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andeh23
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andeh23 Dario-DiGiulio's article
Jul 16, 2026 at 13:57
13 hours
Check Out: Cargo Pants, Tools, Tech, and More
The Maven pad spacer does what you're looking for (for Mavens only obviously), but unfortunately it's sized for the stock 2.0mm rotors. It clips into place, with extensions that fit snugly in the rotor slots at the front/rear of the caliper. The center part of it is thinner. You clip it in place, squeeze the lever a few times, and the pistons advance evenly around it. Then pop it out and install the caliper or wheel w/ rotor.
I'd like to see someone make a version of this spacer for 2.3mm aftermarket rotors. You could easily create different versions for different common calipers (TRP, Shimano, Hope). Running 2.3 rotors in Mavens requires using the stock pad spacer to advance them, then flipping it around and pushing back the pads slightly for clearance, then re-advancing over the actual rotor.
andeh23 Dario-DiGiulio's article
Jul 16, 2026 at 11:28
16 hours
Check Out: Cargo Pants, Tools, Tech, and More
They come with a logo on them, but it's an easy to remove decal.
I have a couple pairs of the integrated version, and they're "ok." My biggest complaint is that they're just too flexy, so that when you clip the types of stiff brush that really hurts your knuckles, they just kind of fold out of the way and the brush hits your hands anyways. They do work well for keeping grass, weeds, blackberry vines, nettles, etc. away though. Also, the integrated ones rotate too easily on their provided grip collars, even with the clamping bolt bottomed out.
andeh23 mikekazimer's article
Jul 15, 2026 at 12:28
2 days
Pinkbike's Tech Editors Pick Their Ideal MTB Geometry Numbers (2026 Edition)
@TheR: I exaggerated my shortness. Jesse is about as far off from my height as the guys. Closest is Matt & Mike. She's typically a size S, the rest are L or XL.
I prefer ~455 reach, ~440+ CS (on MX), 78 STA, ~64 HTA. That happens to put me right around at that 1.8 ratio.
andeh23 mikekazimer's article
Jul 15, 2026 at 9:40
2 days
Pinkbike's Tech Editors Pick Their Ideal MTB Geometry Numbers (2026 Edition)
PB is stacked with tall guys. None of their numbers match us hobbits.
andeh23 jessie-mmorgan's article
Jul 10, 2026 at 17:24
Jul 10, 2026
Pinkbike Poll: Do You Suffer From Arm Pump When Mountain Biking?
@iamamodel: Yeah, I had Maguras and Codes were an improvement from them too. Basically so bad that I left them off the list.
andeh23 jessie-mmorgan's article
Jul 10, 2026 at 12:34
Jul 10, 2026
Pinkbike Poll: Do You Suffer From Arm Pump When Mountain Biking?
While I'm sure there's lots of things that can create arm pump, the two biggest night & day changes in reducing it were stronger brakes (especially going Codes->Dominions->Mavens) and thinner grips (going from 32mm to 30mm for size medium glove). I've also found that most elbow pads with their compression sleeves will give me arm pump within 1 or 2 laps at the bike park, but I'm fine without them.
andeh23 jessie-mmorgan's article
Jul 9, 2026 at 9:53
Jul 9, 2026
Opinion: Handlebar Width is the Most Overlooked Element of Mountain Bike Fit
Interesting. It seems like for this and many other bike geometry elements (ahem... chainstay length), bikes & bike parts seem to be optimized around a size medium person. Works out nicely for me: at 172cm / 5'8" I landed on 760mm bars after a lot of experimentation. I measure my shoulder width to be at about 400mm, so I'm right at a 1.9 ratio. I'd always heard that you should ideally try to set bars in the strongest pushup / bench press width, so interesting that to hear that there was some studies showing that it would be in the ~2.0 ratio.
andeh23 jessie-mmorgan's article
Jun 19, 2026 at 8:12
Jun 19, 2026
Check Out: Very Light Backswept Bars, A High-Rise Stem & The Dakine Slayer Helmet
Makes about as much sense as going from locks to helmets.
andeh23 mattbeer's article
May 28, 2026 at 8:31
May 28, 2026
Review: The EXT Vaia USD Fork is Extra Adjustable, But Lacks Consistency
Slow rebound seems to be a thing among EXT products. I owned 2 of their shocks, both times asked for them to be tuned to "fast" rebound, and both times ran them wide open and still wanted them faster.
andeh23 jessie-mmorgan's article
May 20, 2026 at 11:55
May 20, 2026
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Pinkbike Tech Editors' Preferred Handlebars
I'd have figured there'd be at least one person running French brakes (flat). I have no idea how they're able to pull that off though, every time I've tried, it's excruciatingly painful to my wrists.
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