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10-25-2019, 01:32 PM #51Registered User
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10-25-2019, 01:45 PM #52
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10-25-2019, 01:45 PM #53Registered User
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10-25-2019, 01:51 PM #54Registered User
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A ton of work to build with no real upside. Rides great, it's LOW. To get the leverage curve I wanted I had to hang the link down lower than I'd like, I need to make a new set of links to grain back some clearance and I hacked these ones out of plate with out knowing just how much clearance I had at full bottom out under the bb.
That one is the third fs frame I've built and it was a good learning process and reminder. KISS Keep It Simple Stupid. With that said the next one will be a split pivot rear end and the rocker and shock will mount concentric to the seat stay ends, so not single pivot simple.
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10-25-2019, 01:53 PM #55
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10-25-2019, 01:56 PM #56Registered User
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The reviews I read (NSMB for example) said there's a slightly perceptible amount of drag when you turn the cranks with your hand but they never noticed it on the trail.
A Forbidden/WAO colab enduro bike sounds very interesting. I have (and love) their wheels. I could probably run the Druid just fine on the majority of my riding (I know my Smuggler is capable of doing that, and it's 120/140) but slacker would be feel better for me on really steep stuff, and more travel would be nice for my poorly executed jumps.
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10-25-2019, 02:05 PM #57
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10-25-2019, 02:24 PM #58
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10-25-2019, 03:57 PM #59
2020 bikes that make your shorts tight
Also, I’m an idiot. Totally failed to register the “2020” part of the title. Oh well.
Hightower?
I’d like to see a new Switchblade. Longer, lower, slacker.Last edited by beaterdit; 10-25-2019 at 04:18 PM.
There's nothing better than sliding down snow, and flying through the air
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10-25-2019, 04:10 PM #60
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10-25-2019, 06:08 PM #61
I saw the Revel lineup at NEMBAfest. Nice looking bikes, Dirty Biker of Drunk Cyclist fame is part of the company
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10-28-2019, 09:38 PM #62
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10-29-2019, 07:10 AM #63
Meaning it weighs an extra 3 lbs?
One of my clients has a Vigilante 2.6" on their bike this weekend, and it definitely has me curious to try one out. I'm not sure I'd put a 1200g+ on my Ripley though, it would likely go on the big bike (Canyon Strive).
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10-29-2019, 09:33 AM #64
Def not a 3 lb difference, maybe 250g per tire? The Ripley seems much more like a short travel trail bike and I set it up as such. At 28 lbs it’s not light but it’s not a tank either.
Bottom line: I prefer to run it at full capacity for tough trails over trying to save weight and have it feel a bit anorexic.
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10-29-2019, 02:02 PM #65
I rode with a girl on and off for a few days on the AZTR who was on a Revel rascal. She ended up setting a new women's record, so it can't suck to pedal it. She said it is the best, most fun bike she's ever ridden. For me her use of it for bikepacking proves it can work in size small with a seat bag and frame bags. Would have to get them custom made, but right now finding a bike that fits me that can run a seat bag is my unicorn. Worldwide Cyclery in LA is a dealer and has some demo bikes. As soon as LA stops burning I'm going to head up there and take one for a ride.
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10-29-2019, 02:24 PM #66
2020 bikes that make your shorts tight
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crab in my shoe mouth
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10-30-2019, 01:43 PM #67Registered User
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Well fuckin' done Norco, first with the Optic and now this Sight...numbers are on point, 150 travel, steepening SA AND chainstay length with growing frame size. What kind of monster will the Range be?
Shirk, how progressive did you go with the geo on that last build and are you taking a step back with the next one?
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10-30-2019, 02:16 PM #68
How'd you like it? Without copy and pasting a novel, my demo is Post #32:
https://forums.mtbr.com/custom-build...s-1101818.html
Short version: liked it a lot, big fan of CBF. Seemed like a more nimble, less burly SB130. For my riding, prolly a better fit...if I was in more gnarly terrain, I'd prolly lean towards the Yeti. BUT: definitely required 170 cranks.It makes perfect sense...until you think about it.
I suspect there's logic behind the madness, but I'm too dumb to see it.
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10-30-2019, 04:39 PM #69
Huh, didn’t have one pedal strike all day. It was greasy today, couldn’t trust anything and I still had some PR’s. Wet leaves hiding wet rocks and roots, rugged shit.
Bike pedals better than any full squish I’ve ridden. No bob detected at all. Tight rear end makes it easy to wheelie-drop, fun stuff. Easy bike to ride downhill, stays glued and tracks flawlessly.
What the fuck is up with 800mm bars? Do y’all like them? I hated them. Made the front wheel feel floppy and slow. We have way too many trees for that width also. I’m gonna try the new Fuel EX 9.8 next week and decide between the two. But I could be very happy with this bike, it’s really well built.
crab in my shoe mouth
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10-30-2019, 04:49 PM #70
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10-30-2019, 05:03 PM #71
Yeah, the pedal strike thing is weird. In that mtbr thread, there’s a bunch of people who had issues (like me), there’s a bunch that had zero pedal strikes, and a number that found it about average.
But I really liked it and it’s on my short list of bikes I’d want to pedal around all day.
Sent from my iPad using TGR ForumsIt makes perfect sense...until you think about it.
I suspect there's logic behind the madness, but I'm too dumb to see it.
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10-30-2019, 05:37 PM #72Registered User
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It ended up being slacker and lower than I had planned. So the next one will clean that up. It will be a touch longer in the reach but wheelbase will end up about the same when I bring the ha back to the intended 63.5 (current one is 62.5). The bb needs to come up as it's somewhere around 315mm.
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10-30-2019, 05:48 PM #73Registered User
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10-30-2019, 11:30 PM #74
Just to second a few things...
Norco Optic, Sight
Several of the Nukeproofs
Ripmo AF
Ripley
And also...
Tallboy
MOJO HD5
Sb140 in the shiny flat gray- woah
They all make me go “I think it moved”Do I detect a lot of anger flowing around this place? Kind of like a pubescent volatility, some angst, a lot of I'm-sixteen-and-angry-at-my-father syndrome?
fuck that noise.
gmen.
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10-31-2019, 12:23 AM #75
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