I was thinking the forks on the crust would break before the dropouts since didn’t they use the same blades as the NFE?
but their IS mount doesn’t have the huge long crack-initiating tail
I’m not sure that’s even the same blade - the Taiwanese forks builders are way more conservative building for discs.
I get such a kick out of that. Ultrabromance had some long-assed insta post about how bikes and parts “only last three years nowadays”. And now jdg got what, one year?, out of Poppi’s signature bike.
Can you link to Ultraromance’s post? That seems like a kinda offbrand sentiment for him, but given the failure rate of small batch bike shit, it’s not surprising that he’d want to massage popular opinion in that direction.
I am seriously curious what jdg is doing to his bikes. He and I are about the same size, and my frames tend to not break. Maybe I leave too much gnar unshredded?
I too am a big bro and have broken every frame I’ve ever used consistently. The failure rate has declined considerably post baby — I ride half as much as I used to. From his gram all jdg does is drive around the country, drink beer, and rides bikes. So lots of miles. I wouldn’t mind being there in my forties.
Okay, after thinking about it, I’ve broken five frames in the last twenty years. That’s about half of the bikes I’ve used for heavy mileage. So yeah, I guess if all I did was ride, I’d probably be wrecking a frame every year or so. Except for my Crosscheck. It turns 7 this month, making it my most durable bike yet. It’s the bike nerd curse: you’ll have a million bikes that are wonderful and last two years, and youll have a Surly that is harder to kill than Rasputin
Here’s the post. Spoiler alert: it’s actually an advert for Paul Klampers.
[quote=ThurberMingus]https://instagram.com/p/BcVYnzhAoEi/
Here’s the post. Spoiler alert: it’s actually an advert for Paul Klampers.[/quote]
Lol yeah, that seems about right. The advertorial is, of course, goofy. Gotta get one up on Grant Petersen if you want to keep drawing the clicks.
When he broke his last custom road bike the first time, I lent him my Kogswell P to tide him over during the repair
He broke my bike too, cracked the BB shell unrepairably
It’s not actually the same fork crown at all, the 1" version looks similar but takes standard 24mm ovalized blades (28 by 20mm)
They have dozens of great options for what blades to use, so got to use nice ones with material in the right places for discs
that’s totally incidental to the real issue dude, it would canopener from braking very quickly with a short tab, instead of fatiguing from riding forces with a long one
the problem is that you shouldn’t put disc tabs on blades that have the same butt/taper profile as classic lightweight Columbus SL
Possible dumb q, but what would be the weeniest fork blades I could get away having disk tab’d for myself?
[quote=ThurberMingus]https://instagram.com/p/BcVYnzhAoEi/
Here’s the post. Spoiler alert: it’s actually an advert for Paul Klampers.[/quote]
My Avid BB7S brakes are holding up better than my Klampers were when I sold them. Klampers last forever… if you’re in San Francisco / LA and never ride in the rain.
[quote=mdilthey][quote=ThurberMingus]https://instagram.com/p/BcVYnzhAoEi/
Here’s the post. Spoiler alert: it’s actually an advert for Paul Klampers.[/quote]
My Avid BB7S brakes are holding up better than my Klampers were when I sold them. Klampers last forever… if you’re in San Francisco / LA and never ride in the rain.[/quote]
I saw some drivel the other day on how the Klampers were the best cable discs ever, and I know people constantly diss BB7s. I suspect there must be so many variables in setting brakes up with all the tiny differences in cables, outers, cable pull and adjustment that anyone’s opinion is no better than anyone else’s. I had to deliberately detune my first set of BB7s when I first got them, they were so powerful.
I think MTB BB7s aren’t garbage, but the road BB7s were generally hated.
klampers, whatever, I’m not spending that much money on a cable brake.
road cable calipers: shimano CX70 (lighter than most any cable caliper), current gen Spyres with replacement pads or Hayes CX.
Hayes CX, always.
I remember being surprised how light the shimano’s were (without resorting to aluminium cable bolts). quoted weight is 159g. Hayes CX quoted weights; Pro is 159g, Expert 195g, Comp 208g.
But a measured comparison puts the CX Pro at 161g, 10g over the CX77 (which puts the CX77 at 151 presumably with pads and without bolts):
The Expert isn’t too hard to come by as a cheap take off, Pro not so much IME, YMMV. Shimano usually cheaper new too.
(edit, you ninja’d out your weight claim 
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Yeah. Shimano looking very solid to me. Could only find one review on the Hayes and it wasn’t good. I’m sure a lot has changed since 2014 tho.
When he broke his last custom road bike the first time, I lent him my Kogswell P to tide him over during the repair
He broke my bike too, cracked the BB shell unrepairably[/quote]
Hilarious, I missed that! Well, sorry about the Kogswell.
[quote=cousinmosquito][quote=mdilthey][quote=ThurberMingus]https://instagram.com/p/BcVYnzhAoEi/
Here’s the post. Spoiler alert: it’s actually an advert for Paul Klampers.[/quote]
My Avid BB7S brakes are holding up better than my Klampers were when I sold them. Klampers last forever… if you’re in San Francisco / LA and never ride in the rain.[/quote]
I saw some drivel the other day on how the Klampers were the best cable discs ever, and I know people constantly diss BB7s. I suspect there must be so many variables in setting brakes up with all the tiny differences in cables, outers, cable pull and adjustment that anyone’s opinion is no better than anyone else’s. I had to deliberately detune my first set of BB7s when I first got them, they were so powerful.[/quote]
People who buy klampers also have Paul cantis. People who buy bb7 usually have experience with hydraulic dicks.