ratedgg13
- Member since Oct 3, 2012
- Male / 31
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Canmore , Alberta - 15 Followers
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Trail designer / builder.
Former PMBI instructor.
Member of Team RideAround - the worst enduro team you've never heard of.
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ratedgg13 cotic-bikes's article
May 11, 2021 at 9:59
1 day
Cotic's Updated 125mm FlareMAX Gen4 is for 'Up, Down, Roundabout Country'
Can't stop here, its Bat-Country.
ratedgg13 jamessmurthwaite's article
May 11, 2021 at 9:41
1 day
Speculation Arises Around Wiggle Buyout By German Retail Giant Signa Sports
Thank goodness. Leaves a few at least decent options out there.
ratedgg13 jamessmurthwaite's article
May 11, 2021 at 9:41
1 day
Speculation Arises Around Wiggle Buyout By German Retail Giant Signa Sports
@dude-brah: Bike Discount is best in Europe (in my opinion), with Bike 24 being solid now that they bought back out of the Wiggle group, and Jenson USA being decent for north america. I've bought a lot of stuff in Canada from Bike24.
ratedgg13 jamessmurthwaite's article
May 11, 2021 at 9:02
1 day
Speculation Arises Around Wiggle Buyout By German Retail Giant Signa Sports
If they decided to spin CRC back out that would be great. They've been shite since the merger.
ratedgg13 sarahmoore's article
May 10, 2021 at 17:17
2 days
Field Trip: Devinci's $2,299 Marshall is a Capable All-Rounder
@J-Sheridan: the "Shigura" solution is popular by using a Magura lever and master cylinder (one problem solved) along with magura "Royal blood" or other mineral oil (as opposed to stock shimano) along with Shimano caliper. Solves both potential problems if you're willing to put in the work.
ratedgg13 sarahmoore's article
May 10, 2021 at 10:55
2 days
Field Trip: Devinci's $2,299 Marshall is a Capable All-Rounder
@nyloracoftheshore: as above, details copy/pasted from a blog where they examine the issue in detail:
the cause of the problem is the high Shimano mineral oil viscosity at low temperatures (viscosity being, in layman's terms, the resistance of fluids to flow freely; water has very low viscosity and flows easily, while e.g. honey has high viscosity and oozes slowly), combined with the small orrifices of the Shimano levers' inlet and compenstaing ports through which oil flows between the master cylinder and the brake fluid reservoir.
ratedgg13 sarahmoore's article
May 10, 2021 at 10:53
2 days
Field Trip: Devinci's $2,299 Marshall is a Capable All-Rounder
@J-Sheridan: if you google shimano wandering bite point you'll see that it's not related to servo wave - I can verify based on being the owner and mechanic on dozens of sets of shimano brakes of different levels. Details copied from a blog discussing the issue:
"the cause of the problem is the high Shimano mineral oil viscosity at low temperatures (viscosity being, in layman's terms, the resistance of fluids to flow freely; water has very low viscosity and flows easily, while e.g. honey has high viscosity and oozes slowly), combined with the small orrifices of the Shimano levers' inlet and compenstaing ports through which oil flows between the master cylinder and the brake fluid reservoir.
ratedgg13 sarahmoore's article
May 10, 2021 at 9:36
2 days
Field Trip: Devinci's $2,299 Marshall is a Capable All-Rounder
Its a cylinder issue hence the "Shigura" solution.
I've had it on several generations of Shimano brakes and never found it to be a huge issue.
ratedgg13 sarahmoore's article
May 10, 2021 at 9:34
2 days
Field Trip: Devinci's $2,299 Marshall is a Capable All-Rounder
All Shimano brakes have the possibility of wandering bite point - it has nothing to do with the specific models but rather a cylinder issue.
ratedgg13 ben-cathro's article
May 9, 2021 at 9:18
May 9, 2021
Video: How To Not Build Illegal Trails with Ben Cathro
@Jvisscher: Sorry, I'm honestly not sure what your reply is trying to say. Could you please clarify?
