Lightbicycle is the DT of rims 
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Oh shitā¦ just found an easton arc 40 to Onyx hub for 350$ā¦ is 40 too wide for 2.5 though?
I guess on the rear it wouldnāt be bad even if it rounded the edges a little bit. Could also probably fit a 2.7 back there.
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ride wide brotha
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I sold my size large Trance in October, and bought my XL of the same bike in middle November of last year. Today was only the third time Iāve had a chance to ride it since then.
Weather has been garbage all winter and with short days and working my M-F job plus most Saturdays at the bike shop means if weather was bad on Sunday there just hasnāt been an opportunity.
Managed to get out to the local mountain for the first time in a long time today. As I expected my technical climbing skills and short burst power have deteriorated from marginal to almost non existent, plus being on a larger bike I havenāt ridden much it was pretty slow going up.
The big bike was much more composed going downhill on fairly technical stuff though! Much easier to maintain good body position through chunky turns, and drops felt a lot more stable.
Set multiple descending PRs when I didnāt feel like I was pushing all that hard.
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10yo is getting into mtb. Heās the only natural bike kid, and I think heāll stick with it. Heās got a rigid Giant XTC Junior 26+ that heās been riding. Iām thinking about a better bike for him.
Iāve got a small 27.5 Brand X hardtail with a cheap Manitou that I built for my wife before she got full suspension. I seem to remember her hating mountain biking more on the hardtail. Iām not sure if I should get the 10yo on a hardtail for a season or just bump him right into FS?
Iām seeing a barely used Spec Status S1 near Crustradamusā¦ anyone have opinions on these? Or a hookup on a S or XS capable mtn bike?
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They are pretty solid bikes. Pretty sought after when released because they only gave it to certain dealers and you never knew why. But seems like a solid, affordable full squish. Using a lot of the old frame and suspension design of previous gen bikes.
Def had seen some of the 160s at a bike park or two.
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If you didnt need more reasons to love Ben
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SRAM finally released their pretty ugly big brakes.
tl;dr claimed 50% more power than Codes, Mineral oil not DOT fluid, recommend you start sizing down rotors to start (marketing stuff was pretty well regurgitated).
$300 a pop for Ultimates, which seems about normal for top of line (though still hella pricey).
They do have the limited-edition āexpert kitā for $600 with this eddie van halen calipers, 4 rotors (at least $200+), 2 sets of pads (metal and resin), pro bleed kit, and adapters. That almost gets brakes down to under $300. I am curious, but not sure I am $600 at this point in time curious.
Arenāt circles flat by definition?
Read the Radavist review, if you havenāt. Not glowing.
gravity brake name must sound like metal band name
Iām getting Magura vibes
As long as they donāt use torx for everything, and plastic in the worst places to crack, it saves them from Magura.
I usually donāt read that site unless someone posts it here.
Two things in first paragraph that make me skeptical: putting them on a 130mm bike, and misspelling RS Lyrik fork. I expect a bit more from Travis. Look what the Radavist has done to him.
That is the first issue like that I have read about.
Also some kind of servowave dealio. Another Shimano patent must have expired (see dubbletech).
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I thought his issues with the brakes were presented well and brutally honest, for an outlet that mostly does puff pieces. Iād be hard pressed to read that review and order from the first batch of these brakes.
As far as putting on a 130 bike, I guess if thatās what heās riding for another test, itāll get 2 birds stoned at once.
bring red splatter ano to next-gen Red AXS plz.
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A new brick and mortar store in my area plans to sell Marino bikes.
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