What have you bought/upgraded today.

[jackstraw]

I'm not sold on cordless compressors (and I already own 5 corded ones) since you still need a hose to run guns, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Does the battery have enough capacity to run for more than a few cycles? Is the compressor lighter than the baby Grip Rite one that I mostly use for small trim jobs?

Yeah, I have a two-stage compressor that is getting a little long in the tooth. I used it for my nail guns, but mostly to blow snow in my backyard. The M18, so far, runs for a long time on a M18 battery. I do have 5, 9, and 12 amp hour battery packs. I think the 12ah will run this compressor for a good amount of time. I'm not professional though, so I don't know how it will do in that environment.

[Boissal]

Close to finished:



Bought the frame from smmokan in early Dec, Fedex lost it for over a month and it miraculously reappeared after I had just about given up. Built the bike up with a combination of blingy and no-nonsense mid-range parts (EXT shock & Hayes Dominion A4 brakes balanced by SLX crankset + saddle and pedals stolen from Ms Boissal). Finally got the shock this morning and it's complete enough to warrant a picture in this thread. I only need grips and a chain at this point.
I'm already scared of this bike. It's so beefy I know I'm going to get in trouble with it.
I'm also going to look like the biggest Yoann Barreli fanboy now that he's sponsored by EXT. Same frame, same gold accents, same shock. Not the same skillset though. Guess I'll just have stickers made with his face on a baguette body with 3 testicles and roll with it...

Edit: the DHF 2.5 on the front barely measures 2.3". Frustrating as hell considering I have the same tire on the same rim on my other bike and it's significantly fatter. Even more frustrating comparing to the Spesh Eliminator 2.3 in the rear which measures a solid 2.45", again on the same rim. Fuck Maxxis, they're the guy with a 12"-in-their-mind-but-4"-in-real-life penis of the bike industry.

[HAB]

That's going to be sweet. Strong work with the suspension and brake choices.

Super weird about the tire width though. All three 2.5'' DHFs I have mounted up currently measure a touch over 2.5'' across the knobs on ~30mm rims. Two DDs and one DH casing, all MaxxGrip FWIW.

[Boissal]

That's going to be sweet. Strong work with the suspension and brake choices.

Super weird about the tire width though. All three 2.5'' DHFs I have mounted up currently measure a touch over 2.5'' across the knobs on ~30mm rims. Two DDs and one DH casing, all MaxxGrip FWIW.

Crazy. I'm also on 30mm wide rims and all my other DHFs (probably 5 or 6 by now) have mounted to just about 2.5", maybe a touch under.
Maybe this tire is a knockoff? White Maxxis logo, first time I see that, all the other ones have been yellow.

[HAB]

Crazy. I'm also on 30mm wide rims and all my other DHFs (probably 5 or 6 by now) have mounted to just about 2.5", maybe a touch under.
Maybe this tire is a knockoff? White Maxxis logo, first time I see that, all the other ones have been yellow.

White logo is OE-spec but the construction isn't supposed to be any different. Wonder if it's a mislabeled 2.3?

[Boissal]

White logo is OE-spec but the construction isn't supposed to be any different. Wonder if it's a mislabeled 2.3?

Could be mislabeled, although the size is in 2 different spots, 1 in white letters which I could see being messed up, but another which is directly embossed in rubber and I assume that comes from the mold. Oh well, that tire will be trash soon enough anyway...

[Dee Hubbs]

An old 2.50 designed for a < 30mm rim, and not a newer 2.50 WT designed for a < 30mm rim.

[Boissal]

That one is labeled WT though. Again, possibly a mislabeling.

[D(C)]

They also do stretch over time. I’m always surprised how low-volume tires look when new.

[Falcon3]

They also do stretch over time. I’m always surprised how low-volume tires look when new.

Yeah my 2.5 aggressor was barely over 2.2 at max pressure. Left it in the garage for a couple weeks at max and now it’s 2.45.

[Boissal]

Yeah my 2.5 aggressor was barely over 2.2 at max pressure. Left it in the garage for a couple weeks at max and now it’s 2.45.

I'll stop shitting myself in rage then, thanks. The Spesh tire inflating directly to wider-than-spec made me angry about Maxxis.
I know we're not supposed to care about weights but I just threw the fucker on the scale and it came out at 32.3 lbs. It's missing sealant and grips and I'm running weaksauce tires (I know, EXO+ front, endless flats in my near future, and the GridTrail casing isn't much beefier in the rear) but that seems shockingly light for such a pig...

[climberevan]

New pedal day for Wraith, the otherwise murdered out gravel bike.

[jamal]

I don't really need another pair of road shoes but couldn't resist the sparkles and signed up for some of these

[Dee Hubbs]

I don't really need another pair of road shoes but couldn't resist the sparkles and signed up for some of these

I don't need any more shoes, I've filled out the form 4 times, and have not hit send.

[climberevan]

If Shimano shoes fit me I'd be rocking the blue ones on the road and the purple/green fade for gravel.

[jamal]

Some of them work for me, some don't. Didn't like some older XC7 and RC7s I tried on a few years ago. Really like my RC901 and XC901s. I'd say they fit like sidis, which I also have a couple pairs of and like. And you can be pretty certain that a new pair of sidis will fit like your old ones, which is not the case for shimano. Seems to vary from year to year and even between shoes. Have RX8s, and they're too narrow. Might try the wide version. And actually the last from the 901 to the 902 even changed slightly so I can't even be confident I'll like how these new shoes feel.

[rideit]

New pedal day for Wraith, the otherwise murdered out gravel bike.

Bring replacement bushings…

[sethschmautz]

Well... Just the frame.

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[climberevan]

Bring replacement bushings…

Three cartridge bearings on each of these, so fingers crossed that bushings won't be required.

[rideit]

Both arriving this week for the Element…

[rideit]

Three cartridge bearings on each of these, so fingers crossed that bushings won't be required.

That’s great to hear. I haven’t had them in fifteen years, but they used to fall apart in a dozen rides, but hot damn, they were LIGHT!

[Jtlange]

Both arriving this week for the Element…

Where did you find that shock size? I cant seem to find a 190x45 anywhere

[Dee Hubbs]

Both arriving this week for the Element…

[rideit]

LMFAO!
But seriously, I don’t really like the 34, (I have one on there now with a Luftkappe) and a 36 would be massive overkill. I think 35mm will be ‘just right’. Ain’t no RS rear shock I am interested in…

[rideit]

Where did you find that shock size? I cant seem to find a 190x45 anywhere

https://www.probikesupply.com/produc...0x45mm-evol-lv