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I bought a “trigon” Chinese carbon fork about four years ago.(ebay)  I rode it mainly on gravel and snowmobile/abandoned logging roads for that time. It has taken some very hard hits in that time with no problems. I even squeezed a 3″ dirt wizard in it for a little while. No problems, but…. always in the back of my mind- cheap Chinese. I always held off on the rough stuff or when exceeding 40 on road stuff. I recently replaced it with a carver carbon fork  for about 250$. These can be found at bikeman.com and come in a variety of configurations. The weight went from~650gm to about~800gm. I no longer fear breakage(at least not as much).

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I just recently moved from iphone to a windows phone and am wondering if there are any plans for an app for such. I miss my single tracks app.

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I have found that when the chain is replaced the cassette needs to be replaces as well.This is due to both the chain and cassette wearing at the same rate.

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I wear lycra shorts. I watch others have tough time relieving on longer rides w/bibs. Guess thats my only reason for no bibs

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