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Like many things, I understand the first time is the hardest...

Interesting that you and others have had issues with your OneUp posts.  Perhaps I've just been lucky but the only issue I've had with my V1 or V2 is that the collar sometimes backs off and I get my hands dirty re-tightening it on a ride.  Occasionally I do have to remove the seat to add some air, but other than that they've been really good.  I do lube the stanchion with WPL ForkBoost from time to time, which may help things - but I'm not exactly meticulous...

I tried to go 2-clamp years ago but the ergonomics just didn't work out.  Shame, because I'd have loved to ditch the Shimano wrap-around style clamp that they refuse to abandon for their shifters for a hinged/2 bolt version.  My bars may be a bit more cluttered but I have my brake levers where I want them AND my shifter/dropper paddle well positioned to boot.  That's worth it to me.

As for the dorky ultra-long rear fender, I like having a dry ass.  Less cleaning of the pack is a nice bonus.  No-one comes to me for fashion advice anyway....

I hope he isn't cheap with his mask - asbestos is NASTY stuff!

Galfer is the OEM manufacturer for a few different brands - Magura being one of them.  I remember reading not too long ago that Magura recommends 30 stops from 30kph to bed in new pads.  I've certainly never gone to quite that length, do I do try to get a few good hard stops in and drag my brakes for a little while before dropping in on any trail where I'll *really* need them...

I was hoping to see these included in the test/comparison...

I picked up a set of the Wera hex keys (non bicycle) last year for a pretty good deal at KMS Tools. They were maybe double what you could get a set of crappy hex keys for at a discount retailer, but in addition to being infinitely higher in quality, also offered more range and the colour coding is a nice touch. I've still got Park hexes in my vehicle toolbox but these are a real joy to use.

Ah, Dekerf...  That signature orange & green with the pass through seatstay bridge was one of the greatest objects of my lust in the 90s...  Chris as the builder almost swayed me into a Surface when I bought my Chromag - but I wanted the most aggressive geo I could get my hands on, so alas, that dream will have to wait...

As a shorter person (165cm/75cm inseam) I've been running OneUp droppers for years.  Bike companies FINALLY building frames with shorter seat tubes that allow a rider to chose frame size on reach moreso than standover/overall height has been a huge benefit as well.  Combined, I can run a 180mm drop OneUp V2 - a massive improvement over my first 125mm Reverb.  Keeping ass-to-wheel clearance with smaller rear wheel (mullet) has me an extremely happy camper.

My guess is this is a reference to your hacked cluster for the kid bike.  But if we could somehow bring back the Cool Tool (and have it be relevant)...

Is anyone else experiencing problems with Chrome? I'll fairly often get the following error message when trying to either follow a hotlink to the board (say from the main page of from a search), or as I drill down into a specific post/thread: The page you are looking for is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. If I copy/paste the URL into Internet Explorer it loads just fine. Other times/threads everything loads as I'd expect.

Anyone else seeing this? Solutions as to a fix?

Thanks,

Here's where I pull the "I've owned a 2013 Saint Shadow Plus Derraileur for 4 months now" card and say;
I've tried it, it kind of works, but its definitely not worth you spending your money on buying a product that "kind of works", or trying it to find it doesnt work for you, when there's one that will work infinitely better for the same ching.

Cool - thanks. I'm in the process of building an AM bike and it just sounded really awesome… Not that XT is "bad" by any stretch, but because the shifter is paired with the dérailleur it seemed a natural time to try it out. Or not, as the case may be. I still want to be able to climb anything pretty well so I need that 2nd chainring.

According to everything I've read this is designed as a 1x10 RD. Does anyone know if the cage is too short to be used with a double up front? Tooth restrictions?

I tried the Shimano tech website but all I found was a blow-apart diagram…

Thanks,

I rode it yesterday, and was very impressed.

Perhaps a dumb question given that you were in Whistler, but did you spend any time climbing on it? How pedally is it, say compared to the new 2013 (non-Evo) Enduros that are supposed to climb really well, or the 2012 Enduro Evo?

I demo'ed a 2012 Enduro Evo and thought it was a blast going down - but not that much fun to climb or pedal through rolling singletrack… (mind you, my current bike is a 100mm Titus Racer X so my frame of reference is quite different from that of a shuttle/park/DH guy). I'm looking for a bigger bike to complement the XC race bike but I still want it to be a fun, capable climber.