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[Blaster]

if you are saying your carbon bars are slipping and you didn't use carbon paste you need carbon paste

Worked like a charm. Thank you. You all are great

[XXX-er]

Worked like a charm. Thank you. You all are great

Yeah I tried everything on a yeti seatpost to no avail, I couldn't believe how effective carbon paste was, the Yeti 5.5 didn't care how lucrative my dental practise was the only thing that cured seat post squeak was carbon paste

[rudy]

Have a bit different question than the norm but sure all the expertise extends beyond kinematics. My 13 year old kid always has issues w itchy arms after he rides for a bit. Doesn’t seem to matter whether he’s riding his less than ideal hardtail or his brother’s full carbon full suspension. Think it’s from the vibrations on the down as that’s the main time it occurs. Thoughts, solutions, ideas? Thinking maybe compression sleeves could help, maybe? Loosen up his grip as he could be over gripping? Did notice he was using two fingers to brake so did tell him only 1 was necessary.

[grskier]

Silly question.. but, are you going through any brush or grasses? I get that when I ride through dense trails.

[rudy]

Silly question.. but, are you going through any brush or grasses? I get that when I ride through dense trails.

No, not a vegetation thing.

[rideit]

Heat rash?

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/syc-20373276

[Meconium]

If you use sunscreen, test one arm only

[Tailwind]

My wife gets something very like this early season. It’s annoying for her for sure.

This has been my best guess:

https://www.healthline.com/health/fi...rs-itch#causes

Essentially my read has been that it improves as she excerises more 🤷🏼♂️

Have a bit different question than the norm but sure all the expertise extends beyond kinematics. My 13 year old kid always has issues w itchy arms after he rides for a bit. Doesn’t seem to matter whether he’s riding his less than ideal hardtail or his brother’s full carbon full suspension. Think it’s from the vibrations on the down as that’s the main time it occurs. Thoughts, solutions, ideas? Thinking maybe compression sleeves could help, maybe? Loosen up his grip as he could be over gripping? Did notice he was using two fingers to brake so did tell him only 1 was necessary.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Have a bit different question than the norm but sure all the expertise extends beyond kinematics. My 13 year old kid always has issues w itchy arms after he rides for a bit. Doesn’t seem to matter whether he’s riding his less than ideal hardtail or his brother’s full carbon full suspension. Think it’s from the vibrations on the down as that’s the main time it occurs. Thoughts, solutions, ideas? Thinking maybe compression sleeves could help, maybe? Loosen up his grip as he could be over gripping? Did notice he was using two fingers to brake so did tell him only 1 was necessary.

I'd try all the tricks etc to relieve arm pump. Flatten the angle of his brake levers, make sure the reach isn't too far on the levers, get him some decent grips that aren't trendy 2mm thick dirt jump grips, get a more compliant alloy bar, raise bar height etc.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Best way to get stan's off of a matte/satin unpainted carbon frame? I keep destroying rear tires and the seatube of my frame got bukkaked pretty badly. 99% iso doesn't seem to take it off. Goo gone?

[skaredshtles]

Best way to get stan's off of a matte/satin unpainted carbon frame? I keep destroying rear tires and the seatube of my frame got bukkaked pretty badly. 99% iso doesn't seem to take it off. Goo gone?

[John_B]

Make sure to wear a respirator so you don't get carbon dust in your lungs.

[XtrPickels]

Make sure to wear a respirator so you don't get carbon dust in your lungs.

Eh. It's a worthwhile consequence necessary for the creation of carbon drillium - not breathing it in causes the newly formed drillium to be too brittle.

[El Chupacabra]

Best way to get stan's off of a matte/satin unpainted carbon frame? I keep destroying rear tires and the seatube of my frame got bukkaked pretty badly. 99% iso doesn't seem to take it off. Goo gone?

Wouldn't it just rub off?

Just grip it tightly, and rub up and down furiously until the goop comes off.

[simple]

Right it's just latex or synthetic latex

[Dantheman]

Just grip it tightly, and rub up and down furiously until the goop comes off.

I'll take out-of-context quotes for $1,000, Alex.

[XXX-er]

Wouldn't it just rub off?

Just grip it tightly, and rub up and down furiously until the goop comes off.

with the left hand or right hand ?

[El Chupacabra]

with the left hand or right hand ?

Why not both?

[smmokan]

I've seen a bunch of new content/posts/etc from Bike Magazine recently... did someone buy the assets and brand to bring it back from the dead?

[Falcon3]

I've seen a bunch of new content/posts/etc from Bike Magazine recently... did someone buy the assets and brand to bring it back from the dead?

I could have sworn I saw an "article" from them that felt very AI-written...

[buttahflake]

One more question on the Giant Revolt, I see something about an oversize steerer, will the headset on my Crux work? If not, please link one from Performance or Jenson, thanks!

[grskier]

I've seen a bunch of new content/posts/etc from Bike Magazine recently... did someone buy the assets and brand to bring it back from the dead?

I think they were owned by the same folks that owned Powder when they all folded. Powder is doing some sort of online resurgence.

[cydwhit]

I've seen a bunch of new content/posts/etc from Bike Magazine recently... did someone buy the assets and brand to bring it back from the dead?

Yeah, long story short:

Arena Group (big company, owns Sports Illustrated, and a gazillion other titles, picked up the Adventure Network (Powder, Bike, Surfer, etc) this winter.

I got hired this spring as gear editor, did a podcast that mostly covered the ski side, but pretty much the same deal for bikes. Only change since that podcast is that the print question is much more of a "it's coming soon!" then the "I just got hired and can't say for sure" answer I had back in the spring.

No AI, everybody who's writing for the site rides mountain bikes a bunch. I've got budget for freelance gear writers, so if anybody here wants to share their expert opinions with the rest of the world, slide into my DMs. Same goes for other questions, happy to answer 'em!

[jm2e]

.. so if anybody here wants to share their expert opinions with the rest of the world, slide into my DMs. Same goes for other questions, happy to answer 'em!

There’s a can of worms!




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[buttahflake]

One more question on the Giant Revolt, I see something about an oversize steerer, will the headset on my Crux work? If not, please link one from Performance or Jenson, thanks!

What are we thinking here? Amazon also works for me.