MikeGruhler
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MikeGruhler pinkbikeaudience's article
Mar 17, 2024 at 8:03
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Replay: Downhill - Crankworx Rotorua 2024
Damn Bernard, hope you're okay brother.
I made mention about 2wks ago of the issue with bonding aluminum to carbon and the expansion difference between the two. It will eventually delaminate from air travel causing such drastic temperature swings. I heard this was something Calfee a road bike company learned the hard way over a decade ago. They switched to Ti apparently because the 2 were more similar in expansion properties. Atherton's have that advantage, probably more by accident than anything but also they have double shear lap joint on the lug... something like that. It has a pocket that grabs the inside and outside of the tube that it slides into. Not just a hole like a traditional lug.
MikeGruhler mattbeer's article
Mar 5, 2024 at 3:44
Mar 5, 2024
Frameworks' Bonded Alloy Prototype Made by Faction Bike Studio
Alum bonded to aluminum is the way. Carbon bonded to aluminum is not the greatest, the have very different rates of expansion and contraction from heat and cold which can lead to separation. Can't remember which road bike but the had aluminum dropouts bonded to carbon and they were separating from air transport temps. They switched to Ti because it's closer to Carbon when it comes to expansion and contraction. There's a reason Atherton uses Ti lugs and not alum. Bernards proto has me a little concerned but also its showing that it's possible to make it last at least a season.
MikeGruhler mattbeer's article
Feb 25, 2024 at 9:08
Feb 25, 2024
Review: Lewis LHT Ultimate Brakes - Clones or Contenders?
@Acid11: ...and no, it's not a copy. They look "similar" and similar is not a copy. They have clear differences and the part that matters the most, the hydraulics are not copied but they are probably similar because there's only so much you can do with hydraulic brakes on a bicycle.
MikeGruhler mattbeer's article
Feb 25, 2024 at 9:05
Feb 25, 2024
Review: Lewis LHT Ultimate Brakes - Clones or Contenders?
@Acid11: big fucking deal they look the same. They are not the same, you even said so with the "changed internals" comment. The god damn disc breaks, there's nothing special about the shape of a lever body. Trickstuff is not special in anyway except for their ridiculous pricing for something that can clearly be had for half the price elsewhere.
MikeGruhler mattbeer's article
Feb 25, 2024 at 8:48
Feb 25, 2024
Review: Lewis LHT Ultimate Brakes - Clones or Contenders?
@one38: imitation is the most sincere form flattery. The fact they recognized them as there benchmark is something worth considering as well.
MikeGruhler mattbeer's article
Feb 25, 2024 at 8:36
Feb 25, 2024
Review: Lewis LHT Ultimate Brakes - Clones or Contenders?
@ryan77777: No, it's not IP theft. There's nothing special or unique about trickstuff brakes. It's standard hydraulic science that all the manufacturers use. The shape of a lever body and caliper do not constitute IP. If there was patents that were copied then yes but that has not happened here. They don't seem to perform the same either so not sure how anyone can say that. Words matter and the I in IP stands for Intellectual and the exterior design of the lever body is merely a shape that has no performance benefit over another shape..within reason.
MikeGruhler mattbeer's article
Feb 25, 2024 at 8:22
Feb 25, 2024
Review: Lewis LHT Ultimate Brakes - Clones or Contenders?
@suspended-flesh: what IP did they steal? Its a fucking hydraulic brake just like everyone else's hydraulic brakes. There's no secret sauce inside the trickstuff brakes, just standard hydraulic science that is applied in all hydraulic brakes. The fact that it's been stated they are not as powerful as Trickstuff should lead one to believe they are not coping there tech but simply the look of the lever body and caliper.
MikeGruhler mattbeer's article
Feb 25, 2024 at 8:06
Feb 25, 2024
Review: Lewis LHT Ultimate Brakes - Clones or Contenders?
@jimbob79: guess it depends how you look at it. Hayes made the first full hydraulic disc brake for MTB in '96. In '72 it made the first bicycle disc brake for Schwinn. Not sure on the dates with Hope but I know these 2 brands were there from the beginning. Hayes has actually been first to market on quite a few braking systems for multiple industries.
MikeGruhler mattbeer's article
Feb 25, 2024 at 7:58
Feb 25, 2024
Review: Lewis LHT Ultimate Brakes - Clones or Contenders?
@troutquintet: I think you'll be fine friend, people who choose to think that way will never be part of your life so don't sweat the petty shit.
I've always figured it this way. Every company is local to the area they are in, so that means when you buy Chinese made products you are simply supporting that local company and helping the employees of said company earn a living. Sure there is questionable tactics being used but this is no different than anywhere else in time when it comes to manufacturing. It's literally how most the shit we own came into existence. Not to mention there are no truly new ideas just incremental changes over time. Maybe soon everyone will copy the shape of the trickstuff brakes. It's a shape, there are lots of shapes and eventually everything starts having the same shape. Look at most of the cars on the road, maybe 10 different shapes in total with small tweaks for differentiation.