Blend profile

Great article. It is certainly cool to know a little bit about the man and the workshop where my favorite bicycle came from.

I can't wait to get back riding my Samurai. Wish I hadn't hurt myself last month :(

It worked well enough for Cam Zink at Rampage last year

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Cam-Zinks-Prototype-Hyper-Red-Bull-Rampage.html

Good buddy of mine nearly finished his Rootdown build. Still to come: Hope 40T-Rex [HTML_REMOVED] Stealth Reverb

The Breadwinner won the MTB category at NAHBS this year. My Samurai 65 build is definitely influenced by the Bad Otis :love:

Looks awesome Flip. The saddle goes really well with the finish on the frame and black components. I'm hoping to have my Samurai65 x Pike combo by the end of the month. Fingers crossed!

Hmm, doesn't this do the opposite of what I want? I like my levers engaging very close to the bar, in other words, lots and lots of free-stroke.

I think increasing free-stroke is only possible with less fluid in the system, but I can't seem to find a way do that without introducing some air into it and thus compromising the solid feel. Bleeding out a little fluid at the lever port as suggested above didn't really seem to affect anything.

You're correct. You'll want to bleed properly with a bleed block, then reinstall the bleed bolts. Back off the caliper bleed bolt a few turns, and pull the lever ~1/4 through it's stroke before fastening down the caliper bleed bolt again. Make sure you don't let the lever return before tightening that bolt or you'll pull air into the caliper. Have a rag ready at the caliper to catch and wipe up the small bit of fluid that dribbles out. This should remove a small amount of fluid from the hydraulic system without getting any bubbles in there.

In theory it should work, but I wonder if your lever wouldn't return all the way to it's fully open position. I guess it depends on what brake lever you're using.

Following up a few months later, I stuck with my original setup 53-39 / 11-25 and it has served me well thus far. Even the Silver Star climb on a regular basis hasn't been too bad. While on occasion I wish I had a couple extra teeth on the cassette on that hill, just gotta suck it up. :dizzy:

I doubt that, more like the only company that can.

That's what I thought too

I've asked this on here before and can't seem to get anyone to answer me. Without searching for the answer, who can tell me what it takes to buy an automatic weapon in the US, and how either the gun control legislation proposed this winter or the assault weapon ban of 1994, effected that?

The fact that the States allows it's people to own automatic weapons boggles my mind. Seriously, wtf? How anyone feels comfortable living in a country with nearly as many guns as citizens is beyond me.

Feral's a reporter for the National Post?

I think farmer was talking about the media. I totally agree, recognizing mass murderers and plastering them across headlines is the worst thing.

I run 23mm Vittoria Open Corsa CX tires on 26mm front, 24mm rear width Enve clinchers. The wider rims definitely make the tires fatter and higher volume than when run on more conventional narrower rims. I run 25mm tires on my Ksyriums because the ride quality of a slightly larger volume tire is very nice and definitely noticeable.

I would recommend Open Corsas. The high thread-count cotton casing is super nice.