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Leafy

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I mean I’m maintaining a fleet of 4 bikes between my wife and I and there’s two brakes to bleed on each bike. With doing top ups 1-3 times a year on each bike as pads wear or get replaced yeah I basically wear out a plastic cup once a year.
 
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Leafy

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slimshady said:
Yeah I'd go with another brand and call the day off.
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Another brand of cup? Cause we’re a combo of hope, magura, sram and shimano. And I think the shimanos on my trail bike have had the bleed cup on them the least (well I guess the hope doesn’t take bleed cups and the magura has its own special one cause the thread is different). The srams need top ups the most often to keep feeling tight.
 
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Leafy said:
I mean I’m maintaining a fleet of 4 bikes between my wife and I and there’s two brakes to bleed on each bike. With doing top ups 1-3 times a year on each bike as pads wear or get replaced yeah I basically wear out a plastic cup once a year.
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instead if overfilling the system every tine your pads wear. Remove the rotor from the caliper either by removing the wheel from the bike or caliper from its mount (whichever is easiest) then manually advance your caliper pistons to give back closer pad clearance. This will also benefit you in that you'll actually be able to push the pistons fully back when you do finally replace the pads.
You'll also avoid the chance of the overfilled oil fucking seals if you force the old pads back flush when swapping pads.
 
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Leafy

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Gary said:
instead if overfilling the system every tine your pads wear. Remove the rotor from the caliper either by removing the wheel from the bike or caliper from its mount (whichever is easiest) then manually advance your caliper pistons to give back closer pad clearance. This will also benefit you in that you'll actually be able to push the pistons fully back when you do finally replace the pads.
You'll also avoid the chance of the overfilled oil fucking seals if you force the old pads back flush when swapping pads.
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Nah you gotta do both you make sram not feel like shit.
 
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Leafy said:
Another brand of cup? Cause we’re a combo of hope, magura, sram and shimano. And I think the shimanos on my trail bike have had the bleed cup on them the least (well I guess the hope doesn’t take bleed cups and the magura has its own special one cause the thread is different). The srams need top ups the most often to keep feeling tight.
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Hope and shimano share the same cup threads.
SRAM doesn't. But if you want to use a cup system simply remove the lever syringe plunger.
Maguras bleed ports are a fucking awful plastic push fit design. And 1Nm threaded plug. So shit I'd honestly throw the magura levers in the sea rather than use them myself. (I absolutely hate the LEGO style lever shape/feel too though)
 
Gary

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Leafy said:
Nah you gotta do both you make sram not feel like shit.
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Yeah. Like I implied. Your brakes might need replaced with something new/ less shit. (or an overhaul)
Dunno which SRAM brakes you have but so long as they have a good bleed in the first place and don't have sticky pistons a simple piston advancement when pads wear should see lever bite point and feel return to where you like it.
 
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Redwood Mulch Chucker

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Maybe you need the Abbey Tool of bleed cups.

pinnermachineshop.com

Bigger Brake Bleed Cup

Mess-free bleeding. Now larger in volume. This beautifully put together tool has been carefully thought out and produced in small quantities, to give a quality feel that lasts. CNC machined from a solid bar of 6061 grade aluminum, the cup sits rigidly in place and seals perfectly, with no...
pinnermachineshop.com pinnermachineshop.com
 
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jrewing

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Gary said:
Hope and shimano share the same cup threads.
SRAM doesn't. But if you want to use a cup system simply remove the lever syringe plunger.
Maguras bleed ports are a fucking awful plastic push fit design. And 1Nm threaded plug. So shit I'd honestly throw the magura levers in the sea rather than use them myself. (I absolutely hate the LEGO style lever shape/feel too though)
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On the contrary Maguras are great for me. I love their bleed screw finger tight goodness. Bleed so easy
 
sethimus

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Leafy said:
Another brand of cup? Cause we’re a combo of hope, magura, sram and shimano. And I think the shimanos on my trail bike have had the bleed cup on them the least (well I guess the hope doesn’t take bleed cups and the magura has its own special one cause the thread is different). The srams need top ups the most often to keep feeling tight.
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all in one kit with metal fittings for the price of one shimano cup
 
HardtailHack

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@toodles You see the 40% off Maxxis sale?

Search: 92 results found for "maxxis*"

The team at Yarra Valley Cycles have dedicated their time to hand pick & fill our large store with the best range of Bikes, Parts, Accessories, Clothing & Gear for any riding genre or budget. Giant, Kona, Merida, Mondraker, Norco, Scott & Pivot offer us an amazing range of bikes that covers...
www.yarravalleycycles.com.au www.yarravalleycycles.com.au
 
HardtailHack

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Redwood Mulch Chucker said:
Maybe you need the Abbey Tool of bleed cups.

pinnermachineshop.com

Bigger Brake Bleed Cup

Mess-free bleeding. Now larger in volume. This beautifully put together tool has been carefully thought out and produced in small quantities, to give a quality feel that lasts. CNC machined from a solid bar of 6061 grade aluminum, the cup sits rigidly in place and seals perfectly, with no...
pinnermachineshop.com pinnermachineshop.com
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Oooh, "produced in small quantities", that's only one step down from "bespoke".
 
HardtailHack

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For the Brits, Orange has some okay parts prices-

Forks | Orange Bikes

Orange Bikes - UK manufacturer of high performance bikes - from road to mountain, since 1988.
www.orangebikes.com
e13 cassette again for Gary-

Drivetrain | Orange Bikes

Orange Bikes - UK manufacturer of high performance bikes - from road to mountain, since 1988.
www.orangebikes.com

And I found a place in Germany selling weird stuff off cheap, but I'm not telling anyone where, fuck you all!
 
Milleratio

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Milleratio said:
Is there any reasonable or interesting bike parts that would be little cheaper to buy in US compared to Europe? Anything to especially look after? 72CAD billet bleeding cups from the northern neighbour?
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I was browsing US Amazon and Ebay and got feeling that there's really not much real mtb part that anyone would by. Seemed mostly aliexpress dropshippers or some Walmart equivalent mystery quality shit. Jenson had some super discounts but everything seems mostly just more expensive compared to Bike24, Bikediscount, Bikecomponents, Yourmomsabike, shops in Europe.
 
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Leafy

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You are correct. And some stuff is still cheaper even with the $50 shipping. Especially if you need multiple things. I have an order for my wife’s bike in the way now with dominions, continental tires, and the 2mm thick galfer floating rotors and with shipping it was over $80 less than the best deals I could find in the USA.
 
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Leafy said:
You are correct. And some stuff is still cheaper even with the $50 shipping. Especially if you need multiple things. I have an order for my wife’s bike in the way now with dominions, continental tires, and the 2mm thick galfer floating rotors and with shipping it was over $80 less than the best deals I could find in the USA.
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It can be nuts. When I got my Dominions, I got the brakes, rotors and adapters shipped out of Germany and it was cheaper than the dealer cost of just the brakes in the US.
 
sethimus

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not in Whistler anymore :/
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Andeh

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Yeah I got my Dominions from Europe for ~330/set shipped. Retail US was like $300 each at the time.
 
toodles

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Andeh said:
Yeah I got my Dominions from Europe for ~330/set shipped. Retail US was like $300 each at the time.
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Australian online shops want $80 AUD for Dominion A4 sintered pads. R2-bike.com has them for $33. Its a fucken joke
 
HardtailHack

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Revel still have some decent deals, they have a half price DJ bike-
revelbikes.com

Revel Tweedy Dirt Jumper Complete Bike - Revel Bikes

KEY COMPONENTS: FORK: Marzocchi Bomber DJ 26″ 100mm Matte Black DRIVETRAIN: SRAM GX Eagle BRAKES: TRP Slate T4 COCKPIT: Spank Spoon Alloy POST: Alloy Seatpost 27.2x350mm TIRES: Maxxis DTH 26×2.3 EXO/TW Wire
revelbikes.com revelbikes.com
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HardtailHack

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jrewing said:
It seems most all Australian bike shop owners require ways to fund their new specced out Raptors.
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But the wholesalers try to move away from customers-
thelatzreport.com.au

Dirt Works Co-Founder Goes Bush! | The Latz Report

Dirt Works co-founder Wayne Chapman just let us know that he and his wife Kyria are moving to one of the most remote corners of Australia. Read more...
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I'd hope they wouldn't have a Ranger out that far, would be an expensive tow truck trip when it shits the bed.
 
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jrewing

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HardtailHack said:
But the wholesalers try to move away from customers-
thelatzreport.com.au

Dirt Works Co-Founder Goes Bush! | The Latz Report

Dirt Works co-founder Wayne Chapman just let us know that he and his wife Kyria are moving to one of the most remote corners of Australia. Read more...
thelatzreport.com.au thelatzreport.com.au
I'd hope they wouldn't have a Ranger out that far, would be an expensive tow truck trip when it shits the bed.
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Hes done me well tbh often. Warranty and deals.
 
HardtailHack

HardtailHack

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jrewing said:
Hes done me well tbh often. Warranty and deals.
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Really?
My old LBS wouldn't let me order anything Dirt Works sold. It was hilarious, the owner would pull out all the other catalogues and tell me to find something in them that I liked.
You are the first person I have ever seen say a positive thing(other than themselves).
 
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