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    Was it a bad idea to run my Specialized Butcher SX tires tubeless???

    I'd like to re-affirm sentiments already echoed in this thread. Despite reading on RM not to run the Butcher SX tubeless, with people saying that it is dangerous, I decided to do it anyways. Well, it didn't work out. I blew the rear off the rim at 35psi landing a little sideways on a hip jump...
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    ironhorse sunday and a smoked rotor got ???

    I'm having much the same problem after switching from organic to sitered pads on my Codes. Ran this rotor for 3 years with organics and the power is worse, and lever pressure required is greater. Have sanded the rotor and pads twice now to no avail. Just wish there were another way to figure out...
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    How bad is Boxxer Race?

    Well there you have it. Do that to your boxxer race and enjoy!
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    How bad is Boxxer Race?

    Out of the box they're not bad. Harsh on chatter and high velocity hits, and you have to run the rebound fairly fast in beginning stroke (parking lot) to keep end stroke from packing up due to being a ported damper. I recently dove into my compression damper and ended up making the fork feel...
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    Tire geeks: Kenda H-factor opinions.

    Hahaha that pic is wild! I just looked at a Telonics, and damn that is actually a decent looking tire. So you guys said they get squirmy when on hardpack?
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    Tire geeks: Kenda H-factor opinions.

    Um we ride VERY differently if you actually run 16/18 psi. However that profile of the Excavator does look enticing. Wonder how it looks on an 823.
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    At last some common sense in bike components!

    The changeup to 150 on a demo was purely to follow the trend for Specialized. Anyone who has riden an older 135 demo has never complained about a flexy rear end that I've ever heard/read. Mine is stiffer than many 150mm rear end bikes I've riden.
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    Tire geeks: Kenda H-factor opinions.

    I really want to be stoked on trying out some Excavators, but the side knobs look half as high and half as numerous as they "should" be in my head.
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    Talk to me Weagle!!

    That is a damn good looking bike.
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    At last some common sense in bike components!

    Haha no agenda. Doesn't everyone who nerds out on technical stuff form an opinion? I have no more than you, just different. My comment was "half in jest, whole in ernest". I think the "pulsing" that a 9t sprocket offers though would be a much more perceptible feature than the increas in...
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    At last some common sense in bike components!

    Don't forget that this would increase all of the antisquats! 100% tacticality would be lost.
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    Funny bicyle related insults

    xc guys: I could ride down that if I was on that bike. Me: Be my guest. (dismounts and offers bike) They never take you up on the offer. Shocker!
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    Switched to Sintered Pads, Codes Fade Now...

    Yeah, wish I'd switched long ago. Fair bit more power with metallic. Still good modulation too.
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    Switched to Sintered Pads, Codes Fade Now...

    Yeah I had a bubble that I just did a quick bleed on about a month ago to get rid of. The line feels rock solid now and doesn't "pump up" when you flip the bike upside down or anything. However, it is literally impossible to get rid of every bubble in these brakes so I bet there's one hiding out...
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    Switched to Sintered Pads, Codes Fade Now...

    Seems weird, no? Codes are about a year old, still on stock fluid. Have some Motul 5.1 that I'm going to put in there tonight which should help. The brakes have considerably more power now, but at the end of a really steep, ~3 minute run, they start fading. I suppose it makes sense that...
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    Loyal Fox 40 Guy Considering a Boxxer

    It should also be noted that 2010 and 2011 dampers must be upgraded in pairs. You have to buy the 2011 compression damper as well as the rebound damper. 2011 rebound damper alone will not fit with 2010 compression damper.
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    shreader sucks!!!11oneone

    Hahaha magnificent!
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    Thoughts on some good tubeless rims?

    False! Crank Bros don't make a DH wheel! They market it as one though. Maybe that's the confusion. haha
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    Thoughts on some good tubeless rims?

    Please do tell of another tubeless Dh rim! I'm always looking for options!