E Thirteen carbon cranks!
Dude needs to be put on suicide watch when he gets home
What have you broken on your bike recently?
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Dude needs to be put on suicide watch when he gets home
Business plan:
Join e-13 groups
Put life policies on carbon crank owners, even an injury policy would yield...
Wait..........
Join e-13 groups
Put life policies on carbon crank owners, even an injury policy would yield...
Wait..........
One of my riding buddies loves E13 stuff for some random reason (I'm guessing cause it's cheap, a couple pieces came on his YT, and he likes matchy-matchy?). He's got E13 carbon wheels, carbon handlebars, stem, and some other shit I'm sure. He's also an X-ray tech who occasionally sends us photos of X-rays taken from people making poor life choices. Apparently he doesn't see the irony in that combination.
I don't know, because we are different people? I used my old Azonics as press tools.
I've tried all the sizes from 7/8" to 35mm with various sweeps from 4 to 12deg backsweep and nothing stops the hand numbness, so I went for the one that feels best in the rough bits, for me that is a bar that doesn't feel like it flexes.
Stupidly I can't run my favorite bar because I had the stack height made a lil high on my current frame and the bar is only made in 35mm rise, white people problems.
I thought you were going to say that he X-rays his e13 parts to check they are safe to use.
Just a note on some E13 parts that I use and like :
-Base 35 stem : I have three on my bikes. I wanted a forged, wide clamp, reasonably priced stem in black and they fit the bill. After running the 1st one for 2 seasons I grabbed a few more when they were on sale cheap.
-Base 35 bar : It was 36$cdn on sale for a 400g straight gauge 6061 bar in 35mm rise and the angles I like. Why not? Nothing special to report after a year. In fact it feels better than the higher-end 7075 Deity 35mm aluminium bar that it replaced.
-Base composite pedals : I have tried many of the most popular composite pedals, and theirs are tied for my favorite with the Deity Deftrap. Maybe even better than the Deity.
-TRS+ A/T Trail tires (MOPO compound) : hard to find 1050g trail casing tires with a great compound. The rear weeps a bit of sealant but the sidewalls are quite used up. I tried them because they were inexpensive compared to most other brands (and I like trying new stuff), but they are my favorite tires ever. I have Kryptotals on my other bike that I have yet to try though.
Form what I've read online, I'd stay away from their cassettes and carbon parts though.
-Base 35 stem : I have three on my bikes. I wanted a forged, wide clamp, reasonably priced stem in black and they fit the bill. After running the 1st one for 2 seasons I grabbed a few more when they were on sale cheap.
-Base 35 bar : It was 36$cdn on sale for a 400g straight gauge 6061 bar in 35mm rise and the angles I like. Why not? Nothing special to report after a year. In fact it feels better than the higher-end 7075 Deity 35mm aluminium bar that it replaced.
-Base composite pedals : I have tried many of the most popular composite pedals, and theirs are tied for my favorite with the Deity Deftrap. Maybe even better than the Deity.
-TRS+ A/T Trail tires (MOPO compound) : hard to find 1050g trail casing tires with a great compound. The rear weeps a bit of sealant but the sidewalls are quite used up. I tried them because they were inexpensive compared to most other brands (and I like trying new stuff), but they are my favorite tires ever. I have Kryptotals on my other bike that I have yet to try though.
Form what I've read online, I'd stay away from their cassettes and carbon parts though.
I have 3 of their cassettes now. They work fine. Make sure your derailleur has the range (wouldnt work right on my canfield until I got a longer cage derailleur), but otherwise, yeah they are a little goofy to get around patents…but they work. Many races and miles. Havent had one wear out actually and its been at least 3 years for the first.
Not possibru!
Probably look like a spiderweb
I did prevent this from going back out..lmao 3mm below the top pinch bolt...did his suspension and saw this....he's been riding it this way and did it himself, thought it was ok..
told him I'm removing stack height he can get a riser bar lol..or do a policy on him too..lol
told him I'm removing stack height he can get a riser bar lol..or do a policy on him too..lol
I had a shop cut a steerer tube short on me once by a bike shop, had a spacer machined with a clearance hole for the top bolt, worked fine. Won't let shops cut steerer tubes any more.
Renthal Fatbar aluminum 35s work great for me. They are offered in 40mm rise too.
Shop did that to me too, after I showed them and taped where I wanted it cut.
They were also doing something else, I forget what, but they did it for free as some sort of compensation.
I'm a friggin idiot and should have asked them to buy new uppers for it; it was a Fox 36 factory and they cut it short enough that I could only run one spacer.
Never went back to that shop. The owner is "friends" with some in our group and they couldn't give the run around, don't order stuff etc etc. Not sure why they keep entertaining them...
For most bikes 7.5" plus is a good length to cut steer...it's sellable and transferable...
Anything under that someone has to verify
Anything under that someone has to verify
I can't buy anything used, 6" long HT FTW!
I the past I had to buy a frame with a sub 4" HT coz I cut a brand new fork too short, oops.
FWIW: Deity makes the Copperhead stem with a stack height of 30 mm. There are others out there as well if you have a too short steerer tube. Syntace makes the Flatforce stem that has 27 mm stack height and is thought to reduce the handlebar heights on 29" XC bikes. Some folks run it upside down when needing to compensate for a too short steerer tube.
Anyone have issues with XT rear derailer "sagging" the chain? If you look at it from the side, it's like it's not keeping chain tension. Like the return spring on it is jacked. This is both clutch on and off mode. You can manually pop it back into having tension, but it never keeps. I've never seen this before. And I can tell in the shifting. This is on a newish XT like maybe 2021 model.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!
Not sure about it doing that with clutch off, but otherwise sounds similar to what happens when the clutch needs greasing.
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yeah that's a roached clutch
I had all of my shimano ones do that at one point
can you still adjust the new ones? If so, do that
I had all of my shimano ones do that at one point
can you still adjust the new ones? If so, do that
Theres a little spring in there that needs replaced! A good mtb shop should have the springs in stock.
It's a fiddly job to replace, but fairly straight forward, and it is good that the clutch is serviceable unlike the SRAM ones which once roached are "go buy a whole new derailer" territory.
Thanks guys. I may just crack it open and see what I can do on my own. But I'm def no stranger to activating warranty from the big S.
I broke off the lower derailer pully/jockey wheel on a Saint. A looooong time ago. Didn't even know it. Still shifted and everything (not that you shift that much on a DH bike). Then, one day I was in the garage, I was admiring my IH Sunday, and noticed something is off. Hmm....Shimano replaced it, no questions.
I'll have to look into it. But their warranty was/is def tiered based. So if you get XTR, Saint, they were longer warranty periods. Not sure these days.
I broke off the lower derailer pully/jockey wheel on a Saint. A looooong time ago. Didn't even know it. Still shifted and everything (not that you shift that much on a DH bike). Then, one day I was in the garage, I was admiring my IH Sunday, and noticed something is off. Hmm....Shimano replaced it, no questions.
I'll have to look into it. But their warranty was/is def tiered based. So if you get XTR, Saint, they were longer warranty periods. Not sure these days.
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4th one of guys I know ...finally something scarier than carbon cranks ..
I quit saying I told you so after #2 and started before they were riding them.
Glad I have CARBON cranks...lol
You guys know me well enough that if I remove something it's out of respect for a friend.
I quit saying I told you so after #2 and started before they were riding them.
Glad I have CARBON cranks...lol
You guys know me well enough that if I remove something it's out of respect for a friend.
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looks like his cranks took the advice of his seatstay sticker 
is there a darwin thread going on anywhere?
is there a darwin thread going on anywhere?
The failures we've seen with those cranks prove you definitely can judge some things by the cover. I mean shit, that design seemed bad in the 90's...
So would they design it to instead of raise on middle to let boats through it would break in center to replicate failure..and take out a boat
Is all that rubbed off paint made to look like a nice patina, or does he regularly cartwheel that thing through the grape vines (before ride wrapping it)?
It's California I quit asking along time ago ..Is all that rubbed off paint made to look like a nice patina, or does he regularly cartwheel that thing through the grape vines (before ride wrapping it)?
It was a limited edition run of Capras IIRC, with "distressed" paint.Is all that rubbed off paint made to look like a nice patina, or does he regularly cartwheel that thing through the grape vines (before ride wrapping it)?
what part of "these are new" are you not getting?
looks like the cranks jumped on that bandwagon
hey bullcrew, ask him if I can sand on his carbon handlebars a bit with lady makita so they match that frame
and yes I know he has carbon bars because sensible people with a concept of their own personal safety don't buy those cranks
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