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velodonata henryquinney's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 5:54
Mar 15, 2024
Review: Manitou Mattoc Pro Fork - Reversed Arched, Foward Thinking
@jimicarl: Yup, it is indeed the only downside and it's minor, it's really a rack problem, not a fork problem. I use chunks of pool noodles and some Velcro straps, bike ends up, if anything, more secure.
velodonata brianpark's article
Mar 6, 2024 at 9:05
Mar 6, 2024
Brian's Day 0 Randoms - Taipei Cycle Show 2024
Their Presta/Schrader combo version is my favorite chuck ever. But I might try that one for a pump that never sees Schrader valves.
velodonata VHS's article
Jan 15, 2024 at 5:50
Jan 15, 2024
VHS Announces V-3 Chainstay Tape
Instant buy. Previous version works great, looks like a solid upgrade, happy to support a small independent company.
velodonata sarahmoore's article
Jan 12, 2024 at 15:53
Jan 12, 2024
Injury Update from Gee Atherton
Damn. I remember when I got to his age, every time I hit the ground hard I could start feeling the life get knocked out of me. Every year since it gets harder to stuff it back in. And I am by no means worthy to even scrub dung off his tires in riding skill or risk taking.
velodonata pinkbikeoriginals's article
Dec 8, 2023 at 16:51
Dec 8, 2023
Tech Tuesday - HG vs. XD vs. Microspline Cassette Explainer
@thenotoriousmic: Ha, you are a hard case for a guy seemingly unaware that steel is an alloy. I've been enjoying smooth wireless electronic HG+ shifting for years before Transmission was a thing and I can't seem to wear this stuff out so I guess I'm good, but thanks for the tips. Heck I even have a nice monoblock steel cassette on my spare bike, although it's mounted to an HG driver and it didn't come from SRAM.
velodonata seb-stott's article
Dec 8, 2023 at 16:44
Dec 8, 2023
Pinkbike Poll: What's The Least Awful Word That Means 'Not An E-Bike'?
It's become common to see posts about local trail builds being fcuked up by SurRons before even being opened and established trails being poached and significantly damaged by the same a-holes.
velodonata pinkbikeoriginals's article
Dec 8, 2023 at 3:29
Dec 8, 2023
Tech Tuesday - HG vs. XD vs. Microspline Cassette Explainer
@thenotoriousmic: Lol, "vastly superior", right. I'm sure I've got an old X01 cassette around here in an old parts box, and I expect it indeed has some life left in it. I can assure you that durability is the only attribute it has left that I may concede to it over what I am getting from my XTR, although that judgement will have to wait until this sublimely shifting stack actually wears out.
velodonata pinkbikeoriginals's article
Dec 8, 2023 at 1:27
Dec 8, 2023
Tech Tuesday - HG vs. XD vs. Microspline Cassette Explainer
@thenotoriousmic: So you suggest I replace my 12 speed XTR cassette with a significantly narrower range 11 speed cassette from a decade or so ago that still costs basically the same? Thanks, but I'm getting quite good life out of my gear as it is. I don't actually need a forever cassette.
velodonata pinkbikeoriginals's article
Dec 7, 2023 at 11:19
Dec 7, 2023
Tech Tuesday - HG vs. XD vs. Microspline Cassette Explainer
@thenotoriousmic: You're missing my point, a monoblock cassette works just as well, actually better on MS or HG than XD. Any style of cassette construction works well on MS or HG. The design of XD is limiting, and it requires a one piece cassette if it's expensively milled from a chunk of tool steel or an overpriced pinned together stack of stamped pie tins.
velodonata pinkbikeoriginals's article
Dec 5, 2023 at 11:08
Dec 5, 2023
Tech Tuesday - HG vs. XD vs. Microspline Cassette Explainer
Right, no drawbacks. Other than requiring an expensive one piece style of cassette construction or some complicated compromise, and burying the threaded section inside the cassette so a deep and fussy locking device is required. HG and MS are not perfect either, but a simple splined body with a lockring on the end is a more versatile and universal solution.
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