TEAMROBOT
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about press release Commencal Launches the New 2021 Meta AM 29
6/23/2020 9:04pm
The weight sure doesn't help you if you have to climb 5000+ vertical feet in a day, but weight isn't the only variable. The reason pros ride heavy bikes is that they aren't willing to make the tradeoff for lighter-weight tires, suspension, brakes, wheels, tire inserts, and handlebars. Sure, pedaling an extra 5-6 pounds takes its toll, but how much does not having traction slow you down? What about worrying all the time about pinch flats? What about not being able to slow down? Everything is a tradeoff.
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alloutprodux Liked a reply to forum topic When was the last time you had to hack a mountain bike repair?
6/23/2020 6:15pm
I just started riding again after @ 2 decades off the bike, so being a cheap bastard and not having a quiver of bike tools anymore, I used Phil Kmetz's hack to seat tubeless tires with a $10 home depot pump sprayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxNWiLQKxOs and Neko Mulally's priceless tip to use a shop vac extension tube to seat a headset race onto my fork: (can't find the link but it worked like a charm!)
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Cougar797 Liked a reply to forum topic When was the last time you had to hack a mountain bike repair?
6/23/2020 6:15pm
I always carry a small rubber cement tube and a few patches with me. I fixed two other riders tires on the trail in one weekend due to those bigger tears.
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adverse_cal Liked a reply to forum topic When was the last time you had to hack a mountain bike repair?
6/23/2020 10:00am
Broken Hope Tech 3 lever clamp. No local stores have spares, it's a Friday arvo and a brand new bike.. so scoured the warranty warehouse I work in for something that would work...boom...bmx stem face plate! Hacksaw to cut it down and I'm set for weekend shreds! 
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bizutch Liked a comment about video Are Flat Pedals Less Efficient?
6/23/2020 9:59am
Real world it goes back to the old school thing with Ned Overend & Tinker Juarez on stand up climbing versus seated. Your heartrate while seated climing is an average of 10 beats slower and efficiency over distance is not just cumulative, but has an exponential effect where you're less fatigued at the same speed. I equate flats and clips to that, but with something in the range of 100,000 variables that can raise your heart beat once you throw in a trail. If you're clipped in, you're using entirely different muscle group firings than on flats. You're running your...
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F1234K Liked a comment about video Are Flat Pedals Less Efficient?
6/22/2020 8:51pm
From what I have read in studies so far over the years, flat pedals are either the same or more efficient (when mountain biking). I think there is some misguided opinions on this Just like when high pressures in tyres was thought to be a good thing when mountain biking (because it worked in road biking). In comes Pro Core and then everyone else... The reason low pressure tyres work so well in mountain biking is because it has exactly the conditions that road biking or a static bike do not have. Need a test that is done in the...
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video Are Flat Pedals Less Efficient?
6/22/2020 8:49pm
Spoiler alert: enduro and downhill guys don't wear them for pedaling efficiency.
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coyoterun Liked a reply to forum topic When was the last time you had to hack a mountain bike repair?
6/22/2020 8:45pm
crap! I use a XTR, am I too excessive?
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TEAMROBOT Added a reply to When was the last time you had to hack a mountain bike repair?
6/23/2020 10:01am One time I borrowed 8 rotor bolts off a wheelset and forgot to put them back on before a ride, leaving 2 rotor bolts per wheel. I rode for maybe 2 hours before my bike started to make a horrible knocking noise and pulsing when I braked. Turns out I'd ovalized the bolt holes for the 2 bolts that were...
Velocipedestrian Liked a reply to forum topic When was the last time you had to hack a mountain bike repair?
6/22/2020 8:39pm
I'm using an XT shifter with the ratchet tooth filed off and release trigger removed as a dropper lever. Simple but effective.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about photo original_Knox_10.jpg
6/22/2020 2:43pm
I bet this looks even gnarlier in person.
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pohsoonteng Liked a reply to forum topic When was the last time you had to hack a mountain bike repair?
6/22/2020 2:42pm
Also here's one we did of a Shimano R7000 shifter for a dropper post. Actually dremelled the wrong thing so we just took it apart and rebuilt it with parts from a cantilever brake, shock bolt, etc... We have since done another R7000 shifter and made sure we dremelled the right thing this time round, so now i have a spare... Frame was also drilled for internal dropper cable routing with a piece of camelback bladder hose and black electrical tape as a guide 
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J1br0ni Liked a reply to forum topic When was the last time you had to hack a mountain bike repair?
6/22/2020 2:41pm
I managed to crack a brake lever mount due to a crash, and with no income had to find a solution to keep shredding. Came up with this reinforcement that seems to be holding just fine, since the plate I made supports the side of the lever under compression. To make sure everything stayed solid, I removed the pivot in the lever clamp and replaced it with a screw which holds the lever and the plate together. A slight bonus to the plate is it makes a nice spot to put my thumb when doing longer fire road climbs, I...
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NorCalNomad Liked a comment about video Building a Bike Park
6/16/2020 6:24pm
Luckily for snow summit they won't even have winter loading soon.
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sspomer Liked a comment about Feature The New Santa Cruz 5010 V4 vs. the Old 5010 V3
6/16/2020 6:23pm
you're on to something. we kept it on the DL as much as possible, but definitely rode by plenty of people who didn't notice anything.
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jason0simon Liked a comment about Feature The New Santa Cruz 5010 V4 vs. the Old 5010 V3
6/16/2020 6:22pm
nah. Cushcore is the only way to support those things if it's really the tire one wants to run. Around here we call em the EXOonooooooo for a reason :-)
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about feature First Ride: Burgtec Enduro MK3 Stem
6/16/2020 11:01am
I believe new Thomson stems use 3mm allen heads. I've always loved Thomson but the new stem bolts are horrible.
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TEAMROBOT Added a comment about video Two-Minute MTB Fork Service with Lee Trumpore
6/15/2020 1:37pm
I finally tried this and it took no time. I was just barely able to do it without removing my brake caliper. Fork feels better, and I think the total time needed was maybe 5 minutes. Feels like cheating, and I don't know why this would be a bad idea.
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Pop_Marius Bogdan Liked a comment about Feature MEGA Range: SRAM Eagle Goes to 52 Teeth
6/13/2020 9:56pm
42-52 wtf?!?!
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TEAMROBOT Added a reply to is more expensive stuff worth it ?
6/13/2020 9:00am Great list, Jeff231. I totally agree. Beyond those products, it all becomes tuning the parts on your bike for your personal preference, like bar width and angles, bar height, stem length, which brand of pedals you're comfy on, which saddle you like, tire inserts if you want them, etc. And those items aren't really about "upgrading" as much as they...