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Old-schoolNW Added a comment about feature 6 Dirt Jumpers Tested and Compared - Vital MTB Test Sessions
2/7/2025 6:18am
Unless you are very tall a 430 to 440 dj is going to be really big and sluggish feeling. My buddy who's 6'5" rides the large commencal and it fits him great but he dislikes jumps with tighter transitions because that big bike doesn't fit in them well. IMO 400 to 415 reach is good for people under 6'. Go watch some pro bmx racers and you can see you don't need a big long mtb to go fast and pump.
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Old-schoolNW Added a comment about feature 6 Dirt Jumpers Tested and Compared - Vital MTB Test Sessions
2/7/2025 5:54am
Not really, a slope bike is not needed on pump tracks and decently built jumps. It adds unnecessary weight and cost. The only benefit of a ss bike is absorbing the big landings on ss courses. Even there a lot of the pros ride djs.
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Old-schoolNW Added a comment about press release e*Thirteen Launches the Quick Fill Plasma Valve
3/5/2022 6:47am
The whole cycling world didn't move to presta, BMX and many commuter bikes are schrader. So just roadies really, and mountain bikers were dumb enough to follow them. I would gladly buy a new inflator and pump head if the industry changed over.
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Zero Cool Liked a comment about Press Release e*Thirteen Launches the Quick Fill Plasma Valve
3/5/2022 6:40am
I still don’t see how this is in anyway as good as a schrader valve. Pop the valve out of a schrader and you have a huge tide to put sealant down. And they’re cheap as chips. We just need someone to make them in fancy colours. I believe a commenter on PB said just call them Presta Boost. Lol
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MrDuck Liked a comment about Press Release e*Thirteen Launches the Quick Fill Plasma Valve
3/5/2022 6:40am
Good looking solution, but still inferior to schrader. Why is the bike industry trying so hard to reinvent the wheel?
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drjrich Liked a bike check A BMXer's Transition Spire
8/19/2021 12:49pm
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Old-schoolNW Added a comment about bike check 2022 Santa Cruz Bronson Custom
7/23/2021 2:32pm
Rad looking bike. Is it really a 2.8 rear tire or is that a typo? Rare to see a wider tire in the back than front but with the mullet I guess contact patch might be similar. Interesting choice though.
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cblesius Liked a bike check 2022 Santa Cruz Bronson Custom
7/23/2021 2:23pm
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cblesius Liked a bike check 2022 Santa Cruz Bronson Custom
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Jeffvelasquez Liked a bike check MEGATOWER SICK CASINO PAINT!!!
2/28/2021 7:39pm
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stick.man Liked a bike check Rootbeer and Bourbon Forbidden Druid
2/28/2021 9:52am
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ctbiker888 Liked a reply to forum topic Which grease is best: FETT 2000, Motorex or PM600?
2/4/2021 3:23pm
Anything but that park green stank pit head down to the local boat store and get you some of that good good super waterproof marine grease. Works every time... nice thick red auto grease works wonders as well. *unless suspension, use sram butter // slick honey
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dsmdan18 Liked a reply to forum topic Which grease is best: FETT 2000, Motorex or PM600?
2/4/2021 3:23pm
Same here.
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Old-schoolNW Added a reply to Which grease is best: FETT 2000, Motorex or PM600?
2/4/2021 12:37pm I've always just bought automotive grease, like Lucas Red and Tacky, for bearings and general assembly and then Sram butter for fork assembly and the such. Never really thought much about it, What's the advantage of PM600 and these others?
Skerby Liked a reply to forum topic Parameters for replacing a cassette due to chain wear
1/20/2021 8:37am
Run the cassette until it stops working. Shops that push people to buy a new cassette with every chain are crooks.
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Old-schoolNW Started a new thread Parameters for replacing a cassette due to chain wear
1/19/2021 10:20am Hey all, I posted this question over in the PB mechanics thread but thought I'd throw it on here too. So I was selling a used bike and I measured the chain the way I learned to do it decades ago with a ruler. I got 3/32 of stretch in a foot. The guideline I was taught years ago back...
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Salespunk Liked a reply to forum topic I don't like the direction of modern trail building
11/17/2020 2:57pm
Although I empathize with your sentiment and count myself lucky to have access to miles and miles of raw backcountry trails with amazing descents, let me provide a little perspective. Come on down to San Diego. SDMBA just got banned from working on some popular trails. They were doing unsanctioned were removing obstacles, aka rocks, so they could post on IG to ask for donations. Let me repeat, their work has been so poor that they were asked by the land management organization to stop doing work without supervision. None of the SDMBA executives ride, their "trail builder" doesn't ride...
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