Oli G

Not being able to brake also kills....

I find the bar ends only make the ride more comfortable. Wing grips I much prefer to keep your hands from dying on long rides.

You do go fractionally faster being that your wheels have more rotational inertia... downfall is your brake reaction time is reduced which also actually makes you go faster..... not exactly when you want to go faster...

They mythbusted that. get a telescope and look at the flag and the moon buggy. keys still in ignition and the parking meter expired.

Skateboard wheel can't go over a pebble. Monster truck wheel can crush granny's oldsmobile. Extreme example but basically bigger wheel goes over bigger stuff. Niner has a nice explanation of it on their page. http://www.ninerbikes.com/fly.aspx?layout=bikes&technology=true&taxid=103

Love my maxxis larsen.

I've got specialized wing grips on my riser bar and I love them. They are worth not getting bar ends especially if you have a riser-bar. bar ends look terrible on riser bars.

The Epic Bike Shop has the ergon grips made for the twist shifts.

Simon is the most knowledgeable bike spec dude I've ever met.

Have you been to the new shop renayg?? The one opposite Osman's Supply Store...

Lance has built over 2 thousand wheels...

The Sintered Pads cause the most wear on your rotor being that they are very hard and rough. Sintered are also the heaviest of the three which can fractionally reduce the reaction time of your brakes as well as obviously adding weight. Organic are made from softer materials than the other two and therefore wear the fastest. Ceramic Brakes are made from ceramic fiber which is very good at dissipating heat. Ceramic brakes usually include some of the metal fibers used in the sintered pads so that their braking power is increased. If you want short range stopping power use sintered although it will heat up very quickly and lose a lot of stopping power they will be too hot to retain their stopping power after 100 meters. If you have to do a lot of braking you should use ceramic as it will dissipate more heat than using sintered and therefore your stopping power will be better when doing a lot of braking. Ceramics are the most expensive therefore they must be the best.....

DHK Where are u?? just hubbing form home hey???