Sidewalk
iMTB Rockstah
TruckerCo pads are $14. Don't come with new pins, but I have had zero problems with them. And I have raced against the owner of TruckerCo plenty of times, he knows how to ride.
Bike Part Availability & Prices
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Obsidian
iMTB Rockstah
I have been using their semi-metallics for about my last three sets including current, and I have no problem with them.
mtnbikej
J-Zilla
Up until a month or two ago, it was $32 for a pair.
I have some on the way for the new SRAM brakes on the Stumpy.
Ouch....is that per pair?
Tom the Bomb
iMTB Rockstah
Been using Trucker co for years. No issues.
Danmtchl
iMTB Rockstah
Brake pads as well other essentials keep going up. We don’t even price Shimano or SRAM products because they change so often.
Faust29
Moderator
Oops… bad phrasing. $32 was for 2 pair. Now it’s $38.
I’ve tried the Trucker Co pads in the past, but thought they didn’t have the same power…
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
That's for a pair of pairs. But anything less than $40 per set (pair) seems like a bargain to me, since that's what the amazing finned Shimanos used to sell for before you couldn't buy them anymore. So under $19 a pair seems great, especially if they perform as well as you say they do.Up until a month or two ago, it was $32 for a pair.
Mikie
Admin/iMTB Hooligan
Shiny!
Agent Orange
Member
I just got a flashback to that distinctive machine shop smell.
Y-not
Well-Known Member
And the sounds of the machines cutting metal
Stkx66
iMTB Rockstah
I rode with a guy from ThinkMtb who invited me to ride with their group on one of their Sunday rides in Laguna.
da big hills
iMTB Rockstah
I get all my nomenclature CNCed and filled with a contrasting color. it is the economical way to mark in the 2020's
Y-not
Well-Known Member
If it was D jr. he is a beast on a bike.
Agent Orange
Member
Quite familiar. My father was a machinist for over 50 years and I spent a lot of childhood in his shop. He still keeps a Hardinge Toolroom Lathe, Bridgeport mill, and a Haas TM-1 in his home shop. I get to use them once in a while too.
Usually making car parts instead of bike parts though.
DangerDirtyD
iMTB Hooligan
You can still attach a light mount through the top two slots on the Session.
Y-not
Well-Known Member
Quite familiar. My father was a machinist for over 50 years and I spent a lot of childhood in his shop. He still keeps a Hardinge Toolroom Lathe, Bridgeport mill, and a Haas TM-1 in his home shop. I get to use them once in a while too.
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You need a BIG turbo a set of radial engine pistons . . . Some of the parts I have made in my 40 years in the Aerospace parts manufacturing industry.
And a few bike parts.
Agent Orange
Member
There are a lot of stories I would have trouble proving(like parts from my grandfather's shop being on the moonlanding or SR-71), but I do know first-hand that my father's shop made at least some of the Answer Manitou....2? 3? 4? brake hangers in the '90s.
Incidentally, Marzocchi was actually next-door to the shop in Valencia, CA for a time back then.
Incidentally, Marzocchi was actually next-door to the shop in Valencia, CA for a time back then.
Danimal
iMTB Addict
So I ordered a Garbaruk 12 spd micro spline cassette.
We shall see!!! And 11 of the gears are machined from a solid piece of steel...oh yeah...
When I ordered the cassette it said 30-40 days. Then the website said something like 60 days. I'm also thinking given the drama going on near Poland it might be even longer, if arrives at all.
But then here I am at just over two weeks and BAM!, the Garbaruk Cassette is sitting at my front door just waiting for me to bring it in.
Looking at it, it's light, Looks very well made, and the large gear is freaking huge! The contact points for the micro spline are not continuous. They're at the outside and inside of the cassette. I would have a concern but did read a post someone made that after 1500 miles they pulled it off the freehub and found no wear, so it's good to go!
When I finally need it and install it, probably be a few months, will be sure to report back on the shifting and gearing. Cause you're all curious as heck to know what I think.
For now though, like what I see.
It's interesting that I have aftermarket brake pads, and cassette due to Shimano having extremely poor supply available. Never would have considered it before.
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bvader
iMTB Rockstah
Nice looking cassette!!When I ordered the cassette it said 30-40 days. Then the website said something like 60 days. I'm also thinking given the drama going on near Poland it might be even longer, if arrives at all.
But then here I am at just over two weeks and BAM!, the Garbaruk Cassette is sitting at my front door just waiting for me to bring it in.
Looking at it, it's light, Looks very well made, and the large gear is freaking huge! The contact points for the micro spline are not continuous. They're at the outside and inside of the cassette. I would have a concern but did read a post someone made that after 1500 miles they pulled it off the freehub and found no wear, so it's good to go!
When I finally need it and install it, probably be a few months, I'll be sure to report back on the shifting and gearing. Cause I know you're all curious as heck to know what I think.
For now though, I like what I see.
It's interesting that I have aftermarket brake pads, and cassette due to Shimano having extremely poor supply available. Never would have considered it before.
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Mikie
Admin/iMTB Hooligan
That's a good point. Availability makes us wander from loyalty. I'm hoping that this opens my mind to new brake pads, and bike consumables.
bvader
iMTB Rockstah
What I find interesting is that garbaruk makes a 12 speed Shimano cassettes that's fit on the original shimano's spline. Makes me wonder why ...but not very long why ....Shimano had to create the new micro spline.
https://www.garbaruk.com/12-speed-shimano-hg.html?category=11
https://www.garbaruk.com/12-speed-shimano-hg.html?category=11
Faust29
Moderator
The Sunrace 12 speed cassettes are available also for both HG and XD... They were cheap and worked well.
Shimano can stick their micro spline .I'm enjoying my retro-grouch 9 speed for the time being. Two bikes in the stable right now, and only 10 gears between them. Still might be too many.
Sidewalk
iMTB Rockstah
To be dickheads and create a new standard that doesn't need to exist?
mtbMike
iMTB Rockstah
Well stock is coming back up in Carbondale. I saw on FB that Revel is having a 20% off all frames & bikes in stock. It appears to apply only to the Ranger, Rascal and Rail mountain bikes and NOT the new(er) gravel bike. Use code SEPT20 if you want one.
https://www.revelbikes.com/our-bikes/revel-rail/
https://www.revelbikes.com/our-bikes/revel-rail/
mtnbikej
J-Zilla
Cyclotourist
iMTB Hooligan
SRAM jumping on the proprietary band-wagon: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/a39815484/sram-udh/
mtnbikej
J-Zilla
Cyclotourist
iMTB Hooligan
One more time, with feeling!