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wakaba
- Member since Dec 13, 2011
- Male / 59
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Paukaa , Hawaii - 25 Followers
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Downhilling since... like forever...
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wakaba seb-stott's article
Sep 27, 2026 at 5:12
Sep 27, 2026
Magura's Most Powerful & Precise Brake Yet: The Race Pro
Shi 402/420 on dh-bike. Cheap, no fade, 1 finger lever, black, unobtrusive, great choice of pads, no rub, no squeal, no adapters on 203 rotors, no fake lever travel. No Avid, hope, sram, maguro felt as good.
wakaba mattbeer's article
Sep 25, 2026 at 17:56
Sep 25, 2026
Bike Check: Jackson Goldstone's Santa Cruz V10
It’s an Intense M9 FRO from 2013
wakaba seb-stott's article
Sep 24, 2026 at 13:40
Sep 24, 2026
Beyond Pedal Kickback: What's Really Causing Drivetrain Feedback?
So all bikes designed around imaginary kickback are compromised. All bikes with idler wheels are now heavy, high friction contraptions. Large gear clusters cause kickback. 29 and 32 wheels cause kickback. Underdimensioned shocks cause kickback.
wakaba seb-stott's article
Sep 13, 2026 at 11:01
Sep 13, 2026
Pinkbike Poll: Would You Over-Fork or Under-Fork?
Back on an Intense M9. 23cm rear travel, 20cm Dually fronttravel and 26 wheels.
29 dh bike felt to storky and underforked.
If there is a fork with more travel - let me know.
wakaba pinkbikeaudience's article
Dec 29, 2017 at 12:07
Dec 29, 2017
Sam Pilgrim on Haibike?
@WAKIdesigns: Handdown Sam. Hai-bike is purgatory. I bet..in 3 months a new Sam will reemerge - humble - saved by Spec, god of department store bicyclettes.
wakaba mikelevy's article
Nov 30, 2017 at 9:38
Nov 30, 2017
KMC X11EPT ECO ProteQ Chain - Review
@atrokz: Correct. One of my ancient bikes had a chain running through an oilbath. The chain would run in a case...back to front. Chainwheel and cog always aligned. Both pressed tin. Lasts a lifetime. 100 years plus. Today's bike chains and tooth are not. The bearings essentially run dry, lacking oilspeed and oilpressure and particle embedding bearing surfaces. Running the chain through a small device with brushes and gravity fed oiler attached to frame could extend the life of the three components significantly. I would buy.
wakaba pinkbikeaudience's article
Sep 17, 2017 at 8:00
Sep 17, 2017
Yamaha to Launch Their Own eMTB Lineup
@Intensevp: Yamaha sells Motorbikes. They want to sell you stuff. They dont give a ratsass about access neither do they have the leverage to do something about it. A corp is never genuine. But I would buy a superlight electric street bike built with good dh components.THATS where the gold is and thats where Yamaha lacks total conceptuality and the parts shelves. They know how to bend and weld waterpipe and make cheap plastic covers in blue an white.
Yamahas engine engineering, which is very advanced, is not involved.
wakaba RichardCunningham's article
Sep 17, 2017 at 7:25
Sep 17, 2017
Solving the Dropper Post Dilemma
Making a dropper post mandatory on your new frame is a secret pricehike and adds planned obsolesence to your frame . Thats what this is for. A marketing ploy.
wakaba RichardCunningham's article
Aug 11, 2017 at 1:56
Aug 11, 2017
Magura HC3 Adjustable Brake Lever - Review
So you adjust to perfection. On the next dh your brake heats up, go mushy and your lever hits the bar. No brake.
Not sure that is a good thing.
