Bike Part Availability & Prices

Not for the gonzo guys here, but I needed a new front brake and being satisfied now with BB7's after hydraulic for years, purchased a set with rotors for $75 on ebay. Put one on the front of my 29er, and the rotor was straight with good performance last night on B*.
 
DangerDirtyD said:
I gots me an air shock for the SquiggleBug for the days I need to haul her along with the SS hardtail crew. This will reduce significant weight and result in a cumulative increase in efficiency; the longer the ride, the greater the gains. I’m curious to see how she descends on an air shock vs the coil. The allure of a squiggly MTB is tangible in my head, but the feeling after 5,000’ of climbing kinda offsets the pure coolness factor of featuring a coil shock.
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Chain Reaction Cycles won’t ship this item to the USA, so I am fortunate that my neighbor Sam of Strava KOM snatching E-bike 29x2.6 super knobby Zeb fork coil shock riding helmet crushing concussion serving when chasing down a precipice fame is in Worcestershire until Thursday to receive the item and bring it to me at half of MSRP. Wooo!

The SquiggleBug will become the FluffyBug next weekend.
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So this doesn’t fit my bike. :mad: The eyelet at the stanchion has the fancy bearings instead of bushings, and they won’t clear my seat tube where they connect to the seat stay junction. Anyone wanna buy this?
 
mtnbikej said:
Why not swap the bearing out for a different bushing?
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Looks like I’m gonna have to swap out the damper body.
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Went to the local bike shop for a new front brake hose, ended up having to buy a $40 kit for the hose and an olive :( the rest I will have to cut and toss as its no use to me, what a waste.
On the bright side it appears there is no shortage of 96bcm Shimano chainrings. I've purchased three in the last week trying to find one that will work for my particular (non-standard) requirements. Sods law but at the moment it looks like an XTR version will do the job and not a much cheaper SLX version :facepalm:.
 
sir crashalot said:
u get the Corki's?
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Cyclotourist said:
All in Team Corki!
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I now have the red Corkis on the single speed as well as the Moxie... I'm a believer. @SnakeCharmer and I bailed out on a ride the other day in the fog and rain. We ended up taking the Mount Lowe pavement to get off the mountain. 3 1/2 miles and 2000 feet down in the wet. Brakes made a little wet squeal the first time I used them, and then were silent the rest of the trip. If they had behaved like some of the brand name rotors I've used, I would have been deaf by the bottom.

Miles Racing pads and Corki floating rotors for the win!

YMMVG
 
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I put my name down for a Canyon Stoic... I need something that I can ride on the fullerton loop and the main divide and still have some fun.. The ripmo gets tiring after 3000 feet of climbing...
But the wait has been over 4 months, now they say summer of next year...
Any suggestions on comparable cheap 2nd bike similar to hardtail w/ 140mm in front?
 
Faust29 said:
I now have the red Corkis on the single speed as well as the Moxie... I'm a believer. @SnakeCharmer and I bailed out on a ride the other day in the fog and rain. We ended up taking the Mount Lowe pavement to get off the mountain. 3 1/2 miles and 2000 feet down in the wet. Brakes made a little wet squeal the first time I used them, and then were silent the rest of the trip. If they had behaved like some of the brand name rotors I've used, I would have been deaf by the bottom.

Miles Racing pads and Corki floating rotors for the win!

YMMVG
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I ended up getting the CYSKY rotors on Amazon. PSA looks like they bought up avid's g3 clean sweep rotors and selling em for $20 per pair , have avid logo and markings
 
konakc said:
I put my name down for a Canyon Stoic... I need something that I can ride on the fullerton loop and the main divide and still have some fun.. The ripmo gets tiring after 3000 feet of climbing...
But the wait has been over 4 months, now they say summer of next year...
Any suggestions on comparable cheap 2nd bike similar to hardtail w/ 140mm in front?
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Not sure if you can run it with a 140 or not?

https://canfieldbikes.com/collections/nimble-9-gen-5
 
sir crashalot said:
For those looking for cassettes in stock, maybe take a look at Bibikes’ cassettes on Amazon. Couple months ago I reeeally needed a new 11-50 11 speed cassette and chain, my go-to is sun-race for cassettes, but they were unavailable everywhere with no ETA. I noticed there are a new crop of sellers on Amazon, taking advantage of the shortages and selling their own chains and cassettes. I didn’t trust the chains and managed to find an sram chain, but took a chance on the $56 bibike cassette with all steel cogs (yes, heavy, I don’t care, and they make other versions). So far so good, shift well with no backpedal chain drop and should last forever being steel. However looks like they have more options in hg and microspline than xd.
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Well , I learned my lesson about cheapish off brand Amazon cassettes:
One of the cogs completely detached from the rivets and spins freely, never had that happen before. Sucks because the steel teeth still have hardly any wear it seems. Any of the real players make an all-steel 11speed 11-50 HG cog stack that’s reasonably priced?
 
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sir crashalot said:
Well , I learned my lesson about cheapish off brand Amazon cassettes:
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One of the cogs completely detached from the rivets and spins freely, never had that happen before. Sucks because the steel teeth still have hardly any wear it seems. Any of the real players make an all-steel 11speed 11-50 HG cog stack that’s reasonably priced?
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Sunrace makes one.
https://www.bikebling.com/Sunrace-CSMX80-11sp-Cassette-11-50t-p/sr17-csmx80.htm
 
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