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Craziest Bike or Bike Parts!!
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flag jamieridesbikes
Posted: Sep 17, 2014 at 5:42 Quote
drakche wrote:
dingus wrote:
Dat fork

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my university wifi has blocked this under the category 'pornography'. what is it?
flag christianridesbikes
Posted: Sep 17, 2014 at 5:45 Quote
jamieridesbikes wrote:
drakche wrote:
dingus wrote:
Dat fork

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my university wifi has blocked this under the category 'pornography'. what is it?
time to find a new uni. Ours lets us pretty much look up everything. Just a GIF of this guy from new girl spewing in his mouth
flag jamieridesbikes
Posted: Sep 17, 2014 at 5:54 Quote
christianridesbikes wrote:
jamieridesbikes wrote:
drakche wrote:

my university wifi has blocked this under the category 'pornography'. what is it?
time to find a new uni. Ours lets us pretty much look up everything. Just a GIF of this guy from new girl spewing in his mouth
eurgh stupid uni filter.
flag dingus
Posted: Sep 17, 2014 at 12:58 Quote
This bmx racer is a bit unusual.

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flag whattheheel
Posted: Sep 17, 2014 at 13:00 Quote
It's Sherb's old dh bike!!
photo
More or less....
flag dragonaut
Posted: Sep 17, 2014 at 13:16 Quote
whattheheel wrote:
It's Sherb's old dh bike!!
photo
More or less....

Is kinda awesome
flag fantaman
Posted: Sep 17, 2014 at 13:35 Quote
drakche wrote:
whattheheel wrote:
It's Sherb's old dh bike!!
photo
More or less....

Is kinda awesome

B1's where awesome shame the company f*cked them selfs & the company doesn't exist any more.
flag Barkit
Posted: Sep 18, 2014 at 8:14 Quote
Sprag clutch hub with instant engagement:
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Details here

Honestly, even with the extra weight, I think this is fantastic on the paper.

However, I have some serious concern about durability and maintenance (possible regular need to "repack" the hub with fresh oil/grease). Given the high torque involved there, I wouldn't be surprised the sprags develop play pretty quickly due to wear...


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Here's how a sprag clutch work:
--> go to 40 sec to see the mechanism in action.
flag mtbman1980
O+
Posted: Sep 18, 2014 at 9:30 Quote
a greese port would be a smart addition to that design
flag Nobble
Posted: Sep 18, 2014 at 9:34 Quote
I can't see how that won't add a bunch of drag.
flag steve45
Posted: Sep 18, 2014 at 9:59 Quote
I dont want to come across as anti technological progress and all that, but i like the current Pawl/ratchet style freehub engagement.
I love the loud, crisp clicking sound of a good quality hub, for me that has always been one of the iconic sounds of mountain biking.
I dont even care about the engagement time or drag or such, just give me a nice loud crisp click!
flag Mr-Magura
Posted: Sep 18, 2014 at 10:23 Quote
It's been done before, in several different iterations.
I rode the Shimano version for a while.
It's nice seen from a functionality point of view, but all that has used the system so far, either accepted they were pretty heavy, or that they were not all that sturdy.

As far as I can tell, this is no different.


Magura Smile
flag Barkit
Posted: Sep 18, 2014 at 11:48 Quote
Mr-Magura wrote:
It's been done before, in several different iterations.
I rode the Shimano version for a while.
It's nice seen from a functionality point of view, but all that has used the system so far, either accepted they were pretty heavy, or that they were not all that sturdy.

As far as I can tell, this is no different.


Magura Smile

Good to know.

I love the concept but trying one seems to be a high risk, especially because they are claimed to be pricey...
flag Nobble
Posted: Sep 18, 2014 at 11:53 Quote
steve45 wrote:
I dont want to come across as anti technological progress and all that, but i like the current Pawl/ratchet style freehub engagement.
I love the loud, crisp clicking sound of a good quality hub, for me that has always been one of the iconic sounds of mountain biking.
I dont even care about the engagement time or drag or such, just give me a nice loud crisp click!
clearly you've never tried a stealth hub or any other silent mechanism. They're pretty crazy, the only sound from the bike is tires, suspension, and chainslap if you don't have it wrapped right.
flag steve45
Posted: Sep 18, 2014 at 11:56 Quote
I've tryed the DT Swiss, which was very quiet but not completely silent, i really just prefer the loud hub, my trail bike you can hardly here the hub over the noise of the trail/wind, i dont think its the same without, something is just missing.

 


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