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From: zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Disc Compatibility?
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 12:50:06 -0500
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On 3/7/2025 8:00 PM, John B. wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 06:18:22 -0500, zen cycle
> <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/6/2025 5:16 PM, Joerg wrote:
>>> On 3/6/25 1:11 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:
>>>> On 3/6/2025 3:45 PM, Joerg wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Both front and back should have the same lever pull, assuming similar
>>>>> pad and rotor wear. If you got a lot of air out the question is, how
>>>>> did that much get in there in the first place? That doesn't sound
>>>>> healthy.
>>>>>
>>>>> In a well-designed brake system air tends to bubble up towards the
>>>>> handles. Maybe ride around a little, get the brakes good and warm,
>>>>> and bleed again. I always vent at the top when bleeding my MTB
>>>>> brakes. Only very little air comes out, if any. The brakes always
>>>>> feel firm but I do it as a preventative maintenance to prevent a
>>>>> surpsise brake fade. I have seen that happen with a rider in front of
>>>>> me on a long downhill. His front faded but since he was a good dirt
>>>>> bike rider he saved the situation with a nice sideways slide,
>>>>> stopping in a massive plume of dust. And some expletives.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
>>>> safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
>>>> thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “Wow
>>>> what a ride!” - Hunter S. Thompson
>>>>
>>>
>>> Last words of a redneck: "Hold my beer and y'all watch me now!" :-)
>>>
>>
>> lol...that's a running joke between me and my wife whenever one of us is
>> going to try something potentially risky (usually stoking the fire pit).
>>
>> "be careful honey"
>> "hold my beer, I got this"
> 
> What is a "Fire Pit"?
> 
> 

basically, a pit where you have a controlled fire. In our case, it's a ~ 
6' diameter structure built out of cobblestones on a concrete pad.