It took me a bit to get the technique- I have to really unweight the front, like I’m riding a unicycle. I rode the 5.5 for literally miles at a time without hands, but I’m not there yet with the...

My Banshee is built with the parts from my SB5.5, including a 160mm 36 with 51mm offset. The Banshee is 2 degrees slacker (64.5 versus 66.5). The first time I took my hands off the bar I had some...

It’s long, for sure. The HTA looks slacker from the photo perspective. That’s a 2017 36 I took off a SB5.5, so it’s only 160mm. With the shorter A2C, it’s not as slack as designed.

I’ll replace...

It snowed 6” today. Fuck.

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That’s why I went raw with my Banshee.

Wasn’t there a new RS fork spotted at Andes Pacifico?

Men’s Journal has the real 2020 hotness:
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GF has a Ripmo v2 in the shop waiting on some lingering parts, and I have a Banshee Titan frame inbound. If Helena hadn’t gotten a foot of snow last weekend I’d be a lot antsier to get them built up.

The longer stays are the reason I chose the 5.5 over a Riot in 2016. But I’ve never been in love with it.

If I were doing a lot of rock crawling -style riding in the SW, I’d be more interested in short chainstays. For the wide-open trails we have in MT, they get squirrelly.

I built a Yelli Screamy in...

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The Banshee Titan has me daydreaming about a new ride.