Guerilla Gravity going out of business?

[bagtagley]

Sorry Joe, that sucks. Getting harder to give them the benefit of the doubt the more I read about shops and customers getting shafted.

[GeorgiaSnow]

Well, this sucks. Was saving up to buy a second chain stay kit. Now it probably just makes sense to move on to another bike.


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[stuckathuntermtn]

Also, for the record: GG has the best cable routing.

[Andeh]

Also, for the record: GG has the best cable routing.

Uh, having owned one, I beg to differ on several accounts.
1) dropper routing entry on left side sucked and rubbed the frame raw
2) the plastic guide where the dropper cable entered the seat tube never stayed put and sucked at keeping water out.
3) the rubber grommets where the shift cable passed through the frame did a poor job keeping water out, which would just collect at the BB and rust it out.
4) lots of people reported the way the shifting housing was routed causing issues.

I mean, I solved those problems going AXS and sealing the grommets with hot glue, but yeah... the hatch was a good idea in theory but kinda mediocre in practice.

[One (+) Sentence]

Also, for the record: GG has the best cable routing.

You honestly think this was better than any number of bikes with internal tube-in-tube routing where you feed a hose or piece of housing into a port near the headtube of the bike and it just magically comes out where it’s supposed to?

[GeorgiaSnow]

I loved the attempt to have clean looking but still functionally external routing as someone who swaps parts at home. Execution wasn’t perfect but definitely could be perfected. Having to cut brake lines to change brakes sucks.


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[Meconium]

GG will be back as a name, hopefully not bikes direct. Strangely one of my favorite bikes was a flyteam TI hardtail. How is that company still in business?

[Eluder]

Eluder, who do/did you work for? Just curious.

Esker (did).

[One (+) Sentence]

I loved the attempt to have clean looking but still functionally external routing as someone who swaps parts at home. Execution wasn’t perfect but definitely could be perfected. Having to cut brake lines to change brakes sucks.


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I guess I'm not a big brake swapper once a bike is built up.

[bamboocoreONLY]

Also, for the record: GG has the best cable routing.

hell no. That removable routing plate crap is such a pain in the ass to deal with. Sounds good on paper but that's it. The only people who dislike internal routing are home mechanics, when you work in a shop it becomes second nature with 1/10 times being a bit annoying.


On the note of them closing, kinda sad but I wasn't ever that impressed with their bikes. They rode fine and all but the heavy frame remark is real, for what you got it was a friggin boat of a bike.

[rideit]

I still wish a setup worked where the tube in tube was big enough for the olive, but had a robust system to prevent water ingress.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Well this is lame. Joe sorry to hear about the zombie inventory.

I have learned to REALLY love my Gnarvana and how it rides. It has a couple quirks but otherwise it fucking RIPS. That being said should I just try to blow it out now at a stupid cheap price?

Does anyone have a paid subscription to that site where you can find which frames have the same or very similar numbers as other frames?

The size 2 Gnarvana fits me so fucking well.

[toast2266]

I have learned to REALLY love my Gnarvana and how it rides. It has a couple quirks but otherwise it fucking RIPS. That being said should I just try to blow it out now at a stupid cheap price?

Does anyone have a paid subscription to that site where you can find which frames have the same or very similar numbers as other frames?

The size 2 Gnarvana fits me so fucking well.

If it's not broke, don't fix it. Unless you're a habitual snapper of frames, you might as well just keep the GG. All the bearings are standard sizes, so it'll be easy enough to keep that thing running for a good long while.

[Andeh]

One of the bearings (I think it was the CS ones back by the wheel) is technically non-standard, but they're something you can get from Enduro/RWC. The inner race is longer / sticks out more than the outer race.

[adrenalated]

If it's not broke, don't fix it. Unless you're a habitual snapper of frames, you might as well just keep the GG. All the bearings are standard sizes, so it'll be easy enough to keep that thing running for a good long while.

Yeah, no need to fire sale it now when you could ride the shit out of it and fire sale it in a couple years.

[snowaddict91]

Yeah, no need to fire sale it now when you could ride the shit out of it and fire sale it in a couple years.

This is what I'm telling myself. Seems like there are quite a few seatstay kits floating around the facebook owners group, I may think about picking up spares eventually.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

True.

I will say the door cover thingie for routing is shitty. The headset cups make a fuckload of noise (use something besides grease? Almost like it needs some kind of assembly putty in there or something) and the shock bolts are loud as fuck.......

Otherwise it's a sick bike.

[Self Jupiter]

Never saw a GG on the east coast as far as I can recall. Not that you see a ton of small indie brands around here, but I’ve seen at least a few Revels, Niner, Orbea, Banshees, Alchemy, Intense etc

[stuckathuntermtn]

You honestly think this was better than any number of bikes with internal tube-in-tube routing where you feed a hose or piece of housing into a port near the headtube of the bike and it just magically comes out where it’s supposed to?

To be fair, I've never messed with full internal routing. Looks like a pain when it comes to brakes.

Not sure what people mean by shifter cable grommets. Is that something from the full carbon versions with the internal routing in the rear triangle? I have the aluminum rear where the full length housing just continues.

Don't really have any trouble with the dropper grommet or shifting.

Cable rub is solved with some clear vinyl tape on the head tube just like on other bikes I own.

It's also incredibly quiet. Quieter than my hardtail with full length cable housing. Maybe I'm just used to that weird headset noise now.

[grinch]

Id keep them. Who knows what happens when the bike industry rebounds. I could see someone buying the molds.
I was going to ask on the experts thread but there is an adhesive that gets used for headset cups. Id pick a setting and use that adhesive

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[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Id keep them. Who knows what happens when the bike industry rebounds. I could see someone buying the molds.
I was going to ask on the experts thread but there is an adhesive that gets used for headset cups. Id pick a setting and use that adhesive

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A bit of googling and this may be the ticket.

https://www.amazon.com/Loctite-13551...s%2C151&sr=8-2

Park Tool standard grease only works for a ride or two and then the cups make a horrible creak in the carbon when just turning the bars even when at zero mph.

Edit: Loctite 641 seems to be similar but even thicker.

[grinch]

A bit of googling and this may be the ticket.

https://www.amazon.com/Loctite-13551...s%2C151&sr=8-2

Park Tool standard grease only works for a ride or two and then the cups make a horrible creak in the carbon when just turning the bars even when at zero mph.

Edit: Loctite 641 seems to be similar but even thicker.

Thanks, the description nails it

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[XXX-er]

https://nsmb.com/articles/guerilla-g...sh-conversion/

The guys at NSMB ^^ wanking about with a GG

turning a Gnarvana into a Smash ?

[joetron]

Just got the official email from GG.
“As of last Friday, production has been suspended until further notice”
A small crew is working to fulfill small parts and a few remaining bike orders. For the moment they can continue to offer service and warranty parts but encourage submitting orders for those items ASAP


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[rideit]

https://nsmb.com/articles/guerilla-g...sh-conversion/

The guys at NSMB ^^ wanking about with a GG

turning a Gnarvana into a Smash ?

Does this surprise you?
That was the whole design goal.