MTB Podcast – Episode 15 – Handlebars, stems, headsets & other front end things

MTB Podcast

Worldwide Cyclery

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4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2017

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan and Steven cover why you should have wide bars, but not too wide, why you should have a short stem, but not too short, and how to find the perfect size of each. Add on to that headsets and fork offsets and the front end of your bike is covered! Topics covered in this episode: • TDS Enduro 2017 update • Crankworx results: http://www.crankworx.com/2017-results/ • How to make sure you are eating enough during a race • How much food should you eat before a race? • How often should you service your hub? • Are simple hard tails a good purchase? • Are most people buying the wrong bike? • How to keep your fork seals in good condition. • What is the difference between a short, mid and long cage derailleur? • Do e*thirteen cassettes shift well with Shimano and SRAM? • How to know what handlebar size you need • What length and angle stem should you use? • How many spacers should you use on your steerer tube? • What headset should you get? • What is fork offset? • Quarq ShockwizReview Pt. 2 • Steven's Cannondale bike that he probably shouldn't be talking about yet ... in fact, ignore this, we have no clue what we are talking about... for at least a few more days until the embargo lifts. ;)

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0:00.0	And Hey everybody welcome to episode 15 of the mountain bike podcast I'm your host
0:19.6	Jonathan Lee with my co-host Stephen good morning indeed it's earlier than normal we're
0:25.6	squeezing this in on a weekend Sunday mornings yeah we're trying to get this
0:29.3	one done so because we we were late on one and and we just want to give you guys some extra.
0:35.2	We're just getting caught up.
0:36.2	Yep, exactly.
0:37.8	So this is the Mountain Bike Podcast where we talk about all things Mountain Biking, whether it be tech-related, whether it's product biking, whether it be tech related,
0:43.2	whether it's product stuff, whether it's racing,
0:46.0	technique, anything like that.
0:47.7	And today, we're actually gonna get into some more bike nerdy,
0:51.7	but we won't get too deep into the nerdy.
0:53.2	No, shouldn't be too terrible.
0:54.3	Shouldn't be too bad.
0:55.7	We're going to answer some of your questions.
0:57.0	We're going to go over just a bit of news, not a lot, because there really hasn't been a whole lot this
1:00.9	week.
1:01.8	And yeah, we're also going to give you some
1:03.9	some tips at the end here which will be pretty good stuff but first we've
1:08.0	gotten a number of new reviews this week Stephen lots of reviews yeah good
1:12.2	stuff somebody says here, he says, I was hooked
1:15.6	after the rear suspension explained podcast. I was always curious but could never find this
1:19.6	info. You guys explained my bike exactly and gave me advice on fixing what I didn't like.
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