What have you bought/upgraded today.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Ideally 1 without a motor.
Also, we're gonna need pics of the amazon.

[jackstraw]

Working on a new Revel Ranger for a client.
It’s pretty and has s that fancy new SRAM Transmission.
They changes sponsors, now with SRAM and WTB.
So some new tires/sealant to try out, and servicing RockShox and SRAM parts.

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Your shop has nice views

[ticketchecker]

Your shop has nice views

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[Dee Hubbs]

Your shop has nice views

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The kitchen is well stocked, the bathroom is clean, and I’m in charge of what’s played on the “shop” TV, oh ya, and the views are nice too.

[nickwm21]

Just upgraded to a 29er full orthodontia build.

No… that’s the Prosthodontia build…


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[evasive_MT]

No photo, but my wife’s 36 got a Secus yesterday. I think it’ll be a significant upgrade for her. We got out for a short ride last evening and she said her bike felt smoother and more controlled- she saw rocks go by but didn’t feel them. She stayed closer to me on one of our rockier trails than she ever has. Later she told me that the thought occurred to her on that trail that it could get her into trouble.

I have one coming for my Zeb in the next week or so.

[grskier]

Thanks to Falcon3

B17 mounted up and ready to ride


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[g_man80]

Finally found the time to install the matching decals on the shock. Still undecided if I should sell it or not. Thinking of building something with a little less travel and cheaper components since I don’t get to ride a ton. Might change my tune when I actually get some seat time.

[singlesline]

Shaved a pound of rolling weight off my wife's hardtail. Bike really felt alive on my brief test ride.

Swapped her OEM wheels and deore cassette for the DT Swiss XM1501 wheels and SLX cassette from a hardtail that I'd like to get rid of. Could shave another 50-100g replacing the rear rotor (OEMs were boat anchors) but her bike is 180/180 and mine was 180/160 so she only gets the fancy rotor up front. Bumped from a 30 to 35 ID which I think will work fine with the 2.6" tires on there.

Will it compel her to ride the bike more often? Probably not. But the wheelset was too nice to sell attached to a lower-end hardtail (DB Sync'R).

[east or bust]

bike swap today, we made out very well

GF scored an amazing deal on this road bike



found my around town beater, couldn’t be more stoked on this thing. gotta channel my inner Kirt

[rideit]

Pulled the trigger on a new Gravel rig for Wifey, a Liv Devote. She is beyond stoked. She has a nice little 70+ mile ride in a few weeks to break it in (Little Red in Utah).

[evasive_MT]

I’m looking forward to checking this out.

[Dantheman]

I'm not sure where else to put this: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/first-...y-machine.html

It's dead sexy, but there's a suspicious lack of discussion regarding the uphill performance. Between the weight and the drag from the gearbox and idlers it just has to be pig going uphill.

[toast2266]

I'm not sure where else to put this: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/first-...y-machine.html

It's dead sexy, but there's a suspicious lack of discussion regarding the uphill performance. Between the weight and the drag from the gearbox and idlers it just has to be pig going uphill.

A ~39 pound bike with a gearbox, an idler, and a big chain tensioner is a downhill bike that's slightly more palatable to pedal across a traversey connector trail.

[HAB]

A ~39 pound bike with a gearbox, an idler, and a big chain tensioner is a downhill bike that's slightly more palatable to pedal across a traversey connector trail.

What's your Range weigh, 37.5lb? 😁

[toast2266]

What's your Range weigh, 37.5lb? [emoji16]

Yup. And I mostly treat it like a dh bike these days.

But at least it doesn't have a gearbox.

[Velomayniac]

Speaking of DH bikes, these two just came in today



Leftover 2017 Kona Operator XL frame, $1274 new with lifetime warranty
RockShox Boxxer RC, $731 new from Europe

The Boxxer came with the tall upper crown (I believe this is aftermarket part?), and it was not listed as such when I purchased. For the price I paid I don't care, but idk how this affects geo or anything else. Looking at pictures of 2017 Kona Supreme Operators, they look like they came with tall caps on the headset and a similar tall upper crown.

I need this bike park build to be very close to $3000 total. I thought the fork would be the hardest part, but it's the wheels. Idk how I'll get a quality chain guide and bash guard in for that price either.

[joetron]

Installed some AXS XPLR bits on the garvel whip to replace 11sp SRAM setup. I misordered a Rival XPLR RD a few months ago instead of Force for a customer build, so decided it was a good opportunity to order Force AXS shifters and the 10-44 cassette and run the Rival on my bike. Also had to get a XDR driver.
Stoked to get some range on the bottom and top of the cassette (previous cassette was 11-42)
Very stoked to not have to shift Double Tap ever again.
Also finally threw a half frame bag on so I can carry some warm/rain shit on the TelliRoubaix ride tomorrow. Tall bottles will smush the bag a bit, but I figure I can carry a filter much easier now and just run small bottles.
After drivetrain install and brake bleeds I didn’t have it in me to install the inserts I picked up.


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[Lvovsky]

Speaking of DH bikes, these two just came in today



Leftover 2017 Kona Operator XL frame, $1274 new with lifetime warranty
RockShox Boxxer RC, $731 new from Europe

The Boxxer came with the tall upper crown (I believe this is aftermarket part?), and it was not listed as such when I purchased. For the price I paid I don't care, but idk how this affects geo or anything else. Looking at pictures of 2017 Kona Supreme Operators, they look like they came with tall caps on the headset and a similar tall upper crown.

I need this bike park build to be very close to $3000 total. I thought the fork would be the hardest part, but it's the wheels. Idk how I'll get a quality chain guide and bash guard in for that price either.

Check ali express for chain guide and bash guard. Can’t speak about quality but the rices are good.

[HAB]

Speaking of DH bikes, these two just came in today



Leftover 2017 Kona Operator XL frame, $1274 new with lifetime warranty
RockShox Boxxer RC, $731 new from Europe

The Boxxer came with the tall upper crown (I believe this is aftermarket part?), and it was not listed as such when I purchased. For the price I paid I don't care, but idk how this affects geo or anything else. Looking at pictures of 2017 Kona Supreme Operators, they look like they came with tall caps on the headset and a similar tall upper crown.

I need this bike park build to be very close to $3000 total. I thought the fork would be the hardest part, but it's the wheels. Idk how I'll get a quality chain guide and bash guard in for that price either.

I'm pretty sure I have an old e13 guide and bash in the parts bin that I'm never going to use.

[Velomayniac]

Thanks HAB and thanks for the recommendation Lvovsky. Chainguide and bash guard are the last pieces of the puzzle on this one.

I get a modern dh bike through work, who knows what that'll be this year, but that one will be the do it all smasher. I do love me some chunk, but this Kona is first and foremost a big flow/jump bike. I might just do a narrow-wide chainring, I've lasted half a season before doing this back in like 2015ish, on a similar type of bike. I'm crossing my fingers this will be the jump queen for a couple years, although I haven't ridden an Operator before. Trying this one blind.

All these modern bikes are so long now and with big wheels, so not only am I fairly broke to be considering my own dh bike, I also wanted some 2017 27.5 geometry which saved me a lot of money when searching for a frame. With 423mm chainstays this bike is gonna be bonkers. It actually has a 485mm reach measurement though, so not going to feel too far off what I'm used to now. I'm hoping for the best of both worlds kind of bike, not too racey but not twitch city, a good park bike.

[Velomayniac]

Here is a stoke vid of a similar bike. BraaÆap

[snowaddict91]

Pulled the trigger on a GG Smash today. I've been wanting to do this for a while now and the sale became too good to resist!

https://ridegg.com/collections/outle...22-rally-build

[babybear]

I was unaware until today when this showed up at home, but apparently my husband has become a dentist

[rideit]

I thought he was just a model, oy vey!