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Im in the same boat with those swayzes Andrew hooked me and I bought out the qbp stock of pink ones. Spray paint and wire kept them on through a wet winter. They are tough to get off (use air!) but reuseable once they are off. Never going back to lock ons.

Careful Andrew, some things in here don't react well to bulletsh.

This method was relayed to me by the SRAM folks. The code and guide caliper uses a square seal to lie flat on the pistons. They get plenty lubed from holding back the dot in the caliper and external oil only gets dirty and can contaminate pads.

Remove the pads and make a two rotor sandwich with some old rotors (you can use the ones on yr bike but you will have to clean them like a maniac jusr use old ones). Stick the rotor sandwich in the caliper and pull the lever till the advanced pistons grip the paired rotors. Use a toe strap on the brake lever clean the pistons (sram guy said use water and DO NOT lube with dot) and leave it for 20mins or so. Remove the strap push the pistons in put the pads back in (clean em first!) Clean yr rotors and put the wheel back in and depress levers till you get pad contact.

This is the way

Ive got a a bunch of cordura and truck tarp and will make some cool ones soon. The ugly ones do the job though!

Ive made a duct tape and cardboard version of a lace cover and it works awesome. Hella ugly tho. I have a picture in my profile but I can never figure out how to post on this site.

Like many here I started riding in the cages era, switched to clipless pedals forever and moved to flat pedals in the last five years. I have been using the shimano shoes for the last two years and have worn through GR9 and GR7 pairs (sometimes my shoes don't wear out but become "permanently corrupted" and are relegated to dig days). I have a fresh pair of gr7 shoes for the warmer weather, and use some freerider EPS shoes for the cold and slop. For pedals I really like the Kona Wahwah2 and have used the scarab as well but I find the Kona has better grip. Im in the "tons of grip pedal" with "pretty grippy shoe" camp, the Wah wah and the shimano sole are great for this. I like the freerider but the sole is too thin for my old man feet, the feel is insane but not rides over 3 hours with those. 

This winter I finally got myself a hardtail for sloppy riding and initially I thought that I would go back to my old clipless set up to avoid getting bounced off. One ride cured me of this delusion. I guess I turn with my feet a bunch because I kept on twisting out of the pedals in tight corners and the stance was super tight. It felt scary. I have only ridden the HT with my super sticky 5.10 shoes on the kona pedals and they instantly felt right at home I imagine the shimano shoes will be good to go for warm/dry hardtailing. 

If only those EPS shoes had a lace cover though, every puddle goes right to the toes.

I feel you on the freerider eps. Ride through a puddle and wait for delayed cold rush to the toes. A lace cover could solve all that.

In my area you can get crushed concrete for $25 for a cubic yard. Its super cheap and sets up a bit after it gets rained on. Im never mixing concrete again.

Andrew go me hooked on the sensus push on grips and I like how thin they are. These look like a lock on solution for us with small hands (treated very unfairly). Can I give up the bespoke superiority of glueing and wiring my grips to my bars though?

I destroyed all my pivot bearing mud riding 2020. Hardtail in 2021 is going to save my squishy bike for the dry times. I don't wrap but I both spray and dry brush based on feelings. I am a terribly un-disciplined human.

I moved my dropouts all the way back to 445 ( as far as they would go) and all of the front end flop is gone.

Its been cool being able to adjust the stays. I had them in the shortest cuz thats what I always do, but setting them at 3/4 length took away some of the floppyness. 

Also interesting on the stem length. I was thinking about going shorter but maybe I should try both.

I tried a real ride rigid and quickly decided I am not a fully rigid rider. Ouch brutal on the arms. I ordered a Marz Z2 from the parking lot. The fork is set at 120 right now and the bike steers weird for sure, I am going to try it at 100 and see if that helps. Its not terrible but floppy somewhat at the initiation of a turn. I also went with the 44mm offset as that was what was available. I think the added stack of the works headset and the longer fork are most likely the culprit.

I'm too cooler-centric for bikepacking this thing is for mud. The bag in the picture just blew a zipper, lame!

Finally I figured it out. Or my crappy phone did. Any how...2021 kona unit with a -2° works headset.  I ditched the spds after one ride and went back to flats and ended up with the chainstays in the shortest setting after trying the longest. 

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I just finished this bike with cast off drivetrain parts and wheels while I wait out an XT crank to complete a build for the squishy bike. It has a Works -2° headset and cush core in the tires in an atempt to make it rip. It's pretty fun but I really suck at the rigid shredding probably just too old but being so I love the clean up.

Pics? What bike is it?

I can't figure out how to post photos here. Sad story.

I just finished this bike with cast off drivetrain parts and wheels while I wait out an XT crank to complete a build for the squishy bike. It has a Works -2° headset and cush core in the tires in an atempt to make it rip. It's pretty fun but I really suck at the rigid shredding probably just too old but being so I love the clean up.

Those will not work or they might. No tubeless bead on the tire. Its not worth the hearing loss...or worse.

I live in Oregon were mtn biking is still a fringe sport and much of our "good" trails (especially near portland) are less than legal and secret within the small group who built and maintain them. Strava ruins these trails by bringing out the crowds. Especially now with travel restrictions and people looking for close to home shreds. I build and ride in a little secret spot near my house and lo and behold there are lots of new faces over the past few months. I politely ask any new folks to turn off strava. The best part is 80% of riders say " whats strava?".