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02-02-2020, 03:08 PM #51
Sweet bike! That’s a great deal. Ribbon Air would be awesome!
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02-02-2020, 06:29 PM #52
Nice work B. That thing looks rad and a pretty decent deal.
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Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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02-03-2020, 02:49 AM #53
Damn yeah, hardtails are super fun. Sam, building that thing up single speed or what?
I just snagged a new wheelset to 29erize my sergeant. 2.8 tires are fun and all, but after blasting around on my 29er drop-bar-gravel-thing, the big tires on my hardtail are feeling extra doggy.
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02-03-2020, 07:24 AM #54
Nice find on that surface. Looks great.
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02-03-2020, 01:05 PM #55
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02-03-2020, 11:41 PM #56
That’s a sweet lookin whip Tindy.
There's nothing better than sliding down snow, and flying through the air
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02-04-2020, 05:26 PM #57
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02-07-2020, 08:09 AM #58Registered User
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Hey all!
lots of great hardtail inspiration in this thread. I’m paring down my quiver and about to make a Guerrilla Gravity Megatrail or Chromag Stylus my all around ride. Northeast rider, lover of slow tech. Thinking the megatrail would help me get more comfortable at speed on rough trails, and my foundation of slow tech will pull me through on the tighter stuff where the megatrail is not ideal. Or should I lean in to my core skills and go for the hardcore hardtail? Been considering this for a while and still looking to hear opinions and experiences.
Thanks!
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02-07-2020, 08:17 AM #59
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02-07-2020, 08:37 AM #60
I have a Transition Throttle, CF 140 front, 27.5. It is basically a Transition Scout but a hardtail and it is a blast to ride, climbs amazing and it has enough front squish to really calm a trail down. slack enough to feel very very comfortable both up and down. For referance, I have had a scout, bought then bought throttle, sold the scout bought a patrol. Life is good.
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02-07-2020, 09:07 AM #61Registered User
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02-07-2020, 09:10 AM #62Registered User
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02-07-2020, 09:14 AM #63
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02-07-2020, 10:58 AM #64
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02-09-2020, 12:10 AM #65Registered User
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How did you like the scout? I had a bandit 29 before that and loved it...got stolen and replaced it with the scout and just didn’t mesh...I know a lot of folks loved it
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02-09-2020, 09:37 AM #66pura vida
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02-09-2020, 12:21 PM #67
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02-10-2020, 09:13 AM #68
I sold my Scout, they were almost the same bike except for the rear squish and I really really liked that bike. Both Scout/Throlle climbed great and even going downhill unless it was super rough the Throttle kills it. However, I upgraded to a Patrol for even more squish, the Patrol is more bike that I will ever use, Im not a jumper, I dont heal as fast as I used to but downhill hill now is like driving a Cadillac.
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02-10-2020, 09:24 AM #69
There you have it: Throttle / Patrol quiver is akin to going Stylus / Megatrail.
But I like having my hardtail be the 29” (running 2.6F/2.4R) and my full suspension being 27” (Bronson with 160mm fork). Some days I don’t know which bike to grab for short/medium rides (long rides FS no question), but I’ve set up the 29” tires to deal better with wet conditions and running higher speed tires on the 27” so it makes the decision more straightforward._______________________________________________
"Strapping myself to a sitski built with 30lb of metal and fibreglass then trying to water ski in it sounds like a stupid idea to me.
I'll be there." ... Andy Campbell
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02-10-2020, 05:13 PM #70Registered User
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02-10-2020, 11:31 PM #71
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02-12-2020, 10:17 AM #72
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02-12-2020, 10:32 AM #73
OTB feeling on a Rootdown eh? What size frame and how tall? Did you try making the fork more progressive before deciding to bump travel?
Or maybe it’s time to trade that for a Doctahawk with a Lyrik and let us all know how it rides_______________________________________________
"Strapping myself to a sitski built with 30lb of metal and fibreglass then trying to water ski in it sounds like a stupid idea to me.
I'll be there." ... Andy Campbell
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02-12-2020, 10:35 AM #74
It's a M/L and I'm 5'8", so it's on the big end of the spectrum for me. I run the fork firmer than I would on my full suspension to keep it higher in its travel.
It's more that the bike is designed around a 160 fork. At 150, the reach gets even longer and the STA becomes really steep. 160 seems to pull things back a bit, which is good. I had been a bit resistant to running that much travel on a hardtail, but I think it will benefit how the bike rides both uphill and downhill by making the geometry a bit more comfortable.
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02-12-2020, 11:27 AM #75pura vida
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I've only ridden mine at 160 but definitely don't get any OTB sensations from mine.
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