Monday, May 02, 2005

Maxm MX-5 Carbon Riser

For my Turner, I decided to try some bling carbon bars and our Chaybo highly rated the Maxm bars - which I'd never hard of at the time. Out of the box, they certainly looked the part with a glossy lacquer, had a similar shape to bars that I've liked, good width and were very light.

In use the carbon definitely has a different feel to that of aluminium, tho I find it difficult to explain - so try one for yourself ! The good shape and dimensions meant I was immediately comfortable and confident.

Spec; 1" rise, 7 degree bend, 4 degree sweep, 610mm/26" wide, 136g.

Update: Unfortunately, it's not all been rosy as I've found that the clear coat is easily chipped especially with the sharp edges of my SRAM shifters and Mono M4's. They haven't damaged to bar but it does look ugly. This combined with the number of crashes that I tend to experience is causing me to start looking back at alloy risers which are typically more durable to a clumsy lout like me.

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Reviews

As many a Blog has been created that review all thangs MTB, I thought it'd be handy to have a central area where they can all be found, incl'g a handy link on the sidebar. So Blog away Posse and review kit to your hearts content...

Bikes :
Components :

Bars :
  • FSA XC190 - riser, alloy
  • Maxm MX-1 - flat, carbon
  • Maxm MX-5 - riser, carbon
Brakes :
  • Formula Oro
  • Hope C2 - 2 pot, closed
  • Hope Mini
  • Hope Mono M4 - 4 pot, open
  • Magura Louise BAT's, VentiRotors '07
  • Shimano Dual Control '05
  • Shimano Saint
Cables :
Cassettes :
  • Shimano XT
  • SRAM PG-990
  • SunRace MZ
Cranksets :
Derailleurs :
  • Shimano XTR (fd)
  • SRAM X-Gen (fd)
  • Shimano XTR (rd)
  • SRAM X0 (rd)
  • SRAM X9 (rd)
  • SRAM x9 Jockey Wheels '05
Forks :
Grips :
  • Enduro Fork Seals Silicone
  • Yeti Hardcore
Groupsets :
Pedals : Saddles :
  • Fizik Gobi '05
  • Koobi
  • Specialized BG2
  • Specialized Jett - women's
  • WTB Shadow
Seatclamps :
  • Hope
  • Salsa
Seatposts :
Shifters :
  • Shimano XT
  • SRAM x0
  • SRAM X9
Shoxs :
Skewers :
  • Bontrager
  • Hope
Stems :
Tyres :
  • Bontrager ACX '05 "Tubeless"
  • Hutchinson Bulldog
  • Hutchinson Spider UST
  • Panaracer Cinder
  • Panaracer XC Fire
  • Schwalbe Nobby Nic's
  • Schwalbe Racing Ralph '05
Wheelsets : Accessories :

Armour :
Helmets :
Hydration Packs :
Jackets :
Lights : Locks :
GPS :
Mudguards :
Pumps :
Shoes :
Miscellaneous : Review Websites :
I find that the Blogger Archive drop-down is useless unless you know "when" stuff was Blog'd. So with a little help, I'm sure that the links to any new reviews will mysteriously find there way into this handy reference blog. Eventually...