schili
- Member since Apr 9, 2020
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Vancouver , British Columbia - 2 Followers
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schili brianpark's article
Sep 25, 2023 at 21:55
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Interview: Vaea Verbeeck on Women Competing at Red Bull Rampage
Come to North Van or Squamish. Women are creeping up to 50% of riders. I was up in burns lake and the shuttle was 50% chicks.
Women are riding a ton. If your local scene is just dudes, than that’s something you need to fix locally.
schili dariodigiulio's article
Aug 18, 2023 at 13:23
Aug 18, 2023
First Ride: The New RockShox Vivid Ultimate Shock
@konadan: Dude, I wasn't blaming anyone... I'm very happy supporting local high quality mechanics and tools/overhead, and paying that money to you guys. Just pointing out that ~$40 for seals materials isn't making the manufacturers rich. You're also right, I just looked at my last invoice, it was 75% for shop time, 25% for materials.
schili mattbeer's article
Aug 18, 2023 at 13:09
Aug 18, 2023
First Ride: Wildwood Cycles Titanium Trail Bike
@misteraustin: It's a steel flex stay, not a carbon or aluminum one. That means that you have a fatigue limit where your stress force is below the limit which an infinite number of loading cycles can be applied without causing fatigue failure.
That doesn't exist for Carbon or Aluminum.
schili dariodigiulio's article
Aug 18, 2023 at 6:49
Aug 18, 2023
First Ride: The New RockShox Vivid Ultimate Shock
@CSharp: The service costs is like 90% labour, 10% parts, so it's not Rockshox/fox who are making money off of service, it's local mechanics.
If you're riding over 100 hrs a year you should definitely learn how to do a lower service on your fork, then it just cost $5 in materials for a bulk foam ring and some oil. It only takes 30 minutes once you've done it a few times and is very simple.
It also definitely makes a difference in performance and longevity.
