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The f40 has been glacial! I don’t necessarily mind that but it’s drawn attention to some of the other nonsense. The guy has gone to great lengths to model the f40 and 3d scan a real f40 and to model the engine in the car and design a jig for the suspension points. All sensible stuff and actually interesting. But he then has spent like 1 episode per single chassis tube bend that he has basically done by eye. The thing that has baffled me in this episode is that all the stiffening he has put in he has just put in by eye with just a “that looks strong” or “that looks neat”! Also the main tubes from the dashboard down to the front of the car seem totally mental. Yes they look nice but they diagonally bisect the main top suspension points mounting positions which doesn’t seem particularly sensible especially when the angle of that tube is completely aesthetic. Also sending the tubing all the way to the very front of the car seems completely pointless? Surely it only really needs to go to the suspension points as the rest from there onwards is just for hanging a cf body panel and isn’t particularly useful structurally? I can’t imagine legs needing to go past that point. All these odd design/build method clashes have just made me hyper aware every time he says a measurement in inches or says “chassis”.  I'm still gonna watch as I’ve invested the time, and I love f40s   edit: oh and I nearly lost it when he measured one of the bottom braces of the chassis in situ like a crazy person and had to spend ages with a grinder making it fit properly  

Curious too, i've been following it for a fair few years now. I do feel that his builds don't progress at the rate they used to, but I still find them interesting and enjoyable.

What don't you like about it? It's in my to watch list at some point, my friend suggested it was a bit slower than others and more "maths / geek" than usual. If it's rubbish I won't bother, but so far I have two totally opposite opinions on it.

I used to enjoy stanceworks videos, but the f40 series has been a letdown. The latest issue is just plain dumb.

Too much firmness is bad I agree, TRP Slate is one of those brakes that hurt fingers. But a healthy level of feedback of the bite point is crucial in my opinion. Spongy lever on the other hand, doesn't let you know what happens there and when, it's just numb and then grabs all of sudden. Also same thing when letting go (modulating) the brake, with a spongy brake you have to guess where it starts to slip. Another thing is, many of us like to run the levers adjusted very close to bars which makes maintaining a secure grip easier and causing less arm pump. With a spongy brake you can't really do that. About my Hope brake.. I used hours to bleed this thing (which is awesome because of the ability to do it moto-style btw, actually no need for a bleed kit), there was some minor air coming out but it didn't improve much. Also shortened the hose and that made probably the biggest difference (obviously). Then I noticed that one of the pistons was slightly stuck or needed much more force to push back than the other one. So I used another hour to move them in and out to make them work better. Now it seems to actuate symmetrically enough so that's probably not the issue number one. The end result is that nothing significantly changed, the brake is still quite soft and numb although yes it brakes well now when bedded in. The contact area of the pads and rotor is huge. Just not a fan of how it feels like, cumbersome is the correct term I think, with the massive blocky lever blade together with lack of firm bite point. Also the clearance between pads and rotor seems almost non existent in this brake by design, I don't think it's a fault. So it's always rubbing a bit when pushing the bike, making that honk honk noise. I thought that Magura MT5 brakes were insanely difficult to get right in terms of clearance adjustment, but this is on another level. Imagine when the rotor is getting slightly bent.... The higher than normal leverage ratio probably being the reason, to all of these issues. Fun thing is that the fancy bite point adjuster is pretty much unusable, because the pads are already too close when it's rolled completely open. Switching to braided hoses might fix the lack of feel but I probably wouldn't bother to try.