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flag UpnUp
Posted: Nov 5, 2020 at 11:52 Quote
Anyone would know the bearing specs for taniwha ? I am thinking of replacing mine but shipping costs form Zerode is doubling the price... There are plenty of specialised bearing shops and Im thinking they might just be as good; just need to know the specs.

looking here: https://simplybearings.co.uk/
flag coney
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Posted: Nov 5, 2020 at 15:20 Quote
UpnUp wrote:
Anyone would know the bearing specs for taniwha ? I am thinking of replacing mine but shipping costs form Zerode is doubling the price... There are plenty of specialised bearing shops and Im thinking they might just be as good; just need to know the specs.

looking here: https://simplybearings.co.uk/

Tried asking Rob directly? I mean, it's the biking equivalent of showrooming, but I don't think he'll care tbh.
flag UpnUp
Posted: Nov 10, 2020 at 0:38 Quote
I have a Zerode Taniwha from 2019 size M.

Looking to swap the frame for a size L if anyone is in the market for a M

humm scrap that better lighter and more snappySmile

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flag UpnUp
Posted: Nov 10, 2020 at 0:40 Quote
coney wrote:
UpnUp wrote:
Anyone would know the bearing specs for taniwha ? I am thinking of replacing mine but shipping costs form Zerode is doubling the price... There are plenty of specialised bearing shops and Im thinking they might just be as good; just need to know the specs.

looking here: https://simplybearings.co.uk/

Tried asking Rob directly? I mean, it's the biking equivalent of showrooming, but I don't think he'll care tbh.

willl do
flag tomhoward379
Posted: Nov 17, 2020 at 9:08 Quote
Running a Taniwha or Katipo? Don’t like having two girders connecting your pedals to your gearbox, and want to save some weight?

Here we go...

Carbon cranks for pinion
flag jezsh
Posted: Nov 19, 2020 at 3:16 Quote
tomhoward379 wrote:
Running a Taniwha or Katipo? Don’t like having two girders connecting your pedals to your gearbox, and want to save some weight?

Here we go...

Carbon cranks for pinion

They look great, and would be a nice upgrade however they are pretty hard to justify at that price. Hopefully he can work on the price and I'd be interested.
flag tomhoward379
Posted: Nov 19, 2020 at 7:31 Quote
jezsh wrote:
tomhoward379 wrote:
Running a Taniwha or Katipo? Don’t like having two girders connecting your pedals to your gearbox, and want to save some weight?

Here we go...

Carbon cranks for pinion

They look great, and would be a nice upgrade however they are pretty hard to justify at that price. Hopefully he can work on the price and I'd be interested.

They aren't cheap but they're comparable, even slightly cheaper, to similarly light carbon options from RF and SRAM which, considering these are hand made to order, is pretty impressive. Be interested to know at what price would you be interested?
flag coney
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Posted: Nov 22, 2020 at 19:05 Quote
I made a snap decision over the weekend and picked up a cheap second hand 200mm coil boxxer fork with the idea of experimenting with my taniwha in "full DH mode".

I'm now wondering how dumb that was...before you tell me, consider that I'm currently running a 170mm fork with a 0.5 degree offset bearing without any issue.

So...is this a completely ridiculous thing to do? Please share.
flag h0rnyunic0rnie
Posted: Nov 23, 2020 at 19:46 Quote
Hell no!

If you don’t mind giving up your turn radius and carrying a bit of extra weight, no reason not to.
flag coney
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Posted: Nov 24, 2020 at 13:34 Quote
h0rnyunic0rnie wrote:
Hell no!

If you don’t mind giving up your turn radius and carrying a bit of extra weight, no reason not to.

nice - yeah I'm thinking about park laps on high speed motorway type tracks.

hoping that head tube is up to the abuse...*crosses fingers+toes+arms+legs*
flag h0rnyunic0rnie
Posted: Nov 24, 2020 at 14:47 Quote
Ha!

My concern wouldn't be the head tube, it would be about the front end diving on you, tbh.
flag rockchomper
Posted: Nov 24, 2020 at 14:49 Quote
I wish they would come out with an affordable DH bike with a trigger shifter for the pinion!
flag coney
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Posted: Nov 24, 2020 at 15:22 Quote
h0rnyunic0rnie wrote:
Ha!

My concern wouldn't be the head tube, it would be about the front end diving on you, tbh.

lol yeah it might turn out that way...fun to experiment with but yeah, won't be rushing into full on riding. maybe a new spring needed...we'll see
flag coney
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Posted: Nov 24, 2020 at 15:26 Quote
rockchomper wrote:
I wish they would come out with an affordable DH bike with a trigger shifter for the pinion!

would be sick eh!?!? wonder how much weight they could cut out without requiring the massive 600% range...

trigger shifter I'm OK without. I run the rippergripper kinda sloppy with a bit of play so it's harder to knock through one on impacts...thanks to an average tune job that turned out to be kinda good Big Grin
flag UpnUp
Posted: Nov 26, 2020 at 2:15 Quote
When you can't afford a paint job haha. My taniwha just got a stealth makeover Smile

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