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First off, thank you! And that’s a solid question. You can FEA full frames and estimate deflections, but you’re making a lot of assumptions, and they start to stack on each other, so things can stray from reality quickly. And speed to reality is crucial. Using FEA is useful but only for very basic analysis and often you can guess what's going to happen: I made the chain stay bigger, it got stiffer. FEA is useful for validating a scenario where I wanted it exactly X amount stiffer and then you verify in the test lab. I’ve always wondered if...

There is going to be very inefficient heat transfer between the pads and the heat sink compared to the shimano version with the them being integrated. You could increase the thermal transfer if you used some kind of thermal compound but I’m not sure how that would stand up to water/mud. It will do something but just not nearly as good as having the pad bonded to the heatsink.

Id like to expand on the loam review issues... I took my perfectly working mavens and bled them as most would - I noticed if i unscrewed the bleeding edge to much(more than half a turn) it would suck air into the caliper.... I knew the fix but deliberately left them and rode... felt fine but now once i started down a trail the bite point was moving all over the show. Took my bleed kit with me in truck and ONLY bled the caliper via unscrewing between 1/4 & 1/2 of a turn, vacuum bled and repressure... closed system...

I read your final chart as the Maven winning because I prefer a quicker first touch to full power feeling over the Magura design. I have yet to feel how my Mavens run as I’ve had warranty issues since first building my bike in June till after the bike park closed. What little riding I’ve done pushing up at some jumps with fully working brakes they’ve been great. I’d prefer a shorter throw to pad contact but once it hits I have a very nice and solid lever with minimal additional movement. The people complaining about the force required to...

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