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Maybe SRAM are quietly admitting that most people are terrible at keeping to scheduled service intervals and are playing a bit safe? I think Shimano should have clear bladders and reservoir caps so that riders can bleed their brakes before the fluid goes jet black and blocks the lever ;) 

I can't help think that the whole 'having less oil in the lowers to keep weight down' is a bit of an old wives / husbands / common-law partners tale. The correct amount in all RS 35mm forks is 10ml in each leg (maybe there's an exception) which weighs pretty well nothing. More likely to be a installation / QC error if that happens IMHO.

For 35mm seals, SRAM now say to use the DSG instead of Slickoleum, and around 3ml of 0-30 on top of the air spring piston. The reason being that while the DSG might not feel quite as good straight after the service, it will stay in place much better. The 0-30 will slowly migrate past the air piston which is why they only recommend 3ml. More, and if you don't keep up with scheduled lower leg services, you might end up will too much oil in the lower. This info was from a presentation at Crankworx :)

I wonder where the Bookwus picture near the steep skinny went? Probably on someone's wall!

Looks like something you'd wear when you have a broken ankle.

"This bit is a bit technical" LOL!!!!!11!!1

I think it took us the length of this video to walk down that bit.

They aimed to save weight and it comes in at 54lb? I'm not a hater (more of a piss taker....), but it feels like I'm the only person that 'wants' these bikes to be lighter and with less assist. The turbo type mode on these sort of bikes is just daft. No wonder people take the piss out of them. If someone made a bike that was 40lb with modest assist and a lighter battery (it wouldn't be powering such a powerful motor) then maaaaaybe in a couple of years I'd one for those 'out-there / check em oot' days.

If communication is falling on deaf ears, maybe people should just be proactive and removed them and hide them for a while!

The author of this article talks about vertical compliance but when I sat through a presentation on these rims from Sram I can't remember it being mentioned at all! it was all about twisting motion and not deformation at the actual spoke interface. It's that twisting motion (like an ankle as mentioned somewhere above) that allegedly provides the compliance, not up / down movement.

"Goldilocks growler" - that creates a whole different image for a British person :)

The intro to the article resonates with me for sure. Maybe that's why my twisted mind is telling me that the Starling actually looks more modern than the Zerode?

Posted by: DemonMike

IMO the cost is similar to the early 90,s. I paid $400 for a set of Cook Bros cranks in 94 I think. Typical bike , which was a steel hardtail was $2500/$5000 easily. The biggest issues I see today. There is no contentedness. Companies have followed the IT companies format. New products every 6 to 9 mths. I,m entering my 3rd season on my current bike. Hoping to upgrade the frame sometime this year. Just no idea to what 29er frame. More travel is my desire. There are still companies trickling out their latest .

Yep, I paid around 350 UK pounds for a Bontrager rigid fork circa 1991!! I think my Merlin Ti bar was over 100 quid and I bent it with my bollocks on a BMX track after a few weeks ha ha.

No. I'd potentially be tempted to get one if I was building a trail that was 'out there', to speed up proceedings, but even then I'd probably get something completely different like an E-assist fat bike. I've got no interest in getting the same style bike but with a motor when I have 'sort of...' working legs. And the whole 'you can get more laps in', will be the death of many trails.

I wish I could pack a nice big flask of tea and some delightful scones. What's a gun?

I went from a carbon bar that I'd been using for ages to a Chromag OSX 35 aluminum bar and to be honest I took the Chromag bar back off again after a few rides. Probably great to smash in the park and know it won't fail  but I found it way too harsh for general riding. I went to another carbon bar. Finally I went with the new One Up bar and this is more comfortable still. Sure, there might be some 'mind over matter' going on, but you can physically feel the One Up bar flex a bit when you press down hard on it. Not enough to negatively impact the ride though.

I do wish the industry would just go back to 31.8 though. Instead there will probably be a new 33.9 standard coming along. Or maybe 36 in the middle and 21 at the grips.....

Posted by: TonyJ

Posted by: LoamtoHome

#nodignoride.... maintain the trails you ride and everything is in a better place.

This sounds good in theory......

LOL yeah.... I work on a trail most mornings and to get there I have to walk along an access trail which is used a lot by MTBers to get back to the main road. Sometimes there will be a small tree down over the trail that is easy to move out of the way by hand. As a social experiment I tend to leave the tree where it is and see how long it takes someone to move it as one has to get off ones bike to get over it anyway. It'll often be there for a couple of weeks! Sigh......

" That being said, I do believe everyone should be contributing through donations, trail passes and participating in maintenance"

Especially the ones riding twice a day every day on E-bikes ;)

I'm sad enough to find entertainment in being overtaken on what is now called Skid Road Ascent, yet 'somehow' beat the rider to the top of the full climb. it's worth it for the double-take / look of slight bewilderment when they get to the top and I'm half way through a Clif Bar ;) (I just push up the skidder from BP to the bottom of D'yer Mak'er)

^ Brackentrail isn't DH Primary. It's a multi-use / multi-directional trail that people so happen to like to 'shred' down. Craig's Connector will help get climbing traffic off the top half of the trail, but it's also increasing uphill traffic on the lower half as people now use the bottom section to access CC. Loads of Enduro-Lords go flying down the last bit straight into the path of hikers, dog walkers and also people riding / pushing up. There's going to be a big accident one day.....

Any decent shop should be able to get them easily (we have them but not in Vancouver....). LTP distribute them.

Posted by: cerealkilla_

Anyways, still waiting for some responsible leadership on this.

You'll be waiting a long time. Reps gotta rep. When our local IG superstar 'Check em oot' promotes riding up the Plunge, I guess the shop and companies he reps for think it's perfectly acceptable for him to do this. To be honest if I had an E-bike I'd probably do the same.....but at 8am on a weekday morning and I wouldn't post if all over social media. There were moto rides on Boney Elbows the other morning before the hordes were out, but again they had the sense to do it early and probably weren't trying to sell magnetic bottle cages or whatever.