What have you bought/upgraded today.

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Put some 50mm rise spank bars and a 375lb SAR(speed alloy racing) spring on my short steerer/short ht decoy(me and tony rately run 50mil rise yo) . Not in the pic are my renthal softs push on grips and renthal grip glue(fkn amazing, why did i ever switch to lock on feelz)Attachment 378501

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I bought 12 draw tickets to help build a trail project & won the grand prize a giant explore E-bike worth 3200$ in the draw

its a large which is too big and kind of an old persons commuter but its gotta be worth 3200$

if i get 3500 for my yeti 5.5 that most of the cash i need for the new Orbea Rise

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Score!

New rock shox super deluxe ultimate is a real upgrade with nice performance

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Looks like you had some vert to test it on. Nice looking spot!

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Just put a 180mm rotor on my gravel bike. Got this rig up to 64mph last year, it was exceeding the limits of the 160. Probably going to ride over Teton Pass and back tomorrow, should be a good test.

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Looks like you had some vert to test it on. Nice looking spot!

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10 miles and 2k vert. Did a rock section I’ve been eyeballing for four years. Smooth and made it.


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I've got some OneUp 20mm rise bars and an EDC V2 + threadless carrier in the mail for my SB115, and I went full dentist and ordered a Kogel ceramic BB for the SB150 race bike.

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I've got some OneUp 20mm rise bars and an EDC V2 + threadless carrier in the mail for my SB115, and I went full dentist and ordered a Kogel ceramic BB for the SB150 race bike.

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Commission lyfffe!

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10 miles and 2k vert. Did a rock section I’ve been eyeballing for four years. Smooth and made it.


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WRG is a legit ‘dirt’ pimp in both ways!

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I really need to order one of those Silkys. Did an alpine ride that was a perfect candidate. 5 or 6 trees down and all were no bigger than 10"-12" in diameter. How long is that saw?

This is the 170mm model. Small enough I’ll actually bring it when riding solo.

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I really need to order one of those Silkys. Did an alpine ride that was a perfect candidate. 5 or 6 trees down and all were no bigger than 10"-12" in diameter. How long is that saw?

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Silkys are great, but for 10" trees you'll need the Big Boy, which is the bigger brother to that Pocket Boy. I will say that trees that big get pretty tedious after the first few, especially if you have to cut them twice to open a passage.

You guys don’t all carry Katana Boys?

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Best silky and most durable ime. The other silky’s had a short life span.


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Yup, Silky Big Boy. Or a chainsaw. @hick name this obscure trail!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f14dbf60d9.jpg

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I frequently (after any decent storms) ride with a Silky BigBoy secured to the downtube with an Awesome Strap. Works great!

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Stumped and I’m usually good at this game!


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Stumped and I’m usually good at this game!


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Haha Rocky Canyon on Trailforks
https://www.trailforks.com/trails/rocky-canyon-14388/

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Sale ends today if anyone needs to stock up on DHR II on bc.com! You're welcome.

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Haha Rocky Canyon on Trailforks
https://www.trailforks.com/trails/rocky-canyon-14388/

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I had to go searching through my pics…now I see it, Yellow Mountain at the back of the drainage. Love that lollipop loop!


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I had to go searching through my pics…now I see it, Yellow Mountain at the back of the drainage. Love that lollipop loop!


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Actually, Yellow Peak is at the head of the Middle Fork Little Timber to Big Timber loop, west of Leadore. We haven't found a name for the peak in that photo, but Diamond is at the head of the cirque. "Obscure peaks of Eastern Idaho for 20, Alex."

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Bought the 2021 Specialized Stumpjumper Comp Alloy for the geometry and am planning on slowly upgrading it. Thinking of upgrading the drivetrain from an NX to a GX or above, but am worried about durability since I tend to beat up my bike (hence the alloy). Any thoughts? Also, drivetrain or carbon wheels?

I was digging through the parts pile on the tool cart over the weekend and found a drivetrain I was supposed to put on one of the bikes at the end if the season last year. I can't remember which fucking bike it was for.

I suck at maintenance.


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Bought the 2021 Specialized Stumpjumper Comp Alloy for the geometry and am planning on slowly upgrading it. Thinking of upgrading the drivetrain from an NX to a GX or above, but am worried about durability since I tend to beat up my bike (hence the alloy). Any thoughts? Also, drivetrain or carbon wheels?

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NX cassettes use a HG freehub driver, so check that your hub's driver can be swapped to XD or microspline before proceeding. If I were doing a drivetrain upgrade these days I'd go Shimano 12s over SRAM Eagle since the shifting is sooo good under load, but right now availability trumps just about everything.

Normally wheels>>drivetrain, but NX Eagle is so damn heavy that drivetrain is probably the better place to start.

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NX cassettes use a HG freehub driver, so check that your hub's driver can be swapped to XD or microspline before proceeding. If I were doing a drivetrain upgrade these days I'd go Shimano 12s over SRAM Eagle since the shifting is sooo good under load, but right now availability trumps just about everything.

Normally wheels>>drivetrain, but NX Eagle is so damn heavy that drivetrain is probably the better place to start.

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alternatively, you could keep the NX cassette and upgrade the rest of the drivetrain since SRAM stuff plays nice with each other. though most of the weight in your drivetrain is either from the cranks or the cassette

NX is 530 grams heavier than XX1, and almost half, 250 grams of that is in the cassette.

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Also the XD freehub is 10g lighter than a HG freehub

Uswe 15L patriot pack
“No more dancing monkey”

Really nice functionality and the stay in place cross chest harness with stretch is amazing. Holds 3L bladder, snacks, small pump, layer and assorted small items. Also keeps chin guard in place in the back slide pocket.

Saw in a thread on TGR and stoked on the feel on tonight’s ride. Back usually is sore from pack. But not tonight

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Actually, Yellow Peak is at the head of the Middle Fork Little Timber to Big Timber loop, west of Leadore. We haven't found a name for the peak in that photo, but Diamond is at the head of the cirque. "Obscure peaks of Eastern Idaho for 20, Alex."

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Ahh, good to know. I have a hard time keeping that zone straight. My eyes get crossed getting the big picture using our Salmon/Chalice forest maps🤪
I was thinking Rocky Creek, not Rocky Canyon. Wrong Rocky.


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Just installed an XTR 9100 lever, didn’t notice it wasn’t the 9120, I thought “how different could it be?”
well, it has a totally different lever feel, kinda like there is more modulation, which so far feels weird. (A little spongy, perhaps).
Also has a carbon lever, which is narrower. I might need to just get a 9120, but I‘ll do a ride or two first.

The biggest difference is that the 9120 has servo wave, where as the 9100 does not.
9120 has the tool free reach adjustment.
9100 73g lighter.

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I recently picked up some Race Face Aeffect R cranks. I had Turbines before but had issues with bottom bracket longevity in my pressfit frame; having a 30 mm spindle in a BB92 frame results in very thin bearings. The Aeffect Rs are marginally heavier, still use 7000-series alloy and have a 24 mm spindle that allows me to use a cheap Shimano BB that should last well due to appropriately sized bearings. They seem solid. I was also looking at Shimano cranks for similar reasons but already had a perfectly good RF chainring.

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I broke down and got a set of RevGrips after listening to a couple buddies sing praises of them nonstop for the last year or so. Then promptly found out I needed a new set of bars, because I run my hands at the outer edge of grips and these have outer 10mm lockrings. (Making my 760mm bars feel like 740s.) So that required a fresh set of OneUp 35mm rise, cut to 780 this time.

No verdict on the RevGrips yet since the 3 rides I've had them on for have been with the bars effectively too short and the edge of my hands resting on the lockring.

Ive put yhe thin 31mm rev grips in my cart probably 10x. I think i still have a page saved with some in the cart. I also hear good things and i get bad arm pump. I ditched my lock ons and went back to glued push on renthal softs grips. Still get arm pump but a noticeable improvement. The next step is to try some revs. Interested to hear how they work for you

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Ive put yhe thin 31mm rev grips in my cart probably 10x. I think i still have a page saved with some in the cart. I also hear good things and i get bad arm pump. I ditched my lock ons and went back to glued push on renthal softs grips. Still get arm pump but a noticeable improvement. The next step is to try some revs. Interested to hear how they work for you

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I got the half waffles. I wear a medium size glove, like grips with half waffles or ridges, and hate fat cushy grips. These are probably my favorite waffle pattern because there's more rows of it, so that more finger contact points. I find on grips with waffles or ridges (ODI Elite Pros or OneUps), I'm able to relax my grip a little bit more, which helps with pump.

I'm headed to Downieville for some shuttles this weekend, so should have a good idea after that if they work or not.

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I got the half waffles. I wear a medium size glove, like grips with half waffles or ridges, and hate fat cushy grips. These are probably my favorite waffle pattern because there's more rows of it, so that more finger contact points. I find on grips with waffles or ridges (ODI Elite Pros or OneUps), I'm able to relax my grip a little bit more, which helps with pump.

I'm headed to Downieville for some shuttles this weekend, so should have a good idea after that if they work or not.

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Shuttles/lifts are great for sorting this stuff out. Soo fun.
First lap back on push ons im asking my self why i ever put on lock ons aside from convenience. My hands arent the biggest though and my wrists are beat. Maybe the 31mm revs are it though. Lock ons and less arm pump. Hope thats the case for you. Nice to build speed down the tracks rather than lose speed w arm pump

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