boyslikedirt
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boyslikedirt mikelevy's article
Jul 3, 2018 at 16:27
Jul 3, 2018
First Ride: Santa Cruz's New 5010
You already see the stiffness issue being chewed over with carbon wheels and spoke tension
boyslikedirt mikelevy's article
Jul 3, 2018 at 16:25
Jul 3, 2018
First Ride: Santa Cruz's New 5010
@acali: You just need to run the housing a bit long and zip tie it to the bottom of the bottle cage, still plenty of room to flex under travel and no rubbing. Santa Cruz still deserve a gold medal in my book for putting bottle cages and threaded BBs on most bikes.
boyslikedirt pinkbikeaudience's article
Dec 4, 2017 at 21:17
Dec 4, 2017
2017 Pinkbike Awards - Component of the Year Nominees
@RedRedRe: Yeah, never heard of them, they do sound like a big deal though and you sound really good at racing bikes.
boyslikedirt pinkbikeaudience's article
Dec 4, 2017 at 14:20
Dec 4, 2017
2017 Pinkbike Awards - Component of the Year Nominees
@RedRedRe: Who?
boyslikedirt AJBarlas's article
Aug 16, 2017 at 20:02
Aug 16, 2017
Specialized Update Enduro for 2018 - First Look - Crankworx Whistler 2017
@bridgermurray: Santa Cruz and forever
boyslikedirt mikekazimer's article
Jul 6, 2017 at 8:22
Jul 6, 2017
e*thirteen TRSr SL Carbon Wheels - First Look
@Niko182: I 2nd that. Since switching to carbon I haven't gone through a single rim where I would go through a couple alum a year.
boyslikedirt mikekazimer's article
Jul 6, 2017 at 8:21
Jul 6, 2017
e*thirteen TRSr SL Carbon Wheels - First Look
@HobNob: I wonder if you, or anyone else has issues with denting alum rims? I would go through probably two alum rims a season until I got on E*13 carbon rims (mine are the older version). Since then I have smacked the rim plenty of times, and plenty hard, but have never had damage. I'm confident I would have had to replace alum rims if I hit them that hard, but two seasons on they are still holding tough.
I totally get that people have issues with carbon, but for me, they have been fantastic.
boyslikedirt mikekazimer's article
Jul 6, 2017 at 8:16
Jul 6, 2017
e*thirteen TRSr SL Carbon Wheels - First Look
Are you drunk? Be honest...
boyslikedirt mikekazimer's article
Jul 6, 2017 at 8:15
Jul 6, 2017
e*thirteen TRSr SL Carbon Wheels - First Look
@petehaddock: "As for being easy to service, yeah they are once you have bought the specific bearing removal tools from e13 because they design the hub shell to purposely stop you using a regular bearing puller/socket and hammer/whatever."
I work at a shop and have serviced these with a wheels manufacturing tool, but any bearing press will work. Also, they are using standard bearings now, not angular contact. Durability seems to be much better on the newer hubs.
