Dirt Rag = awesome

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So I was thinking of a birthday gift for my gf's mtn biker
friend and thought some Dirt Rag swag would be cool. So's
I order some socks, some for me, too, and their 16 oz
coffee mug. I mention I need it by this weekend for the
birthday so I'll do 2 day shipping. I receive an email
that it would ship out on Monday and be here yesterday.
After work I find the package on the steps, it looks
great, but when I pick it up I hear a rattle. Uh oh,
unless they sent some extra swag the mug is broken. I

open

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it up and after digging through all the packing materials,
it was packed VERY WELL, I discover a very broken mug.

So last night I send an email that it was broken and
figured I'd follow up this morning if I didn't receive a
reply back. But sure enough, when I

got

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to work there was an email waiting for me that they were
shipping me a mug for next day delivery and I hadn't even
reminded them of the birthday.

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And I'm going to discourage everyone I know from using
UPS. I have not received, nor have I had a buyer receive
from me, one broken item from the USPS or FedEx but I
can't count the number of things broken by UPS.

Also, the email customer service of Dirt Rag is excellent.
In comparison my email to Avid that I sent weeks ago
regarding my broken Juicys was finally responded to today.
I had long since given up and called them.

Greg

So. what's up with the Juicys? Was thinking about
swaping out my Hayes Comps on my Giant AC1 and getting
the Juicy 7s. Xtc

Side note about Avid *
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I had ordered a rollamajig for my bike and my LBS told me
about it .

CS VT2 *soon to have pictures of it*

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So I was thinking of a birthday gift for my gf's mtn
biker friend and thought some Dirt Rag swag would be
cool. So's I order some socks, some for me, too, and
their 16 oz coffee mug. I mention I need it by this
weekend for the birthday so I'll do 2 day shipping. I
receive an email that it would ship out on Monday and be
here yesterday. After work I

find

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the package on the steps, it looks great, but when I
pick it up I hear a rattle. Uh oh, unless they sent some
extra swag the mug is broken. I

open

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it up and after digging through all the packing
materials, it was packed VERY WELL, I discover a very
broken mug.

So last night I send an email that it was broken and
figured I'd follow

up

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this morning if I didn't receive a reply back. But sure
enough, when I

got

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to work there was an email waiting for me that they were
shipping me a

mug

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for next day delivery and I hadn't even reminded them of
the birthday.

friends.

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And I'm going to discourage everyone I know from using
UPS. I have not received, nor have I had a buyer receive
from me, one broken item from

the

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USPS or FedEx but I can't count the number of things
broken by UPS.

Also, the email customer service of Dirt Rag is
excellent. In

comparison

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my email to Avid that I sent weeks ago regarding my
broken Juicys was finally responded to today. I had long
since given up and called them.

Greg

So. what's up with the Juicys? Was thinking about swaping
out my Hayes

Comps

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on my Giant AC1 and getting the Juicy 7s. Xtc

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So. what's up with the Juicys? Was thinking about
swaping out my Hayes Comps on my Giant AC1 and getting
the Juicy 7s. Xtc

If you don't shorten the hoses you'll most likely see
nothing wrong with them. But the hoses were far too long for
my 5" inch travel fork so I just had to shorten them. If you
do pull them apart to do whatever maintenance you might do
on the hoses there is a nagging issue with the compression
nuts that hold the hose in the lever body. It seems to be
quite brittle and many times will crack before it's tight
enough to hold the brake fluid
in.

My rear brake is holding up fine but I'm now getting ready
to do my front brake for the 4th time in the hopes of not
cracking the compression nut. You could call me hamfisted
but the last two times I tried this the nut cracked
looooooooong before it would hold fluid in.

I'm crossing my fingers this time. Now my hose is getting
short enough that I'm going to need a new one if I have to
start over again.

Greg

G.T. said:

Now my hose is getting short enough that I'm going to need
a new one

Cue Bomba.

Bill "ready on the set" S.

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So. what's up with the Juicys? Was thinking about swaping
out my Hayes

Comps

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on my Giant AC1 and getting the Juicy 7s. Xtc

Are you another Giant XTC/AC1 rider? The Hayes comps on mine
were used as all hell, but they work great. I ride the AC1
often... to class and the like, and when I switch over to
the XTC, it's like "whoa!"

Phil

"G.T." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So I was thinking of a birthday gift for my gf's mtn biker
friend and thought some Dirt Rag swag would be cool. So's
I order some socks, some for me, too, and their 16 oz
coffee mug. I mention I need it by this weekend for the
birthday so I'll do 2 day shipping. I receive an email
that it would ship out on Monday and be here yesterday.
After work I find the package on the steps, it looks
great, but when I pick it up I hear a rattle. Uh oh,
unless they sent some extra swag the mug is broken. I

open

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it up and after digging through all the packing materials,
it was packed VERY WELL, I discover a very broken mug.

So last night I send an email that it was broken and
figured I'd follow up this morning if I didn't receive a
reply back. But sure enough, when I

got

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to work there was an email waiting for me that they were
shipping me a mug for next day delivery and I hadn't even
reminded them of the birthday.

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And I'm going to discourage everyone I know from using
UPS. I have not received, nor have I had a buyer receive
from me, one broken item from the USPS or FedEx but I
can't count the number of things broken by UPS.

Also, the email customer service of Dirt Rag is excellent.
In comparison my email to Avid that I sent weeks ago
regarding my broken Juicys was finally responded to today.
I had long since given up and called them.

Greg

We have been subscribing to Dirt Rag for ages now. We've
bought some stuff from them and won a contest. They've never
done us wrong.

- CA-G but Jason Schwinabart has to go...

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

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Side note about Avid * pinkbike.comnOpen ↗
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I had ordered a rollamajig for my bike and my LBS told me
about it .

That's old news, I don't know why that release was
dated 3/10.

Greg

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Side note about Avid * pinkbike.comnOpen ↗
ews/?op=articleview&id=1936 *

I had ordered a rollamajig for my bike and my LBS told me
about it .

That's old news, I don't know why that release was
dated 3/10.

Greg

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Side note about Avid * pinkbike.comnOpen ↗
ews/?op=articleview&id=1936 *

I had ordered a rollamajig for my bike and my LBS told me
about it .

That's old news, I don't know why that release was
dated 3/10.

Greg

"Phil, back at home" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So. what's up with the Juicys? Was thinking about
swaping out my Hayes

Comps

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on my Giant AC1 and getting the Juicy 7s. Xtc

Are you another Giant XTC/AC1 rider? The Hayes comps on
mine were used as all hell, but they work great. I ride
the AC1 often... to class and the like, and when I switch
over to the XTC, it's like "whoa!"

Phil

Nope. Just an AC1 rider. Xtc is my nick.I 1st used it online
when Quake was released way back when.;~) That kida sucks
about the compression nuts being brittle. I'm sure they know
about it by now. Going to my lbs and tell the owner about
this. Since he has a new set on his VT2. Xtc

"Phil, back at home" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

So. what's up with the Juicys? Was thinking about
swaping out my Hayes

Comps

Quoted message said:

on my Giant AC1 and getting the Juicy 7s. Xtc

Are you another Giant XTC/AC1 rider? The Hayes comps on
mine were used as all hell, but they work great. I ride
the AC1 often... to class and the like, and when I switch
over to the XTC, it's like "whoa!"

Phil

Nope. Just an AC1 rider. Xtc is my nick.I 1st used it online
when Quake was released way back when.;~) That kida sucks
about the compression nuts being brittle. I'm sure they know
about it by now. Going to my lbs and tell the owner about
this. Since he has a new set on his VT2. Xtc

"Phil, back at home" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

So. what's up with the Juicys? Was thinking about
swaping out my Hayes

Comps

Quoted message said:

on my Giant AC1 and getting the Juicy 7s. Xtc

Are you another Giant XTC/AC1 rider? The Hayes comps on
mine were used as all hell, but they work great. I ride
the AC1 often... to class and the like, and when I switch
over to the XTC, it's like "whoa!"

Phil

Nope. Just an AC1 rider. Xtc is my nick.I 1st used it online
when Quake was released way back when.;~) That kida sucks
about the compression nuts being brittle. I'm sure they know
about it by now. Going to my lbs and tell the owner about
this. Since he has a new set on his VT2. Xtc

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That's old news, I don't know why that release was
dated 3/10.

I think its been officially finalized and signed in ink
as of 3/10:

sram.comnews article.aspOpen ↗

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

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If you don't shorten the hoses you'll most likely see
nothing wrong with them. But the hoses were far too long
for my 5" inch travel fork so I just had to shorten them.
If you do pull them apart to do whatever maintenance you
might do on the hoses there is a nagging issue with the
compression nuts that hold the hose in the lever body. It
seems to be quite brittle and many times will crack before
it's tight enough to hold the brake fluid in.

My rear brake is holding up fine but I'm now getting ready
to do my front brake for the 4th time in the hopes of not
cracking the compression nut. You could call me hamfisted
but the last two times I tried this the nut cracked
looooooooong before it would hold fluid in.

I'm crossing my fingers this time. Now my hose is getting
short enough that I'm going to need a new one if I have to
start over again.

Greg

I just installed some Goodridge hoses. After seeing how
disgustingly simple and easy they are to put together, i
think compression nuts should be outlawed.
--
Slacker

Slacker said:

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If you don't shorten the hoses you'll most likely see
nothing wrong with them. But the hoses were far too long
for my 5" inch travel fork so I just had to shorten them.
If you do pull them apart to do whatever maintenance you
might do on the hoses there is a nagging issue with the
compression nuts that hold the hose in the lever body. It
seems to be quite brittle and many times will crack before
it's tight enough to hold the brake fluid in.

My rear brake is holding up fine but I'm now getting ready
to do my front brake for the 4th time in the hopes of not
cracking the compression nut. You could call me hamfisted
but the last two times I tried this the nut cracked
looooooooong before it would hold fluid in.

I'm crossing my fingers this time. Now my hose is getting
short enough that I'm going to need a new one if I have to
start over again.

Greg

I just installed some Goodridge hoses. After seeing how
disgustingly simple and easy they are to put together, i
think compression nuts should be outlawed.

Please elaborate for this hydraulic newbie.

Greg

G.T. said:

Slacker said:

I just installed some Goodridge hoses. After seeing how
disgustingly simple and easy they are to put together, i
think compression nuts should be outlawed.

Please elaborate for this hydraulic newbie.

Greg

It's a two piece screw in fitting system. One piece (sleeve)
that fits over the hose, then the other fitting screws
itself inside the hose and into the sleeve as the same time.
Both are made out of stainless steel and are reusable.

Expensive, but very nice and fail proof as far as
installation is concerned. They are also kink proof.. don't
ask me how I know this ;-) , but I do. I'll find out about
their performance in the morning.

Time for night night.
--
Slacker

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Nope. Just an AC1 rider. Xtc is my nick.I 1st used it
online when Quake

was

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released way back when.;~) That kida sucks about the
compression nuts being brittle. I'm sure they know about
it by now. Going to my lbs

and

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tell the owner about this. Since he has a new set on his
VT2. Xtc

Yeah... I pretty much abused my Skareb. I did lots of stairs
and 3-foot drops every once in a while on that fork. I still
abuse it because I think it's a good fork (especially after
I replaced the cracked lowers), but it was really fortunate
that I got the AC1 arrived in the mail right after the
damping broke on the XTC 😉

Phil