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12-01-2021, 12:17 PM #51Registered User
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I used squirt on a stationary trainer with my road bike in the house, I found it did shed those little bits of wax so i had to put down a piece of cardboard to catch it all, I never clean the chain just apply and let it flake off
Drip-on squirt is as easy to use as a drip-on petro you just have to do it apres ride so the water can evaporate/ wax can dry which takes a couple hrs depending on weather.
From what I read some people wana make drip-on wax harder by removing the chain to apply drip-on, or they say it doesnt work but in genral they don't appear to read simple instructions so at some point I give up telling themLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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12-01-2021, 12:40 PM #55
I had been using Squirt for the past few years, and was pretty happy with it. But the hot wax stays much, much cleaner. The wax is just much harder/drier and doesn’t have the ‘tackiness’ of Squirt.
The other thing I like about the hot melt is that if I want to clean the chain, I can literally just swish it around in a few changes of boiling water and it comes out sparkling clean. Can’t do that with Squirt, so I just never bothered cleaning it. And even if you don’t bother cleaning the chain (I haven’t been cleaning the road chain) submerging in the pot of wax is flushing out any contamination in the chain (and very slowly contaminating the wax in the pot)
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12-01-2021, 11:24 PM #63Registered User
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What bike do I want?
I’m curious to see why the Transition Sentinel doesn’t get mentioned in the conversation for 160ish bikes.
It’s got the long trail travel like a Smash (160/150r) or full enduro travel with a Cascade Link and longer fork (170/165r). 30% progression with the CL for easy coil use. There’s new frames available around even if not from Transition directly.
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12-01-2021, 11:34 PM #64
I'm pretty sure I am going Gnarvana. Someone at GG hooking it up!
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interested to hear impressions of the rear linkage setup on the gnarvana
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12-02-2021, 10:06 AM #66
I was gonna say to get the red one, but those only come in black. Get the red stickers maybe?
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There purple is kinda fucshia-esque.
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12-17-2021, 10:47 AM #70
Trigger fucking pulled. Big thanks to GG for hooking it up fat!! I will be selling my SB150 on here for a screaming deal once I get the new rig.
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Hijacking this thread now that WRG has a new steed incoming.
I'm looking for a new frame. Currently on a Megatrail MX. Nothing seriously wrong with the bike, but I've got the 2 year itch. I'm looking for something 150-160mm travel, highly progressive, poppier than the Megatrail while still running coil, lighter (for more play), and mullet/mixed wheel sizes. I could *maybe* run 29 again but at 5'8", I've been really enjoying not having the rear tire buzz my ass every ride. Ideally something with a tad shorter wheelbase than my current setup, for snappier handling on my mostly flowy trails.
My shortlist:
* Bronson (ticks the most boxes, but can't fucking order a frame. ETA who the fuck knows)
* Patrol, in the inevitable carbon version. Ticks a lot of boxes but will be longer / slacker. Lighter than Megatrail but heavier than SC. ETA: guessing spring release, fall delivery if I order immediately on release.
* Rallon. Doesn't seem to tick many boxes other than being lighter. ETA unclear, haven't looked too closely.
* SJ Evo. Ticks all the boxes except progression (less progressive than MT). Currently frames are available within 30 min drive.
* WAO Arrival. Supposedly they're selling frame-onlys in the spring. Got great reviews on PB & Blister, as exceptionally light and poppy feeling. No MX version, and would require a new rear wheel (including hub). ETA maybe summer?
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01-10-2022, 11:02 PM #74
It's here.
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01-12-2022, 10:35 AM #75Registered User
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What bike do I want?
Sweet^
I guess we can make this the official ponder new bikes thread, so here goes hijack #2…
The GF wants to get more into mountain biking (which I FULLY support) this summer and I’m helping her with trying to find a good fit.
Some background on her:
-Limited experience w/ mtn biking
-Interested mainly with trail riding and the occasional day at a bike park
-Located in JH
-Very athletic, probably more than me, runs ultras and shit
I’ve looked at a lot of models from a lot of brands and to me the Spec Stumpy / Stumpy Evo Comp seems like the best value buy in terms of components and what type of riding we have around here. I took her out a few times last season, once at Targhee bike park, and she did great.
I’m really trying to remove myself from the decision making process here, but I have poured over the geo charts for each of those models and I honestly think between the two that the Evo is the move. Will she ever be hucking off stuff, probably not. But between the riding on the pass, and Targhee and JH bike parks nearby I don’t think the extra travel would go to waste.
Would there really be that much of a difference between the stumpy and stumpy evo in terms of climb-ability? The geo is seriously close enough that I don’t see the fit being much different between the two (she’s already sat on the Evo and it looks good in terms of stand over and cockpit ergonomics). Aside from the stumpy being a bit lighter than the Evo I’m not seeing a large enough difference to justify not going with the longer travel of the Evo. Evo also has a lot of geo adjustability which makes it easy to set up steep for trail riding and then lower/slacken for a day at the park.
Someone talk to me here.
Oh, and we happen to have a few LBS in the area that are Spec dealers with these bikes in stock NOW which does play into this a bit.
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