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Apologies for the off topic… but did he say dampener?!?

I still don't understand why people hate DOT so much when it's so much easier than faffing about with different mineral oils...

Anybody posted this yet? Saw the serial number of one of those fox live valve shocks and entered it on the ridefox site as a joke

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7I8ymPNH2u/ TJ from Ohlins Racing confirms that the secret rear shock on Bruni's proto DH bike is using a electronic system.

Excellent nerding nerds. I've enjoyed reading this thread. The thing I'd like to see more nerding out about is brake lines. In my experience if you want a balanced feel front to rear you need to do something to balance your lines or make them much stiffer than stock shimano or magura lines. A rear line on a long bike is 2 or 2.5x as long as a front brake and it makes a big difference in how much expansion you get in that length of line imo. It seems to me that if one brake line is going to...

You can have an open section that's still great in bending. I beams for example. Torsion is where having a closed out tube is very advantageous. Vertical and horizontal stiffness might be up there, but if the whole rear end is twisting then closing out the cross sections would be a good approach. Carbon on aluminum can be a nightmare. Galvanic corrosion is extreme compared to just about anything else if they aren't isolated.

Bike discount usually has pretty great deals for schwalbes at the end of the year...

Bikeinn.com for a lot of stuff that is usually 2x in US.

Thanks! Adding diagram for anyone curious about it

I'll use the rotor to do it with the wheel installed. It's important to make sure the pistons are moving in and out easily before pressing against the rotor to center the pistons, otherwise you'll just be sitting there bending the rotor. On a new/lightly used set of brakes, I'll do some form of the "piston massage" procedure by removing the wheel and cycling the pads in and out with a tire lever or flat head screwdriver to isolate which set of pistons are moving. On a used brake I'll do the same but remove the pads to clean up...

I think so yeah. I do like how the maven caliper stays bolted on during bleeding and bleeding edge is way better too. The bleed port is a natural high spot too which is great. I do wonder how much of a bitch it will be to diagnose a sticky piston further down the track in a maven it's just not as easy to see in. Maximas have a really robust bleed process, it's a bit of fluffing around though. Not only do you remove the levers and ziptie them vertical, you also cycle the pistons completely out to a...

Gave the trickstuff maven combo a decent run. I have a track that will make most brakes fade and will expose problems real quick. I kept the front pure maxima to ensure I defo would have a working brake at one end lol. The triven combo went pretty good to be fair, it's got good modulation the top was muddy and icy and no issue keeping things in check. But of no surprise to me the organic pads left the chat pretty quickly. Lever has more throw than I'd like, no surprises there either. A fun experiement none the less.

It has the same spec as the A1 with the exception of not including a controller and being e-bike certified. Seems more likely to be a new SKU for AXS-integrated e-bikes than an actual refresh.

Looks like RockShox quietly released the next version (A2) of the Reverb AXS. Minor changes, lower price (but remote is not included any longer) and 170mm is still the max. https://www.sram.com/en/rockshox/models/sp-rvb-axs-a2

I mentioned spoke clearance with the Intends earlier, this kindof shows it it’s a non issue with standard steel spokes, but using anything with a larger diameter than normal and you risk hitting the caliper. It’s a beefy boi at 43mm wide. It’s 16mm from pad cutout to the outside towards the wheel. Most others I measured were 38ish total and 12-14mm from pad cutout I ran several wheels and had no issue except for the HAWK30X that are 4.5mm at the base. They just barely hit.

WTF is going on here? Direct link: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6yDjJ-s7Ac/?img_index=8