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If any welding was done, it was by the factory. I bought the bike new in 2007. It does have a lot of trail miles on it and my son did take a spill or two on it.

It broke at the end of my ride. I had completed the trail and was heading back to the parking lot, finished with a nice walk, lol.

Now I have to figure how to get the broken hangar part off of the derailleur.

 

should be a 6mm allen key. maybe a 5mm.
not sure if gary fisher uses other units though

 

looks like only the hanger needs replacing. they're designed to break and are very brittle. See if you can find the match online somewhere. or go to the shop, they might be able to find one for you. The trickiest thing about all this is finding the right hanger. other than that, replacing is fairly easy.

 

Thanks for the help @mrtonyd and @ginseng27

After work I will dig into it more and hopefully that link Tony provided has the correct hangar.

 

I’m digging the new digital torque wrench.

I cannot for the life of me remember how to post an Instagram thumbnail
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZiNqBsjO_l/

 

someone posted about the Intense 951 that's being sold at Costco awhile ago.

This vid came on while i had youtube on in the background while doing work stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgDWgyFeoTA&ab_channel=MTBRadDad

yea, its already a good deal getting it from costco, but i didn't realize they sold the returns too
https://intense951.com/

could be a decent steal if someone is looking for full build

 

Dayumn…. Those are purdy…

 

Now you see if having the right knee in a less flexion position over a ride increases comfort. They’re 155mm, no more pedal strikes anyways.

 

Super short. You could probably test for that by simply lowering your seat, but your wouldn't get the increased clearance or reduced total knee movement.
I'm thinking I might go down to 160 for the trail bikes, 155 would be fine for the ebike. With such low BBs and increased pedaling efficiency, I'm surprised the industry haven't already made that movement.
Nevertheless, those cranks are artwork. Right up there with eewings.

 

I want to go to 160. Tough to find a SB compatible 160 though. Really like the Canfield cranks but they aren’t compatible. May have to look into these that @whitedlite just got.

 

they have a spindle in the works from what I’ve read, they delivered some with a DH spindle (not sure if same or different from SB) to neko mullaly, so they have drawings to make more.

if you do order use coupon “hardtailparty” I scoured the internet for about 5 mins and found this coupon.

I would love some eewings, but for eewing money I need to know that’s the length I prefer. I read the long well composed article on Pinkbike about crank lengths recently. According to all scientific experiments they referenced there’s no power difference between 145-190mm cranks or it was so insignificant ~1% it wouldn’t be noticeable especially with a 10-52 cassettes we now have I think there was only a ~3-4% change in efficiency with extreme 125mm to 210mm cranks, but I'm loosely quoting there.

Also lowering the seat would mean my knee has a tighter contraction with pedals up, the goal is to get the knees not in the completely bent position while still being able to reach pedals at the bottom of the stroke. Given, I'm just drinking Kool-Aid right now since I haven't tested for myself yet.

 

Update: Got the part off and matched the part number on the broken hangar to one online. Part is on the way and should be here Sunday!!

Thanks for the help!

 

I'm looking for some suggests and experience with brakes...
I am building a Single Speed hard tail 120mm forked trail bike. I currently have a bike with Shimano SLX 4 piston and another with SRAM Guide ultimate 4 piston.
I used to love the feel of the SRAMs and now that I've had the SLX's I like the feel of them better.
I am also looking at getting something different than the big two brands mostly for the sake of getting something different. I've been looking at various Magura's, Hayes A4, and TRP's. Has any of you used brakes from these companies and have some feedback on them? Especially compared to SRAM and/or Shimano brakes?
Thanks

 

What a beautiful bike man! I just sold my Gravel bike that accompanied my mtb. I really enjoyed it for a year before buying my house and losing ample free time so now id rather ride the trails in the free time i do get.

 

Probably a fatigue break if it has some serious mileage and you didn't hit it on anything. Get that old girl a new shift cable and housing too! ha

 

I have new TRP Slate egos on my hardtail and don’t care for them. I run shimanos on other bikes and will be going back when stock normalizes.

 

You are so right! It has been a great bike. I didn't ride for a couple years due to a shoulder injury and life, but back into riding now and she needs a bit of TLC!

Time to get working on it!

 

I haven't run any of them on my personal bikes, but the Magura MT7 (4 piston) brakes feel super powerful, along with the A4's and TRP DHR Evo's. I did have a pair of TRP Slate T4's for a while on a bike at my parent's place in OR and they weren't impressive, but they were the "budget" option. One thing to note - TRP brakes have super long levers, whereas the Magura's are generally much shorter - if you have any preference.

 

T

Thanks for that feedback. From what I’ve read so far, I like what I’ve seen about Magura MT5, MT7 and the Dominion A4’s.