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Probably costs more to do both an aluminum and Carbon version so if bike companies are feeling production pinches then maybe they may be cutting versions
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Aug 1, 2020 18:58
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Clark Nova posted:0mm offset: dumb as hell on a road bike has nothing to do with road bike or not and everything to do with fit of the frame... Bottom Liner posted:I love to think there's people out there riding rough enough trails on a gravel bike that they need a dropper post but their 40mm tires are ok. It me (not exactly but on really steep stuff getting back and low feels like it would be far better than having bigger tires)
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Aug 7, 2020 17:21
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mountain bikes are good
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Aug 7, 2020 21:49
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bike pic cross post
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Aug 16, 2020 21:04
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Ugh I need to do a skills class
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Sep 17, 2020 05:42
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e.pilot posted:I moved to Northern California from Colorado and the things they call mountains and high altitude are downright adorable. Ignoring whether or not you can MTB those areas, CA mountains are legit, there's plenty of high altitude peaks and wilderness  e: I mean if nothing else there's Mammoth Mountain bike park that's up close to 11k Levitate fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Sep 18, 2020 |
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Sep 18, 2020 22:56
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As someone who lives where there’s very little legal single track I’d kill for some flow trails or machine built trails to ride on sometimes
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Sep 20, 2020 22:11
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I gots plenty of elevation just few mtb designed trails 
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Sep 21, 2020 00:18
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evil_bunnY posted:2021 5010's won't be in my shop til mid november I'm gonna go crazy Curiosity, why lean towards a 27.5 bike vs 29er? Interesting to see how things currently still seem to be trending more and more 29er these days but I can see some specific appeal for a more maneuverable bike in some cases.
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Sep 26, 2020 00:27
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Nocheez posted:Not sure, but I locked out my fork and shock for a paved 50-mile ride and it destroyed me. This seems less than ideal all around
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Sep 27, 2020 03:19
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me your dad posted:What do you all do when you come up fast behind a slower rider? Do you patiently wait for them to notice you and move out of the way or do you say something? Yesterday I felt bad because I was going fast and quickly found myself right behind two slow riders and one of them seemed startled. I think I overestimate the sound my freehub makes and maybe others can't hear it against the sound of their own bikes. I wasn't being a dick or anything and when they scooted over I thanked them and told them to enjoy their ride. I was only behind them for a few seconds. As someone who recently got passed by some mountain bikes while on my gravel bike on a downhill fire road, I heard their freehubs but it didn't immediately click to me that it was another bike because there's a lot of random noises sometimes. When I realized it was a bike it kinda startled me for a second. So...just call out. "Rider!" "Rider back!" "Coming up behind you!" whatever you feel comfortable with.
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Oct 21, 2020 22:21
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spwrozek posted:Right the oil was fine (except dirty). The grease is the issue. The air can't exchange between the positive and negative chamber. I had so much air stuck in the chamber that I could barely pull our the air spring. It was loud as hell once I finally popped it free. Yuuuuuuuuup  I did the seals and oil change a week or two ago and when I was done noticed that I had lost like 5mm of travel and my fork was bottoming out much easier. I had to put more air in it than I should have to keep it firmed up. Which was all a result of the over greased air spring trapping air in the negative chamber etc etc so I had to pull it apart yesterday and clean it out. Now the fork feels more normal. I also got that loud pop when taking it out and it shot grease across the room onto my gravel bike.
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Oct 29, 2020 19:31
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I feel like I came real close to crashing today on a trail I ride a lot, just got a bit aggressive kinda shifting the bike for a slight turn, felt the front tire bounce off something and be free in clear in the air and then the side knobs caught it when it came down If it had slid I’d have hit the ground pretty hard and fast Probably should tone it down a tad on dumb stuff
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Nov 15, 2020 22:17
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A barking dog distracted me at the top of a steep little hill and I lost my concentration and fell over into a bush (I wasn’t moving much just approaching the steep part) Stupid dogs
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Dec 6, 2020 21:58
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Does an Ardent Race appeal? Can’t remember if their tread might roll a bit better I ran one on the back a bit and it felt pretty fast but we get real loose dry stuff in the summer here and I wanted a bit more traction. Probably would do decent in less loose conditions
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Dec 28, 2020 16:11
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breaking two levers like that seems like some lovely luck! nice work though
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Feb 9, 2021 19:34
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Partial Octopus posted:More opinions are always good! Assuming Ibis isn't like SC and already sold all of their 2021 stock to dealers... I have a new bike coming in 1-2 weeks (not an Ibis) and one big reason I jumped now is that I could get a Shimano setup I wanted on it. I'm not sure sourcing Shimano parts is gonna get any easier until the bike boom eases in a year or whatever e: my experience with GX RD is that it shifted fine until it didn't and now I'm struggling to get it to acceptable so I can sell the bike. Most of the time it's fine and then it starts screwing up, it's aggravating. I'd rather have the Shimano reliability. That said if Shimano parts weren't available for a long time I'd still consider going GX if you wanted a bike sooner rather than later Levitate fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Feb 25, 2021 |
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Feb 25, 2021 14:17
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I think there's some pretty good bike parks near Boise (Eagle, Bogus Basin) but I've mostly just ridden some of the foothill trails near there and they're pretty decent but nothing wild
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Feb 25, 2021 19:13
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As mentioned if you can get SLX that would save some money and I suspect you wouldn't lose anything you'd notice, SLX is supposed to be real good. Can they only get Factory stuff or can they get Performance? Could probably save a chunk with good alloy rims rather than carbon too. I think you get some ride quality improvements like snappier feel, lighter weight, but I dunno that it's like going from skinny shallow alloy road wheels to wide deep light carbon road wheels e: DT 350 hubs are kind of a benchmark of reliable quality hubs that aren't expensive so I'd probably stick with those
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Feb 25, 2021 20:53
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probably a sign of a shop struggling Hoping the shop gets my new bike in this week...
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Mar 1, 2021 01:40
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Aphex- posted:Had a great challenging ride yesterday, tackled a LOT of very steep stuff as well as a few big chutes like this one: Intellectually I know that really all you have to do is stay balanced and just drop right down it and keep the bike steady and straight, but dammed if it's not freaky when things are that steep
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Mar 1, 2021 18:45
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new bike is en route to the shop 
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Mar 5, 2021 19:52
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today is officially nbd  Picking it up in 2 hours
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Mar 12, 2021 05:16
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only one way to find out
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Mar 12, 2021 06:10
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bike fits fine XL would be too large chill ride today with my wife and no real testing of how it handles but it definitely pedals fantastic, interested to see how some steeper and technical stuff goes
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Mar 12, 2021 23:12
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175 Not a ton of gnarly stuff out here so not sure I’d need it but yeah could be an option
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Mar 13, 2021 01:27
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Better pics   Good poo poo
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Mar 13, 2021 19:17
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Mechanical Pencil posted:Thinkin bout thos bikes: well neither are mountain bikes but the nukeproof looks cool e: I also rode a bit of a flow trail for the first time ever today, was fun. Interesting to ride something built for actual bikes and not janky hiking trails like around here
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Apr 9, 2021 04:16
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evil_bunnY posted:The SC I ordered is coming next week (fingers crossed etc). gently caress a spesh tbh. honestly kinda surprised you got a SC that easy, they said like a month ago their 2021 stock was sold out (to stores etc) you're not in the US though so maybe that changes things?
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Apr 10, 2021 14:19
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gonna take a wild guess you mean 7 year old
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Apr 20, 2021 22:11
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kimbo305 posted:Psyched for this comparo: good luck finding one though, I've been looking for one for my wife
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Apr 21, 2021 13:14
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mexecan posted:I’m reading about replacement pads for the stock resin pads it came with. Apparently Deore 6100 is resin pad compatible only though? Thoughts? What causes the limitation here? I don't think that it's the caliper that's resin pad only, it's the rotor's that are marked as "recommended". If you look at the spec sheet for it on Shimano's site it does have this listed for pads: https://bike.shimano.com/en-US/product/component/deore-m6100/BR-M6100.html Pad_Option G04S Metal Pad_Standard G03S Resin | J03A Resin But at the top you see "Remarks: * Resin pad compatible only" however if you keep looking down the sheet there is: Recommended disc brake rotor SM-RT54* SM-RT56* SM-RT64 SM-RT66 So the * is indicating that those rotors are resin pad only. Check the rotors it has and see how that goes, otherwise you could just replace them as well. But beyond that I've heard you can use metal pads with those rotors anyways but they will wear faster, but don't rely on me for that info/assurance
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May 1, 2021 00:46
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bicievino posted:This is interesting. damper rebuilds seem like a pain, same with some of the air spring stuff that requires a blow torch to remove things. But cleaning and changing the oil in the lowers and doing an air can clean and relube isn't bad if you're OK with working on bikes. Basically have to spend some on materials (the replacement seals, oil for the fork but you'll get enough to do many services with it, and a seal driver) but it will set you up to be able to do more services in the future. So like, $150 for stuff to do the fork and shock but more than half of that is just stuff you'll not have to spend money on again anytime soon? Then it's just taking something apart and putting it back together, nothing really tricky, lots of youtube videos and stuff on how to do it. Always takes longer than you think it will though. Granted this is for doing Fox stuff, I'm not sure about RockShock
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edit: ^^^ awesome Oh, here's something I found in a bike tech talk about rotors and such: https://bikerumor.com/2020/12/04/aasq-96-get-your-geek-on-w-brake-rotor-tech-from-hayes-shimano-magura-trp/ Shimano posted:One thing to note is that we do make some rotors that only work with resin pads. They are entry-level rotors that skip the heat treating step in manufacturing. If you used metal pads with them you would destroy them fairly quickly and make a lot of noise while doing it. These are typically used on bikes with brakes that can only take resin pads anyway, so it’s a great way to save some money for those riders. The calipers themselves seem to be compatible with metal pads but the rotors probably have the above applicable to them Levitate fucked around with this message at 01:17 on May 1, 2021 |
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May 1, 2021 01:11
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Car Hater posted:Woof, day four after the second dose of vaccine and I thought I was fully recovered, hit the first big hill in my rode today and it was like my soul left my body, felt like I was going to fall asleep in the saddle Riding in smoke is pretty terrible for you so I just do trainer rides then which is sad bicievino posted:Riding when it's smokey isn't just bad for your lungs, it's bad for your eyes, too. I'm just hoping we don't have crazy poo poo like the lightning storms last year that completely hosed us before the real fire season even began
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May 2, 2021 01:33
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Suburban Dad posted:It's always that on my bike. Hopefully the frame isn't hosed up from running too little preload and the bearing slapping against it repeatedly. Hopefully test it out again tomorrow. You feel any play in it? I kind of hate the “learn to do it by feel” nature of preloading bearings
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May 20, 2021 02:00
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With lots of carbon parts being clamped etc with bikes it's still probably a good idea to use a torque wrench even if you believe you have good feel
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ought ten posted:Oh that’s a good point, I have not dealt with carbon in any machine I mean for mtb it's probably like stem clamps on bars, and dropper posts to make sure you don't tighten them too much and impact the function, and I'd probably do pivot bolts as well just to be on the safe side but like pedals, cassettes, etc, nah
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