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Any mountain bikers out there 2.0

Has anyone rode a bike with a Pinion gearbox? They look pretty cool and pairing it with a belt drive seems to make the drivetrain bombproof and almost maintenance free

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I have been eyeballing there new ebike drive system. I have a buddy that has it on his 160mm travel bike and he swears by it. It's the latest pinion, I can't think of what frame it is at the moment. It's a high pivot, and doesn't need a tensioner. He was running a belt on his originally and said the belt gets squeaky/gritty and it annoyed him. There were some tensioning differences between the two setups and due to that the chain was preferred.


I'm gonna try to go ride Sunday and next weekend. Finally on a decent roll getting in better shape.
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Tikka T3 Thread

Good for you. I've tried 2 of them, they weren't budging. I'd rather pay someone than deal with it, and you might have noted that I have stuff to get fluted anyways.

Appreciate your non-helpful answer though.
Jesus man, I’m no gunsmith but my factory Tikka barrel was not a huge deal. Get off your wallet and order a solid barrel vice with appropriate insert for the Tikka factory barrel. External action wrench and do the deed. Get proper tools or continue to pay the guy that has them. 2 barrels in you are even; after that you are ahead.

Does anyone stand with Berger?

I guess the Berger’s cost more for a reason… I duno why I’m even posting this other than surprised in a negative way by the others.
It's pretty simple. The faster the machines run the greater the deviation from the mean will likely be. But the unit costs will be lower for the fixed costs. The real question is "can you shoot the difference in precision" between the brands?

When does the winning start?

I started seeing this shit in 1965 just after I ragged up for uncle in 64. Its got worse & worst with every election, both sides (D's & R's )are playing against the middle, us. The thing that chaps my ass the most is those who can't see thru the B/S and think xyz is doing so much for the country, when in fact they are part of the plan from the get go. No where past DDI has it got better, we just keep marching towards our death throes. $130+ trillion in unfunded debt, and there is no recovery from that. Every president to date has dug the hole deeper, one way our the other.
Yup. Enough to make a guy give up hope.

Tikka T3 Thread

@carbonbased ,

I’ve done that too. That’s what led me to have my gunsmith buddy clean up the threads on the receiver and try to salvage the barrel. I can’t remember if we pulled off the salvaging the barrel. But I do remember, he told me absolutely positively under no circumstances thread a barrel into a receiver where you don’t first apply anti seize to keep that from happening again.

The first ten or so barrel pulls were a learning experience. I still run into a problem barrel occasionally. Those I tap in the tightening direction before trying loosening.

Except the one that ended up like your picture, the rest of them have been fairly straightforward
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“BBB” law *update* *update* july5th

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You realize I’m sure there’s groups that think similar of you right? Hate only breeds more hate. And that’s not some hippie nonsense it’s actually observably true.
You are still not understanding the actual situation we are all faced with. It is “normal” human to try and find a middle ground. When things become really important and high risk, the usefulness of “normal human” feelings drops to almost zero.
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When does the winning start?

I'm not going to argue, I voted for Trump to fuck things up. And so far, he's messing with the correct people. You're the one that is so unhappy, what did you expect to see by now? Seriously, specifically, what did you expect to see from Trump? I don't care about everyone that promised and didn't deliver. What did you expect from Trump?
I love it. Preach it brother!
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