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It doesn't work, trust me:(

If you want to know the basics of heat treating and tempering look into blacksmithing. Different metals give different results when heated and quenched. Metals like copper become harder and more brittle when worked so heating it to its critical point and quenching it makes it soft and pliable again. While high carbon steels, like the ones I work with as a knife maker, become harder and brittle after being brought to critical temperatures and quenched. Those steels then need to be tempered by heating to a specified temp and let soak for a period of time to bring the hardness back down. If you are serious about wanting some more information on heat treating check out Kevin Cashen's, a Master Bladesmith, web site. or do a google search for heat treating a specified steel. HT is not a dark magic, but it is a confusing subject. I have been making knives for 3 years now and even though I grasp the basics of HT I still send my blades out to the professionals to make sure it is done right.

I lived in Winnipeg for 10 years, I hate winter:p

Normally VODs make me want to ride, this one just makes me cold:( Its nothing to do with the riding, its just that winter is finally starting to set in here in Eastern Ontario and the sight of snow makes me shiver

Shop pumps take a beating, they get used by every Tom Dick and Harry that comes in looking for air. They get kicked or thrown into the corner when they are in the way, and they pump up more tires in a week than most home pumps do in a year. If a pump is lasting a month in a shop, there is a good chance it will stand up for 4+ years under normal home use. That is just my personal experience. I have a cheap MEC pump for home use and have had it for 10 years now and all I had to do with it is replace the hose and head because a mouse chewed through it one winter in the garage. The shop I worked at had the same pump and it died two month after getting it.

The biggest mistake people make with Torx is buying cheap. Unfortunately the torx that come on most multi tools fall into thay category.

As a bike mechanic I hated them, especially the smaller ones. The problem was that not everyone had quality wrenches or knew how to use them. If I got a nickle for every rounded out torx rotor bolt I had to deal with in my 10 years as a bike mechanic I would have been rich. I did find the trick to removing stripped torx rotor bolts though, if you smack them a couple times with a hammer it will normally push the metal back into shape so you can get the bolt out. It is a one time go though because there is no way you could ever get it back up to proper torque, the metal becomes too soft.

Is 11 speed really needed? I know that we have said the same thing about 8 and 9 speed, but it really seems to be getting a bit much. I never had a complaint about 8 speed and was happy with it, I didn't really see an improvement when 9 speed forced 8 speed off the top of the hill, but I have never had a problem with 9 gears either. Yes I broke a few 9 speed chains, but that was more from user error than "thin chains". Before long I will be the old curmudgeon because I am not upgrading and staying on top of all the advances. I like what I got and I will ride it till I drop or can't get replacement parts.

Why didn't they just ditch the Torx axle and stick with a good old 6mm allen wrench? Every rider worth their salt carries a set of allen wrenches with them and then Magura could have left the wrench that sticks into the axle off too saving how ever many grams. Just my thoughts on it when I saw it.