I have a 90mm boxcar stem w/ the Tosco bars on my XL Gus. It's been in the woods over rocks, roots and all the bumps a New England single track can give. It's been great!
On Friday, July 29, 2022 at 8:18:29 AM UTC-4 Johnny Alien wrote: > I had Billie bars on a tall nitto stem and had silly amounts of flex. > Moving to a stem that had uprise instead of that negative angle helped a > lot because I don't have to run them so high. I also think the Billie bars > are just super flexy bars. I moved to losco and tosco bars and that also > helped a bunch. > > On Friday, July 29, 2022 at 7:51:03 AM UTC-4 Daniel MacPherson wrote: > >> Hey Everyone, >> >> >> I’m having issues with my handlebar set-up. I’m running Nitto Technomic >> stem with Billie bars. The Billie bars are 25.4. The Nitto stem is 26.0. >> I’m using a problem solvers shim to fit the bars properly. >> >> >> Anyway, I get a lot of flex in the Billie bars when I apply any weight to >> the bars. I’ve applied a lot of torque to the nut on the stem and it helps >> a bit but doesn’t solve the issue. I’m worried it might be the headset; >> however the headset appears tight and smooth. Have you guys experienced >> similar issues? Thoughts? >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Daniel MacPherson >> >> Tallahassee Florida >> >> On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 8:06:16 PM UTC-4 fra...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Good to know Daniel! I have the stock DXR pads on for now. Only have 100 >>> miles or so and I still have no grind or squeal. Something I have been >>> annoyed with since going to disc brakes 15 or so years back. >>> On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 11:44:03 AM UTC-7 Daniel MacPherson wrote: >>> >>>> I fixed the squealing on my Susie by toeing in the Kool Stop pads just >>>> now. It's worth the try if you are getting annoyed by the constant >>>> screech. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> >>>> Daniel M >>>> >>>> On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 8:07:10 AM UTC-4 Paul Clifton wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good to know the Salmon pads squeal for lots of people. This isn't my >>>>> first fight with salmon pads on motolites, but it's the first time I >>>>> asked >>>>> about it. I'll just swap out the pads like usual, and there will prob be >>>>> a >>>>> free for shipping salmon pads post here once I get everything sorted out. >>>>> I >>>>> have at least 2 sets to get rid of now. >>>>> >>>>> Wally, the dual compound mountain pads are my go to. I haven't had any >>>>> problems with them squealing before. There must be something about the >>>>> shape of the thinlines that leads to the squeal. >>>>> >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 6:59:35 AM UTC-5 wallye...@gmail.com >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm running Paul Motolites and the Kool Stop mountain pads, in >>>>>> salmon, for my Gus. No issues for fit or squealing. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 6:30:18 AM UTC-4 brendonoid wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have found that the thin line salmons, when working, are great >>>>>>> pads but by far the fussiest to setup. Getting them to be quiet can >>>>>>> require >>>>>>> such ludicrous amounts of toe-in that the pad wont last more than 1000 >>>>>>> miles. One trick that has worked previously worked is cleaning the pads >>>>>>> themselves with isopropyl and then with hot detergent water. Not one or >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> other. Both, in that order. >>>>>>> I am trying the grey cheapy pads that riv started selling with >>>>>>> Neo-retros on my Susie and the setup was painless, and the braking is >>>>>>> far >>>>>>> improved to my previous experience with Neo-retros. >>>>>>> Sometimes everything just works, sometimes It doesn't, and if I >>>>>>> could tell which was which in advance I'd never learn anything. >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/aab7fbce-80f3-4f13-b293-31e442a6ebf6n%40googlegroups.com.
