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I was thinking about this brake-jack thing as I was sliding my Five around the greasy trails last night. I guess the feel of the Five as you brake into a bend is a bit different to the feel of the Trance. But they are different bikes and they feel different everywhere really. Maybe the Five digs a bit more on the way in (no bad thing really) and relaxes a bit more on the exit. But it's pretty subtle and could just be in my head. The main issue last night was the the lack of grip from the Nobby Nic rear tyre in the crappy OEM Performance Line compound. Any subtleties in the handling were pretty irrelevant compared with that.
I had not heard of jackbrake before this thread and not noticed it on the prophet or the morewood. So its not an issue for me.
However I have changed all the bearing on a giant glory after 3 years of light use (Fuk doing that again).
Never needed to changed the one on my prophet after 5 year, still feel solid.
In my opinion Single pivots are fun to ride and simple to maintain.
I will never buy a bike with as many bearing as the glory again. For me its more hassle than it worth in the long run.
Might consider a single pivot + linkage but not this time round.
Heckler never head the bearings changed since 2008, and with the shock taken out still smooth as new 8)