There's a big fat 2.99 UK pounds sterling waiting here for you when you doI need to buy a lathe
There's a big fat 2.99 UK pounds sterling waiting here for you when you doI need to buy a lathe
Low quantity with expensive tooling, they're going to sell what, a few thousand a year if they're lucky? A production mold designed and machined in China for that foam shit is probably $50k and they'll probably change their product line before they wear the mold out. Its the same reason everything in MTB is expensive, you can get a whole ass dirtbike with a transmission, a motor, front and rear suspension for $3k brand new, because it only comes in 1 size and they can keep selling the same exact thing for decades allowing them to amortize the tooling costs way more.What's the deal with body armor costs?? The new RF Roam knee pads look awesome, like a 2nd generation of the Ambush, but they're $129US???
plus high performance foams like the ones used in armor (d30, vpd, etc) are not inexpensive. also, not all sizes use the same size foam inserts, so there's also that.Low quantity with expensive tooling, they're going to sell what, a few thousand a year if they're lucky? A production mold designed and machined in China for that foam shit is probably $50k and they'll probably change their product line before they wear the mold out. Its the same reason everything in MTB is expensive, you can get a whole ass dirtbike with a transmission, a motor, front and rear suspension for $3k brand new, because it only comes in 1 size and they can keep selling the same exact thing for decades allowing them to amortize the tooling costs way more.
if you only torque'd them to 2 ugga duggas you should try 3Yea, I have to carry the 16mm Allen adapter tool on rides, as my RF cranks are the only cranks I’ve ever owned that will loosen up over time... even after properly torqueing them to 10million foot-pounds or whatever.
I just use my small needle nose pliers to tighten/loosen that cap. A special tool really isn't necessary.@Gary looks like prices went up, my ebay history shows $3.01, damn things doubled in price https://www.ebay.com/itm/1x-Aluminum-Alloy-Anodized-Arm-Fix-Cap-Bolt-Bike-Bicycle-Crank-Chain-Screw-Axis/291731323300?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
nah they just forgot to clean the moldsSomeone ran over some horse diarrhea.....
Then sealant can have custom colors. Including black for old school types.I was thinking yesterday...when the hell is someone going to design a transparent/translucent tire? If I can't have a jet pack, I at least want some freaky transparent tires. Think of the $$$ we'll make selling them to insecure bikers that are afraid their sealant has dried up!
transparent tires would sell super well with the same kind of crowd who buy these cultxvans tire schemesI was thinking yesterday...when the hell is someone going to design a transparent/translucent tire? If I can't have a jet pack, I at least want some freaky transparent tires. Think of the $$$ we'll make selling them to insecure bikers that are afraid their sealant has dried up!
Wrap a condom around your rim.I was thinking yesterday...when the hell is someone going to design a transparent/translucent tire? If I can't have a jet pack, I at least want some freaky transparent tires. Think of the $$$ we'll make selling them to insecure bikers that are afraid their sealant has dried up!
Those look rad! Where did you find those?transparent tires would sell super well with the same kind of crowd who buy these cultxvans tire schemes
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They actually do come in 26 and 29 because 29er bmxes are a thing.Those look rad! Where did you find those?
edit: shit! 20" only
Don't jinx it! I want the "limited edition" grey color Fox 40 that was just announced but can't order it for another month. They better not have made it too limited.It might not beat "custom" but I think I can claim a tie with "limited edition".
I see this along the lines of fancy watches. When I work the NAHBS show it's full of overly expensive stuff no cyclists actually needs. But clearly there are a LOT of people in the world with money to burn so I'd rather they direct it into the bike industry than the watch or exotic car industries.this...
CeramicSpeed's $549 Carbon Derailleur Cage and Pulley Wheels Apparently Save You Watts - Pond Beaver 2020 - Pinkbike
Or maybe you're interested in the $1,700 version with 3D-printed titanium pulley wheels?www.pinkbike.com
You bottom out your shock in 1st gear? (take link out)My experience has been more or less the same as @jstuhlman ... My buddy recently dropped the chain on a local trail here also. He rides a Hightower LT. I have a Nomad V3.
Maybe it has something to do with chain growth curve/wheel path on long-travel VPP bikes (ie, how the wheel rebounds from deep in the travel while the chain is slack).
The wide-range cassettes certainly don't help - my chain gets kinda slack in smaller cogs, and I cut it just shy of jocky wheels going over-center, with the shock bottomed out. Probably not as much of an issue with 7-sp cassettes on DH bikes.
You can buy an aluminum E13 pre-load ring and put it on a Cinch crank. Also, you can add 1mm and .5mm spacers inboard of the preload ring so you don't have to tighten it at all or just barely. Having more threads engaged is a good thing.My RF cinch cranks get loose on my trail bike. Not sure why, they just do. Plus that preload ring-thing is made of plastic so I've already cracked the part the screw threads in.
The grey/white would match my roadbike's Lizard Skins bar tape. 700×23 folding bead available?transparent tires would sell super well with the same kind of crowd who buy these cultxvans tire schemes
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bmx:transparent tires would sell super well with the same kind of crowd who buy these cultxvans tire schemes
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Once every bluemoon, when I do a wheelie drop to flat, which I seldom do these days TBH (bulging L5 disc). Not that is when I typically drop the chain... moving at crawl pace, usually in 2nd gear. My buddy asked me the same thing.You bottom out your shock in 1st gear? (take link out)
I was wrong earlier, there is a 29x2.1'' version actually https://www.cultcrew.com/products/vans-x-cult-tire-29The grey/white would match my roadbike's Lizard Skins bar tape. 700×23 folding bead available?
I don't know if this has been thrown into the hat by now, but.....Presta Valves? 3 threads to do the job of 1? Incompatible with normal gas station pumps or air chucks or pressure gauges without an adapter? Can unthread itself during normal use? Long and gangly stem that can catch debris easier? Moving part on the tip that's flimsy and can get bent? Where do the benefits end, I mean, start?
Ahem... June 27, 2018:I don't know if this has been thrown into the hat by now, but.....Presta Valves? 3 threads to do the job of 1? Incompatible with normal gas station pumps or air chucks or pressure gauges without an adapter? Can unthread itself during normal use? Long and gangly stem that can catch debris easier? Moving part on the tip that's flimsy and can get bent? Where do the benefits end, I mean, start?
Presta in the MTB world needs to be killed with fire. It already laid off a ton of eggs, but a good flamethrower will take care of those too.
None of those really bug me.I don't know if this has been thrown into the hat by now, but.....Presta Valves? 3 threads to do the job of 1? Incompatible with normal gas station pumps or air chucks or pressure gauges without an adapter? Can unthread itself during normal use? Long and gangly stem that can catch debris easier? Moving part on the tip that's flimsy and can get bent? Where do the benefits end, I mean, start?
Y u no CO2 cartridge?So, in this vein, I blame myself for getting an ultralight, compact ‘emergency’ road pump from Lezyne. Had to use for real today for the first time in three years of lugging it around with me, piece of shit. Any pump that you have to thread on sucks, for starters, and then the pumping action gets worse from there. At least I was only trying to pump it up to 70 psi and not 100 like back in the day.
anyone wanna buy this?
ROAD DRIVE
Premium bicycle hand pump built from lightweight, CNC-machined aluminum construction. Efficient and compact overlapping handle optimized for high pressure applications, e.g. road bike. Presta compatible ABS Flex Hose with integrated valve core tool. Includes Composite Matrix frame mount. 160 PSI...ride.lezyne.com
edit: didn’t actually work as ‘slip fit’ in any way. I’ll knock $5.00 off for that.
Good point. But I only had to use one in 4 years and so I'm ok with it.Because they are one and done, generally.
I have serious doubts, on the similar muck-off, my hand-pumps wouldn't seal on the bigger muck-off valve without holding the pump head in place constantly.Not this, then?
Legion VMAX high flow tubeless valve stem seats road tires w/ any floor pump
Wondering how to seat a road tubeless tire with a standard floor pump? You might just need better vavle stems, like these high flow ones from Legion!bikerumor.com
Yeah, I don't care for the screw on at all, over time it unscrews your valve core and then it pops out at the most inopportune time. I have a cool cannondale one that looks like my syncros, but the head is this cool two-way push thing where you push it onto the valve to seal it. Best part is that I found it on the trail. The syncros was asinine because when your fingers are a little numb it's impossible to get the pump head out of the pump body. They figured this out and added a tab a few years later on the same model. My best is my bigger topeak mountain morph. Solid, for around 17 years.So, in this vein, I blame myself for getting an ultralight, compact ‘emergency’ road pump from Lezyne. Had to use for real today for the first time in three years of lugging it around with me, piece of shit. Any pump that you have to thread on sucks, for starters, and then the pumping action gets worse from there. At least I was only trying to pump it up to 70 psi and not 100 like back in the day.
anyone wanna buy this?
ROAD DRIVE
Premium bicycle hand pump built from lightweight, CNC-machined aluminum construction. Efficient and compact overlapping handle optimized for high pressure applications, e.g. road bike. Presta compatible ABS Flex Hose with integrated valve core tool. Includes Composite Matrix frame mount. 160 PSI...ride.lezyne.com
edit: didn’t actually work as ‘slip fit’ in any way. I’ll knock $5.00 off for that.
I have two Lezyne pumps, not that model, and they work just fine.So, in this vein, I blame myself for getting an ultralight, compact ‘emergency’ road pump from Lezyne. Had to use for real today for the first time in three years of lugging it around with me, piece of shit. Any pump that you have to thread on sucks, for starters, and then the pumping action gets worse from there. At least I was only trying to pump it up to 70 psi and not 100 like back in the day.
anyone wanna buy this?
ROAD DRIVE
Premium bicycle hand pump built from lightweight, CNC-machined aluminum construction. Efficient and compact overlapping handle optimized for high pressure applications, e.g. road bike. Presta compatible ABS Flex Hose with integrated valve core tool. Includes Composite Matrix frame mount. 160 PSI...ride.lezyne.com
edit: didn’t actually work as ‘slip fit’ in any way. I’ll knock $5.00 off for that.