haha! on that note I might need to “indecent proposal” him out after this one.
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haha! on that note I might need to “indecent proposal” him out after this one.
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Posted in the wife thread… wifey’s new rig - electronic shifting & dropper; custom paint on the Fox 36.
There is a "wife thread"?Quote:
Originally Posted by iriponsnow
Is it in Gear Swap?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
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I’ll offer….tree-fiddy.Quote:
Originally Posted by babybear
But I get to keep the bike.
:fm:
Speaking of significant others, my lovely wife is now sporting this rocket ship. 28lbs including streamers. Is fast. Hard to tell from the photo but it’s an almost black metallic purple with lighter purple accents. Badass looking. Like her.
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Very nice, what model?Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
Juliana Furtado, same as the SC 5010. It's an XS, and we had to hunt a bit to find one of the 2022s since that's the last year with 27.5s front and back. New ones are mullets which isn't great for a 5'-2 person. New frame with couple year old shiny bits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roxtar
Nice, my 5'1" wife loved her 2018 XS Furtado.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
Then staying on topic my college age daughter just got this for her birthday/thanks-for-earning-a-scholarship present. Juliana Roubion (SC Bronson). Lower parts specs but she is a college student for gods sake. 2021 so also a 27.5 instead of a mulllet. Also 5’-2”.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roxtar
She spent the entire first ride running up on my ass during downhills and giggling about how fast it was. She was fast before. Now she’s a menace.
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Was a big bike week in my family. Bunch of new random parts too. Good stuff.
Very cool. Gotta keep the women happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
My wife went from the XS Furtado to a small Maverick (Hightower). She loved the bike but the standover was tight. Now she's on a new small Evil Offering which has 20mm more standover room than her Furtado did.
New adjustable stem for my ebike and the GF got a salsa 29r ht
Update- that fancy new electronic shifting was F’d up over the long weekend and he was unable to ride the new whip. (Had to ride one of the other ibis bikes in the quiver so no tears shed)But even with his pretty good knowledge base of doing a shitton of research and having worked in bike shops (albeit over a decade ago) he couldn’t get it working correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Seems like there were a couple extra links in the chain which needs to be accurate for calibration.
I’m not a luddite but damn- this situation seemed silly to me.
So, your saying I can have the bike and a date for $two-fiddy?
Don’t make me pimphand you
Edit: I think It’s pimpslap
I was just thinking earlier today whether e shifting was being used by anyone I know on mtbs. Seems soft. But so do I
I am interested to see how it pans out too and how well it works in practice. Also kind of happy that it’s not my bike that I have to fiddle around with even more than is typical with regular bikes.
I guess the upside is supposed to be that you don’t have to fiddle once it is set correctly but also Andrew was out of cell service and the app meant to connect and correct issues would not connect via bluetooth as they were supposed to.
He is barely phased by having to deal with all of these delays though so I will just observe from the sidelines.
Truth be told I almost prefer the delay of the new bike. It is 29er and so much lighter than his other bikes that I no longer get a bicycle weight/efficiency advantage when riding xc together
Got a JH bike park pass today..,
^Sweet! I heard a rumor that the new big jump line they built was too big, and had to be dumbed down.
Wish they would bring back the 'Friday Night Bikes' from 2? years ago. Would be a nice social outing thing to get off work and take a few laps. But then again might not make it there in time with bridge construction summer traffic.
Gonna be interesting to see how many e-bikes actually ride the lifts. The regular bike is just more funnerer on that terrain.
However, rallying UP a bunch of those, at night, with lights….that’s gonna be a good time.
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New hitch rack.
Rocky Mounts brand, not as pricey as the Thule / Yakima but seems sturdy and well built.
My son's bike has electronic shifting as well as a few friends. I'm not sold on it...yet. When it works it's absolutely awesome. I just feel like I'd forget to charge the battery...even though it lasts forever. And at my local shop a person came in freaking out because it wasn't working. Idk, mechanical is easy. Another friend is a specialized marketing guy and he has the e-dropper post and loves it. Idk about that either, but seems safer if a failure occurred...maybeQuote:
Originally Posted by babybear
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NBD. Was eying their bigger bike, for the same price, but at the end of the day you need a bike for the trails you have, not the trails you wish you had.
That's nice ^^
Interesting color, I like it as it's different without being odd[if that makes sense]
Thx yeah it's more of a sand color than a gold but looks great with dirt on it. SC did their Nomad in it a couple years backQuote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
Is he on the new Transmission stuff? What's the issue?Quote:
Originally Posted by babybear
I'm off the back on XO AXS but I had a 'terminal' error when I changed the battery the first time. Tried the app for troubleshooting to no avail and was gonna scrap it all. SRAM tech gave me some other tips, no love. Finally they said leave the battery out overnight and if it still doesn't work send it in. It worked, no issues since.
Have a spare XO shifter and derailleur still in their boxes in the garage just in case. AXS is pretty sweet though, I'm sure transmission is better.
Nice the sentinel is a great bike even if I just moved up a travel category. We should have some mag bike rides sometime.
For sure man maiden voyage OTG/Xhaul/EBAD tomorrow pm if you're around.Quote:
Originally Posted by carlh
The overly worn tires on my bike felt especially loose last weekend, so my cheap ass finally thru in the towel and i mounted up a fresh set Minion DHR IIs, 2.3 DD out back and 2.4 EXO up front. Yowsa, riding on tires that actually grip is amazing! Duh!
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Got some too-expensive bar tape. Hope it’s worth it.
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It says its the world's most comfortable right on the package!
https://youtu.be/CUPDRnUWeBAQuote:
Originally Posted by Eluder
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Finally finished my SS build and got it out for a ride. Such a ridiculously fun bike very happy with how it turned out
The issue was that it wasn’t calibrated correctly from the shop and then was not really fixable via normal routes (and this shop is closed fri- sat-sundays) He took a pathway spin and while shifting it janked the chain stays and took paint off the frame. Just a bit lame when you spend $11kQuote:
Originally Posted by beaterdit
It’s fixed now but makes me gun shy because of the myriad of issues that typically accompany shifting. Hopefully full steam ahead now but glad I can adjust my stuff myself
Having built up 2 rigs with the new fangled Transmission for my better half and I, you simply cannot set it up like all of us set up bikes in the past. One MUST read the frickin instructions and watch the Youtoob. Yes, was tough for someone with close to 40 yrs of Bike Industry/Tech experience to succumb to reading the Manual….If the shop botched counting chain links or did not torque it down properly in the correct sequence, the der will slip and you are pretty much hosed. Will skip like mad and chowder the inside of the rear dropout/stays. Ask me how I know…..and pretty much nothing you can do trail side w/o a big ass 8mm Allen will fix it. That being said, having learned my mistake on the 1st transmission install/setup it has been spot on dead reliable and performance is dreamy. Not going Analog anytime….
After my experience with lizard skins I consider anything over 2mm boomer tape.
If it keeps me from having to go to a boomer geometry road bike, I’ll consider it a win.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cocximus
I am curious how installation will go. I had a very hard time installing the lizard skins tape. Cheater strips were a must. The no stretch installation just doesn't work with some bars.Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Barron DeJong
Man that is a bummer. Glad it's fixed now though. Maybe the shop didn't read the instructions, haha?Quote:
Originally Posted by babybear
I’ll let you know. Never had to use the cheater strips before, and will be trying to forgo them again here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cocximus