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  1. FlipSide

    Wanted- Modern day Selle Italia Flite Like Seat.

    The Selle Italia Flite has been my go-to saddle for about two decades, but has now been replaced by the Chromag Trailmaster LTD. IME, this saddle is phenomenal, especially on a hardtail.
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    2024 racing thread

    Horrible frame failure. Nightmare material... It looked even worst in the live feed, in which it seemed the frame spontaneously snapped on landing. On this video from the side of the track, it seems to have happened in two steps. The frame first cracked on landing, then split completely right...
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    Tubeless sealant questions

    I've used Stan's a log time ago, when I first started running tubeless. I then switched to my home-brewed sealant for well over 10 years, with great success. I have recently purchased some Stan's sealant again. I agree the 2024 Stan's seems quite different for the original version.
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    New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?

    2023 Norco Optic. I am quite happy with how it turned out. I tried to go with Canadian stuff as much as I could, with Weareone rims, North Shore Billet stem, pedals, brake adaptors and UDH, Chromag saddle and steertube spacers (lol), OneUp bars, chainring and chainguide, RaceFace grips.
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    Loam Pass

    North of Québec City in the Valcartier Military base. It's closer than all the others centers, so it's a nice place to punch quick laps after work.
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    Loam Pass

    I know offering a Québec pass was in discussion, but Covid stopped that project AFAIK. An unlimited pass for E47, SDM, VBN and MSA would be awesome. Personally, I am taking the SDM, E47 and Castor passes again this summer.
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    New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?

    I tried fatbiking for the first time ever last weekend. I went to E47. It was a lot of fun, but different than my expectations. I was quite surprised by how slow rolling it was considering the optimal conditions. I also found the rental to be a bit overgeared for my taste. That being said, I was...
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    Big Caliper Little Rotor vs Opposite

    Somewhat related to this thread: I happen to have sets of G2 RSC, Code RSC and Mavens Ultimate at home and I measured their weight yesterday evening. All brand new sets (F + R) with stock pads and uncut lines. No rotors, no bolts, no bar clamps, no plastic pad spacers, no adaptors. G2 RSC...
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    Frankenbrakes and brake improvement discussion

    My experience with Sram brakes: - The first gen Juicy7 made by Formula (?) in 2006 were fantastic. I still have a set in perfect working condition on my commuter. - The Juicy7 from 2007 were meh. - I still run a set of Guide RSC from 2018. They are great brakes. Not the most powerful, but...
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    PSA: In Stock / On Sale

    Thanks for the head's up! MEC are having the 5/10 Freerider Pro Mid VCS at 46% discount: https://www.mec.ca/en/product/6020-338/freerider-pro-mid-vcs-cycling-shoes?queryID=d48354238ea5d50b9b7e8ca257beb34f&colour=Core+Black%2FSolar+Red%2FGrey
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    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    In the past few years, Jenson had a system where you pay essentially the equivalent of the canadian taxes and the package shows up at your door, without anything else to pay. I stopped ordering from Jenson because it seems they cant ship any SRAM/Easton/etc. to Canada anymore. It was becoming...
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    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    Some companies have ridiculous shipping rates. Cascade Components comes to mind. IIRC, they charged me >50$CDN for shipping to Canada. On top of that, they are using DHL, just to be sure their customers will get ass-raped by ridiculously expensive brokerage fees. Yay! Shipping from the US to...
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    Who makes Hadley Racing Hubs ???

    I heard the new website is scheduled to be launched in two weeks.
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    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    Unfortunately, I don't. :)
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    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    Same. As things are, I will never use up my 27.5" tires backlog unless I go mullet on my next enduro bike. I really need to work on myself and retire my tires sooner. I generally decide to retire a tire when it gets dangerous. I have always done that for some reason. I spend stupid amounts of...
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    2024 racing thread

    The way I understand it, the move to Norco is a pre-retirement, where he starts building the team he intend to manage full-time after he retires. Steve Peat took the spot with Santa Cruz, so Greg needed to find another place. He will certainly want to get good results, but I can imagine...
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    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    I agree the correct and only necessary term is "Bike", or "Mountain Bike". "Amish Bike" has the merit of being funny. "Muscular Bike" has the merit putting a certain emphasis on the power source. "Analog Bike" is just stupid and useless. "Acoustic Bike" is by far the worst and I can get...
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    This is what's right with The Industry®

    Yeah I'm a sucker for high engagement hubs too. (Offline) - Huh? What's that? Ah, ok, thanks bud! That was Kidwoo calling, strongly recommending an O-Chain to alleviate the issues of high-engagement hubs with the frame's suspension action.
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    This is what's right with The Industry®

    I still like loud hubs. In the early 00's, I really loved the sound of the Ringlé Abbah DH (36 POE) and I still do. I also really like the sound of my RaceFace Vault (120POE). Now that bikes are more quiet than they've ever been, I'd be super interested to try an Onyx hub.
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    This is what's right with The Industry®

    The most obnoxious hub ever. I currently have a Profile Elite BMX hub on my Standard 125R (cromo) and it's pretty loud. I previously had that hub on my Intense Podium XLT (hydroformed alu) and it was simply ridiculous how loud it was on that frame.