturers have always preached that sweat combined with dirt/sand, etc is the number 1 reason for gloves to die early. Gloves wear out. The can stretch out, they can get holes, etc. Replace. Save them for lawn work or football games for drinking beer, so your hands don't get cold. Be creative. But def don't ride...

So i was able to get out for a quick after-work ride at some local trails, they arent quite what I usually ride on the weekends but they are sufficient to get some idea of how the changes are working out. I can say that so far, the changes are a huge move in the right direction. I felt a lot more centered on the bike and everything regarding bike control felt way more natural and easy. Stoked to get out to the mountains this weekend to get things fully dialed in.

Definitely no need for grippers here, all this typing will do it. Boomroasted

doesn't this track feel 1000 percent way more interesting? I would actually offer, it reminds me of racing at home, in Port Angeles, where the tracks were cut, opened and bedded in over a couple of races until we really knew them, then whammy! the crew would give us a fresh cut the next year. absolutely made for stronger race craft, more compelling races, and way more interesting spectating too. I think that having wide tracks opened and burned by the racers, with generous taping really leads to better racing. sure a bike park speed fest with massive hacks at...

This is the first time in a long time I have been interested in watching DH World Cup. The raw nature of the track, that riders are struggling to figure it out and that it is evolving throughout the weekend. Going to require more of the riders to gain an advantage. Obviously it isn't a perfect track but this is way cooler than huge bike park sections. More raw tracks with some jumps built in the middle sections and offer lots of line choices to develop

Raw makes for a much more even playing field. Only thought would be to have more Pro non-competitors test ride the track a few weeks in advance of race weekend to confirm safety.

2 weeks ago I finally got around to having time to set up the new crankbrothers synthesis wheelset from vital fantasy (still so stoked thank you vital and crankbrothers). Pulled the tires and tannus tubeless off my oem set (which I can mount by hand without Tyre levers). Try to install them on the new set. 29r front goes on easy by hand. 27.5 rear is unbelievably tight to get the last little bit and needs levers to get on. Won’t hold air longer than 20min. Spray it with soapy water and it blows bubbles around the valve stem and...

I mean, it’s cheating to go on Reddit but I instantly thought of this thread: “master link clicking…” https://www.reddit.com/r/bikewrench/comments/1mq8pek/master_link_clicki…

Back in mech life daze I learned after the 10-100th time the first spot to check for creaks was the chainring bolts. The number of times I had practically torn down a complete bike for naught due to one or more of those buggers being a tad loose was pretty embarrassing. Plus side, later when one of the other mechs was in the process of doing the same I got to be the smug hero who would tighten the damn things and solve their half hour + struggle. That bit of learning drives me to this day, often pulling the...

I've destroyed probably 4 shimano crank safety-clip-things from yanking cranks off and somehow never learn my lesson. As an on-brand DVO fork owner I was bleeding the damper after a rebuild - a process that's like a cup-lever bleed on brakes. The damper shaft binds up easily if not well aligned so while peering over the damper to watch for bubbles the damper shaft breaks the stiction and shoots a jet of oil directly into my eye. I guess there's nothing too nasty in motorex damper oil since the oil didn't hurt much and I can still see, but it...

A while ago I had an unlucky streak of breaking two Spesh Enduro frames (both headset area). After the second break I was offered a Stumpy Evo replacement frame instead which I gladly accepted. When building it up I noticed the frame came with an extra linkage. "Sweet" I thought as I assumed that the extra one was for mulleting the bike and carried on assembling. After riding a few months on it I decided I was pretty happy with the 29er life and decided to sell off the mullet link. A couple days later the guy who bought the...

This just happened to me today. A couple months back, I bought a new frame and started building it up, mostly transferring parts from a donor frame. Work has been uncomfortably busy, so I've taken my time, doing bits at a time on the weekend as a form of therapy. I'm usually a good if not anal mechanic, and in this case I really focused on each job at hand, extracting everything I could from the process. Anyway, I finished the build today. After gazing at the new bike with a sense of pride, I did a quick lap around...

Had a creak, started simple, removed the cranks and BB and regreased, still there. Went through each pivot and checked and regreased bearings and pivot bolts. Still there. Pulled the fork off, repressed the cups into the frame and the creak was still there. It is now about 1 am, started at around 8:30pm after dinner with the wife. Went back to the cranks, tried the pedals, still there!!! Pulled the cranks out and they are Raceface, checked the chain ring, that was loose, only slightly, tighten it up and creak was gone!!! Now whenever I get a creak that...

Nice thread! So, I started biking in 92 and since pupils don't have cash for workshop repairs, I was thrown into wrenching the same moment I began and never stopped. These days I am totally guilty of wrenchers' cockiness, yeah got it all covered, noone can tell me anything. Last fall I got a Slash gen6, the one with the chain tourism, so to speak, idler pulley and additional pulley at the chain guide. From the start, the drivetrain made a slight churning sound, which disappeared when lubing the chain. Instant jump to conclusion: yeah, must be the complicated chain...