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Given the plethora of takes in this thread, I am wondering what people think is the best value prop for a drivetrain? I like XT because it is crisp, wear items and breakable items are cheaper than sram counterparts, and the clutch is rebuildable. The only downside I have heard is the durability but I haven't broken one in a fashion that wouldn't have broken any other mech. I also feel like sram gx when I had it would start to feel like shit no matter what after 6 months of heavy use. Shimano hasn't for me. Also, I have...

I dunno anything about these brakes, but the automotive reference I think of when I hear DB8 isn't Toyota, it's Aston Martin.

My local shop asked the Galfer rep last summer, and he was "yea we're still making them for Hope". Probably not up to the latest developments maybe? Definitely different compound than the Galfer Pros, and while the Pros are good, they don't handle the heat that well. I'm a pretty heavy rider and tend to run the brakes HOT, and the Pros start howling halfway down the local resort. Hope or TS Power, no problem. I believe the Hope Red pads are still Galfer though. Their rotors are fine, can't use the Wave as I'd destoy the pads even faster...

I'll never forget grabbing a older bladder I thought I'd tossed that I'd filled with a Redbull/vodka/OJ Mix I used at a music festival for three days straight in the hot sun and then it likely sat for 9 months with water, in it after trying to clean it out, having likely thrown out the fresh one I'd picked up to replace it by accident after using it once. The first swing tasted weird and the second one I puked and went home. Take care of your water containers

I killed a set of Trickstuff power in a day doing a spicy version of the Sellaronda Hero, 90km and 7120mt of downhill I’m not mad about it, on normal riding they last heaps more I can kill a set in a couple park days tho ( 10/12k mt of downhill ) Hope race, I took them off honestly, same rotors as you and pads but on V4 brakes, too noisy, I just put the Trickstuff Standard and just bedding them in so far they’re silent as How was the noise on the Kahas with those pads/rotors?

hope green are awesome pads... called race pads for a reason. I normally get a couple of park days from a set BUT if its wet you will destroy them very fast like you've experienced. Galfer purple works well as a replacement an last a hell of alot longer. im 4 months on my galfer purples and the rear is basically toast, More than likely ill swap Pads and rotor to rear and get new ones for the front.(8 park days + a heap of local riding + some Queenstown wet laps and thats abrasive asf)

Hey everyone, this is TJ. Tariffs aren't fixed to factory cost, or wholesale or retail. They're calculated based on the specific transaction price. The example we used is accurate for an ecomm purchase, shipped from our warehouse in Canada. If a retailer ordered the same short and we charged them half the price ($100), the same tariff percentage would apply, so tariffs would be $145 for a total cost to the retailer of $245. If the retailer sells that short to a customer and maintains their dollar margin the short would be $345 to the end user - however if...

I hope that tarrifs get presented to us consumers in the "resort fee" or "service charge" itemization fashion for as many products as possible. With that reality staring people glaringly in the face, it will show the remaining sheep that stay aggressively igornant, exactly what the choices of the executive branch are costing them. That will of course be difficult, similarly to the example being discussed above where a dtc brand may pass the tarrif through on a 1/1 basis, but a wholesale/distributorship model has a quadratic price increase as it passes through the line. Maybe if people see the...

Some of you never rode when we had no clutches so the loose, flopping chain smashed against every part of your aluminum bike and the fork knocked in the 1 1/8th head tubes and then echoed through your monocoque frame and it shows. I can barely hear my current bike compared to the 3rd grade marching bands on wheels we used to ride pre-2012. I didn't even know you could hear what your tires were doing for the first 10 years I rode.