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for the people interested in fatbikes..... surly just dropped the moonlander v2. 24 x 6.2" tires (not a typo) and a pinion. https://surlybikes.com/bikes/moonlander-v2

pretty sure this came up on the mtb-news.de forum first…

Little late to this but I finally ended up pulling the trigger on a set of T4 V4's after experimenting with Code RSC's (with and without cascade cams) and a variety of Shimano setups over the past season. I appreciated the modulation of SRAM but the lack of power made them useless on any serious race runs. Kinda the opposite for the Shimano's, constantly locking them up and still didn't have the end-stroke power for big park days. After finally calling it quits on a set of XT lever+Saint caliper+MTX red pads, I ordered a set of Hope's via my...

Been waiting a long Time for these …

Maybe rebranded Pütoline HPX R but it seems to be the new OEM shimano oil as this picture in the pit bit part 2 seems to indicate

Or if it's Putoline HPX R. 😄

Update on the Lewis levers. I contacted all Lewis dealers and none were able to offer parts. I sent an email to the Lewis factory in China and they're willing to sell the parts. All of the small parts combined for both brakes cost 108$+30$ express shipping to Finland. I have no clue how long the actual shipping time will be but hopefully I can test the setup soon. Since the Lewis levers have the same size bearings as TS, the bite point adjuster can be retrofitted to Trickstuff levers by either swapping the part that the pushrod screws into...

So, for what its anecdotally worth, the overnight bleed cup has fixed wandering bite points on multiple sets of shimanos that have rolled through my garage, and provided actual consistent magura bleeds after wiggling the caliper around a bit. I've done it on pretty much every mineral oil brake I've seen on a bike build, or owned (shimano, magura, TRP, mavens) to great success. I now make it a mandatory part of all the bikes I build a season (which could be upwards of 25). I wouldn't dare try with dot fluid due to its habit of absorbing water from...

I'm just about to put up my review of the Epic8 (this week) but have also extensively ridden the Transition Spur, Trek Top Fuel and Transition Smuggler (built light). Overall I'd highly encourage you to look at all of these bikes. Other bikes I'd put on the list include the Santa Cruz Tallboy, Yeti SB120, and the Ibis Ripley. IMO, there is a big difference in bike performance and feel between those chassis that are flex stay driven and those chassis that fully rely on pivots. If you are skewing toward doing a little racing and have a longer travel...

The outgoing stumpy has been a bike I have came back to again and again thinking that might just be the ideal bike for a guy like me

nope, Galfer makes green pads, however they don't make Hope Green pads, it's the only hope pad not made by Galfer https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PILqAiTXFRvbVHVckhjY9?si=ldC5v_MnRRaX… They talk about pads at 43 min into the podcast Claim about brake pads at 47 they say that the green ones are not by Galfer