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Old 08-04-25 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by coolhandjjl
Many of them are so wide, 30mm, 36mm, etc. You’d think that would screw up the angle of the straddle cable as there is no longer a real apex.
i try to achieve a 45-ish deg. angle on the straddles... any steeper, and you lose braking force once you pull the lever.

now excuse me as i go drool on my keyboard while staring at that rockshox in pic one of mkane's post.... i thought the $25 Marzocchi Superfly on my Canny M400 was totally sweet... until that pic....
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