To anyone that has wrenched on these. How easy is it to straighten the hanger if it is out of alignment? I've noticed that with a lot of the new 12x142mm hangers and chips the standard derailleur tab is very difficult to align once bent. Sometimes these alignment issues come on new frames. Does this new system allow for fine tuning of alignment? Can you even use a standard hanger tool on these?

Yo, What radius do you build those jumps on?

Government land is our land. Fuck the pigs!

Dead Milkmen and riding with backpacks... takes me back.

Thank you Richard Cunningham. Your insights into not only tubeless tires\rims but with bar width and stem length are invaluable. There are too many people out there who base their opinions on just one event or on some stubborn idea that they refuse to let die. I've worked in the bike industry off and on since 1996 and the amount of misinformation that is being slung around by consumers, shop employees, and , yes, even manufacturer reps is astounding. It really is nice to see someone looking at the mechanics of mountain bikes in an objective way.

Technological specs and jargon might be over complex for the layman, however when the top performance and progression of a machine is the desired outcome I believe that it is very helpful in in keeping the manufacturers of said machine striving for the best possible product. It is interesting that the author compares the bike industry to the car industry. The infamously failing car industry has done for years what the author suggests should happen in the bike industry: They designed and manufactured cars for the layman. The result is the auto companies in effect put mechanical technology on hold in order to "shine a turd." with ascetics and useless gadgets. Did you know that the engines and suspension in your Ford or Chevy trucks have gone virtually unchanged for nearly forty years? Same blocks, same pushrods, same leaf springs, same solid axles, same 4x4, same crappy gas mileage and it's not because they are the perfect design. C'mon this is laziness on the part of the manufacturer because they know that the consumer knows nothing about the mechanical components of their cars. This is why I applaud the bike industry for being so tech-oriented; it keeps them honest and progressing. If a consumer buys a $6000 bike without knowing, at least, a little tech they are either rich or the kind of person that bought an SUV just because their neighbors did.

Let me just start this off by saying that I support sram in every way and have never had issues with their products ( even juicy brakes) as long as they are set up and maintained correctly. However, this post is an overcomplicated piece of crap. Lets start with the hydraulic cable junction on the post itself: if you look at this thing wrong it snaps off and dumps oil all over. oh yeah, they redesigned it but it still breaks and sucks. Come on this is supposed to be for mountain bikes. Moving right along, I don't know what the author of this article's idea of easy bleeding is but this post is a bitch. It s messy and sram's tech document on how to do it is incomplete and useless. Once it is set up it works well... That is until the line breaks at the post any you have to start all over again. Back to the drawing board sram. Oh and some advice, use a cable.

Tech. as Fuck!