The QUICK question thread.....
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pink poodle
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Years and years and years.
Flow-Rider
Burner
What are they failing from ? I usually get a few years out of them.
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
I've got CKs that are probably a decade old with no sign of wear.
Cane Creeks have easily replaceable bearings although I've never had one go.
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Very subjective but in my experience:
CK, forever.
Cane Creek cheaper ones, 1 to 24 months. Probably goes for FSA also.
Cane Creek 110 seem better, 1 to 3 years maybe. They do have that new hellbender bearing now that they offer with lifetime warranty.
pink poodle
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Far out man, are you rampaging dh courses with roadie headsets? They all last forever! Even cheap and shitty ones last...I've tossed a few over the years, but not many. Keep them clean lubed and tight for a happy life of fat ploughman riding and jump casing.
#doyouevenride
Flow-Rider
Burner
Same here, I've had one cheap set fail from water damage and most likely from washing the bike with high pressure water.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Not sure. I run the fork mud guard and don't even wash the bike (I think my 2013 bike has been washed 5 times in total). The symptoms are a bit of play under brakes. Rotation wise, they are fine and not gritty at all.
Flow-Rider
Burner
You can usually adjust the play out of them if they haven't been left too long. Some headsets need shimming washers or they bottom out when you re-tighten them. It's not impossible to have headset bearings wear out but to have so many at once is a bit out of the ordinary.
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pink poodle
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You should see my brake pad life too!
Flow-Rider
Burner
Isn't your motto "Ride for life" you don't even own a car ?
droenn
Fat Man's XC President
Ok - rider fit question - ETT vs Reach & seat tube angle: if the first bike (Cotic) here fits me well, should the second (Smuggler) fit well too? even with a shorter ETT (due to steeper seat tube?) These are only geo numbers I can quickly scrounge for both...
Additional info: I run the Cotic with a 60mm stem (shortest recommended for that version, tried 45 and it gets me too cramped). Also ride a L Process with an ETT of 629 and reach of 460, but that bike is more for plowing over everything (and is probably too big for trail riding - which is 95% of what I do now)
| Cotic Solaris (2013) | Transition Smuggler (2016) | |
| M | M | |
| ETT | 604.5 | 590 |
| HA | 70 | 67.5 |
| Chainstay | 440 | 436 |
| Reach | 429.3 | 432 |
| ST angle | 72.5 | 75.4 |
Additional info: I run the Cotic with a 60mm stem (shortest recommended for that version, tried 45 and it gets me too cramped). Also ride a L Process with an ETT of 629 and reach of 460, but that bike is more for plowing over everything (and is probably too big for trail riding - which is 95% of what I do now)
Mattyp
Cows go boing
loosen stem bolts... tighten centre cap bolt into star nut, symptom resolved.
pink poodle
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~15mm is a lot of ett. But you'd have more reach. Smuggler was probably designed to run a stem shorter than 60mm as well, so maybe it's going to balance out.
pink poodle
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I ride fairly often. Not a lot of braking around the city though. On trail I'm a cross between plough and nervous nanna. Way too much braking straight into trouble.Isn't your motto "Ride for life" you don't even own a car ?
Nah sounds like he needs to throw it in the bin. Should probably bin the whole bike actually. Just to be safe.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Check the stack too as that effects reach a bit.
But assuming stack is comparable - If you were too cramped with a 15mm shorter stem, you'll feel exactly the same amount cramped when seated on the Smuggler, just with your weight 15mm further forward. Standing/attack position probably wouldn't feel any different to your current bike though (aside from the slacker front end).
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Yeah I tried that already. The added problem is on one of the bikes the fork is actually stuck on so I rekon something is wedged in real good.