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  1. spocomptonrider

    Frankenbrakes and brake improvement discussion

    The question remains. Can a turd actually be polished? ^dgriff, they certainly require some pedantics in order to achieve a proper bleed. My shop curses me to the point where I don’t even ask them to bleed them anymore, I’ve achieved a proper technique (I don’t be ticklin or nothin) finally...
  2. spocomptonrider

    Battle of the crabonz

    https://seekmtb.com/collections/rim-only/products/transcend-29i-rim-only Been running these on Onyx Vespar for a year and been pretty happy. But they’re not the absolute lightest if that’s what you’re going for.
  3. spocomptonrider

    New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?

    screw the fat bike, tell me more about that 911. Swoon.
  4. spocomptonrider

    What Fork To Get?

    dude, wow. That is an insanely concise and well written answer. Even a dum dum like me could understand it without feeling totallystoopid (even though I am). Fantastic stuff.
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    Documentaries....

    Here’s another one you might like.
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    What Fork To Get?

    So dumb question here, and I hate making the cliche motorcycle comparison... but if inverted designs are really that much worse why does every high end motorcycle use a usd fork? I realize that weight isn’t as much of an issue but at a racing level it is still important, and with the r&d budget...
  7. spocomptonrider

    Documentaries....

    Some super nerdy 90’s models...
  8. spocomptonrider

    What Fork To Get?

    while I do agree re: inverted forks in general, from my armchair engineer perspective it would seem that a brace on the riders left side should provide less noodling of the fork against braking forces. Would it be as rigid as, wait for it, a standard brake arch and non-inverted design? I don’t...
  9. spocomptonrider

    What Fork To Get?

    moar stiffness and available with a real mans front axle, a fork made for the monkeys? Kornelius VonKapfinner strikes again. I am a fan of its strange German aesthetic, sort of want. What’s wrong with me?
  10. spocomptonrider

    Frankenbrakes and brake improvement discussion

    ^thanks for the informative post, unfortunately I can’t wade through that forum as ich bin Ausländer und spreche nicht gut Deutsch. I stand corrected, don’t know why I thought he was at the helm of TrickStuff also. The above answers clear this up perfectly. The guy strikes me as the...
  11. spocomptonrider

    Frankenbrakes and brake improvement discussion

    Discovered a frankenbrake by none other than Cornelius Von Kaplfinger himself. He’s running a TrickStuff lever married to a Magura caliper. A bit of a head scratcher really because; I was under the impression that ZOMG TRICKSTUFF IS THE GREATEST BRAKE EVERRR!1!!11!!!! And also so far as I...
  12. spocomptonrider

    custom tool boxes

    definitely not mine haha. Just a million dollar race setup for NASCAR I believe, I just found the photo on Al Gores Interweb...
  13. spocomptonrider

    custom tool boxes

    Im dyslexic. I was thinking L handles not T handles. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy, more tools, need bigger box, bigger box, need more tools and then one day...
  14. spocomptonrider

    custom tool boxes

    if you went full nerd and ran your pliers in order ascending by size (longest ones on bottom maybe) would that give you enough room to nest the t handles in between?
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    Random new bike thread

    Homeboy just shredded this thing to a 3rd place finish at wind rock in a stacked pro class. Big ups. She ain’t the prettiest pony but he proved it works.
  16. spocomptonrider

    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    don’t get me wrong I think something has to be done to get steer tubes stiffer, I just know this is the writing on the wall that a new standard for long travel single crowns is coming, I also know how much everyone around here loves new standards.
  17. spocomptonrider

    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    Öhlins releases “super taper” steer toob... https://m.pinkbike.com/news/spotted-ohlins-rxf-38-fork-specced-on-limited-edition-emtb.html dual crowns bad, just keep adding material until you get something big enough to not creak.
  18. spocomptonrider

    custom tool boxes

    ^Does your pelican still have the factory foam in it? I used my factory foam as a template and it turned out pretty good. The factory cut stuff has cleaner edges and stuff like that but it’s honestly very easy to cut. The hardest part was The cut outs for the actual tools, I found that cutting...
  19. spocomptonrider

    custom tool boxes

    https://www.homedepot.com/p/Fastcap-Black-Kaizen-Foam-24-in-x-48-in-x-20-mm-FC-KF20-2X4-BL/301963630 This is what I used, it’s sort of the standard tool box foam. There’s other stuff out there as well, but I’m not familiar with it. The kaizen stuff feels like a camping mattress (the cheap blue...
  20. spocomptonrider

    Enduro forks - digging through fecal matter

    As Vorsprung has already shown the 2021 Fox 36 isn’t all that impressive as far as the damping circuit goes. I’ve played around quite a bit with the high and low speed compression and there is hardly a discernible difference between about 5 “clicks” and fully closed. Older forks were nearly...
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