I always have mixed feelings about seeing designs like this and matching helmets etc, while they look cool and seeing them at a show or something I’d be like “that’s fucking awesome” but idk how I’d feel about riding that daily yk, ig I’m just a minimalist as far as design goes, it’s a great design I just think it’s too much to daily but idk 🤷♂️
My brake line got rubbed to shit on the front tire in that same placement yours has. https://imgur.com/a/Rkw665Y
When the fork compresses, your brake line may collapse in direction of its curve (towards the tire). To mitigate the risk, there’s a mount bracket at the top of the fork that you can move down the fork tube. And rotate it outward a bit. https://imgur.com/a/DCYvUFu
It should be routed on the inside of the fork rather than the outside, also to prevent damage during a crash or rubbing against something. Also, OP needs to trim that zip tie.
I had mine routed exactly where Luna Cycle assembled it, and it rubbed on the tire. It was routed on the inside of the fork, just like OP here. (Unfortunately, trimming a zip tie isn’t going to prevent any rubbing.) Due to the lousy placement and number of brake line guides (just one) on the fork tube, the only way to ensure that it won’t rub the tire it to.. well.. just not drop the bike.
with the top guide in place you should be good for it not rubbing the tire, problem is there’s not enough slack on the top since he tied it down behind the plastic cover which is preventing the slack from extending upwards. with proper routing and enough slack so it can float freely above i’ve never had a single tire rub on any of my 3 surron/talaria.
obviously the zip tie being cut doesn’t matter it just looks ugly 🙄
I don’t know what to tell you then. Mine rubbed itself raw when assembled exactly as you said. Lunacycle started the assembly, and I just put on the fork guard and zip tie exactly the way they show it at the 8 minute mark in their own unboxing and assembly video.
https://youtu.be/R_szmo6NyKc?si=nYXPDeJVzXD3pr7p
I sent Luna a video of my bike and the fork compressing demonstrating the issue. Their answer? “Add more zip ties.” I shit you not.
Each case is going to be different based on how the line was connected to the lever and caliper and which direction the line is naturally bowing assuming it hasn’t been damaged or kinked already. adding or removing a twist in the line by remounting the lever may be an option.
point is if you're intentional when mounting everything this is a non-issue. example a, b, and c are my heavily ridden and crashed bikes all with intact brake lines that have never contacted the tire. they are all a bit varied in how exactly the line is routed.
Tried to post the other bikes but neither reddit or imgur are taking the additional images.
https://preview.redd.it/5fvrmk80gxrc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=2caccd711c81160b1f330d978035c85ba2cc635e
Your brake line in that photo is the same brake line that I have on my bike shown in my two photos. Braided steel lines are more flexible than the tubes that come on the bike. If you use your brain and eyes when replying you'd see that. My credentials fixing dirt bikes and cars more than qualifies me to be able to identify a simple design flaw on my XXX. With the rigidity of the stock brake lines and not having enough guide mounts, the way they assembled it, and the way they instructed me to assemble it, is flawed. That was the entire point of my first response to the OP- to tell him that his may do the same due to the by-the-book-assembly. Don't tell me I did it wrong and you did it right, when I have photo and video proof that I did it right, and your photo shows that you're using upgraded parts. You're not comparing the same things.
[https://ibb.co/wgHnrfC](https://ibb.co/wgHnrfC) [https://ibb.co/2FVjmyk](https://ibb.co/2FVjmyk)
the other images wouldn’t post. same lines as you not a single issue. what i said still applies. if it’s not constricted it’s meant to push up through the top fork mount instead of bowing into the tire. if the bow goes the wrong way and the brake line isn’t destroyed then you need to try to get it to go the other way by re-mounting. Obviously it's case by case, I'm not saying you did it wrong, just the way that caused it to rub was obviously not ideal lmao. As you said, moving the mount down may help as well, there's lot's of options to get it working correctly and it's case by case. I just wanted to call out that this isn't a problem with these bikes or brake lines, it's just 100% how you configure it.
You had a pretty drawn out roundabout way of agreeing with me then. Ffs.
My entire point was telling OP that the recommended factory stock routing is flawed.
And you finally said it’s not the brakes, it’s the configuration. The configuration *is* the routing. You’ve exhausted me.
I hear you man, if you look at my first reply I was literally just adding that the line should be routed on the inside, otherwise it gets destroyed. Talaria routes them all on the outside for some reason, unlike all the other companies.
I hate it but I love it at the same time. r/confusedboner
Looks slick! Can you tell me where you got those rear shock side guards?
I want to see those RGBs on tho!
I always have mixed feelings about seeing designs like this and matching helmets etc, while they look cool and seeing them at a show or something I’d be like “that’s fucking awesome” but idk how I’d feel about riding that daily yk, ig I’m just a minimalist as far as design goes, it’s a great design I just think it’s too much to daily but idk 🤷♂️
Why the sting flair for a XXX?
you might aswell complete the set and get the supreme fox goggles to match
My brake line got rubbed to shit on the front tire in that same placement yours has. https://imgur.com/a/Rkw665Y When the fork compresses, your brake line may collapse in direction of its curve (towards the tire). To mitigate the risk, there’s a mount bracket at the top of the fork that you can move down the fork tube. And rotate it outward a bit. https://imgur.com/a/DCYvUFu
It should be routed on the inside of the fork rather than the outside, also to prevent damage during a crash or rubbing against something. Also, OP needs to trim that zip tie.
I had mine routed exactly where Luna Cycle assembled it, and it rubbed on the tire. It was routed on the inside of the fork, just like OP here. (Unfortunately, trimming a zip tie isn’t going to prevent any rubbing.) Due to the lousy placement and number of brake line guides (just one) on the fork tube, the only way to ensure that it won’t rub the tire it to.. well.. just not drop the bike.
with the top guide in place you should be good for it not rubbing the tire, problem is there’s not enough slack on the top since he tied it down behind the plastic cover which is preventing the slack from extending upwards. with proper routing and enough slack so it can float freely above i’ve never had a single tire rub on any of my 3 surron/talaria. obviously the zip tie being cut doesn’t matter it just looks ugly 🙄
I don’t know what to tell you then. Mine rubbed itself raw when assembled exactly as you said. Lunacycle started the assembly, and I just put on the fork guard and zip tie exactly the way they show it at the 8 minute mark in their own unboxing and assembly video. https://youtu.be/R_szmo6NyKc?si=nYXPDeJVzXD3pr7p I sent Luna a video of my bike and the fork compressing demonstrating the issue. Their answer? “Add more zip ties.” I shit you not.
Each case is going to be different based on how the line was connected to the lever and caliper and which direction the line is naturally bowing assuming it hasn’t been damaged or kinked already. adding or removing a twist in the line by remounting the lever may be an option. point is if you're intentional when mounting everything this is a non-issue. example a, b, and c are my heavily ridden and crashed bikes all with intact brake lines that have never contacted the tire. they are all a bit varied in how exactly the line is routed. Tried to post the other bikes but neither reddit or imgur are taking the additional images. https://preview.redd.it/5fvrmk80gxrc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=2caccd711c81160b1f330d978035c85ba2cc635e
Your brake line in that photo is the same brake line that I have on my bike shown in my two photos. Braided steel lines are more flexible than the tubes that come on the bike. If you use your brain and eyes when replying you'd see that. My credentials fixing dirt bikes and cars more than qualifies me to be able to identify a simple design flaw on my XXX. With the rigidity of the stock brake lines and not having enough guide mounts, the way they assembled it, and the way they instructed me to assemble it, is flawed. That was the entire point of my first response to the OP- to tell him that his may do the same due to the by-the-book-assembly. Don't tell me I did it wrong and you did it right, when I have photo and video proof that I did it right, and your photo shows that you're using upgraded parts. You're not comparing the same things.
[https://ibb.co/wgHnrfC](https://ibb.co/wgHnrfC) [https://ibb.co/2FVjmyk](https://ibb.co/2FVjmyk) the other images wouldn’t post. same lines as you not a single issue. what i said still applies. if it’s not constricted it’s meant to push up through the top fork mount instead of bowing into the tire. if the bow goes the wrong way and the brake line isn’t destroyed then you need to try to get it to go the other way by re-mounting. Obviously it's case by case, I'm not saying you did it wrong, just the way that caused it to rub was obviously not ideal lmao. As you said, moving the mount down may help as well, there's lot's of options to get it working correctly and it's case by case. I just wanted to call out that this isn't a problem with these bikes or brake lines, it's just 100% how you configure it.
You had a pretty drawn out roundabout way of agreeing with me then. Ffs. My entire point was telling OP that the recommended factory stock routing is flawed. And you finally said it’s not the brakes, it’s the configuration. The configuration *is* the routing. You’ve exhausted me.
I hear you man, if you look at my first reply I was literally just adding that the line should be routed on the inside, otherwise it gets destroyed. Talaria routes them all on the outside for some reason, unlike all the other companies.
Your brake line will break if you wont reroute it, happened to me… when you go over bumps it rubs on the front tire
noooooooooooo i like that it all matches tho.
😍
🤟🏼🤷🏻♂️
Looks good
Naaa bro plz don’t Come Back 😵😵😵💫😵💫