Why don't they ..Feel free to add

wobbem
wobbem Posts: 283
edited January 2011 in MTB general
Put the Air side on a Reba fork on the opposite side to the disk side, so when you check the lower air, the disk doesn't get sprayed with oil when removing their pump?

Make the front derailleur's pull lever work from the front of the seat tube to give more clearance between the tyre and seat tube ( esp 29ers) and help stop the cable from getting muddied up?
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    well you should not have the valve pointing down or yes you will lose lubricating oil.

    and it get in the way of bottles and shoulders if it was in front of the seat tube.
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  • benneally
    benneally Posts: 973
    Why dont all bikes have that little cut in the seat tube facing forwards, so your seat tube doesnt seize up...
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Because apparently, it makes no difference. According to Brant Richards anyway. But having it pointing backwards can make it easier to join the tubes without the need for a tall seat tower/riser.

    OK here's one- why do Shimano cut the cable outer into short lengths in their XTR cable kit, when they're never the right length anyway and leaving them uncut would give less waste and save them having to do it.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    My Marin has the cut at the front, Kona at the back Definitely get less gunk etc on the Marin, especially when raising and dropping the seatpost a lot.
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  • bike-a-swan
    bike-a-swan Posts: 1,235
    ...get to together and sort out some clear way of describing what kind of tapered headset you're buying or which fits the bike you have?

    I don't expect everyone to make them to same, but at least to make it easier to know which one to buy!
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  • hoochylala
    hoochylala Posts: 987
    bike-a-swan wrote:
    ...get to together and sort out some clear way of describing what kind of tapered headset you're buying or which fits the bike you have?

    I don't expect everyone to make them to same, but at least to make it easier to know which one to buy!

    +1, yes please!
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  • Squarepants
    Squarepants Posts: 1,019
    ... ever have reviews of the exact model/type/version of (insert item here) I'm looking to buy at the time..
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  • P-Jay
    P-Jay Posts: 1,478
    They... and by 'they' whoever is in charge of all the trail centres in South Wales, pull their collective finger out and say what they're doing with the £6m they got in funding, and if it's not too much bother get on with buiding it, been 6 months now! Jeez.

    Build the very much overdue DH course at Afan.

    The council that covers the area Afan is in stop being such dicks and get over the fact that an uplift service is just that, not a bus service, not a taxi service - stop trying to pigeonhole and ask the council down the road that run Cwncarn.

    BBC/ITV/C4 how about droppping some of the latenight fringe nonsense, sports and otherwise you show and pick up DH WC's, I'm sure RW will promise to stop swearing so much, he manages it for Dave, whilst your at it, show Entourage series 7.

    Portes du Soleil, employ more trail maintance crews.

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