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09-01-2021, 07:18 AM #3226Registered User
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Ah, I’ve been wanting to do that one! Good way to clear trail and get a little traffic on the out there stuff. Bummed for ya.
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09-01-2021, 07:38 AM #3227Registered User
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09-01-2021, 08:58 AM #3228User
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09-01-2021, 09:53 AM #3229Registered User
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09-02-2021, 10:37 AM #3230User
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09-15-2021, 06:42 PM #3231
It takes 3 different size hex wrenches to remove an XT shifter from the bar.
And then I need a 4th size wrench to open it up. And I need to open it up because apparently shimano's grease turns to immovable sludge after a year and renders the shifter 90% inoperable, so it needs to be degreased.
Whoever designed these things is bad at designing things.
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09-15-2021, 08:48 PM #3232
A modern hand built DH wheel should never explode like that. Never. Just fucking unacceptable. Literally could have killed one of the most gifted athletes of the next generation.
However many are in a shit ton.
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09-15-2021, 09:52 PM #3233Registered User
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09-15-2021, 10:03 PM #3234
Daprela's run today.
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09-16-2021, 01:34 AM #3235
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09-16-2021, 09:25 AM #3236
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09-16-2021, 09:32 AM #3237
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09-16-2021, 09:43 AM #3238
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09-16-2021, 09:47 AM #3239
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09-16-2021, 09:51 AM #3240
It's 3 (different) bolts to remove the lever from shimano's perch, which isn't removable from the bar without removing the grip. So I could remove the grip, and then I'd only need to loosen one bolt to pull the whole thing off.
Sram, on the other hand, requires removing 1 bolt and doesn't require removing the grip to remove the perch (regardless of what brakes I'm running). I've also never had a sram lever seize up because the grease had solidified.
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09-16-2021, 10:28 AM #3241
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09-16-2021, 10:37 AM #3242
I once ranted about the number of tools it takes to do a handlebar swap (6), but 4 for one shifter is insane. Any cockpit item that cannot be removed without removing the grip is also stupid.
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09-16-2021, 11:10 AM #3243
Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?
Yea, buddy of mine was in the woods too and said it sounded like a gun shot.
What we’re really wondering though is, who was the hottie course marshal consoling him trackside.?? 🤩🤩
My suspicion is that they’re experimenting with carbon layups, spoke gauge, spoke tension to give them an edge with compliance through the rock garden.
I stand by my opinion that a DT Swiss EX511/471 with properly tensioned Competition spokes would have good to ride the next day.
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09-16-2021, 11:23 AM #3244Registered User
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I'm as likely as anyone to mock ENVEs, but from the photos I've seen on RM, it looks like he ripped the tire off just prior to that, then came down hard front first. Sounds like they were pushing the envelope a little too much in terms of low pressure or something... I don't even know how he can rip a DH tire off a front wheel with Cushcore.
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09-16-2021, 11:40 AM #3245
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09-16-2021, 11:44 AM #3246
K = 1/2 mv^2 doesn't fuck around
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09-16-2021, 12:01 PM #3247
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09-16-2021, 12:21 PM #3248
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09-16-2021, 03:26 PM #3249
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09-17-2021, 09:37 AM #3250
I'm kinda bummed about it. The Shimano stuff shifts so nice when it's new, but it just doesn't seem to last very long. The Sram stuff leaves plenty of room for improvement, but I've never had an eagle shifter or derailleur just outright quit on me. I've had plenty die after smashing them on something, but that's different. I've gone through a couple XT derailleurs and now this XT shifter that just crapped out without any impact damage or apparent reason.
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