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And here I am trying not to collect parts for another build. And these products drop , waiting for the higher rise bars:)

Interested for sure .

Not a bad looking shoe. I am a fan of lace covers though. But for drier weather those look worth looking into.

Ordered a 1.5 set 3 tonight in 44/56 . on sale for 49 , add 16 for shipping

Can,t wait to try it out

I loved my 2013 Process, dropper was junk. So was the rear drop out and hanger design .Other than that very fun bike.

Thanks , just need to figure out what size mt Django is.

Just noticed your build , Love it, my bike is 150/120mm 29er with a coil-over in the back. And more than likely a coil conversion for my 36.

How much did the reach change?

Were you getting them locally for $105cdn??

The Death of our sport!!!!! .

Current shoes I got in 2015 and they are still solid, Shimano AM7,s.

I see Bontrager has brought the WaveCel design , supposed to help prevent concussions.

https://wavecel.trekbikes.com/

Posted by: tungsten

love the look of that frame and fork

Drive and non drive side are typically 2 different length due to the OD of the hub flange. with this style they are showing a inner spoke hole and a outer spoke hole for each flange. Looking over the flanges and the specs you would need 4 different spoke lengths using this type of hub. I did a set of straight pulls from DTSwiss yrs back . 2mins to lace up which was nice , just can,t remember how many different spoke lengths I used. I also sourced the hubs and spokes through one source. I gave them my rim info , they did the rest.

I see tricked out ebikes destroying the trails.

No batteries on the bike apart from my GPS and my night lights when needed. I will stick to cables and levers.

you try bigger platform pedals ?

They could machine reference points on OP 1, that they would probe in on the 2nd OP. We do similar on some of our casting products.

I am waiting for digital 3d scanning right on the machine with programing that self adjusts to the core shift of the part.They already have wireless boring heads you can adjust using a phone app. We have self check tooling cycles that will swap out a out of tolerance tooling.

Be cool to see a powdered metal bike , they make connecting rods out of them and they take a ton of abuse.

Posted by: nouseforaname

Posted by: UFO

I have zero knowledge in this matter as you can likely tell, just laymans 'knowledge'.

After the initial programming and loading the billets, what more is there to do than to hit run? 

Posted by: nouseforaname

Pretty sure that's not the way CNC works. Pretty sure there's lots of set up and checking before you get to hit run. And given the size of the pieces being made it's not like you can make a dozen per slab of aluminium.

Haha me either - I'm pretty sure there's a couple of machinists above us ^^.

FWIW - I understand a CNC machine needs calibration regularly. If you just slap in a fresh slab of alu you can't be sure the heads are still in the same place they think they are. Maybe that's not a problem if theres only enough space per plate of alu to make two frame halves. :shrugs: If it was that easy everyone would be doing it?

LOL 31yrs in the trade , Ty is one as well , he the youngster LOL

Posted by: T-mack

Posted by: DemonMike

Is Pole forging their material prior to machining or are they using billet plate? A couple pallet changing horizontals , and probing in a well designed forging they could pump them out pretty quick. With the right equipment and programming they could run lights out.

Yeah that was going to be my next point lol. Wouldn't be hard to pump them out. I'm pretty sure they get them as plates and get the big chunks cut out then use those for linkage pieces.

True , they could water jet all the rough sizes and get the maximum out of the billet. I remember back in the day LOL , there was a mechanic at Blak Dawg. He was working on a full CNC designed frame. Wonder how far he got , He ended up working in a shop not far from Black Spire in Burnaby.

Is Pole forging their material prior to machining or are they using billet plate? A couple pallet changing horizontals , and probing in a well designed forging they could pump them out pretty quick. With the right equipment and programming they could run lights out.

Would love to see the Madonna in person. Let me know when you are back and maybe I can show you some of the Fraser Valley.