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It's a nitecore p20. It gets worked hard every night and hasn't skipped a beat.

https://flashlight.nitecore.com/product/p20v2

I mount it to the bar in a custom fabricated mount. It took a few tries to get the mount right but in the end even my 3d printed version holds it tight through rough stuff and drops. I subsequently had the mount cnc machined out of 6061 when I had some optical instruments machined.

I often ride after dark in summer due to the heat in my part of the world. I have a great flashlight that I bar mount. It runs on a 18650 battery and I always carry a spare. 

I will probably move it to my helmet when my new ridiculously powerful and heavier torch arrives around xmas. Annoyingly it runs on a different type of li ion battery (21700) but it can take a 18650 in an adaptor so I can still just bring one spare.

Thanks, I gave my friends large a go and it was way too small for me. I was gutted. 

I wonder if there's an aftermarket opportunity for someone to make the silicon fore head bands for other helmets?

It's a shame the Oakley tops out at 60ish cm. It's the perfect helmet for me otherwise. I leak like a sieve, wear rx glasses, and also have a 65cm head. 

Being able to clip my alternate pair (sun or clear) securely whilst on my daily ride would be amazing. The sweat band at the front sounds amazing too. Soaked foam pads are disgusting, and I have to wash them every other day even though I leave my helmet to dry in the sun after each ride. Hopefully other helmet makers adopt it asap. 

I need to get a couple of merino jerseys for my daily rides. I already only wear merino socks winter or summer for every occasion  so I know the benefits are there. It is getting warmer down under and whilst I've been happy riding in my dry fit type shirts, I can totally picture being even happier.

Great article. You have successfully eulogised what seems to be a national institution. 

I really cannot stand the behaviour of opportunistic private equity firms. They rank only behind hedge funds as the worst humans in the world. 

I should know, I spent ten years working in them. 18 months ago I had an epiphany and departed that career. I couldn't be happier. My ex colleagues on the other hand are still miserable.

Sounds just like my situ. I'm 6'5" and 250lbs. My bike was used for a season by a sponsored rider, then sold to me cheaply. It's got full saint and xtr on it. The saint brakes are absolute monsters with the metal pads. I replace the pads and do a bleed every 18 months. 

I've never noticed this wandering bite point issue. Maybe my size makes it less obvious.

That's great to know guys. Thanks. 

I was simply curious about the T due to their prevalence on commodity bikes. Some publications praise their speccing of any mid level sram kit with e bike extras. 

I've only ever used shimano brakes and drivetrain. Not intentionally until recently as I've only bought recent second hand bikes, usually ex store employees. Never a complaint to be had about shimano. I know they're always going to work and have been systematically developed in a typically dogmatic Japanese process that simply cannot be matched by others. Not to mention the patents they can use.

I can't bring myself to consider sram equipped bikes. It's just not worth the risk as if the brakes suck, the drivetrain probably does too and vice versa. Which is a bit of a shame as I would prefer rock shox suspension on my bike too. Although that's not as big a deal as the other stuff.

The cost of replacing brakes and drivetrain far exceeds any cost delta to the next equivalent shimano model.

What are the guide t like? They seem to be popping up all over the place.

It would be surprising if deore brakes weren't as good as they seem to be. Kicking goals in the low end is the best way to do business.

I second this style of inflator. I have one from my cordless vendor (ozito/einhell) and find it invaluable around the farm. 

So easy to use and move around the place. I used it a couple of days ago to inflate a utv tyre so I could limp back to the vehicle workshop. 

I also have a couple of Longacre gauges (ex a motorsport team) for Schrader valves and they're great. I'm not sure if you can get presta adapters for them because this inflator does the job so well.

Do any of you guys have an enduro full face that goes up to 65cm or 25.6 inches? The fox proframe is just a touch too small for me. I know the TLD D3 comes in my size but want something a bit more breezy than a DH helmet. 

I currently run my MX helmet for rowdy stuff but it's just too hot for the pedaling in summer. I think a DH helmet is probably overkill for me too.

I'm looking for a new open face lid. My head is a true 65cm and my LBS has Giro in my size but I was wondering what other lids you guys with larger heads have had success with?

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He said it was from the same factory, and the North Face guys just had someone on site doing QC while their order was made. When he left the factory kept sewing...

The fabrics seemed legit, but the seams were a bit shit.

Haha that's the classic fake sellers story. My Dad was suckered into buying me a jacket by them with the same story. 

Living in a warm and very dry part of the world it still served its purpose for a year until I took it on a fishing trip up north of the state. The first sign of rain and whatever they had sprayed on it washed away. Our battery packed it in so that was a nice wet 4 hours drifting until the other tender found us. At least it wasn't cold.

The moment I got home, I went and bought a proper warm weather breathable jacket. The moral of the story is, cheap chinese stuff only if it isn't critical. 

I hope the op doesn't need the cassette soon. Multiple things I ordered off aliexpress end of April still haven't arrived.