mine is also shimano, aren’t they backwards compatible?
What have you broken on your bike recently?
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just checked, you‘d need a SW-EM800L + EW-AD305 adapter to connect to your EW-SD50 system
Yeah, thanks for that info! It really comes down to that motor controller. So switching it to the EM800L would make a left hand dropper lever (under the bar) possible.
The right side has AXS shifter. Nothing else will fit under the bar with that bad boy. It's just that big. But it is awesome!
HAHA I know right?
The TwinLoc is pretty cool. And to be fair, Scott spec'd the bike and all it's handlebar gadgetry as good as they could at the time (I think it's a 2019?). The problem occurs when you want/need to change something (Or break something) that's when it goes all pear shaped. Then good luck with all the tiny ass torx screws and proprietary Scott parts.
One DD Maxxis Dissector, died an early death on Apex.
Maybe you hit a rock?
I don’t hit rocks, EVAR
Simultaneously too much psi and not enough psi. It's like the Twilight Zone at that place.
When too much psi is also too little then the casing is too lightSimultaneously too much psi and not enough psi. It's like the Twilight Zone at that place.
I really should have just brought the Mullet rear wheel with the DH casing, DD wasn't enough.
The casing is *always* too light at Apex. Regardless of what casing it is.
We sold those solid foam tires at the bike shop.The casing is *always* too light at Apex. Regardless of what casing it is.
Cog wheel on mrp g3 chain guide ...broke in half..so not much first time usually I tear the back of it off...
Man, that reminds me of how in the late 90s/early 00's every DH track was littered with little orange MRP wheels that would fall off their OG chain devices.
Lmao totally forgot about that...old boomerang style. Stepped urtethane for dual ring for the cool kids
I broke 2 more spokes on the drive side of my rear wheel. That brings the count to at least 6 on this wheel, all on the same side. I was talking to my mechanic friend, and we both think it's because Fanatik laced it 3x/2x. We're going to relace it to 3x/3x because I'm not especially fat or shreddy. I shouldn't be able to break spokes that consistently.
Where do the spokes break?
Inside the nipple, right at the end of the threads. Every time. They did use washers, but the spokes don't feel like they're double butted. New ones will be.
I had a Hope wheel a few years ago that broke every counter-clockwise spoke on the left hand side at the J-bend. I replaced them as they broke and once they were all replaced it never happened again. I always wondered whether it was crappy original spokes, some issue with the lacing or a manufacturing issue with that hub. It was only the left hand side and only the one direction.
My theory: the builder overtightened the spokes to center the wheel and released tension when it was realized. But the damage to the spokes was already done.
Brutal slow mo of UV affected bars dying *edit* aluminium bars. Still horrific
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Paging @FuckCarbon
paging @i've beat on carbon bars for years and had less problems than with aluminum...
Looks like it.
I've never even seen al bars break like this. At clamps, yes but not like that. That's a fucking disgrace, renthal.
I'm just really glad that sharp bit isn't what hit him in the chest.
I've probably seen more renthal carbon bars break than anything else current (not counting eastons 10+ years old), but those fuckin losers can't even make aluminum bars?
Kind of interesting, because I always use aluminum bars and never think about their age or inspect them...Looks like it.
I've never even seen al bars break like this. At clamps, yes but not like that. That's a fucking disgrace, renthal.
I'm just really glad that sharp bit isn't what hit him in the chest.
I've probably seen more renthal carbon bars break than anything else current (not counting eastons 10+ years old), but those fuckin losers can't even make aluminum bars?
Yeah every couple years for alloy bars. Technically carbon bars should be more fatigue resistant than alloy ones, but I'd replace those sooner. Like immediately. And install alloy options.
See my broken Renthal stem from earlier in this thread that failed because of bad process planning, a worn out machine and bad quality control, that behavior is usually endemic in a company.Looks like it.
I've never even seen al bars break like this. At clamps, yes but not like that. That's a fucking disgrace, renthal.
I'm just really glad that sharp bit isn't what hit him in the chest.
I've probably seen more renthal carbon bars break than anything else current (not counting eastons 10+ years old), but those fuckin losers can't even make aluminum bars?
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Their mtb arm is a disgrace
Their stems are bad. I'd hoped that a company that's as well known for making aluminum moto bars could figure out an MTB one.
You ever check out the wall thickness on moto bars?
You really can't fuck that up, even if you try. Even beautiful bubbly monarchy-driven casting voids couldn't demean that standard.
Although if anyone were to do it, it would be renthal.
Renthal is like the intense or ibis of the moto world. Pretty colors, fancy ideas, too much money, and a quick realization that pretty colors and marketing is where all their investment went.