That’s a back rest, silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roxtar
But yes, probably intended for workout bikes:
https://youtu.be/7bmyGI6qQwc?si=ohhw2OqCvWYutSFD
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That’s a back rest, silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roxtar
But yes, probably intended for workout bikes:
https://youtu.be/7bmyGI6qQwc?si=ohhw2OqCvWYutSFD
Shakedown ride was a self-shuttled Ribbon lap with some Lunch Loop trails added on. Good mix of smooth singletrack, pavement, high speed slickrock, and chunky tech.Quote:
Originally Posted by D(C)
Huge improvement IMO. I would say small bump sensitivity is improved a bit (as it should for any new shock vs something with a year+ since service), MUCH improved midstroke support, and actual usable rebound damping.
with deals too good to be true, and luckily - EE at the time still at full retail and Stumpy at 40% off, was able to flip my EE frame into a SJ with little dollar difference.
Godspeed green prince. Absolutely loved this thing. Hoping for more of the same with a little more modern feel.
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Not much compared to all the recent new bike content, but I needed to replace the Trail Boss 2.4 on the big bike and the Maxxis sale hadn't started yet, so $40 from BlueSkyCycling got me this tire. The 2.5 is wider than the 2.6 Mazza I have on the front. DH casing, so I chose not to keep running the Airliner insert. Two rides in on Salida rocks and it seems to hook up and hold air. Yeah, it's heavy, but so is the bike.
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My first real trail hardtail in about 18 years.
Got a good deal on an Esker Japhy Ti frame and had a bunch of parts kicking around for the build. Just needed a post, stem and bar….and tires; went 2.6 Forekaster with EXO+ in back.
Excellent shakedown ride today, excited for our future.
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I'm a sucker for titanium, and that thing is gorgeous.Quote:
Originally Posted by joetron
Just curious, what pushed you to pick up a hardtail in this area? I've been trying to explore stuff in the area that I haven't ridden and a lot of it has been extremely mild and I've felt stupidly overbiked on my Rail29. So much so that I have a hankering for either a hardtail or fairly short travel FS bike, but some of it has been so boring that I'm not sure anything but a CX bike would make it interesting or challenging.
GorgeousQuote:
Originally Posted by joetron
Almost the same as mine! It’s been a good bike for me.Quote:
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Ahhhh, I had to look at your location. I’m no longer in SLC, but when I was, my gravel bike saw a lot of action on Shoreline for after work miles and good times.Quote:
Originally Posted by unitofstuff
A hardtail would have been fun.
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Stanton Sherpa out:
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Bird Forge in
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Looks incredible. Build in progress
Yep, love my Ragley in CC.Quote:
Originally Posted by joetron
Finally got the new commuter in proper form. The saddlebag holds a new Abus Catena 6086K lock, which after much research seemed to offer the best tradeoff between mass and security.
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This is sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Thanks! The rear fender is still giving me some grief. I set off for work yesterday morning and discovered that the angle of the stays doesn't provide enough vertical support, so it bounces off the tire over bumps and rattles up a storm. It's entirely unacceptable on a bike that is otherwise ghostly quiet. The best potential solution I've thought of so far is to drill a new hole 6-8 inches higher to get the stay angle to ~30*.
It's a great bike, but going from a 69* HTA on my old bike to 72* on this one has been an adjustment. Also, after running 2-finger MTB brakes for years 3-finger levers feel positively barbaric. I'm tempted to swap in some SLX or XT levers.
Just looking at it, I'd guess the problem is that the whole fender is designed to be rotated forwards another ~6 inches--so your solution sounds reasonable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Usually the front of the rear fender is meant to land somewhere near the bottom bracket, but your bike has a mounting screw somewhere further up the seat tube.
I wonder if your bike is designed either for shorter fenders or fenders with a new hole that's about 6" higher on fender (and then the rest of the fender continues down to the BB). If you were to rotate it around and add a new hole, I think your stays would work.
Do the fenders have any connection to the bike at the seatstay? Hard to tell in the photo--historically fenders connected to the brake bridge, but now everyone has discs.
E.g. here's the fender on my old commuter--it was attatched to a reinforcing bridge between the chainstays (where you'd attach a kickstand)
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Of course these fenders also have double stays AND are connected to the brake bridge, so the rear has 4 connection points.
The frame does have a seatstay bridge that the fender connected to, but I think you're right about the seat tube mounting hole being too high. Instead of drilling a new hole in the rear and rotating just the stay, I think I'll take your suggestion to drill a new hole in the front and rotate the whole fender. Thanks!
^^^That looks like the best solution to me. Sweet bike Dan, glad that worked out.
And more to the point of this thread, 50th B-Day Black Friday oopsie present to myself.
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Sorry not sorry. :fmicon:
"It would be nice to have that kind of job security."Quote:
Originally Posted by beaterdit
jk. looks amazing. Jelly.
Got to love some unabashed bling!
That fender fix worked perfect, she's finally dialed in.
That goes on the 34lb bike, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by beaterdit
Similar stuff going on here. Just need to add a few small sections of 3M film. I’m not sure if we’ll keep this for my wife or sell it and get something more budget friendly.Quote:
Originally Posted by volklpowdermaniac
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^^^ for a sec here I thought you had sold me a red Stumpy just so you could go buy a blue one and I was impressed by your dedication to a particular frame color :biggrin:
35!Quote:
Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan
Yeah deal too good to pass up.Quote:
Originally Posted by g_man80
Can take this thing so many directions
Ha, luckily I’m not very picky when it comes to color. And this one is a size S2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boissal
As mentioned, I got sucked in by the big sale and couldn’t pass up the deals on the components. In hindsight, while the prices seem really good lately, it basically just normal pre-Covid end of year pricing IMO.
Yeah I sort of wonder if we just have selective memory, that being said, def scanning for deals today ��Quote:
Originally Posted by g_man80
I went back into the land of the fat for Black Friday. Got a norco Bigfoot and some studded tires. Made the decision I’d rather pedal a bit outside more then pedalling a lot inside over the winter
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FYI, cane creek is doing 40% site wide, including eewings. $660 is the cheapest I’ve ever seen them.
Holy shit thanks for the heads up!Quote:
Originally Posted by MegaStoke
I bought mine from REI for $880+tax so $948. Extremely extravagant, I know, but 50th B-day and I was worried about missing out even on that deal. Anyway, hadn't mounted them yet so just returned and purchased direct from Cane Creek. They apparently don't charge tax so saved a cool $290!
Beer's on me if I ever run into ya!
Also just noticed Performance and others are doing them for $750 now.
So, what are you going to spend that $290 on now?
H&B, duh.
Kitsuma coil inbound for my gnarvana. Going to warranty the squelchy x2 then sell it this spring. Looking forward to extra traction. Was like $480 shipping with a spring.
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Yeah prolly this. But I’m sure I’ll need some sort of ski shit soon?
Ordered my wife a Revel Ranger. The $4200 price point for a great build was just too good to pass up.
A few longer bikepacking trips on the schedule for 2024 so excited to snag this now.
Nothing exceeds like excess.Quote:
Originally Posted by beaterdit
Congrats on fifty and these.
Congrats on the wings. I justified mine years ago that they'd be a, if not forever, then at least long lasting purchase. I still can't conceive of not using them on future bikes. Durable, light, and look awesome.
One Up Aluminum H-Bar
27.5” x 3.0” tires for packed snow days
Two EDC lite fork tool things
Newer pogies
Overtime Powerpak for Rocky E-Bike
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The Knolly hardtail with the no good hub standard arrived. It came as a frame and build kit in a box which is great by me because I’m swapping things out but would be a shock to someone expecting the Canyon experience I guess. At least they included a couple little bottles of Stans.
Frame seems nice though.
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Which wheelset did Knolly send?
Raceface Aeffect R. Hope they don’t explode 🫡
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The newer Trace hubs are supposed to have been improved over the old ones - like what I had.
Might be a good idea to pull apart the freehub and inspect just before the one year warranty expiration...