which deore hydros are you guys talking about, the 525 or the 555?
I've got a set of new marta's that seem pretty amazing, except they squeal at the start of rides until you can wear the glaze off of the pads.
the crown race is a press fit arranegment. this means that the race is under constant stress from being on the slightly larger steerer tube. If it has been on there long enough the material might have relaxed to a new large diamter due to the time period of the stress. don't know if it's...
hugi 240's are both cheaper and lighter than king hubs, if you're into that thing. And they seem pretty good so far, they make tons of hub for the high end oem market (bontrager, magura, older hayes superlights, etc). And i believe they use the same basic engagement mechinism from the past...
formula B4sl, they should both be cheaper and lighter. Or maybe just the magura marta, it's only 7 grams heavier than the sl. Or maybe even wait for the new hopes, mini mono, or the avid juicy. The avid juicy are on mountian bike's top products of 03 even though they aren't out yet, so they...
for the carbon post part of the question. I had an easton ct-2 post on my road bike and swapped it with my mtb's thomson because the flex from the post was affecting my ability to spin. I weigh anywhere from 138-147 pounds. The only reason I trust the ct-2 on my mtb right now is that I...
yeah, so far to date I've found that the michelin comp s's are just as good if not better on rocks and roots than anything I've ridden. Plus, they roll really fast and shed mud like no other. I've haven't flatted on these yet and run them at 2.5 bar in the front ant 2 bar in the rear (29 and...
i'm really digging my michelin wildgripper comp s's right now for rocks, roots, and mud. I've had velociraptors and mythos, and so far I prefer the wildgripper for everyday riding. So far they are the best performing tire for mud I've had. They cut through the slop quite well, and shed mud...
for light weight cranks on a budget I'd reccomend the TruVativ stylo team crankset, ISIS, and the Bill Shook ISIS bb. The Shook BB is about 160 grams with a cromoly spindle, hard to beat that. The combo should run about 50 for the BB and another 110 for the crankset. If you don't want to...
yeah, I get that. What I don't get is how long travel forks produce more upward force than non-long travel forks. I can ride a long travle fork, then a non-long travel fork, the forces don't change. The spring rate is lower on the long travel fork because it compress farther. Hell, with a...
If you want to get picky, get two sets of wheels. One light, one heavy, and use the same tires so that you get use to the traction, but use the wire bead version on the heavy wheelset. And don't forget heavy tubes for that second wheelset. It makes for good training. But watch out in the...
how does a long travel fork produce/cause more upward force than a shorter travel fork? The only force that increases is on the headtube, and that is a torque trying to rip the headtube from the top tube and crush the down tube. This is because of hte increase in axel to crown length of fork...
Ohio, can you describe these axial forces? From my understanding, an axial force is a load applied down the axis of a material/structure, I just don't see any. The only additional forces that I can see in a dual crown system versus a single crown system are: an upward force on the stem...
the top cap doesn't maintain the preload once the stem is tightened. The stem does that. the star fangled nut/top cap/nut system are used to compress the stem to set the preload on the compression ring in the headset. So slippage is acceptable in a dual crown system?
I'm a big fan of the michelin wildgripper comp s/lite. They are a good all-arounder, but they don't feel great in the tow conditions you mentioned, gravel and dusty hardpack. For that I would reccomend a front/rear specific tire like the mythos or the velociraptor. I stopped using these...
What a sec. Stress on the star nut?
If I remember correctly, the only thing the star-nut/top cap was for was preloading the headset. In fact I am sure you can take the top cap/bolt off after the headset is properly loaded. One just needs the stem to be torqued down properly. I know this is...
instead of the raceface prodigy crank, the truvativ stylo team is a better crankset for gram counting. And it is said to shift better than the raceface. If you want to drop as much weight as you can I would suggest the following:
-rotating mass, this is the most noticable place to save...
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