Recent content by brad353

you're a douche bag moorey. i'm aussie by the way. have fun being creative in your comeback and thinking you're the king of the internet forums, i'll be out riding my bike.

my "argument"? dude, who's arguing? settle down bud edit: check out my original post in this thread and tell me if you think i'm trying to start an argument. hope is a great company and i never bagged them once. i've met the owners and engineers and they are awesome. geez! can't even say...

Jono, that pic of Duane Johnson doesn't do it any justice. You have to hit that step up faster than any other jump on Whistler mountain, including Crabapple

sorry for the poor quality

Let's not go nuts, 95% of bicycle products are still made in Asian countries. I'm not saying the quality isn't there either, I just think it's good to support companies from countries that actually support the sport.

wow i'm really surprised that blackspire hasn't been mentioned much in this thread. they're one of the few brands that actually make their own products in house (Vancouver, BC) as opposed to outsourcing the work to taiwan, and they've been in business for longer than any of their competitors...

http://www.blackspire.com/EINFACHX Comes in BB mount, ISCG, ISCG05, Direct mount, or E type http://www.blackspire.com/TrailX-Guide Same as the EINFACHX except it has a bash gaurd underneath to protect the chain rings. All made in Canada, not Taiwan, like 99% of other products.

I've worked on both a lot as a mechanic. The quality of the Hope brakes puts them in another league to the Maguras. Plus the Maguras are a pain in the butt to bleed.

hope, hands down

He said on top, not below the stem. On top isn't going to cause any flex, it's just going to stick up a little. Depends how much it bothers you, but I usually run a 5mm or 10mm spacer on the top in case I change stems, change my settings, and also keeping in mind for reasale.

Hoped some people might appreciate that. Just 3d printed, not milled. We're just playing around with some different top guide designs to accommodate chainrings such as the 30 tooth where the spider arms on the M785 crank interfere with the standard guide, which normally stops you from being able...

oops. still thought it was worth sharing

check this out...

Yes it's a 17" frame. Changing the stem out dramatically changed the way the bike felt to me. Obviously it's personal preference, but for me whenever I got the wheels off the ground when the bike was stock, I would come down front heavy. The longer stem just seemed to place me too far forward on...

Hey everyone, here's my new trail bike, a 2014 Kona Explosif. I've been trying for ages to get myself a new 2015 model 6" dual suspension bike like a Process 153, or a new carbon Reign, or something along those lines, but none of those bikes will be available until around January because the...