ISIS BB's I will add I have not tried the Crank Bros ones, but when you hack one to bits to try to understand why they are so SH!t you have some ball bearings fall out that could be used on the tip of a biro they are that small. Made I guess to allow for a large spindle for added strength/lack of flex, but whats the point when the bearings are so small. Number of spindles snapped = 0 BB bearings killed = Lots (by me) why not a smaller diameter spindle with larger more survivable bearings? I guess a broken spindle could result in someone really hurting themselves and a lawsuit, whereas some seized bearings means just another BB re-sale.......
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IMHO i think all hope brakes are shite!!!
You're wrong then
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Santa Cruz Nomad replaceable dropouts. Went through 3 in 6 months. Guess it could be my riding style or lack of
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molgrips - Member
"IMHO i think all hope brakes are shite!!!"
You're wrong then
Or a shite mechanic? Or a troll?
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Quite possibly
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No problem with conti here. I used to run 2.3 Vertical Protections front and back in the Purbecks - seemed to grip well and no real puncture issues. Now run a Tubeless Vertical on the front and a Bonty tubeless on the back and again hapy enough.
Had an alu BMC Elite HT race frame for a while which may have been great on a race course, but it was a harsh bumpy pain in the wrists and backside on long rough rides. More wrong choice than bad kit though.
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Crank Bros seems the epitome of style over substance - would never buy anything made by them, cannot be arsed with the unreliability.
It's great that they design stuff that has some flair and creativity to it, but if they can't engineer it properly then it's a waste of time.
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Conti race king. Stupidly thin tyre that gets ripped if you sneeze. I'm only 11 stone and i pinch flat below 45psi
Silly light race versions? My 2.2 USTs are fine. And I weight 12st and run 'em at 25psi.
And I often run one on the rear of my Orange Five.
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"Tubeless ready meaning the bead is nice and fat. Not the same as actual tubeless UST style.
It should stop after a ride, otherwise your sealant is no good!"
UST is a registered name and technology, similar to Hoover vs. vacuum cleaner or Polartec 200 vs. mid-weight fleece.
Whether one is better than the other is up for discussion, but brands/names tend to be registered to protect what the developer perceives to be a good, commercially viable product that could be reproduced using inferior materials or manufacturing processes.
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IMHO i think all hope brakes are shite!!! Formula all the way for me.
I'm glad someone has ridden every set of Hope brakes ever made. Makes a great base from which to draw comparison.
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bottles and bottle cages were ok in the 80s, but come on... who really uses one now!? Totaly pointless IMHO.
I do and so do quite a few other folk. It means you don't need to carry a rucksac.
I use both.
even more so when riding up Slovenian mountains in 37C sunshine.
3 litres of water in the camelbak, 2 bottles on the bike, and still needed refills from a spring and numerous stops at cafes.Nothing to add as particularly bad (other than my old Peugeot road bike that would eat QR axles).
I take any user review (and certain "expert" magazine reviews too!) with a pinch of salt. Everything is always the dogs danglies and cheese at the same time.Posted 1 year ago # -
Epicyclo - Crank Bros ISIS BB? Really? Mine lasted about as long as the RaceFace ISIS. 3 rides I think.
"IMHO" goes a long way for an opinionated disclaimer. But not from someone who thinks that Calderdale is better riding than the Ranger Path....
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to the ranger path.I think my Hope Mini's are great. over 6 years of great stopping.
Race king's are great tyres, when used in the right place.
In fact I haven't had a truly awful bike component since rock shox indy sl's.
The cheap wtb prowler I got from CRC didn't work so great at the weekend but then it was the light version and the trails were a bit much for it....
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the intense uzzi vpx frame i had a couple of years back was utter junk. it rode ok but was extremely badly made. hand made in the us of a? thats clearly nothing to boast about.
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I've got a set of 2.4 mountain kings, they are not good tyres, wouldn't say that they're a bad tyre though, just don't give me a lot of confidence when really pushing them.
I love my Hope brakes, just bought another set (second hand) and having set them up properly, there's plenty of power and modulation available.
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PIMPMASTERJAZZ........Some of us on here have mates, and when you have mates and they have bikes some tend to have used Hope brakes and as im sure you will now not all bikes come with the same brakes, for example, xc bikes have diffrent Hope brakes to DH bikes and so on and on and on.
I hope i have answered in basic English so you can understand. Posted 1 year ago # -
Love my Magura forks but the remote levers are absolute bobbins.
1 Nm recommended tightening torque... not enough to hold it to the bars and any more and it breaks the clamp.
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hutchinson bulldog tyres *shiver*
a race king in the depths of winter would be better than one of those things
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High Roller 2.1 "XCeption series" - 3 punctures (one was actually slice rather than a thorn hole - not fixable) and a pinch flat today. Now I remember why I changed to the heavier dual ply DH version a while ago!
I've had good experience with Continental but I've only used the Race King. However I think that since learning the "proper" cornering technique their side knobs probably aren't very good at keeping grip when leaning the bike over.
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Pace forks utter utter crap I foolishly had 3 sets
1 elastomer jobbies siezed up every ride
2&3 Rc 36 proclass2 and Rc 39's needed too much maintenance to keep em working every 3 rides and strip downOrange bikes
Clockwork now I loved that bike
P7 4 framesets returned in as many weeks the first bikes to be made with dropper seatposts
Sub5 the pivots should not rip out when riding up hill were orange interested NOPositive shout
I do like my maverick SC32 forks brilliant design with constant wet stanction lubrication
Planet X On-One frames had 4 of em total and utter ace love em
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Pace forks utter utter crap I foolishly had 3 sets
I've had four, when one pair (RC38) needed a strip down after a ride I called Pace and asked them about it rather than trying to deal with it myself. One week later forks came back perfect, and stayed that way for years until the bike was nicked.
RC39s and RC41s worked perfectly until on the RC41s a suspected crash put them out of whack slightly. RC39s still buttery smooth as ever. I only serviced them because I was told the seals degrade after a few years.
Sounds like you have a confrontational attitude on the phone if Orange also told you to get lost
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Orange Five. Wont go up OR down a hill.
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I hope i have answered in basic English so you can understand
Superb.
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It does under me, quite nicely thanks
Oh, and it has Conti Speedkings on and until very recently Pace forks. however did I manage?!!
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MOlegrips
I never spoke to orange personally I left warrentee issues to the dealers
sorryfunny old thing both dealers dropped orange due to bad back up service
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I left warrentee issues to the dealers
Interesting. I always call the manufs directly. Maybe a lot of LBSes were being arsey to either Pace or Orange.. hmm..
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That reminds me I MUST clean up lube and flog the 39's cos they are gathering dust
Thanks for the nudge
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Ooh are they 100mm?
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yes
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Age, general condition, model? Black or gold stanchions?
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Pace frames ( old ones and crap aftersales ) / onza rip n rail tyres / newer conti tyres / x7/9 sram drivetrain / shimano middle chainrings / a few king headsets scoring my steerers ( shame as bearings amazing - hope newer ones ok )...Fox forks stanchions wearing out.... Rock shox MOCO cartridges failing.... Egg beater pedals / non square taper bbs.... oh and the hideous onza HO pedals.... older style USE seatposts and Xlite handlebars bending !
hey ho...
paul
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I hope i have answered in basic English so you can understand.
You did - thanks. Next stop is using paragraphs.
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I am starting to think the Rockshox Reverb may enter the hall of infamy
Mine failed yesterday after about 200 miles approx and looking on MTBR it seems to be getting common
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mopuntainman - I have used hope minis, mono minis, M4s, and 6 tis - all work perfectly well.
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I reckon Conti road tyres are great, but their mtb tyres seem a bit...meh.
I agree with the old cliche; strong, light, cheap, pick 2. It's why I've started getting more and more 2nd hand stuff. The decent kit is astronomical these days.
A mate was looking at getting a new bike to replace his 90's rigid Kona Hahanna and Allterrain didn't have a solid bike for under £800!? I've not been properly into mtb for that long, but things were quite different about 3 years ago. £600 seemed to be the threshold.
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