New Bike, now all I need is a Plaid Shirt.

BISavage said:
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Got this installed, did a quick push-pull test...

When the level is pulled the bike can roll, when the level is released, it doesnt roll... seems to work.

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For the install:
I bled it with a suction tool that hooks up to the compressor.
Put the suction nipple on the lower bleeder and let suck a few 100ml of Castrol (the one which the manual recommends) through it before setting the fluid level and buttoning it up.
 
That's 279 grams less to absorb heat from the pads, ever looked at it like that? ;)

I'm waiting for a table with tire weights, there's easily 3-400 grams between one brand/model and another, and even more in rear tires.
 
To be honest though, measuring the weight on a sprocket cover or a wave brake is nice and all...

...but everybody knows, it not because of those few grams that they're on there...

...its so that everyone be like 😲😲😲 as it rolls up the ice cream parlor parking lot.
 
BISavage said:
To be honest though, measuring the weight on a sprocket cover or a wave brake is nice and all...

...but everybody knows, it not because of those few grams that they're on there...

...its so that everyone be like 😲😲😲 as it rolls up the ice cream parlor parking lot.
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Bragging rights, I get it.

Kindly asking, what is your weight?
 
For commuting and traveling they're fine, better than single compound tires. They suck for those that ride canyons a lot though. They develop a step, a ridge right where the soft compound starts. The sides of the tires already wear faster than the centers, which only gets worse if the center has harder rubber with a distinct strip of softer rubber next to it on each side.
 
Max Kool said:
For commuting and traveling they're fine, better than single compound tires. They suck for those that ride canyons a lot though. They develop a step, a ridge right where the soft compound starts. The sides of the tires already wear faster than the centers, which only gets worse if the center has harder rubber with a distinct strip of softer rubber next to it on each side.
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No need to rub in the fact you wear the sides of your tires before the center Max 😒











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So, to those of you who have had the front wheel off before... how exactly do you tighten the 27mm axel bolt to torque when the 4 clamping bolts are still loose?
 
What I do: tighten up the left side pinch bolts as soon as the axle starts rotating with left axle bolt. Torque the axle bolt. Take the bike off its stand and compress the forks a few times.

Only then tighten the right side pinch bolts.

Not sure if this is the correct procedure, but it seems to work.
 
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