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Now that so many companies are making things that aren't bottles with mounts for bottle bosses, i.e. tools, tubes, pumps, bags, etc, all bikes, including ,DH bikes should have bosses somewhere, even if there isn't actually room for a full water bottle. Lots of bikes have a second set on the underside of the top tube these days even though usually you can't put a bottle there (bonus for XL frames when sometimes you can). Anybody whose broken something in the top third of the Garbo zone without spares knows the pain...

Thinner bleed block if you don't have SRAM system.

So it's not blowing the seal, it's breaking the piston/retention part. Also the mineral oil vs. DOT question is precisely why dot is better than mineral oil. And the problems are because it is all "mineral" oil while quite possibly being about as different as DOT 5.1 is vs. DOT 5. Maybe selling it as "mineral oil 42xyz" would clear up these issues and would prevent some compatibility issues. You can put mineral engine oil in your car but if it was designed for 0W40 and you put 20W75 in it, the engine won't be happy. Even though it got...

That's good intel. Being a long time SRAM user those are two things I have a habit of doing. Over pressurize the crap out of the system to get that crisp bite point and resetting pistons without opening the system before bleeds. Never had issues across their entire MTB range. Turns out not all brake systems are that forgiving.

Something something about car guys making bikes. Did we already forget this eye sore?

Well now Im just thinking about a cute frog with pockets. Thats pretty valuable in my opinion. Edit: Vital, I saw your email about the cyber Monday deals and I was browsing the Vital clothing, can we get an “Everything is a Crab Bike” shirt?

I'm ready to be downvoted, but here's a hot take - I think most of the $1500+ steel HT frames from "boutique" builders are marketing BS. Titanium is hard to weld correctly, so I'll cut some slack for TI stuff. Al needs to be heat treated. But steel? Your local car shop/welder can penetrate weld. No amount of "custom geo" "bespoke" "compliance" "insert new hot word here" is going to make some welded steel tubes that was aligned on a jig be worth that amount of money. Reynold steel tubes cost 30-40 for a downtube/toptube section.Full suspension alignment is a...

Dura Ace R9200 12 speed was launched August 2021, XTR M9100 12 speed was launched 3 years prior in May 2018. Sram Eagle was launched in March 2016, Sram Red (D1?) 12 speed was launched 3 years later in February 2019. 12 speed was always developed for mountain bike first. wide range cassette bigger than 11-36 were for mountain bike first with Sram XX1 10-42 in october 2012 and 2015 for Shimano M8000 11-42 cassette and another 12-15 month for XT M8000 11-46 cassette. And no road is not 90% of Shimano Sales, I would say 50% is road, 30%...

Shut your damn dirty mouth!

Looks like a XO1 AXS derailleur with SRAM XO1 7 speed cage. You can mess with the limit screws to make it work with that mini block cassette.

Well Magura also uses plastic master cylinders with wood screws...

people in this thread want rube goldberg pistons with magnets and insulation but still say brakes are too expensive

You shut your dirty mouth!

Oh, they have R&D - Rip-off and Duplicate 😉

😂 You’ll never dampen Vital’s enthusiasm for banter