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I wish DengFu would discover flip chips, a mixed would really up the appeal for me. At least they are shortening the seat tubes.

That type of thinking would still have us on these:

You’re going to ruin yourself from testing bikes with normal stems🤪

Yoshimura ENDH adaptor and FiftyFifty 30 mm stem. Reversed stem is giving me about 22mm offset to the rear. Unable to test right now due to persistent back issue. If good I will make risers for the direct mount stem and lower the ENDH on the CSU for a better appearance , When I make the spacers...

Modern N+1 is two identical eMTBs so you always have a backup functioning one in case of breakdown 😉

Hoses will be changed out, as for now replacing entire brake system, I will tinker with MT5 on my fatbikes and might be able to use them on a future build if I decide to do one.

Maybe I will just go over to Magura USA and see what we can come up with, they’re only about 60 miles away from me, but unsure if that’s just the warehouse only or if they have anyone on hand that can provide assistance. I haven’t called them yet. I will tinker with it again and see if I can fix...

Well, I Must have screwed something up in first rebuild attempt, have to try again, feels like piston isn’t uncovering replenish port, can’t push fluid back up through system. So I swapped in my old Magura MT4 masters, they are actually made out of aluminum! Scrubbed all my old pads clean...

You might be kidding but I only use about 50mm of my dropper travel on my Husky. Raising the saddle up full doesn’t make pedaling or climbing any better, climbing with the saddle raised might be worse! I have what I call “moto” position that puts me nicely behind the bars(Medium Husky HC1...

I think I’ve adapted to the looks already, to me a dual crown fork bike with the bars mounted up in front of the top clamp on a 50mm stem is odd looking, always was. I’ve been on 35 mm stems since 2001, just feels right! I will be going for the reverse stem in the future.

My issue I am having with my MT5 isn’t a “Nature of the Beast” issue, It’s there is some sort of failure in my brakes that is creating a loss of pressure situation. I suspect I damaged the master cylinders during service but they “act” normal in that they seem to bleed up and get a solid lever...

I will report on the repair once I get the rebuild kits,Amazon originally showed over night delivery on them, but after I clicked buy that shifted to Thursday🤬 So I will likely just do the rebuild next weekend.

It looks like it might be worth a try to rebuild the master cylinders then. I will order a couple of kits, a 25$ fix sure beats 600$ for new brakes and definitely worth the slight gamble. If power comes back after rebuild then maybe new pads and discs to get them to top notch again. I had not...

I have a set of MT4 Magura on a fatbike, I might try all the masters one at a time on the MT5, surly I haven’t blown them all out. If any of them restores the stopping it might be worthwhile to rebuild the MT5 masters. Temptation is still to experience Shigura setup though. Stock lever shape...

Didn’t know that about the brake hoses. I actually have a set of 10 year old Tektro brakes on my road bike that I’ve never touched, doesn’t get anything like mtb usage but they have never varied since the very first stop, definitely considering TRP DH also. I have to fight myself from putting...

Life long master certified Auto mechanic, when automotive brakes are serviced we always opened the bleeder valve at the caliper before retracting pistons, for two fold reasons, one, you are pumping all the crap in to lines and calipers back into the master which can make it fail right after...

I’m a big fan of dual crown, but turning radius is so limited on my present fat down tube bike. Maybe I need to go Avinox on my next bike if they allow more room. My favorite TRAIL bike back in the day was a Stinky Primo with a Marzocchi SuperT, that fork would smoke a modern fork for feel I’m...

I have some Magura MT5 brakes that came on my Husky HC1, when new they were ferocious stoppers, I had to run the softest tread compound to prevent sliding the back tire going into every berm with only slight lever pressure. Over time they have become incapable of doing such, I’ve swapped pads...

I would speculate that once you have determined your ideal spacer stack to replace that stack with a one piece spacer for the strongest possible headset preload. And maybe if you are really up there a headset through bolt that clamps to the bottom of the fork crown might also help hold things...

Do you ever climb with the saddle lowered? My Husqvarna HC1 actually climbs better with the saddle down about halfway, just feels good. I can’t really explain it, I had a MC2 that wanted the seat all the way up to climb but couldn’t get along with the otherwise handling of that bike. Thinking...