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nation
- Member since Sep 7, 2009 O+
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Flagstaff , Arizona - 38 Followers
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nation henryquinney's article
Jun 24, 2024 at 21:59
Jun 24, 2024
Review: Giant Trance X Advanced - Not Your Parents' Volvo
If I remember, I few years back a handful of Giant Factory Racers were running the cheaper Shimano rotor because it ended up having more consistent heat dissipation so they got better consistency top to bottom on stages that didn’t always heat the brakes up the whole time. Probably a happy board meeting since the racers were using a cheaper part, Giant could readily justify speccing the cheaper part.
nation dariodigiulio's article
Jun 20, 2024 at 7:30
Jun 20, 2024
First Ride: RockShox Flight Attendant Trail Suspension System
I’m so excited for people to refuse to service their FA suspension for three years just like they do with every other $10,000 clap wagon they have in the garage.
nation sarahmoore's article
May 29, 2024 at 4:59
May 29, 2024
Pinkbike Primer: Everything You Need to Know Ahead of Red Bull Hardline 2024
@bikehoarder23: idk some of the stuff being done now feels more like the intended user is the algorithm, not the rider. We know it’s possible to jump that far on a bike, we’ve known that since the early NWD days. A lot of us prefer the organic growth and progression born of the pre-social era, when the measure of who rode well was visible in the style they created on a trail or line, not how outright crazy they were. This feels decidedly like the antithesis.
nation sarahmoore's article
May 29, 2024 at 2:31
May 29, 2024
Value Field Test: Giant Stance - A Great Leap Forward
I can speak to this having sold dozens of Stance’s over the past six years, and while it sounds kinda ridiculous this is a problem from time to time on the Suntour Raidon. I almost always use a zero-loss pump with phased detachment to avoid the bleed-all-the-air-out situation but it’s definitely more likely to happen on this shock than any of the dozens of others we sell and service. Occasionally, the valve core was just not seated all the way causing it to sit higher in the stem than usual whilst still maintaining a seal, but more than one have presented this issue with the valve core fully seated with the issue persisting when the valve core was replaced.
nation dariodigiulio's article
Apr 18, 2024 at 14:13
Apr 18, 2024
Review: 6 Months with the New DT Swiss 240 DEG Hubs
@RadJekyll: sorry for lack of clarity, we’ve had pretty poor experience with reliability, specifically that the innermost hub shell bearing seat is machined out of tolerance causing bearings to walk out or creak a ton. To be fair, the drive mechanisms have rarely presented issues and the hubs are well sealed. People who get a good 1/1 seem to be able to run them forever so I’d wager it’s more of a quality control issue pumping them out in volume at a low cost but still not very confidence inspiring.
nation dariodigiulio's article
Apr 18, 2024 at 8:19
Apr 18, 2024
Review: 6 Months with the New DT Swiss 240 DEG Hubs
@KJP1230: we see a much higher rate of failure on i9 Hydras here at the shop compared to most other high end hubs (except the i9 1/1 which is a total write off for reliability). I will concede that we remember one’s that fail, not one’s that work flawlessly but broken hub axles and cracked drive-rings are normal enough on a Hydra that it’s easy to explain to customers that their broken Hydra isn’t unique. For what it’s worth, we see the most issues on those being run on singlespeeds or high output XC/trail riders (regardless of maintenance habits) almost never on long travel rigs likely because long travel users are way more likely to sit and spin versus hammer up a climb. Pinner Machine Shop make a steel axle for the Hydra that basically bulletproofs it for a small weight penalty.
nation edspratt's article
Apr 13, 2024 at 16:42
Apr 13, 2024
Pinkbike's State of the Sport 2024 Full Rider Data Release
Have you considered the shareholders?
nation dariodigiulio's article
Mar 8, 2024 at 11:07
Mar 8, 2024
Dario's Day 2 Randoms - Taiwan Cycle Show 2024
@kazwei: Ibis has been running BLKBRD Send rims with that profile and structure for almost two years now, not exactly light or very pretty looking but we’ve sold hundreds at our shop and have only seen one dude do any serious damage. Chromag BA30 also have a wide-ish albeit not as wide hook to help with pinches.
nation brianpark's article
Mar 6, 2024 at 10:04
Mar 6, 2024
Brian's Day 0 Randoms - Taipei Cycle Show 2024
@Tambo: username is my actual last name, but thanks. Not been there to try it, only had the chance to at markets in the states.
nation brianpark's article
Mar 5, 2024 at 16:13
Mar 5, 2024
Brian's Day 0 Randoms - Taipei Cycle Show 2024
@Tambo: nationality checks out…
