Yeah I'd go with another brand and call the day off.I mean I’m maintaining a fleet of 4 bikes between my wife and I and there’s two brakes to bleed on each bike. With doing top ups 1-3 times a year on each bike as pads wear or get replaced yeah I basically wear out a plastic cup once a year.
Another brand of cup? Cause we’re a combo of hope, magura, sram and shimano. And I think the shimanos on my trail bike have had the bleed cup on them the least (well I guess the hope doesn’t take bleed cups and the magura has its own special one cause the thread is different). The srams need top ups the most often to keep feeling tight.Yeah I'd go with another brand and call the day off.
instead if overfilling the system every tine your pads wear. Remove the rotor from the caliper either by removing the wheel from the bike or caliper from its mount (whichever is easiest) then manually advance your caliper pistons to give back closer pad clearance. This will also benefit you in that you'll actually be able to push the pistons fully back when you do finally replace the pads.I mean I’m maintaining a fleet of 4 bikes between my wife and I and there’s two brakes to bleed on each bike. With doing top ups 1-3 times a year on each bike as pads wear or get replaced yeah I basically wear out a plastic cup once a year.
Nah you gotta do both you make sram not feel like shit.instead if overfilling the system every tine your pads wear. Remove the rotor from the caliper either by removing the wheel from the bike or caliper from its mount (whichever is easiest) then manually advance your caliper pistons to give back closer pad clearance. This will also benefit you in that you'll actually be able to push the pistons fully back when you do finally replace the pads.
You'll also avoid the chance of the overfilled oil fucking seals if you force the old pads back flush when swapping pads.
Hope and shimano share the same cup threads.Another brand of cup? Cause we’re a combo of hope, magura, sram and shimano. And I think the shimanos on my trail bike have had the bleed cup on them the least (well I guess the hope doesn’t take bleed cups and the magura has its own special one cause the thread is different). The srams need top ups the most often to keep feeling tight.
Yeah. Like I implied. Your brakes might need replaced with something new/ less shit. (or an overhaul)Nah you gotta do both you make sram not feel like shit.
On the contrary Maguras are great for me. I love their bleed screw finger tight goodness. Bleed so easyHope and shimano share the same cup threads.
SRAM doesn't. But if you want to use a cup system simply remove the lever syringe plunger.
Maguras bleed ports are a fucking awful plastic push fit design. And 1Nm threaded plug. So shit I'd honestly throw the magura levers in the sea rather than use them myself. (I absolutely hate the LEGO style lever shape/feel too though)
Another brand of cup? Cause we’re a combo of hope, magura, sram and shimano. And I think the shimanos on my trail bike have had the bleed cup on them the least (well I guess the hope doesn’t take bleed cups and the magura has its own special one cause the thread is different). The srams need top ups the most often to keep feeling tight.
I wonder if the quality is exceptional
all in one kit with metal fittings for the price of one shimano cup
thats the one this lewis brakes company recommends for theirsI wonder if the quality is exceptional
Oooh, "produced in small quantities", that's only one step down from "bespoke".Maybe you need the Abbey Tool of bleed cups.
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we have a different interpretation of "linkage driven single pivot". aka falling rate.$999 for a US made frame, WO shock-
I was browsing US Amazon and Ebay and got feeling that there's really not much real mtb part that anyone would by. Seemed mostly aliexpress dropshippers or some Walmart equivalent mystery quality shit. Jenson had some super discounts but everything seems mostly just more expensive compared to Bike24, Bikediscount, Bikecomponents, Yourmomsabike, shops in Europe.Is there any reasonable or interesting bike parts that would be little cheaper to buy in US compared to Europe? Anything to especially look after? 72CAD billet bleeding cups from the northern neighbour?
You are correct. And some stuff is still cheaper even with the $50 shipping. Especially if you need multiple things. I have an order for my wife’s bike in the way now with dominions, continental tires, and the 2mm thick galfer floating rotors and with shipping it was over $80 less than the best deals I could find in the USA.
What? Dealer cost on Dominions is just over $200/set...It can be nuts. When I got my Dominions, I got the brakes, rotors and adapters shipped out of Germany and it was cheaper than the dealer cost of just the brakes in the US.
What? Dealer cost on Dominions is just over $200/set...
You got brakes + rotors & adapters shipped from Germany for less than that?
440.00.What? Dealer cost on Dominions is just over $200/set...
You got brakes + rotors & adapters shipped from Germany for less than that?
Australian online shops want $80 AUD for Dominion A4 sintered pads. R2-bike.com has them for $33. Its a fucken jokeYeah I got my Dominions from Europe for ~330/set shipped. Retail US was like $300 each at the time.
It seems most all Australian bike shop owners require ways to fund their new specced out Raptors.Australian online shops want $80 AUD for Dominion A4 sintered pads. R2-bike.com has them for $33. Its a fucken joke
Fixed for youso everything tries to kill you and bike EVERYTHING is more expensive than in EARTH (with our sheep rooting brethren the exception) ?
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But the wholesalers try to move away from customers-It seems most all Australian bike shop owners require ways to fund their new specced out Raptors.
Hes done me well tbh often. Warranty and deals.But the wholesalers try to move away from customers-
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Really?Hes done me well tbh often. Warranty and deals.
When I was a grom they refused to warranty my cranks due to abuse. They literally bent in a berm the first weekend I rode them.Hes done me well tbh often. Warranty and deals.
Well, did you abuse the berm??When I was a grom they refused to warranty my cranks due to abuse. They literally bent in a berm the first weekend I rode them.
Well, it was an Oz berm after all, it probably would bite you or spit venom at you...When I was a grom they refused to warranty my cranks due to abuse. They literally bent in a berm the first weekend I rode them.
Nah but I did abuse the importer. Even the shop was apologetic hahaWell, did you abuse the berm??