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07-22-2021, 02:00 PM #5426
Took a spill with my new magura MT7’s and I snapped the little lever stop, in research apparently doesn’t matter. But now the brake is ultra spongy, pull to the bar with no lock up. Bled today and still no change. Never had Magura’s do anything I should be looking for??
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07-22-2021, 02:13 PM #5427
That does seem like it would work well for kids non tubeless rim. Might switch to that next time the tire needs changing. Right now staying above 20 psi seems to be the ticket. But he’s also not hucking stuff yet.
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07-22-2021, 03:51 PM #5428Registered User
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In my opinion if you can get the tire on with leavers the rim needs more tape. When the only option is the Kool stop tire bead jack there's enough tape. That's as burp proof as it gets.
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07-22-2021, 08:36 PM #5429
However, there certainly can be too much tape!
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07-22-2021, 09:25 PM #5430
Mich dh 34 or 22 with the wire bead. One strip of tape, hit it lightly with the heat gun and put the tires on by hand. Off and on as many times as you want and that wire bead pops to perfection wverytime. No squirm, no leak. Theyve got some kind of tech with the wire bead happening . Not sure what it is but its reassuring.
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07-23-2021, 10:39 AM #5431
DT Swiss hub question.
To make a short story long, I smashed my rim on a rock and got a good dent in it. For entertainment I decided to try to straighten it (Sourced new rim at LBS as plan A (You know how hard it is to find a 28hole 29er rim these days?)). I put the pliers to it to straighten it but once straight still had a dent. I rested the rim on the bench and took the hammer to the fucker. So I'm wailing away on the rim and the cassette just falls off. WTF? I looked around and found a spring and a ratchetty like thick washer thing (for lack of the correct terminology). So I put it together, spring, ratchet, ratchet, spring and it seems to work but, really? Is that all there is to this thing? No lock ring, no c clip, nothing to hold it together other than the bike frame squeezing it?You are what you eat.
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07-23-2021, 10:50 AM #5432
That’s it, just a friction fit. The axle basically holds it all together when on the bike. Sounds nuts, but it is as intended. Make sure you get the reassembly correct, though.
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07-23-2021, 10:47 PM #5433
Haha, I landed in Denver 2 wks ago and was assembling my bike in the baggage area. Can't recall what exactly happened but as I was monkeying with the rear wheel the eagle cassette slid off the stans neo freehub. Shouldn't be a big deal except the 6 pawls have to simultaneously be pressed in to get the cassette back on. I keep a tire repair kit now which includes a small dentist size floss for sewing up slashed sidewalls and was able to wrap a loop of floss around the pawls which was enough to get the cassette back on. Crisis everted a baggage carousel 2. Not a fan of the friction fit cassette. I think DT swiss is easier to deal with though.
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07-23-2021, 11:30 PM #5434
Everted.
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07-24-2021, 06:49 AM #5435yelgatgab
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07-24-2021, 12:36 PM #5436
need new rear derailleur on Shimano 11 speed 1x drivetrain
current one is XT medium cage
LBS has XT long cage in stock - will I have to adjust my chain length or can I just swap this on and go?
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07-24-2021, 02:03 PM #5437
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07-24-2021, 02:17 PM #5438
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07-24-2021, 02:31 PM #5439
Thanks guys
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07-24-2021, 03:51 PM #5440
I use a rubber band for the pawl trick
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07-24-2021, 07:22 PM #5441
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07-24-2021, 07:25 PM #5442
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07-24-2021, 08:19 PM #5443
That's true. But measuring that is a pain in the ass, and holding the suspension at that point while trying to size a chain is an even bigger pain in the ass. It's a whole lot easier to just remove the shock and bottom the bike, and it's close enough to not matter on every bike I've done it on.
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07-25-2021, 03:15 AM #5444Registered User
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Howdy experts. I got my Madonna V2.2 last week and it's ridiculously good. Heavy but damn smooth and solid. I thought a Lyrik would be plenty fork for me, as it has been in the past, but I can push the Madonna so much harder than my Patrol so a 180mm Zeb is on its way to me now and I'll cut my losses and sell the Lyrik with just a few rides on it.
The 205x60mm Super Deluxe Coil feels great but the option to convert it to 205x65mm while keeping the 60mm rocker has got me thinking. This option has been confirmed by Raaw, existing owners, and Pinkbike did their review on the V1 with this configuration, and I measured frame clearance with the shock removed just to be sure, so no issues in theory. Maximum travel effectively bumps up from 160mm to 172mm. I believe the 205x60mm Super Deluxe Coil is identical to the 205x65mm but with an external 5mm spacer on the shaft, but I'll speak to the suspension shop I use.
With the current setup I did some hucks-to-flat down stairs with various springs and the Reverse Components sag meter to measure travel, and with a 450 spring I have 29% sag and felt a slight bottom-out (3mm stroke unused according to the sag meter, which must just be the bottom-out bumper fully compressed), but don't feel it bottom-out on the trail so I'm good with that springrate. Here's my question: if I converted to 65mm stroke but kept the same spring the bike should feel and perform the same but I'll just have a little extra travel at the deep end in case I ever get a bit too rowdy, plus have the option to put a softer spring on there for more travel if I ever want to, eg. big park days. Right?
The shock requires considerable disassembly to remove the spacer so I would have my shop do it, so I'm thinking next year when I get it serviced why not just get this done too?
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07-25-2021, 06:22 AM #5445
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07-25-2021, 06:57 AM #5446
Murdered !!! Man thats nice
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07-25-2021, 08:16 AM #5447Registered User
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I know that the wheel has clearance, that's not the issue. I'm just wondering if there's any impact of effectively converting the shock to a longer stroke but (most of the time) running a spring that's too stiff to use all of that new stroke. If it'll still ride the same as its current configuration then I don't see any downsides, but I'll have the option to experiment with a softer spring for more travel if I want.
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07-25-2021, 08:17 AM #5448
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07-25-2021, 08:19 AM #5449Registered User
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My first two bikes were black, and the last two were bright because I just took what was available. I figured if I was going black this time I'd go all-in. I love how Raaw ships the bike with black-on-black decals. The chain was the trickiest part - seems like this KMC one is the only black 11 speed on the market - so far so good. My Zeb is matt black and will have its stickers removed unless I can find someone to make some gloss diecuts. I did consider eeWings cranks but couldn't find them in black and like the full XT workingman's build. Maybe next year if I feel like spending €1000 on cranks.
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07-25-2021, 08:22 AM #5450Registered User
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Yeah that's right, it's just a 5mm plastic disc under the bumper. So I could probably cut it out carefully. Hmm. If I'd thought this through I would have just bought a 205x65mm stroke shock from the start. I'm really happy with the bike as-is but I like to experiment - shorter chainstay chips available for the Madonna V2.2 soon too hopefully. I'll ask Raaw sometime about the shock.
I rode some steeper, slower tech trails today and the bike just ate it up. This is my first 29 and the wheelsize is a more subtle change than expected. The fit of the bike probably makes the biggest difference for me - 25mm longer reach and 60mm longer wheelbase than my 2017 Patrol so more stable but still feel I can move it around fine.
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