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Tbo Added a reply to 29r or MX??

2/10/2024 8:35pm

Im sure somebody already mentioned it, but there is a whole lot more to the rear of the bike than just the size of the wheel. CS length, axle path, BB drop, ebike all play in to how a particular rear wheel feels. Then you have to factor in what your terrain is. A bike, the rider, and the terrain...

Tbo Added a comment about press release BikeYoke Launches the Barkeeper Stem, Topper and Aimy Accessories

3/16/2022 5:47am

yup. been running the ProblemSolvers Locking Headset Spacer for years, on all my bikes. It's a 5mm unit. I find it most useful when traveling with my bikes. Rather than removing the bars from the stem to back the bike it the travel bag, i remove the bars and stem together. The Locking Headset spacer maintains headset preload and serves as a reference for remounting the stem. The process requires way less futzing about than removing the bars from the stem.

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Tbo Added a comment about press release Stan’s Introduces Wheels With New M-pulse Hubs

1/12/2022 5:24am

magnets do result in less parasitic drivetrain friction....until they fall out of those little pawls secondary to continuous vibration. On my P321 hubs, this happened twice. On the 3rd failure, I stripped the drive ring out of the hub shell. P321 is a great company and had 1st class customer service, but hub failures are one of the most painful failures to deal with, especially if they entail relacing the wheelset. Maybe I am an outlier....but the only hub that I havent trashed is a CK hub (Onyx, P321, I9, DT, etc all included) Unlike P321 and I9, the CK...

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Tbo Added a comment about video Aaron Gwin Shows You How To Use Your Feet During Braking

1/10/2022 5:56am

there is nothing level about his pedals with this technique. his feet and cranks might be level, but the trailing edge of his pedals is lower than the leading edge of his pedals.

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