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Wow, just wow. Killer edit Brett, Rupert and Harrison!

Just some footage we had and decided to make a quick edit. We'll break out the RED next time ;)

Thanks to all who came out and made it a great race! Conditions where fantastic after Fridays rain. Second race in a row we had Hero Dirt. next one is two weeks! Come on out, it's a great time if your in Socal!

vinylmatt88, not to get into too deep of a technical discussion here, there's a lot in the post. Here's our best shot! Saint and Zee share mechanism, so there is no ‘upgrade’ where this bit is concerned. Only XTR has a different structure, the tension bolt mech is basically the same. We think it might be a specific issue with his mech. The bolt comes from the factory with two anti-loosening features, the screw is coated with thread lock and the black plastic block is threaded for an interference fit (nyloc concept), so it requires force to unthread the bolt from the block, vibration is not enough. So re-applying thread locker is approved and suggested. It is possible, but unlikely that his RD was somehow delivered without the plastic block or that it fell off the first time. But when the screw falls out, the block should remain attached, since the bolt can be removed from the cam mechanism without the block even half unthreaded The effectiveness of both anti-loosening features is tied to the quality of the femle threads in the cam unit. It is possible to damage these threads if the mechanism is over-tightened. We have seen riders choose to “crank it up” because they want maximum stability, but the mechanism is not designed for excessive torque. This is the most likely issue with his RD – damaged threads. Adjusting the tension while the cam is engaged could also lead to damaged threads. The assumption is that tension is ‘off’ during adjustment. The service instructions explain that, but good to put out here. NOTE: Short cage RDs have a different torque setting requirement than Trail RDs, if following the XC adjustment you will, in fact, over tension this bolt so this is the key message. Here's a link with some of the images and docs we described. https://shimano.box.com/s/6l81eu0gp7xi5xjf7w8m give our customer service guys a shout our shoot us a message if you have more questions!

Thanks for the love livehardrideharder and the rest of the Pinkbike community. We're stoked you guys are diggin on ZEE.