T-mack profile

I loved my Riot too but also was very flexible. Those 2 links need to be 1 piece like the Balance.

Beat me to it

Yup fair, we're just talking. I think when people snap a pic and then post to IG or whatever are doing it for the reasons you mentioned. When someone crawls under a truck or snaps a pic while driving by then sends it to websites, then jokes about being paid, thats different.

Regardless, Its lame that someone would record that and then run to the radio station because they have a hero complex.

Imagine being a music fan in the early 90's, you're walking by a studio or apartment or whatever and hear Nirvana rehearsing Smells Like Teen Spirit for their upcoming album 'Nevermind'. You sit there and record through the door then put it on cassette and mail it to the local news station to play on air before they have the chance to release the album. Fuck them though right? Should have been quieter and not jammed in the epicenter of 90s grunge rock, free world etc etc. Before one of you warriors says they were practicing on private property or try to win an argument with me, I'm only trying to show some perspective here.

I use the Maxima SC1, I buy it from Holeshot Motorsports in Langley but I'm sure any moto shop has it. I cover my calipers and rotors in a plastic bag when I spray it on because it will wreck your brakes. The finished product is amazing though and mud falls off the bike. When you spray with water it beads off like rainex on a windshield. It also smells like bubblegum :)

No out of my truck. I had it in my bike bag after a ride and left the bag in my truck. Made off with my helmet, Garmin, glasses etc

I loved mine until it was stolen :(. Simple display, compact and had great battery life. I have a 530 plus now and although the features and screen are technically better, I still miss the 130.

I ate it so bad on Burke mtn a few months back. Tore quad muscle from smashing into rocks, hematoma in my leg that wouldn't go away etc. I was wearing NF shorts and you can't see a single scuff mark or anything where the impact happened, absolutely mind blowing.

I've been using a chain/Ulock combo that I picked up at the Giant factory sale a couple years ago. I then replaced the pinner aluminum tie down hooks Toyota uses in the bed of their Trucks with a CNC'd piece of hardened steel. So really theres thick steel down the whole line of defence. If a thief manages to get through all of that then he can have my bike.

Posted by: bux-bux

Posted by: T-mack

We had a close call on Thursday night here in Kamloops. Had to evacuate my area, fire was literally across the street and down a block. Scariest thing I've ever been through.

Yikes dood that's nuts. Glad it worked out. I have family in Raleigh and they were on Evac alert too.

Yeah certainly opened my eyes to the dangers of flash fires though! We back directly onto a forest (Juniper Ridge) so my house is quite vulnerable. Planning a sprinkler system is my top priority

We had a close call on Thursday night here in Kamloops. Had to evacuate my area, fire was literally across the street and down a block. Scariest thing I've ever been through.

Posted by: Ddean

Yes Range is hot

Expensive though! A write up I read, cant remember which, suggested that high pivots are the way of the future and only starting to bloom now because one-bys have taken over and a front shifter isnt a barrier anymore. The engineering of the high pivot makes sense to me too.

So many cool bikes!

So funny because Canfield had a hell of a time selling the Jedi because of the high pivot. Didnt see too many around

I've always laughed at the 'CBC CLOSED' signs in the winter. Of all the trails to close in the wet season they choose the most rocky unmaintained trail there is?

I had an XL Canfield Riot with 414mm chaibstays, that bike was hard to ride.

Posted by: earleb

Posted by: SixZeroSixOne

Will people stop publicising Parkgate Park!!!! I won't be able to find my usual parking place there once all the rabble descend on it...🙄🙄🙄

pffft 200+ people at each of the four Fivers per season we had there...so lots of exposure already. Just seems maybe some of them just aren't bright enough to remember so I don't think you need to worry.

Oh how I miss the fivers...

Posted by: Endur-Bro

Burgers and Beers at the Bottom.

Seriously someone should open a Craft Brewery there.

license to print money

Posted by: XXX_er

wouldn't you see scuff marks on the piston bores if they were wearing ?

isnt servo wave just a way of changing the pivot point of the lever for more power ?

I hung that Manitou from the front wheel and it puked all the oil,

while scoping oil amount on line the manual  sez  don't hang it upside down !

Scuff marks no, but deviation in tolerance from wear yes. 

Also my point with the servo wave was that the bits that make up the servo wave are plastic and wear over time, so it wears, the piston can come out further than it should and cause problems hypothetically

Posted by: mammal

Posted by: T-mack

So for those with wandering bite point, how fast do your pads retract when you let go of the lever? My front brake is rock solid and never changes but my pads retract lightening fast, my rears retract slower and have the wandering bite point. My rear is bled perfect, there's no air. If I let the brake relax for a moment then grab the brake, its a rock solid on/off feeling but if I release and grab again super fast the lever grabs further out and so on until the throw is basically non existent. The pads aren't retracting fast enough so when I grab again I'm introducing more fluid into the line. Take a look and see for those with the problem.

The wandering bite is a lever issue, so kinda doubt sticky pistons are contributing. It sounds like you just need to clean the pistons on your rear brake, my rears usually need a good clean at about twice the rate of my front, because they get used way more.

yeah I clean mine every pad change, that being said Ive had these calipers for a few years now and Im wondering if the pistons are starting to wear.

So for those with wandering bite point, how fast do your pads retract when you let go of the lever? My front brake is rock solid and never changes but my pads retract lightening fast, my rears retract slower and have the wandering bite point. My rear is bled perfect, there's no air. If I let the brake relax for a moment then grab the brake, its a rock solid on/off feeling but if I release and grab again super fast the lever grabs further out and so on until the throw is basically non existent. The pads aren't retracting fast enough so when I grab again I'm introducing more fluid into the line. Take a look and see for those with the problem.