🧵 /mtb/ Mountain Bike General
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 08:18:48 UTC No. 161959
Bike Park edition
FAQ on buying a bike that nobody reads anyway:
> What good bike can I get for under $500?
a stolen bike. Possibly a newer used entry level hardtail but don't expect it to survive rock gardens, jumps, or drops. Or an older mtb which won't be as good as newer ones and will still have a front derailleur, but it'll be good enough.
> What good bike can I get for under $1000
Good used hardtail, new entry level hardtail
> What good bike can I get for under $2000?
New Hardtail, decent used full suspension
> What good bike can I get for under $3000?
https://www.yt-industries.com/fr/pr
Used full suspension, decent entry level full suspension but prepared to put more money into it.
> What are the excellent value brands?
Marin, Commencal, Canyon, Polygon, YT, Propain, Kona, and many more. Sometimes the expensive brands have an excellent value bike
> What are the differences between an XC, Trail, Enduro, and Downhill bikes?
XC bikes are for going up fast, go down not as fast. Trail bikes are for going up and down. Enduro bikes are for going down fast, and slower up. Downhill bikes are for going down really fast, needs a ski lift, truck, or the rider pushing it to go up.
Link to previous thread
>>158363
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 08:29:45 UTC No. 161961
Don't buy the michelin bike park DH34. Casing & protection is absolute trash. Tire lasted less than a month and I already have a snakebite that sealant isn't able to plug. There's another hole in the tread that appeared on my 3rd riding day, sealant plugs it if its under certain pressure but beyond that is leaks again. While inspecting the tire for holes I have 2 dings(511 rim) and I rode 1 year with it without issue. The old DH22 had visible slashes in sidewalls and treat but they didn't penetrate or got plugged.
But the grip was good.
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:30:14 UTC No. 161966
>>161961
I had the dh22s a while back and I felt like they were too grippy for their own good, just tears them apart
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 10:35:47 UTC No. 161969
Bros I think I'm finally ready to fully succumb to my autism
I'm going to buy a cheap slow cooker and wax my next chain
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 13:22:27 UTC No. 161977
>>161969
Do it, then report back to us with the results once you've ridden it for a while please. I want to see if my experience was a one-off, or if others have the same experience
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 13:39:55 UTC No. 161978
>>161959
>> What good bike can I get for under $3000?
>https://www.yt-industries.com/fr/p
We're shilling in the OP?
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:05:25 UTC No. 161980
>>161977
What was your experience?
I bought some lube which turned out to be wax so degreased and cleaned the drivetrain and applied it a few months ago. It's lasted a while but not sure if it needs redoing and has gunked up a bit, I'm slightly worried it's eating the components.
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:10:24 UTC No. 161982
Any light recs?
It's gettin dark
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:51:30 UTC No. 161983
>>161982
Outbound Lighting. Yea they're pricey, but they're GOATed with the sauce. My friend's died on him last year and customer service shipped him a new one without even asking for him to ship the old one back or asking him any questions. I was hesitant to buy them at first because of the price, but my friend vouched for them so I reluctantly bought them, then all those regrets went away on the first ride
I don't even think action cameras can capture just how good these lights are, it barely even feels like I'm riding at night since the trail is so well illuminated. Hikers SEETHE at this light because even on low, it blinds them and they're hard to look at. One walkie got pissy they were so bright and then he had to eat shit when we told him "would you rather not see us at all?" That's beside the point, people will see you, cryptids will fear you, you will see them. These lights allow me to ride the same at night as I do in the day.
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:56:48 UTC No. 161984
>>161963
Too late,I sinned again. Bought a real dh34 plus energy gels.
>>161969
Is waxxing a chain really noticable? Wouldn't wax just grind itself down or melt if you ride in hot weather(+28°c)? I would say only indoor nascar track roadies would notice
>>161978
Dunno. Its a good option even if you stay with all the components. I don't think there's anything in the market right now at this cost value. Even commencal DTC bikes at this pricepoint, price after discount, come with SX/NX drivetrain- sram guide T/Shimano DB8(cartoonish boxy brakes). Meanwhile the uncaged 8 is a straight up coiled dowhill SEXO machine.
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:32:18 UTC No. 161992
>>161980
I've never slow cooked a chain for fall-off-the-bone flavor, but i've used wax-based dry lubes and they always turn into black gunk very quickly and shifting goes to shit after a couple of rides. The soil here is clay though, so the moon dust that ends up covering the trails is probably worse than your average dirt for sticking to chain lube.
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 20:59:20 UTC No. 162034
>>161992
>>161977
I'm currently in the middle of a really wet and muddy winter so it might be the next next chain instead. Unless I can make this one last to summer
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:49:39 UTC No. 162048
>>161983
GoPros have dogshit low light performance, they’re on model 11 now and it literally hasn’t gotten any better since the 7
Anonymous at Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:26:27 UTC No. 162101
Got a little bit more done tonight, got the gear cable outer run, hanger straightened and derailleur on, casette, front brake, rotors swapped over (220f, 200r). Hopefully tomorrow I get the new rear brake hose threaded thru the frame and the rear bled. Still waiting on my dropper post to come. I ordered it with a bunch of other parts on Sunday, all the other bits arrived Tuesday but now it's Thursday and I still don't have it. What a fuckoff.
I'm not actually sure what the 220mm front rotors going to be like with SLX brakes and galfer pads in it, hopefully not too grabby.
Anonymous at Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:32:30 UTC No. 162102
I get to spend the first day in the park bedding my new rotors and faffing with my suspension settings. It'll be nice to be able to repeat the same trail as I dial it in
Anonymous at Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:42:13 UTC No. 162130
>>162089
GoPro effect hides how steep CA trails are but it also makes them look different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJK
I watched a lot of videos of people riding this specific section of this trail before I rode it because I had heard it was so hard. When I got to it, I didn't even recognize it until I recognized the drop at the end and looked back. It's so much more different when you're actually on it and I took a different line on the far right.
If you ever watch any POV videos of Santa Cruz trails, know that they're really, really steep and the videos hide that and make them look like mellow flow trails
Anonymous at Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:15:16 UTC No. 162159
>>161982
I got the Offbondage/Newboler light from Aliexpress that someone posted months ago and it's nice, I don't use the helmet light anymore.
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:37:21 UTC No. 162285
>>162283
Flech
Tech for the retards or first-try, flow once you can gap everything
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:18:17 UTC No. 162295
>>162284
I like tech in my flow. That's not supposed to be a smart ass answer either. I really like it when my flow trail has something like a rock garden in it.
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:21:45 UTC No. 162297
>>162284
Jump lines or fast tech
Flow is just kinda boring
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:25:51 UTC No. 162298
>>162284
Tech. I prefer natural singletrack over anything too artificial either way. There is some pretty flowy natural stuff in my local area.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 01:10:07 UTC No. 162367
>>161983
damn this is a pretty good sales pitch.
They're actually cheaper than a lot of other options I'm seeing.
Guess I'll cop
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 03:15:31 UTC No. 162378
>>161956
> And those who do? What suspension are they running? Lmao dumb nigger.
I am the dumb nigger? Champ, you as so black you forget to explain your point here.
> Juat because code Rs(lmao) are enough for what you do doesn't mean they will be enough for long alpine descents.
I have used Code Rs and RSCs in Alpine and a lot of gravity riding, both provide more breaking power than the overwhelming majority of MTBers would actually need. I have even done back to back alpine runs with Code Rs and the latest iteration of Shimano XT brakes, the only difference was modulation. Which is pretty meh on Shimano brakes.
> You cant go fast and do precise hard breaking with mushy(muhh modulation) brakes
> as brakes heatup power is lost and you gotta pull harder but you cant on mushy brakes.
You keep saying mushy. Correctly set up and maintain Sram brakes are no mushier than Shimano or any other brand. This is how I know you are a potato who is incapable of wrenching on his own bike.
> you cant enjoy a long fun descent as you are stopping every 4-5 minutes due to arm pump
Arm pump is a result vibrations and not brakes. If your concern is arm pump, you would be better spending your money on tyre inserts, carbon handle bars or suspension upgrades (i.e. DSD runt, meg neg, etc) rather than brakes.
> A set of MT5s are 25% cheaper than a set of Code Rs lmao and better.
Kind of irrelevant since you would never buy a set Code Rs as most new bikes are spec'd with them and if you are upgrading your brakes you always buy RSCs or another equivalent.
MTBs and their components have been designed with pros in mind, the vast majority of riders are never going to get close the limit of their MTB and its components. Anyone who thinks otherwise is coping for their lack of fitness and skill.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 03:16:38 UTC No. 162379
>>162284
I can appreciate both, but I honestly prefer trails that incorporate both. Unfortunately my local trails are mostly tech.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 03:31:51 UTC No. 162381
>>162378
I don’t know or care what you’re arguing for, but brake lever positioning and brake lever force play a massive role in minimizing arm pump
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 06:08:41 UTC No. 162394
>>162101
So I took the dog out in it's first ride today, the first run was honestly fucking terrible. Too much air in the tyres, brakes barely working at all and about 15psi too much in the fork. And my stem (which I torqued to spec) was loose both on the steerer and the bars and both slipped. After tightening everything up, letting the tyres down and setting fork pressure and rebound it's great to ride. I'm really impressed with how it climbs, I was expecting it to feel like I was dragging a bulldozer up the hill being a slack Enduro bike but it climbs just as good as any of my previous trail bikes.
The rear shock is a little harsh, I'm considering swapping my DPX2 onto it but my mate says maybe take some positive air spacers out of it or add some neg bands before I throw it away
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 06:14:39 UTC No. 162396
Bros my top cap Garmin mount won’t fit without a 5mm spacer underneath and I just bought a set of Wolftooth headset spacers hoping to use the 3mm one and the design of the mount literally needs a 5mm spacer no matter what I’m kinda pissed
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 08:45:29 UTC No. 162409
Should I buy specialized levo entry alu or carbon bike? I'm currently riding a custom mullet emtb with e8000 and really like it except for the short reach around 440 mm.
The problem is that I want a lighter bike. Current one is 23 kg and most full power emtbs are around the 25 kg mark with the big ass batteries.
There are light emtbs like the orbea rise that have mid power, mid battery but the fucking ep8 rattles so fucking loud when going dh.
Brose is silent but prone to failure and I think I could maybe get the alu levo built up around 23 kg and the carbon around 22 but idk if I should just wait another year for better options...
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 08:46:28 UTC No. 162410
>>162409
You’ll never be able to weight weenie properly I actually feel bad for you
Just use a half size battery ez
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 08:55:40 UTC No. 162411
>>162409
>muh motor
/o/ please leave
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 09:33:13 UTC No. 162412
>>162410
Ebike weight differences are not weight weenie stuff. We are talking about weight differences of 5-6 kg which make a huge difference in bike handling on the trail. 25 kg is goof for plowing down straight high speed stuff but it sucks on slow, mellow or twisty tech stuff and jumps. Orbea rise handles similar to a normal bike but you can climb ridiculous stuff with it where you would have to carry your acoustic bike for hours. Lets you explore and ride trails in the mountains in a timeframe that isn't possible without a motor.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 09:38:18 UTC No. 162413
>>162412
Yeah I’ve heard the seminar lol you guys always go back to the exact same defense. You want lightweight, you’re gonna have to remove the literal kilowatt-hours of mechanical output attached to your bike, I’m sorry
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 09:40:49 UTC No. 162414
>>162412
That’s what I’m saying it’s very easy to lose weight on an ebike if you just get one thats less of an ebike (as in my half size battery remark). They make some really light ebikes with fazua motors these days
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 09:50:33 UTC No. 162415
>>162413
>>162414
You didn't read my posts properly. There are options but many of the motors have issues. Fazua for example has a sensor/Software flaw and many full power motors rattle. First gen mahle motors from specialized light emtbs arw noisy and too weak. Ep8/01 is perfect as you can customize it with third party software to your liking and it allows relatively cheap and light bikes but it rattles... Boschs new light emtb motor rattles too. I hope srams new motor doesn't rattle.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 10:22:30 UTC No. 162416
Should I put 220 or 200mm rotors on my 29er ragley big al? Now there are 180mm and it isn't that good. I am 220 lbs
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 10:55:27 UTC No. 162418
>>162412
When I did a tour that included a big climb with a together with a fren, his E-bike ran out of battery after only about half the climb.
And that wasn't some chinese shit, but a proper Bosch mid-drive.
E-bikes are good for short/medium length rides, but definitly not long climbs.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 11:26:05 UTC No. 162421
>>162418
Well if you only ride in turbo mode and don't know how to shift and are heavy, lazy, unfit that might be true. Also bosch is the shittiest system when it comes to customization. With 504 or 625 wh I regularly do between 1000 and 2500 hm no problem while riding hiking trails uphil that you can't ride without a motor.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 11:57:40 UTC No. 162422
>>162421
Yea, it doesn't offer much customisation, though the system itself is reliable and works pretty well.
1000-2500m climb is medium length though.
My friend is a skelly and he ran out at only about 1500 m or so.
That tour was 3000 m in total, 2500 in the first climb.
Did that without a motor, as I always do.
Maybe next time I do the full ~4000 m tour.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 12:33:36 UTC No. 162423
>>162422
I don't care so much about numbers but 2500hm is definitely enough to ride awesome alpine trails down to the bottom. In the alps you also often can combine tours with chairlifts so 2500hm is more than enough in my case. You could probably squeeze out 3000hm or more with the big dual battery options but they make the bike 25kg plus, which isn't really fun to ride dh...
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 14:33:35 UTC No. 162437
>>162378
>I am the dumb nigger? Champ, you as so black you forget to explain your point here
Yeah. You can't even infer.
>Sram brakes are no mushier than Shimano
>XT brakes, the only difference was modulation
See how you contradict yourself, gorilla monkey. Mushy is modulation, too much lever throw in the RSC. Just don't like em.
>Arm pump is a result vibrations and not brakes
Arm pump is caused by vibrations(fatigue due to the deathgrip is causes), brakes, deathgrip and normal bar pulling/pushing. A shitty brake that requires tons of force will have you pulling them more to achieve the same amount of braking force due to dissolved gasses, water, fading
>RSCs
Of course, any thing else from sr*m is subpar kek.
>mtb part are for pros wahhh wahh not for average joe unga bunga I can't therefore you can't
You can take them to the limits
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 17:01:58 UTC No. 162460
>>162423
See, I said they are ok for short/medium length rides.
Just not long or super long rides.
I'll probably get called a heretic here, but I like front suspension gravelbikes for such exploration rides.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 17:05:42 UTC No. 162461
>>162415
Who gives a shit you’re gonna slurp it up anyways
I know we joke about consumerism in the sport but ebikes take it to another level. You literally cannot participate in ebike, the sport, without the latest and greatest product, starting specifically in 2021, it’s fucking insane
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 17:28:08 UTC No. 162463
>>162416
If in doubt, I'd go with the bigger rotor.
Not only does it leave you with more thermal capacity and more cooling, it also gives you more leverage = brake force.
All that for relatively cheap and you can keep using the same cheap brake pads and calipers as before.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 20:14:41 UTC No. 162485
>>162421
>Bosch is the shittiest system when it comes to customisation.
While I agree with you factually, I'd also point out that it's the most reliable system. They don't have constant error codes like shimanos do, they don't let water in like brose do and I don't know about the Yamaha/giant motor but I rode one once and it didn't feel as powerful as my Bosch.
And honest, what kind of customisation would you even want to do to to an ebike motor? Unlock it like a faggot? Honestly deristricting fags can fuck off from any kind of timed event they are literally cheating.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 20:16:10 UTC No. 162486
>>162468
Go buy a road bike if you are such a purist.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 20:40:29 UTC No. 162489
>>162486
Don't get me wrong. You do you but that doesn't stop the fact that Big Bike is profiteering off emtb and ebikers just take it up the ass.
>ebike specific tires
>ebike specific lube
>ebike specific handlebar
>ebike specific brakes pads
>ebike optimized suspension
>ebike rated hubs
>ebike specific dildos
Nobody can possibly be this naive. Its insane
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Aug 2023 21:18:17 UTC No. 162503
Ebikes are stupid, hell yeah, that’s right just get a motorcycle you lazy dweebs!
Well anyways I’m off to drive to the chairlifts, gonna try out the chin mount for my GoPro, wish me luck
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:22:24 UTC No. 162540
>>162489
You don't have to use any of those parts though. None of those parts are different standards so all of them can be interchanged with normal bike parts. You wanna know what is Jewish in the bike industry?
>Boost/superboost
>3 different standards for seatpost sizes
>3 different standards for freehub splines
> multiple hydraulic brake oils
>5+ sizes and 2 competing standards for bottom brackets
>Trunnion vs eyelet shocks
>Cable in stem headsets.
>Straight/OD/OD2 steerers (thank fuck OD2 died fuck you giant)
All of these are real examples of jewishness in the bike industry, because they are all things to force you to buy different parts. Nobody is forcing ebike owners to buy ebike specific parts.
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:24:35 UTC No. 162541
>>162461
That's because ebikes only got good in 2021. You could say the same about MTB geo pre 2017.
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 03:42:49 UTC No. 162562
>>162409
Go ride an xc or road bike if you are concerned about weight. You have a motor it doesn't matter how much it weighs.
>>162416
Yes big nigs at the park toast brakes on the steep as shit double blacks, at 220 running bigger brakes couldn't hurt. I weigh 160 and run 203mm
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 04:05:43 UTC No. 162566
>>162540
Everybody used Shimano’s HG freehub standard without question for like 30 years, it makes sense that if a big player wanted to make a 10t smallest cog (which doesn’t fit HG, and clearly is durable enough to be a good option) that they would patent their own SRAM-specific standard. Then Shimano was like “fuck their success, lets make our own 10t cog and make it shimano-specific too!”
At least garbaruk knows it’s just a couple CNC machine button presses worth of differences
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 04:07:27 UTC No. 162567
>>162541
Mtb geo was pretty much dialed for the given wheelbases in the late 2000’s, stop watching YouTube videos on Reddit
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 04:20:50 UTC No. 162569
>>162540
- boost/superboost is entirely the fault of the consumer. We wanted stronger wheels but couldn’t fathom our chainstays getting wider and thus boost was created as a “compromise width” (also completely ignoring 20mm front axles which were all over the shelves at the time)
- who cares about seatpost diameter, they’re all fucking $300 now
- I pointed out the sram/shimano jewery, having 2 major standards to accomplish the same thing is retarded I agree
- I firmly believe that brake fluid belongs inside brakes. As long as other people disagree, this will never get settled. Just be thankful that at least minor brake brands use either shimano or sram bleed kits.
- shock clearance is fucking sacred you watch your tongue
>yeah nobody has a single good explanation for stem routing, luckily manufacturers are pulling a quick 180° on their stance about it, after realizing that it’s literally driving away prospective $3000-9000 sales
- personally, I think the overwhelming nazi-style genocide of single crown straight steerer forks went pretty well; I was around for it back in 2008+, if you’re going to make a mass standard switch like that, it’s gotta be done with an iron fist, and I think the industry did a good job with that. I just wish MRP could put a straight crown onto their long travel forks like they can do with their short travel ones by request
Conclusion: we are the real jews
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:08:49 UTC No. 162585
FUCK FUCK FUCK I LEFT ALL MY LIFT PASSES AT HOME FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK IM 4 HOURS DRIVE AWAY FUCK
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:13:15 UTC No. 162586
>>162585
if youre on file, can you buy a temporary day ticket for like $10 or something stupid? 2 of my local chairlift parks do that
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:19:56 UTC No. 162588
I have ONCE AGAIN come bearing Gopro videos, one video I used a chin mount (which I like, I still think chest is superior if it doesnt wobble, but it does, so chin wins for now). The other video I had mounted on top of my head and while its really stable that way, its hard to make out the definition of the trail (also its darker in that video). Ill have to keep playing around to see what works well, also gotta remember to bring spare gopro batteries
>webm related, the stupid gopro took a timelapse of 2 whole runs down instead of video, so I took on the very difficult task of making postable webms, ur welcome. Heres 1/4 of one run in webm, and a chin mounted chairlift bike park video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt8
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:37:51 UTC No. 162591
>>162567
So 70+mm stems being the norm when I started riding was all in my head?
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:39:01 UTC No. 162592
>>162586
Nope, it's a physical punchcard system. 1 bus ride per square. I'm going to ask if I can video call my flatmate and get him to show and destroy it on camera, if they'll let me transfer them to a new card
It's at least worth a try, there's about 200NZD of rides on there
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:10:08 UTC No. 162594
>>162592
Are you at the redwoods?
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:28:51 UTC No. 162595
>>162588
>>162589
>webm
WOAH you are going fast as fuck, you got a KOM right?
Hate those moondust turns, I'd be washing out everytime trying to cut them.
The last one looks comfy in the evening.
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:43:52 UTC No. 162597
>>162595
I think I’m gonna send those webms to redbull, fastest man in the west.
Now looking it up though, Timelapse mode uses 1/3rd the battery of recording, I’ll have to keep that in mind for interesting climbs because I don’t have much battery
It just barely sprinkled at the chairlift bike park which was nice, and then it absolutely dumped rain on the 30min drive down the mountain, then suddenly dry, tacky and comfy at the pedal-up bike park at the bottom of the mountain. We’re all ready for the coastal storm to hit here, hopefully the moondust trails don’t get obliterated, but obviously they do drain well
>an old picture from the top of the second video’s trail
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:49:23 UTC No. 162598
>>162594
I will be tomorrow morning
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 10:56:52 UTC No. 162602
>>162390
Kek
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 11:59:41 UTC No. 162609
>>162297
Based
>>162378
>MTBs and their components have been designed with pros in mind, the vast majority of riders are never going to get close the limit of their MTB and its components. Anyone who thinks otherwise is coping for their lack of fitness and skill.
Yummy bait but use your brain. How much of sales do you think pros make up? Which demographic is the most profitable?
Surely you've had experiences with shit that obviously wasn't fit for purpose. Even people that I know who I'd call the median riders have had plenty of cracked frames, under performing forks, shocks blowing up and just general fuckery.
In a similar vein: I've never met someone who has had mainly positive things to say about their codes, it's always either silence or 'my god these are shit and I can't wait to get them off my bike'. Which is weird because brakes are very personal and people's preferences vary all over the place so you'd expect at least someone to like them. Seen that pivot pin on the lever break a lot as well which doesn't inspire confidence.
>>162390
Yes but having nice stuff is nice also I don't like having to fix my bike, I just wanna ride.
>>162394
I've heard a lot of good things about the new DPX2 from people I trust, I'd give it some more time and tuning before you chuck it.
>>162416
220 on the front is fine but I would stick to 200 or below on the rear because you'll run out of grip and skid well before you run out of brakes on a hardtail.
>>162489
>ebike specific lube
I wouldn't have believed you if I hadn't just seen some IRL.
>>162585
:(
>>162591
You just remember it as bigger because everyone used inches back then.
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 14:56:35 UTC No. 162633
>>162609
The big reason to run large rotors is not braking force, but thermal capacity.
A big rotor has a lot more material to absorb heat and a lot more surface to get rid of heat.
If you're a heavier ride and go downhill fast on small rotors, you'll overheat the brakes and they will fade/smoke/burn.
If you run larger rotors, that's less likely to happen.
Can't go wrong with larger rotors, plus they are decently cheap brake upgrage.
I've set up bikes with Shimano MT-200 and large rotors for heavy riders, it's an odd setup but performs pretty great.
Stops a 140 kg rider on a heavy bike with some bags on it going 80-90 km/h downhill with no issues.
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 16:12:47 UTC No. 162653
>>162633
>The big reason to run large rotors is not braking force, but thermal capacity.
Maybe for you but I'm not endlessly dragging my brakes. I just want something that gives me enough power without having to crush my levers.
>Can't go wrong with larger rotor
220 on a hardtail rear is silly, you'll breathe on the lever and it'll lock. Not much usability there. Go icetech or something if heat is really a worry but in my opinion if you're constantly toasting a 200mm rotor the issue is you not the equipment. Either loose weight or git gud and stop dragging your brakes.
>140kg rider
big lol
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 19:19:47 UTC No. 162676
>>162633
>80-90 km/h
Which world cup dh racer posts here?
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 19:19:47 UTC No. 162677
>>162537
Great. Checked out Annadel-Trione State Park. It was recommended to me as a great place to ride my hardtail. They were right but I think I could have had a little more fun with one of my full suspension bikes since the trails are chunky flow. It's a 2 hour drive each way but it's well worth it.
I'm still not used to riding clipless on an mtb so this was delightfully sketchy
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 20:41:57 UTC No. 162691
>>162653
>>140kg rider
>big lol
Kek, this is a plus sized world now. Don't forget about
>/our/ DH champion, Ms.Piggy, who cooks 220mm rotors in a single run
>and the El GORDO FATO who shreds and falls under >>162665
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 21:47:19 UTC No. 162708
>>162653
Not talking about myself there, I'm at 68 kg right now.
Not quite my race weight I used to have, but by no mrans fat.
And yes, 220 in the rear is getting a little big, but having reserves is always a good idea and if you upgrade anyway, why not?
>>162676
Have you never been on any kind of gravel path or mountain path section?
When I was a roadie, I did that in flat land drafting behind semis lol
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Aug 2023 22:52:17 UTC No. 162726
>>162708
Nobody in this thread cares what brakes can stop a fat roadie, roadies don’t even like disc brakes. “Downhill” is a proper noun, not an preposition.
Also post Strava of you hitting 50mph+ on flat, loser
Anonymous at Mon, 21 Aug 2023 01:34:18 UTC No. 162756
>>162489
Making ebike specific hubs make sense, I've gone through two hope pro4 freehubs, a drive-ring and eventually tossed the whole wheel out, due to both the hub and the rim being fucked at the same time. I've unseated the drive ring on my current Halo Supadrive hubs, it doesn't really affect performance but it creaks some unless you use Moly grease between the hub and the drivering. And I don't even have an ebike. I just ride up staircases
Essentially hubs are not strong enough currently. Ebike specific hubs are just another way of getting a more reliable hub for my regular bike
I also had my school club expo today, I'm vice president of my colleges mountain biking club. so I got to sit outside in the 95*f heat for 3 hours. I Met alot of people, mostly beginners, and one bmx bro, who were interested in joining the club, I told the bmx bro where the good skateparks dirtjumps and pumptracks were in the area. I had some good conversations, zero autistic episodes. You could have easily mistaken me for a Normie.
So I now have to figure out how to shift the culture of the weekend club rides from me and the other bike autist saying "hey, lets go drive 2 hours one way to go do 30-60 miles of backcountry riding on expert trails, or downhill park day" and then taking some others along with us. this limited us to only diehard mountain bikers and excluded most other people.
I need to change to a more beginner friendly pace so that way we can grow the club. I'm going to go on some of the more popular beginner club rides in our area so I can figure out how non-autistic people go about doing that. I need to learn how to lead beginner rides but not intimidate them. Or making sure they don't feel bad for going slow. But also pushing each person just the right amount so that they can progress efficiently while having the most fun possible.
Anyways, I have to get up at 5:30am for work tomorrow.
I really enjoy reading and participating in these threads. ride safe
Anonymous at Mon, 21 Aug 2023 03:13:33 UTC No. 162762
>>162756
I literally have the same problem with my/our local club. At its peak it had 20-25 members of all different skill levels and disciplines but I guess thru some fault of our own it's whittled down to about 6 of us going to the monthly club rides (the same 6 of us go riding together every weekend) and we are really struggling to bring new people into the club. Every MTB park is a 1.5 hr drive away and when us core group arrive all we wanna do is ride grade 5 and jump lines which I accept could be a bit off putting for newbies.
We are trying to bring together a weekly timed XC style race over the summer on a weekday evening, hopefully we get some more people showing up to those.
Anonymous at Mon, 21 Aug 2023 06:19:12 UTC No. 162784
>>162768
What did you ride today?
Anonymous at Mon, 21 Aug 2023 06:48:23 UTC No. 162786
>>162784
Billy T, Split Enz, Te Poaka, Te Mounga, Dirty Hands, Dragon Tail, Rosebank, Grinder, Bunny Jugs, Paddys Run (not in that order)
Everything was so wet and greasy, I tagged along with 2 guys who were better than me which definitely helped with committing more.
We got rained on as we did Split Enz towards the end of the day, hopefully the rest of the week drys out
Anonymous at Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:34:27 UTC No. 162790
>>162708
gold star for hitting that speed on the road, now repeat this on a mtb trail for a cookie
Anonymous at Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:35:42 UTC No. 162791
>>162786
solid ride, would love to do a meet up
Anonymous at Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:22:17 UTC No. 162795
>>162792
That guy can deadlift 600lbs (1x bodyweight) guaranteed.
Anonymous at Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:01:20 UTC No. 162798
>>162460
Did the /n autists migrate here? You don't do "super long rides" uphill on steep, loose and rocky hiking paths because you can't ride there on a normal bike. You have to either push or carry it for hours. With the ebike that point just comes much later and you can't really carry it for long. But on the other hand you got walk assist.
>>162461
Not true. I have plenty of fun on my old ebike.
>>162485
I forgot this is 4chan...
We don't really know the reliability but it seems that brose is the most unrealiable system. And customization is for delivering the power how you want it when you want it. Its not about derestricting.
>>162562
Another /n autist
Anonymous at Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:25:53 UTC No. 162845
>based race making niggas made this sunday's race 380m(1250ft) of climbing and 3775m(12,400ft) of timed descent, 5 stages.
Got my redline oil, finned pads, rebuilt fork, and I'm changing frame bearings, which are kill, atm. Just waiting for the rear tire to arrive. I even got several energy gels to give it all in the race, I just hope not to get the shits due to them
Anonymous at Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:24:31 UTC No. 162887
>>162798
No, we definitely do know the reliability because all over Facebook and ebike forums there's people having problems E7000, E8000 and EP-8 bikes. I think a lot if it comes down to aftermarket battery suppliers, so not totally shimanos fault. But Shimano allows aftermarket and OE to supply their own batteries. Bosch are locked down to only Bosch batteries and they don't really give any problems.
Anonymous at Tue, 22 Aug 2023 03:36:49 UTC No. 162911
Does anyone have recs of bikes for poorfags
I have $700 to work with here
Anonymous at Tue, 22 Aug 2023 04:02:05 UTC No. 162915
Good second day today.
Did the lakes section of the forest loop, tried a bunch of new trails. Ended the day with a crash on picrel. Taking tomorrow off to let my shoulder recover
Anonymous at Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:10:01 UTC No. 162937
>>162931
No I just did them
>>162935
Yes, 2019 trance 29er. Its the only modern bike I've ever ridden. I'd be really curious to try 27.5 because I struggle to manager the bike around underneath me sometimes. When I hit fast tech or steep corners It's like a tractor with no power steering
Anonymous at Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:11:02 UTC No. 162938
>>162937
Maneuver dammit
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:56:54 UTC No. 163124
Fuck fuck I've crashed pretty hard and bent my axle fucking scared for my lowers and don't know what replacement should I get OEM fox is too pricey I don't know about the reliability of kcnc and burgtec is sold out mainly scared for lowers magnesium doesn't bent it cracks
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:09:20 UTC No. 163129
>>162887
That's called anecdotal evidence. There is only one 'study' from an insurance company that shows the brose problems. Bosch seems to be the most efficient system but it has flaws like long chainstays, high weight, clacking noise when going dh, shitty entry level displays and most displays can't handle mtb abuse plus customization is expensive and without smart system you have to pay a dealer to update your firmware.
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:32:47 UTC No. 163135
>>162798
>You don't do "super long rides" uphill on steep, loose and rocky hiking paths because you can't ride there on a normal bike.
Another L for the amish. You should see what I can get up on my eeb, steep and techy and you like.
>>163129
Brose is also the easiest to derestrict which is based.
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:42:20 UTC No. 163167
>>163124
OneUp makes thru axles. Message them to confirm they fit fox. I've seen too many people buy an aftermarket axle that is the right size, but then it's useless because the threads are different.
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:52:45 UTC No. 163179
I just got Pic Related for $100. The chain is a bit rusty and so is the crankset. Did I fuck up bad? I bought it on a whim cuz I thought it looked nice and I needed a bike...
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:58:34 UTC No. 163181
>>163179
rusty chain is easy to fix but also easy to prevent so it suggests the bike is heavily neglected and will need more work on it.
That bike will be decent for getting around if that's all you want but I hope you're not planning to ride serious trails or do the type of riding we're doing.
$100 is a good price for solid transportation
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:43:21 UTC No. 163198
>>163167
i found some burgtec in stock they have a good photo showing what specs the threads are checked it with my axle and it should fit also the lowers are good
also cant decide on what new rim get but e532 is a strong contender
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:08:25 UTC No. 163203
>>163198
Holy cow, never thought these could be bent due to how thick they are.
>E532
Why don't you just go for the Ex511. The E532 is sleeved compared to the welded 511. Its uses eyelets instead of washers. The Ex511 also weights less than the E532.
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:51:25 UTC No. 163206
>>163203
I kinda low on money but if I get the burgtec axle I can save some new fox costs 60€ for bike shops and 90 for consumers. The 532 is 20€ cheaper than 511 which I would like to have and when you have no job that´s a lot. Also have to get new spokes and nipples which shouldn't be that expensive. Sadly all spokes are bent and most nipples torn.
Kinda lucky I guess that I just ended up bruised and few over stretched muscles
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 22:43:05 UTC No. 163228
>>163203
It’s an aluminum pipe that’s been engineered to the minimum passing strength just like most parts on your bike
Anonymous at Wed, 23 Aug 2023 23:33:00 UTC No. 163237
Commencal clash 2020, new bike , good or bad? Paying €1200 monies for it .
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 08:22:50 UTC No. 163268
>>163237
Looks like a great bike for the money. Almost as if the OP price guide is out-of-date by 2 years and coping...
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 09:00:44 UTC No. 163274
Finally started raining today for the first time in ages, can't wait to test how well my new bike does corners sideways
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 10:00:22 UTC No. 163284
>>163282
You meant to say “don’t forget to immediately torque and loctite every bolt on your DTC bike like me”
Not a problem after that
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 10:08:07 UTC No. 163285
>>163282
Based vitus enjoyer
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:00:09 UTC No. 163292
>>163284
that too but the nds bearing on the axle pivot needs retaining compound to stay in, it's an issue with that version of the frame
>>163285
i have a vitus eeb because they're basically throwaway bikes but it rides well enough... 3rd motor so far kek
I'm the anon with the megatower and tallboy as well hhehhe
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:50:38 UTC No. 163312
>>163301
I've already replaced the shock with the super deluxe ultimate rtc2. I wanted to lock out when climbing. I absolutely love this bike. And if I want carbon I can just buy a frame and upgrade.
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:30:25 UTC No. 163317
>>163312
Why don't you change the MoCo on that domain for a RC2 charger 2.1? The MoCo sucks on repetitive shit and long descents. You might get the for cheap now that the new gen of Rockshox is out
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:35:37 UTC No. 163325
>>163237
Where are you getting one that cheap? Sounds too good to be true, or it comes with shite components. Even before the economy was shut down over the kung-flu, a brand new full sus that cheap is pretty sus
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:11:49 UTC No. 163333
>>163317
I will consider this. They are dirt cheap
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:13:45 UTC No. 163334
>>163317
What are the benefits?
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:53:27 UTC No. 163349
>>163338
for that price seems good but if you have the chance check the frame and other stuff
I was lucky when buying my knolly fugitive lt just few bits with old grease and currently bent axle and wheel. Also would put some money away for better stuff like bb or headset etc that might have been neglected
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:00:30 UTC No. 163364
>>163334
There wasn't a noticable difference in things like jumps, big single compressions etc but there was in constant repetitive hits /chatter. The fork sort of 'locked out' while passing nonstop roots/rocks which nade the front bounce over that instead of keeping being active and keeping traction. The MoCo is open, when it compresses oil comes out, mixing with air inside. Compared to the charger where the oil goes to the bladder. On long descents this makes the fork inconsistent and with the 'lockout' feature it was a mess. Riding in alpine parks where its rocky and loose rocks was hard to the wrists and hands, then you went to the forest and repetitive roots fucked me.
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:07:22 UTC No. 163369
>assemble bike back
>test brakes
>crackling sound from rear end when braking
I can't diagnose this at all. Its the same sound when you break styrofoam, always 3-4 creaks. I tested jumping and nothing besides the CSU creak. Lifting rear end and letting it drop but no sound. But when I brake I get those dreadful sounds.
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:35:57 UTC No. 163374
>>163338
>new to me
I see. Make sure to give it a good look over as other anon said. Mixing sram and shimano brakes would indicate to me that the owner does not do maintenance, since you would need two separate bleed kits and types of brake fluid, which no sane person would want to deal with. If the owner doesn't seem like he'd pay for it to be professionally serviced regularly, it's likely never had any maintenance work done
>>163369
Assuming you've done a complete bolt check, is it a flip chip perhaps?
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:26:13 UTC No. 163380
>>163374
No, just installed the rocker arm. Also bleed brakes, cleaned pistons and one(rear brake)accidentaly came out and new finned pads. I'll check the hub tomorrow as I let the wheel fall on the bathtub and the hub hit glhard enough chipped the tub. Might be the pads rattling but I filed the fin edges.
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:28:43 UTC No. 163381
>>163369
is there fore and aft play when you lock the rear brake and try to move it?
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:22:45 UTC No. 163403
>>163381
Just a bit which is normal, ths sound typically comes when going somewhat fast Will check with different pads tomorrow.
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Aug 2023 23:02:43 UTC No. 163406
>>163374
The bike is only 3 years supposedly not ridden much in the last few months so here's hoping.
>>163282
What is nds?
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:03:52 UTC No. 163421
>>163406
It means the left one, but he’s the kinda guy that posts “as an engineer…” on pinkbike comments
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:14:07 UTC No. 163424
>>163325
>Even before the economy was shut down over the kung-flu, a brand new full sus that cheap is pretty sus
Bike and component manufacturers are retards who thought lockdown demand was the new normal. There are some insane deals to be had.
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:46:32 UTC No. 163480
Follow a 14 year old in, normally. I've got a mate who does the first 3 but not that one you've pictured.
Luckily taniwha has like 30 possible lines so you don't actually have to pick that. The last couple of years the 2W have done different variations of it as Enduro stages and they have been super cool. I really want to get up there on my new, slacker bike and hit them. 63.5 deg head angle should handle it a bit better than 66 deg.
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:51:25 UTC No. 163481
>>163129
>That's called anecdotal evidence.
Please see >>163292
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:59:20 UTC No. 163482
>>163480
I did Taniwha 3 times and each time was like a new trail. I was underbiked and underskilled and it was amazing. Each run gave me more bruises and scrapes than the last
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:25:45 UTC No. 163492
>>163481
Thats anecdotal evidence aswell. There is also contrary anecdotal evidence like people who ride their shimano motors for 20k or more without issues. Its anecdotal of course aswell but what I've seen is that ebike motors don't like to be ridden in the mud and hosed down with water constantly. Also the turbo/boost only faction seems to blow trough much more motors.
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:40:45 UTC No. 163493
>>163129
>>163481
>>163492
Anecdotally, I can't afford an ebike so I just have been legs
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:47:14 UTC No. 163494
I've been using wd-40 to lube my chain. I also spray it inside the middle part where the pedal is attached to cause it majes this noise, like plastic geting bent, after a week.
If it's good enough for door hinges It's good enough for me and I don't plan on stopping. I also have vaseline on the pedal threads.
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:16:49 UTC No. 163497
>>163492
>contrary anecdotal evidence like people who ride their shimano motors for 20k or more without issues.
the problem is shimano motors aren't readily serviceable by the end user or shops.. they are literally throwaway bikes unless you want to fork out ÂŁ900 for a new one outside warranty
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:57:52 UTC No. 163533
>>163492
I don’t believe 20,000km with 0 issues, certainly not after hearing the timeframe of shimano motor issues appearing in general
Anonymous at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 20:16:26 UTC No. 163578
>>163550
this kind of shit makes me want to make a flowchart for weird noises.
> hear clicking noise when pedalling gravel bike
> think it's BB
> disassemble drivetrain then clean and regrease it
> reassemble it
> still hear click
> one day notice the sound is from my shoelace hitting my empty water bottle
or on the MTB
> hearing clicking sound coming from back of the bike when pedalling
> clean and regrease drivetrain
> adjust RD
> sound still there
> pull on cassette to see if it came loose, still firm
> decide to tighten cassette lockring and it turns out it was loose, the pull test doesn't work on SRAM XD
> sound gone
Basically, if you hear a weird noise, just make sure everything is still tight before you start taking things apart
Anonymous at Sat, 26 Aug 2023 05:05:30 UTC No. 163635
>>163587
Nah that's some real retard shit, I've broken a frame because a pivot bolt worked it's way loose. And found out another was broken due to it creaking.
Anonymous at Sat, 26 Aug 2023 09:05:58 UTC No. 163649
Why do no manufacturers make NPC bikes with slack head angles, short chainstays and 12x148 rear spacing? I have been scrolling marketplace and online looking for a hardtail to build up but having to scroll thru a hundred trek marlins for every Marin San quentin Merida big trail gets super tiring. Normies aren't putting enough miles on these bikes for geo to matter, so why TF can't they just put up with a slightly slacker bike so that the used market can pick them up and turn them into something cool?
Anonymous at Sat, 26 Aug 2023 11:21:52 UTC No. 163660
>>163649
I think its because most of the cheap suntour forks can't handle those kind of angles, mine had a really hard time with the 67° HT on my old GT avalanche, also look for GT zaskars, idk where you are but here in the UK they're always going dirt cheap
Anonymous at Sat, 26 Aug 2023 18:34:39 UTC No. 163727
>>163649
I don´t know your budget but if you are persistent enough you can build from frame cheaper
Anonymous at Sat, 26 Aug 2023 20:38:40 UTC No. 163766
>>163660
You are probably right I honestly hadnt considered that.
>>163727
That's what my plan was as, I have a spare F36 and a couple of bits and pieces sat around I wanted to build up another bike with but anything I'd want to start with is priced at $1k+ just for a fairly basic spec bike with microshit and suntour fork. Then for 1500 there's a commencal meta HT which actually looks like a pretty good deal, it's even got a one-up tool in the stem and cushcore
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:05:47 UTC No. 163851
is there a reach difference between hardtails and full sus? one of the designers mentions that when sitting down, full sus bikes lose about 10-30mm, which is pretty big i guess
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:30:25 UTC No. 163852
>>163851
You neither lose nor gain reach, the frame is rigid from the bottom bracket up to the headtube and handlebars, the positioning of your bike changes and that’s it
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:33:38 UTC No. 163853
>>163852
You do lose a lot of wheelbase from fork compression though, which is cos(headangle) x forktravel, and when a hardtail compresses it’s fork, it pitches forwards and a lot of geometry aspects change. The reach does not. If your reach changed with compression, then you would be able to cycle the suspension by pushing and pulling forwards and back on your bars
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:40:10 UTC No. 163855
>>163854
Because muh stability, just size down if you want a fun bike, a lot of the 50to01 guys run smalls I think
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:35:15 UTC No. 163859
What's the best fully rigid frame? The fewer the gears, the better
I enjoy the suffering
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 11:16:48 UTC No. 163862
>>163857
Nice man, I've just got my first full sus and I'm definitely not going back to a hardtail (unless i acquire a DJ)
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 14:05:26 UTC No. 163876
>>163862
yeah. for my terrain that i ride 90% i dont need that much of a CUH-RAZZY rear travel, but just enough from the fs to absorb anything that could throw me over. the yeti sb120 looks kinda nice...
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 17:36:34 UTC No. 163899
Yesterday I checked out a new park(Sugarloaf Mountain in Belmont, California) across the street(literally) from a more popular and more well-known park(Waterdog in Belmont). I'm surprised Waterdog is more popular, Sugarloaf is way, way more fun, has more sustained downhills that are flowier and twistier, and it barely has any hikers on weekends, the ones I did encounter were friendlier too. It's just an all around better park for mountain biking. I'm looking forward to going back because I know I can get fast on these trails now that I know what to expect. I rode it really slow my first time because a lot of the features obscure the rest of the trail which makes it difficult for me to figure out what the next move would be. I recommend my fellow Bay Area riders come here and ride Headbanger's Ball, Butt Clencher, and Comb Over. I didn't ride any of the 3 steep trails that go straight down the mountain since I didn't want to come back down in a minute after hiking up the steep fire road
My Wreckoning is a much better trail bike since I took off the heavy duty Michelin Wild Enduro raceline tires and put on lighter and faster maxxis 3c maxterra tires. The grip on durability on the Michelins is incredible, but don't get the racelines unless you're racing, shuttling, or taking lifts. Get the regular white lettering tires or try out the Wild AM and Force AM for trail riding.
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 19:22:06 UTC No. 163914
anyone here ride in the central/eastern Kentucky region? Planning on moving there in the future and was wondering what the riding scene is like
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:03:17 UTC No. 163920
Race was a messy slopfest but fun. Nonstop rain after 10am on saturday and evolved into a thunderstorm by 11 so lifts were closed for the rest of the day. Rained all night till noon but lifts were open in the morning for the race as it wasn't a thunderstorm. All this after 3 weeks of a gay heatwave just to fuck with a race I wanted to do again after 2 years. 1 stage was removed as it was covered in snow, we could see the snow starting 200m above the lift of Poutran and the starge started 800m above at dĂ´me des rousses. Then 3/4 stages got shortened.
Also met a pro racing for one of the commencal's team on the lift. Dude just told me
>just don't brake lmao
I went faster after that
🗑️ Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:05:15 UTC No. 163921
https://discord.gg/N37M9Ny
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:38:18 UTC No. 163927
>>163649
Check out a Dartmoor hornet I had one and it's near indestructable, it will go down any trail a DH bike will, while destroying your back and hands in the process. It's a short chainstay long travel 64° head angle hardtail frame for $300 usd on bike24 right now
https://www.bike24.com/p2359559.htm
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:41:41 UTC No. 163928
>Redline likewater
This is it. This fixes shimano's WBP® completely and lever feel is sharper. A bitepoint that doesn't move at all after setup. Even when riding at 3°C the bite point didn't change on the second successive lever pull like it usually does(tiny but noticable for me). On long steep descents it was still the same bite point than that off at the start, never had to let go the brakes a bit to reset that as they were too far out. Problem with the oil is that its clear so good fucking luck cleaning if it spills. Bleeding is easier and better aswell, as it lets bubbles flow up easier. Performance is recommended for shimano. Dunno if it will kill my brakes but don't think so.
>less viscous oil(Biotech 5wt) in damper and C1 airspring
I changed to the C1 airspring but it's supposed to be slightly harsher off the top due to a smaller neg air chamber. Dunno if it was from the new oil the based tax evading mechanic put or just because I did the 200h service but yesterday I only managed to do 1 run before lift closure and the fork just hit off at the start completely supple, keeping traction and supportive in midstroke(expected due to c1) without doing anything to it. I even brought my airshock to set it up while riding. Normally when riding in a bike park the first 2 descents it feels off before I either change something sightly(hsc normally) or get used to it but it just hit off. I wanted to see what I was using in HSC but noticed I was 5-6 clicks from open ON LSC. So I opened it and left Hsc on 2 clicks. Holy SEXO. I can't wait to ride in the dry to push the fork more. I'm lightweight so that oil helps and the service keeps shit running smooth.
Also finally did this track after seeing it on the map 2 years ago
Anonymous at Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:53:48 UTC No. 163930
>>163920
>>just don't brake lmao
Unironically the most underrated advice in the sport. The amount of cornering grip and the ability to float over rough and/or off-camber sections when not touching the brakes is unfathomable to a brake dragger. Only once this is realized can one transcend from being slow
Anonymous at Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:18:15 UTC No. 164062
Do any of you put 510s on the dryer? Weather forecast isn't looking good but I don't want to wait a week for them to dry like last time.
Anonymous at Mon, 28 Aug 2023 18:24:39 UTC No. 164077
>>164062
You'll stain your dryer like that. Use a hair dryer to speed up the air drying process
Anonymous at Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:32:06 UTC No. 164091
>>164077
I'm don't have a hair dryer nor know anyone that I know. The dryer isn't mine but I can put the shoes in a pillow bag to prevent that. But will it damage the shoes?
Anonymous at Mon, 28 Aug 2023 20:06:38 UTC No. 164094
>>164092
oh yeah, I forgot about those. Much better than a hair dryer and they're useful for other types of shoes. I need them for my ski boots since they're impossible to get into when they're cold
Anonymous at Tue, 29 Aug 2023 01:18:37 UTC No. 164130
>>164091
Yes. Anything over about 35 degrees C softens the soles and fucks them. If your dryer has an air only function maybe you could use that?
t. fucked a pair of Freeriders by washing them too hot
Anonymous at Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:07:11 UTC No. 164169
went otb today :P
do not recommend
Anonymous at Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:24:27 UTC No. 164170
>>164169
This is why I use a condom every time
Anonymous at Wed, 30 Aug 2023 02:25:23 UTC No. 164298
>>164130
my car gets to 130 degrees F or around 55 C for you your-o-peons and my freeriders are not fucked.
I have fucked cheaper shoes by drying them though.
I also literally just bought a boot drier tonight because I was biking home after buying groceries and got caught in a severe thunderstorm, my goretex steeltoe boots had 3 inches of water in them so I broke down and bought a boot drier. I will post a short review if it works good or not
They also sell shoe driers that don't get that dont get hot but instead rely on just mildly heating the air at the bottom with a heating element and relying on the hot air rising to create air flow into your shoes like
>pic related
They don't work fast though taking 8-12 hours to dry shoes.
I bought a heated one because It was smaller and folded so I could take it with me If I go do some racing or traveling and have somewhere with a roof and electricity, Also it will work alot better drying ski and pac boots in the winter, when I may need to go outside more frequently than every 12-14 hours
Anonymous at Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:43:24 UTC No. 164340
>>162308
Looks delicious
Anonymous at Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:10:55 UTC No. 164349
>bike in apt building lobby as I'm getting my luggage inside
>come back and girl is just straight up just eyeballing muddy bike
>watwouldsamhilldo.jpg
>establish conversation
>she rides enduro and bikepark aswell
>she doesn't realize the severity of her ignorance about the unholy amount of trails we have near
>ask her if she wants to ride and get her number
After texting we finally agree to ride next week niggas. Hopefully she doesn't stink like the last girl I went riding with.
Anonymous at Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:15:03 UTC No. 164376
>>164349
Good luck. My friend invited a girl from our bouldering gym to go riding with us on friday. I'm not going to try to make anything happen since I like that gym and don't want to quit it if things get awkward.
But, she may have friends who ride and this is my chance to get a PAWG who rides
Anonymous at Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:17:34 UTC No. 164378
>come back from riding
>encounter another girl
>she starts talking with me about where I went, hows the view, is the place nice etc
>talk back
>get off elevator in my floor
>goodnight anon
>bye
>realize too late
Damn it, my mind wasn't quick this time. And she was slimmer than the first one, flat as a pancake but they must be fun to move around I imagine. Either way 2 in 3 days, mountain biking being a high test chad activity confirmed for the nth time again. Luckily I was still with the helmet as the woman who cuts my hair left it too short today kek
>>164360
I wouldn't be bothered alot if it was ass stench. But it was a cheesy-spicy condiment nasty stink, like parisians-yuros who don't shower.
Anonymous at Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:04:52 UTC No. 164432
>>162786
Hey mate where is Dirty hands? I'm heading up there tomorrow on a "work" trip and want to go check it out.
Anonymous at Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:11:25 UTC No. 164433
>>164298
I've done it, you idiot. I put my shoes in a hot wash and it fucked them. I threw them out 2 weeks later because I could feel the spikes in my pedals thru the soles.
Anonymous at Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:01:42 UTC No. 164482
>>164432
At the second road crossing of Te Mounga. The trail spits you out diagonally across the road, facing some big earthworks where the land has been cut flat. If you continue in the direction you are already facing, you get to the last leg of the trail. If you instead go perpendicular across the road and look for a trail going up the bank, you'll find Dirty Hands. It's the unmarked but popular trail on the heat map here
Anonymous at Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:37:53 UTC No. 164539
>>164376
Location confirmed to be Pacifica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_u
Looking forward to riding this trail, it looks short and sweet, I think it's easy to loop too.
Just not sure if I should bring my trail bike to have an easier time on the climbs, or bring my enduro to handle the steeps better. I may be riding this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHi
Videos don't show it, but this is really steep as are all the advanced trails on this mountain.
Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 01:21:02 UTC No. 164558
>>164539
>Just not sure if I should bring my trail bike to have an easier time on the climbs, or bring my enduro to handle the steeps better.
Underbiking is the way to go when riding with new people
>You're slower
>You'll be cut some slack because you're on a short travel bike
>You're faster
>Everyone will be extra impressed
The only way this backfires is if other people had the same idea, but are also faster than you kek
Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 04:20:46 UTC No. 164574
would you feel comfortable mountain biking at 11pm on a thursday
Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 05:03:34 UTC No. 164578
>>164574
Are you asking me on a date?
Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 09:12:15 UTC No. 164594
>>164482
We found it, desu I thought it was a bit average. I probably wouldn't ride it again. Got a bit held up at work so only got about 2 hours riding, went out on the ebikes and did New exit, Soakhole, K2, frontal lobotomy, billy t, g-rock/rollercoaster/chestnut link then went and checked out dirty hands, after that rode back up hill road and did salad fingers(?) Which isn't so much a trail as just another entrance to the labyrinth of downhill trails that run below hill Rd. That was fuckin sick. Then to get out did dragons tail into be rude not to, climbed up lion trail and did challenge DH out to the carpark. Going to head back for a couple hours in the morning and take my new Marin because I want to hit some steep stuff on it and try dial in the suspension.
Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 09:57:28 UTC No. 164596
>>164574
I often do, the night is such a different environment than the day, no bastard Karen's and dog walkers getting int way either
Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 11:03:51 UTC No. 164601
>>164594
Yep thats it. I prefer the end of Te Mounga, even with those steps that everyone hates, I just go down them slowly
>who the fuck put these here
but in the best way
Where is Salad Fingers? I'll try it the next time I do a road trip
Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 13:24:26 UTC No. 164606
Riding with big boy pressure on the rear tire but my shock is set up for low tire pressure( open rebound/20-25% sag)so no traction as its bouncing all over the place. And legs tired due to 3 days of nonstop riding. Went over a long steep rocky section and both feet jumped from pedals at the very start. Dunno how I didn't OTB and rekt my ribs/deep chest laceration on the rocks. Due to the stress on those seconds I have an intense headache and I can't stop farting.
Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 15:48:22 UTC No. 164626
Going car camping on a MTB trip since I rode everything worth doing within a 2 hour drive. Kind of nervous, mostly because I have no clue about where I am going (greyson highlands, VA) I plan to get there this Friday night after work to set up camp, and then go do a 76mile bikepacking route in one day Saturday, it should take around 8-12 hours. Then hike and chills Sunday, and then go ride again Monday. I might go to snowshoe or some other downhill park depending on the drive
Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 18:30:56 UTC No. 164650
>>164606
>I can't stop farting
You should use this to your advantage for riding while you still can. I often fart while on descents to propel me to speeds that would not be possible otherwise. So far I have not shit myself, but have come close a few times
Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 22:00:27 UTC No. 164679
>>164558
I brought my trail bike and it turns out my dropper cable rusted and broke because I blocked off the drain holes when I put protective film on the underside. I climbed out of the saddle which was fine because the climbs are really gentle fireroads.
Turns out the new girl is a beginner and came on a Santa Cruz Chameleon so we avoided the really gnarly shit and stuck to the flowy singletrack which was really fun. Since we were on the coast, it was really wet and foggy.
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 04:13:34 UTC No. 164724
I went over the bars today for the first time in 3 years and it wasn’t even a bad maneuver, I was playing around with different lines through a rockgarden and thought I was hopping onto a boulder when really I was hopping *over* a boulder-shaped spike, into a pothole
Also don’t forget to tighten your knee pads, the elastic stretches out
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 06:22:08 UTC No. 164736
>>164724
Luckily I didn’t bring my GoPro so none of it ever happened. I did get a PR on that trail I crashed on, don’t think I’m gonna make any suspension changes because of the OTB, it was just bad luck/observation. I do really need to get new brake pads though. And do a lower leg fork service. And put in those bearings I bought a year ago.
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 07:09:46 UTC No. 164742
>>164679
I still love that "-END IT" rear mudguard
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 07:11:08 UTC No. 164743
>>164742
I saw one of the trail patrol guys today had a “trail closed” circle turned into a mudguard thought it was pretty neat
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 07:20:22 UTC No. 164745
Any other Auckland anons here? I tried Riverhead forest for the first time today and had a really bad time. Partly because of all the mud and partly because of the lack of signposting and trails that just vanish after 10 meters. I know there is probably good riding somewhere, but everywhere I went was basically unrideable with motorbike ruts.
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 09:18:55 UTC No. 164752
Any Irishman in? Where are the best trails?
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 16:44:15 UTC No. 164812
Anyone bike in Korea? Don't see a ton of info and getting a bike around without a car seems like a pain.
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 19:26:15 UTC No. 164829
>>164742
It says "Just gonna send it" but when I mounted it on this bike, the "s" got cut off.
I haven't put any decals on my newer bikes. I'd browse the stickerfag sites on /o/ again but they mainly carry anime shit for normies
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 19:30:48 UTC No. 164830
>>164752
Where the races are.
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 21:14:58 UTC No. 164857
>>164745
ride at woodhill, riverhead kinda sucks. I rode an enduro there, but doubt I could find my way around by myself
Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 21:54:26 UTC No. 164862
>>161959
I was doing a canal ride on my bafang 750w ebike and went into the city station to grab a coffee and i parked my bike outside some tall black man hopped on it and started pedaling(it was on hardest gear with bms off) and i ran out the shop and floored him into some metal chairs and rode out of there . Mashallah we got it back. We have a loud pack for consolation
Anonymous at Sun, 3 Sep 2023 00:22:24 UTC No. 164893
>>164857
I do normally, I was just hoping for another option for when I get tired of the same trails. FourForty is the last place I have yet to check out
Anonymous at Sun, 3 Sep 2023 05:58:37 UTC No. 164945
>>164893
fourforty is worth it, shuttles kinda spenny but only place in Auckland with a service like it :) might see you round woodhill sometime
Anonymous at Sun, 3 Sep 2023 09:57:44 UTC No. 164956
>>164601
Salad fingers is on hill Rd between bottom of corners/riding huck/top of ma te wa and the jumps you posted/bottom of frontal lobotomy kind of area.
I got out on my Marin. Rode corners into ma te wa and the bike performed well but the rear shock was terrible. I dropped 25psi out of it to get the sag to ~30% and did a run eagle VS shark and it was better but still terrible. Admittedly I'm comparing it to my ebike that I fucked about for months getting the rear setup perfect so it's probably unfair to write it off as shit just yet.
After eagle I swapped to my ebike and climbed up apumoana and rode down tuteata which was fuckin sick, tumeke - did the corner/chute near the bottom for the first time which was awesome. Back up the road and did te poaka (which I thought was shit the first time I rode but now like) then Minerals and whaki into tuhonoki to finish the day. Did 60km on my ebike and 10km on the Marin over 2 days in between work engagements. People hate on ebikes but if you are in a big MTB park like the redwoods (250+km of trails) it's the only way to go.
Anonymous at Sun, 3 Sep 2023 10:07:45 UTC No. 164959
>>164956
no it's not, youre just a bitch who can't imagine pedaling 60km without a motor between your legs
Anonymous at Sun, 3 Sep 2023 12:45:38 UTC No. 164973
>>164862
>bafang 750w ebike
oh no, /r/mtb is not going to like this one bit
Anonymous at Mon, 4 Sep 2023 06:54:36 UTC No. 165094
>>164959
Fuck off I don't need to justify myself to you.
Anonymous at Mon, 4 Sep 2023 15:45:32 UTC No. 165130
Someone is selling an used 150mm reverb stealth for one hundo yuros. Is it worth it? I've read PB comments calling rockshox droppers literal shit
Anonymous at Mon, 4 Sep 2023 15:58:37 UTC No. 165132
>>165130
>PB comments calling rockshox droppers literal shit
seems like it would work one-way about once a day
Anonymous at Mon, 4 Sep 2023 17:58:11 UTC No. 165147
>>165130
Even the cheap droppers are really dialed these days, the original reverb was just overly complex for no good reason and seems to always have failures. I have a SDG tellis dropper from 2019 that still works just fine (with basic bushing replacements) and even if it failed, it uses an easily replaceable chinese piston inside. Some droppers are as easy to swap internals and some are impossible, but the performance is rarely any different between cheap and expensive
Anonymous at Mon, 4 Sep 2023 21:26:09 UTC No. 165167
did an XC ride today. Damn I love flying through climbs and flats but this ride made me wish the descent had some damn features. I'll hit something with jumps later this week.
Anonymous at Mon, 4 Sep 2023 23:58:12 UTC No. 165178
>>164956
I rode 106km Saturday on my regular mountain bike. Saying that a motor is the only real way to get around some large area is just cope.
Also, if Halo doesn't get back to me about my broken hub drive ring or atleast let me buy a new one I'm probably going to go jump ship buy whatever the strongest bike drive option is because this seems to be a trend with me breaking rear hubs in short time periods
Anonymous at Tue, 5 Sep 2023 03:30:49 UTC No. 165208
>Yet another comfy ride, but unfortunately not on empty trails this time.
How was your ride this weekend, Anon?
>>165167
Based. That's basically all we have around these parts, but the silver lining is that there are things like gaps and technical features built in because there are no bike parks for that within reasonable day trip distance.
Anonymous at Tue, 5 Sep 2023 03:49:35 UTC No. 165209
>>165178
You read the bit where I said between work commitments, right? Did you do an 8.5 hour day at work on Saturday?
Anonymous at Tue, 5 Sep 2023 07:41:39 UTC No. 165225
>>165209
just clarifying that you worked one full day on the weekend and rode 70km with 60km of that assisted by a motor across two days?
You know that mtb has been around waaaay before e bikes were a thing and the redwoods have also been around a loooonnng time before e bikes were a thing? People just picked their nuts up and got strong legs son
Anonymous at Tue, 5 Sep 2023 10:30:16 UTC No. 165235
>>162284
Tech. Flow is fun, but tech is where the real happiness is.
Anonymous at Tue, 5 Sep 2023 18:50:28 UTC No. 165275
>>165237
wow, it would have been so much worse if you were raw dogging it. Those gloves don't look that worn down, did you rip them on a rock? Mine are starting to look rough just from being worn down by the grips. I should replace them before they start to rip more
Anonymous at Tue, 5 Sep 2023 21:17:43 UTC No. 165293
>>165276
It looks worse than it is.
Basically, I was going down a slightly curved trail, full of loose rocks and no berm. My front wheel "bumbed" off a loose rock, and I lost control. I went flying, stopped myself with my hands, but my left hand hit another rock which badly bruised it and ripped piece of my skin. I rolled over my back and was fine. Bike was also fine. My wrist was hurting like a bitch tho, so stopped riding and went to a hospital to check if it isn't broken. It wasn't.
Rookie mistake, really. I think my pressure was too high, I had about 29 psi in my front wheel. I think it's too much for such a rocky trail.
>>165275
Yes ripped on a rock. Honestly after this Ill look around for proper protective gloves, instead buying chink shit from ali express. I don't understand how can some people ride without gloves. Your hands are the first thing that hits the ground.
Anonymous at Tue, 5 Sep 2023 21:51:14 UTC No. 165298
Is 50lbs/in noticable in coil springs?
Anonymous at Wed, 6 Sep 2023 05:57:05 UTC No. 165352
>>165298
Aww, all my autistic musings were in the last thread…
Yes, moving from 350lbs to 400lbs made a significant difference, and it was very noticeable in the average sag and positioning of the bike as well as its characteristics near bottom-out. And of course the original goal of “bottom out less” was achieved
Anonymous at Wed, 6 Sep 2023 06:34:36 UTC No. 165354
>>165225
Since you seem so interested, my itinerary.
Friday morning drive turangi > taupo, work in taupo from 9 till 11.30. Drive to Rotorua arriving at 12.15 on the bikes at 12.30. Ride ebikes till 3.10 pm hose off bikes and drive to Tauranga arriving at 4.30pm. Work 2 hrs and drive back to turangi arriving just after 8pm.
Saturday, drive turangi>Rotorua arriving at 9.30am. On bike at 9.45, riding till 1. Get changed and back on the road home at 1.20, stopping in taupo for lunch just after 2 and eventually getting home at 6.30pm.
So yeah. About 5 hrs total to do 60km ebiking plus 10km pedal biking around work commitments. You don't do that on a pedal bike.
I honestly don't know why I feel the need to explain this to you. An ebike let's you ride faster, and faster means more distance in less time. If you can't understand that then I guess you are a lost cause and il stop arguing.
Anonymous at Wed, 6 Sep 2023 12:22:31 UTC No. 165380
>>165352
Hmm. Spring rate calculators throw me in 75lbs less than what I'm in atm. Just bought a red coil for 350lbs, I'm on 400lbs atm
Anonymous at Wed, 6 Sep 2023 16:28:36 UTC No. 165404
>>165293
O shit, I thought from how the glove split that it must have been something pointy poking through it.
>instead buying chink shit from ali express.
Unironically, fastgoose is bretty good for gloves even among actual mtb companies
>>165298
>Is 50lbs/in noticable in coil springs?
Yes
Anonymous at Wed, 6 Sep 2023 20:43:46 UTC No. 165445
>>162537
>>162677
>>162915
pretty color on your bikes anons very nice
>>161959
guys, I just want to ride for christ sake what is this apprehension like I feel like I need someone's approval to go ride or for someone to go with me. you guys ever had this feeling? I have a decent bike and several good trails around but I just feel totally incompetent, all this despite MTB bros pretty much being the coolest people of any hobby I've dipped into
>>164349
fucking big as hell if true good luck anon I wish my girl would ride even basic easy flow trails with me. hell I wish I had a single friend who had a bike resembling a mountain bike like even a gravel bike idc god anything. everybody I know has a road bike or ""hybrid"" except my based dad with his ragged out old 26" Raleigh from the late 90s, and he doesn't get out much anymore. we might be going riding Sunday tho. good for you tho anon make it happen, keep the dream alive
Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 03:04:57 UTC No. 165466
>>165354
>plebbit spacing
>do ebikers really?
Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 09:08:53 UTC No. 165487
How long do you give this link before it fails? Place your bets.
I was lubbing my chain today and noticed this, shit didn't even last 3 months.
I didn't feel it and rode like ass, mistakes everywhere
Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 14:37:52 UTC No. 165511
Good new fellas, I stopped dragging my brakes through a rock garden I always ride and now I *only* enter it slowly and then I only pulsed the brakes twice in it.
Instead of going through it as fast as I can, I'm going to try to go through a harder line through it. I'm trying to make my most frequent trails feel new by taking creative lines through them
Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 15:52:25 UTC No. 165526
>>165487
I wouldn't ride on it at all. You'll fuck up your chain-rings or cassette.
Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 20:26:07 UTC No. 165560
>>165487
It's going to snap on your next ride. As someone who had the same thing happen and ended up walking back after riding it.
Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 20:57:30 UTC No. 165566
>>165445
>pretty color on your bikes anons very nice
Thanks m80. I'll never understand how people could voluntarily choose a black frame when there are so many nice colorways available for most bikes.
>you guys ever had this feeling?
Sometimes I'll have a foreboding feeling that I'll crash for a dumb reason if I haven't ridden for over a week, but I usually get over it pretty quick once I start riding.
>>165511
Checked and based. May your transcendence from being a brake dragger be a swift one
>>165560
>He doesn't carry a quick link
Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 21:45:54 UTC No. 165570
>>165526
It didn't even cross my mind. Gonna get another master link
Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 21:55:12 UTC No. 165572
>>165566
I'm trying to quit being a brake dragger. I know it's shit technique that actually makes riding worse and more dangerous, but the habit is really hard to break. All but one of my crashes were because of me grabbing the brakes. I even have Galfer Wave rotors on all my mountain bikes specifically to encourage me to not drag the brakes since those heat up and cool down faster. Fuck man, it's really hard to not grab the brakes when you're on a steep and bumpy section and you can see the trail is running out. Can't grab the brakes because you may go OTB, can't just ride through it because then you may not have enough distance to slow down. I got lucky last week since I had like 10 ft and a bush to slow down before making a sharp right hand turn
Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 22:02:00 UTC No. 165573
>>165572
It was actually a left turn that was almost 180 degrees. I probably could have stopped shorter but the soil was wet and my rear tire is a Michelin Force AM2 which is for dry terrain, but it worked surprisingly well in the wet
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Sep 2023 05:33:59 UTC No. 165617
>>165572
we shall struggle together anon. I'm starting by learning to trim speed before corners so that I don't need to brake as I'm turning
>>165445
>pretty colour
i need to decide between purple stem/orange bar and orange stem/purple bar
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Sep 2023 11:12:30 UTC No. 165630
went to a bike park and ate shit last weekend. how do I git gud?
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Sep 2023 14:33:37 UTC No. 165653
>>165648
What piece of shit chain were you running?
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Sep 2023 16:23:29 UTC No. 165686
>Another guy is selling a 2020 KS rage+lever at 160€
I can pick it up so I'll lowball him kek.
>Brand X ascend with lever 150mm is 130€ and 170mm(what I want) 174€
Reviews on jensons are good but on yuro sites its bad. I would go for 150mm one but I plan to try 165mm cranks compared to the current 170mm ones I have as I've had several rockstrikes lately and will have more as I got a softer coil spring.
What would you big boys do?
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Sep 2023 16:27:32 UTC No. 165687
>>165653
I >165487, shimano XT12s chain. But that (rune?) anon is on a sram chain.
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Sep 2023 16:52:31 UTC No. 165697
>>165653
AliExpress 12 speed xtr, it was a counterfeit I quickly found out.
>>165687
Yes I am rune anon
Cut a downed tree across my colleges dirt jumps. No chainsaw because the noise would be too loud and the trails are not exactly legal
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Sep 2023 19:17:03 UTC No. 165724
>>165699
Weird tree with 2 colors. Careful of ticks, last tine I rode I had 2 of those blood sucking faggots walking on my legs
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Sep 2023 20:16:28 UTC No. 165743
>>165724
It's a red cedar. It's common in the US. Its strong and rot resistant I'm going to try and reinforce some of the aging wooden features with it.
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Sep 2023 05:28:01 UTC No. 165835
I’m thinking about getting the Stoic 4 since it’s on sale and it’s the so called “enduro hardtail”. It has a RS pike up front but some recommend that you put a damper on it. I haven’t heard anything good about the new charger 3.
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Sep 2023 18:51:59 UTC No. 165894
Well, I went riding with her(>>164349) to the bikepark. Besides blue and red trails, I took her to the last half a black trail and she made several tricky passes without issue. She ended up with a puncture on her rear tire(M*axxis). A Range C3 was rented for her. I'm in love niggas, 29er upfront takes up everything and keeps speed like nothing. With the rear tire I wiped my ass several times on steep stuff. My next bike will be a mullet, I felt my 27.5 front wheel sink on everything but when I did it with the 29er it's like nothing.
>The range c3
Shit is a fucking DH bike made for plowing the blackest gorilla nigger of trails. 10000% traction, not poppy like my 2020 range which also plows.
As an important note, you can see on the picture, brakes. The niggerest of brakes.
SR*M brakes
code Rs
It's been a while since I ran sram brakes but holy shit they are truly ASS, my ravenous hatred and hate discourse against those brakes is warranted and up to date. Even after testing them and using my brakes(which are tight and ready to fuck) back to back, she ended up liking mine more, though she had a rough transition from gay sr*m to absolute god given power. I don't know how norco wagies sleep knowing they are doing evil acts like putting sr*m brakes.
If I get the YT uncaged, those codes are going straight for the trashcan as that shit wouldn't even work as fertiziler
She's also literally Amy Schumer
I also hit a roadgap several times
I hate sr*m brakes so much its unreal
Thank you
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Sep 2023 20:52:22 UTC No. 165922
>>165894
cringe
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Sep 2023 23:41:35 UTC No. 165940
Rode Pacifica again but I didn't take any pictures of the cool trails, just at this hike a bike section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnU
mostly did laps at this section. I like this zoomer. He reminds me of the funny zoomers that hang out at the pump track I go to. That steep section he goes down at 3:04 is way fucking steeper now. At 3:27, he rides underneath a branch, there is a full-size tree trunk there now and the builders used it to make a big step up
>>165893
I wish outbound gave me a commission for how much I shill these lights. Same with Michelin tires(I'm not the guy who refuses to type out Maxxis).
Did you also get the helmet light? Are you riding alone or with a buddy? I find night riding to be fun with friends but when I ride alone, the paranoia begins to creep up on me.
>>165894
>She's also literally Amy Schumer
The fuck you mean? She steals jokes? She's pudgy but you still would? She looks just like her? I feel your hatred for SRAM brakes, I hate them so much, they're the reason I build my own bikes now just so I don't have to go through the effort of taking the brakes off and selling them. My friend has SRAM brakes on his gravel bike and for some reason, the brake pads on it don't last more than a few rides and the brake fade is horrible. His brakes died on a fire road descent meanwhile the Shimano GRX brakes on my bike were just fine and are still fine.
> but anon, SRAM brakes aren't shit, you just have to bleed them
Nah, those Guide Ts were shit. They got soft and spongy a several hours in on a brand new bike. My Hayes Dominion A4s have strong stopping power, great modulation, they don't fade, and I only bleed them once a year as preventative maintenance. Shimano GRX and Magura MT Trail are also significantly better and don't have the same pitfalls as SRAM brakes. I will concede that the Code RSC appear to be great brakes and I probably wouldn't take those off if I bought a box MTB again.
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Sep 2023 23:58:16 UTC No. 165944
>>165943
Never ridden on them but they're probably a big upgrade from the stock SRAM road/gravel bike brakes. I'll let my friend know about these because he's fucking sick of the SRAM brakes failing on him.
Also, My FiveTen TrailCross LT shoes have finally wore out due to the pins on my pedals pulling out the sole. I replaced them with a pair of Ride Concepts Accomplice BOA platform shoes and these are so nice. Just feels like a straight upgrade in every category except for maybe weight. Can't yet say how durable they are since I've only done one ride with them. Not sure I should keep my FiveTens around just in case my RCs get soaked on one ride and I want to ride the next day
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:08:27 UTC No. 165947
>fiveten freerider contacts don’t exist anymore except in size 7
These shoes are getting bad, it’s fucking up my foot placement, I need new shoes but have no idea what would be as perfectly perfect as size 11.5 freerider contacts, the size is flawless and I love the bald spot tread design
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:23:42 UTC No. 165949
>>165940
>Did you also get the helmet light?
yup the set
>Are you riding alone or with a buddy?
mostly group rides. I haven't really been out in night-night yet, it just started getting dark in the evenings so I only need the light on low/medium around dusk. Will be interesting to use them later in the year when it's real dark in the evening.
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:33:05 UTC No. 165951
>>165949
Those dark-dark rides are fun. I mainly ride gravel in the winter. Lots of animals to see. I don't do solo MTB at night because if I go down hard, there won't be anyone else coming through for more than 12 hours. I know my trails, but I find I'm skidding more at night.
🗑️ Janitor K4 is a fucking angry nigger lol at Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:40:04 UTC No. 166082
>>>/vg/445864561
Artificial Academy 2 General /aa2g/ #1291
Health Code Violations Edition
Welcome, this general is for the discussion of ILLUSION's Artificial Academy 2.
COPY ERROR MESSAGES WITH CTRL+C, PASTE THEM WITH CTRL+V INTO GOOGLE TRANSLATE. JUST CLICK THE WINDOW AND PRESS CTRL + C, IT WORKS.
>Downloads:
/aa2g/ Pre-Installed Game, AA2Mini: https://tsukiyo.me/AAA/AA2MiniPPX.x
AAUnlimited updates: https://github.com/aa2g/AA2Unlimite
>Information:
AA2Mini Install Guide:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/
General FAQ:
https://web.archive.org/web/2020021
AAU Guide and Resources (Modules, Tans, Props, Poses, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet
>Character Cards [Database], now with a list of every NonOC in the megas:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet
https://db.bepis.moe/aa2/
>Mods & More:
Mods for AAU/AA2Mini (ppx format, the mediafire has everything):
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vw
/aa2g/ Modding Reference Guide (Slot lists for Hair/Clothes/Faces, List Guides, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet
Booru: https://aau.booru.org
>HELP! I have a Nvidia card and my game crashes on startup!
Try the dgVoodoo option in the new win10fix settings.
Alternative: Update your AAU and see if it happens again. If so, disable win10fix, enable wined3d and software vertex processing.
>HELP! Required Windows 11 update broke things!
winkey+R -> ms-settings:developers -> Terminal=Windows Console Host
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Anonymous at Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:43:02 UTC No. 166083
>JUST CLICK THE WINDOW AND PRESS CTRL + C, IT WORKS
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Sep 2023 23:19:12 UTC No. 166087
>>166078
For me, it's riding in the daylight, gaming at night.
> tfw only gaming 1-2 hours a day like my parents tried to make me do as a kid
I don't even want to pull all-nighters with gaming. A solid 7 hours of sleep feels so good
Anonymous at Mon, 11 Sep 2023 01:06:04 UTC No. 166102
fukkin was going down a narrow trail picking up some serious speed and somehow whacked my pinkie toe on a stump or some shit.
My toe took the full impact, somehow didn't hit the sole of my shoe or my pedal at all.
Shit is more bruise than skin now and I'm sure it broke fuck it hurts. I tried taping it to the other toe next to it as a brace and that made it hurt more.
Oh well. I got to try some demos out. Santa Cruz Hightower felt awesome.
Anonymous at Mon, 11 Sep 2023 05:56:10 UTC No. 166125
How do I get the courage to try harder things
Anonymous at Mon, 11 Sep 2023 06:20:28 UTC No. 166129
>>166125
ride with someone who's a bit better than you
>how do I find someone to ride with?
I don't know, please share if you find out
My GX eagle cassette is due to be replaced from wear after about 18 months of hard riding at a sandy bike park. For ~500NZD I can get a like for like replacement. For ~600NZD I can get an entire new Shimano Linkglide(tm) system. I had it recommended because of how fast I wore out my eagle, it supposedly lasts 3x as long. However, the cassette itself weighs nearly 1.75x as much (450g->780g). I'm not a weight weenie, but surely an additional 300g on the rear axle will have a nontrivial effect on my suspension? Has anyone here had experience with the XT linkglide system? Any other drivetrains you could recommend for sandy riding spots?
Anonymous at Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:17:15 UTC No. 166134
>>166102
Kek what shoes you were wearing? Switched to the SH impacts after that which have saved me couple of times. Even after almost a year of breaking my big toe I still can't flex it(with my hand) without pain and I can't make it flex on its own.
>>166078
Forget WT, shit's done. That russian radar/missile dev is the most dishonest lazy retard gorilla nigger. Nigger pulls out guidance code out of his ass despite there being a code for the R27 and ignores radar stuff bc he is a retard nigger. And air sim is nothing but chink bots chinking. Go full MTB and hit the leverage/oil/suspension autism discussions on MTBR followed by shitposting on PB comment sections
Anonymous at Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:24:45 UTC No. 166135
>>166129
https://www.mtbr.com/threads/saving
I think the vid was on vital mtb
Anonymous at Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:20:46 UTC No. 166156
>>165894
>I hate sr*m brakes so much its unreal
Spoken like a true basedboy who has never had the pleasure of riding a properly set/serviced set of codes.
Riding a thrashed rental is what you get for not carrying spares/repairs, you pov nigga.
Anonymous at Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:29:47 UTC No. 166157
please post blockshox rear shock picture
Anonymous at Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:08:08 UTC No. 166210
>>164679
Goddamn, just replaced the 40mm brake caliper adapter with a 43mm and I noticed there is still moisture coming out of the drain port. Not much, but it's there. I think I'll have to take out the bottom bracket and stick a hair dryer in there.
Any reason why I shouldn't stick a tiny bag of rice in there to absorb moisture? I hope that my ride today will shake out the remaining moisture.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 05:18:17 UTC No. 166276
>>161959
Yo are you guys giant fags about sharing trails with the light surrons? Can’t ride my 250cc anywhere (just moved to califagornia) and desperately need to move thru forests on two wheels without pedaling in order to remain sane. Only place is mtb trails. 250cc is off the table.
Obviously I’m not gonna treat it like a track. Obviously some ranger Rick would probably try to fuck me in the ass for it so I’m not gonna ride like a 16 yr old goon.
It’s 100lbs and silent.
Would you guys be pissed if I passed you? (No I won’t help you maintain your trails I’m gainfully employed)
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:07:44 UTC No. 166280
>>165955
Mtb - it will improve your life much more than a few more fps in roblox
>>166129
>Any other drivetrains you could recommend for sandy riding spots?
11-speed xt with x01 shifter, regardless of riding conditions. Cheaper, lighter, more forgiving tolerances (better shifting for longer), more than enough range, brand cross-compatibility. There is simply no reason to go 12-speed unless you are sponsored and have to run it as part of the contract
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:42:16 UTC No. 166281
>>166280
Just to be sure I understand correctly:
>11sp Shimano XT cassette and cage
>11sp Sram X01 shifter
sounds interesting, I will look into it.
I agree, I don't need 12sp, I never even use the smallest cog. I'm just trying to budget the hell out of this as I make a fraction over minimum wage in a country with excessively spenny imported goods. I currently have an XD freehub body thing and I'm not sure if it's possible to change it to HG for Shimano without a completely new hub. I do not know what my hubs are as they are just Giant branded.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:14:05 UTC No. 166284
>>166281
>Just to be sure I understand correctly:
>>11sp Shimano XT cassette and cage
>>11sp Sram X01 shifter
Yes, I've been using this setup on my trail bike for years now. I like the X01 shifter because it feels much more crisp than the XTR one, and the thumb lever is adjustable. The xt derailleur is cheap, so is less painful to replace when it inevitably gets smashed on a rock, and the pull ratios are close enough that it works with sram shifters perfectly. This only works with 11 speed as far as I know. If you wanted to go extra budget, you could just use an xt or gx shifter. Here's a thread of some people that have done it as well: https://www.mtbr.com/threads/sram-g
>I currently have an XD freehub body
You could see if your hub manufacturer makes an HG freehub body, but you could also just use a sram gx 11-speed cassette.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:36:02 UTC No. 166286
>>166276
Always good to see California attracting more fags to live there.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:46:00 UTC No. 166288
>>166284
> but you could also just use a sram gx 11-speed cassette
that's the problem, i fucked my GX cassette really quickly and now am deciding between an expensive straight replacement or migrating to a more durable system
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:14:16 UTC No. 166291
>>166288
get a 12 speed nx cassette, it's literally made of steel
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:14:47 UTC No. 166292
>>165686
KS make shit droppers. I have one.
>>166129
This is the main reason I'm a massive Shimano drivetrain fag. I have one GX 12s bike and it shifts ok but I can almost get 3 SLX cassettes for the price of 1 GX it's fuckin insane. I have been looking at knockoff (box or microshit) drivetrains for a HT build I'm trying to do on the cheap but il probably just try and cobble together a Deore 11 or 12s depending on what cheap wheelset I find and what driver it's got. I bought a Norco torrent frame and I honestly don't fucking know why I've got no money to build it.
I have started trying to tidy up the trails at my local park because some politics BS within the club committee has meant nobody has done any maintenance in 2 seasons and it's turned into an overgrown fuckshow. It's much harder work than I ever thought it would be, pic rel was 3 hours work and a tank of fuel with my weed wacker and I only did like 20 meters.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:26:43 UTC No. 166293
>>165686
Buy a PNW Loam IR dropper with a Wolf Tooth Dropper lever, probably the best dropper set up available. Wolf Tooth levers have a super crisp break and PNW's dropper are super simple to service.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:30:20 UTC No. 166303
>>166286
Said the mtb’er.
Answer the fucking question
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:44:29 UTC No. 166320
>>166277
We have an intense hatred of surron riders fucking up the trails. We take pictures, videos, lie to the rangers to make them show up and arrest the guy, and share the images on social media so we can ruin the guy's life. In one video, the trail builder actually mocks the surron rider who fell off and rolled backwards down the switchbacks and had his bike land on him.
But if you're only on fire roads, it's less hated since people hate riding those anyway. Just stay off the real trails if you want to avoid problems, people will actually shove you off the trail here and you will roll down a cliff and get hurt since it's all cliffs and canyons here.
There are a lot of OHV parks here. Just not really well advertised
🗑️ Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:47:34 UTC No. 166321
>>166320
To add on that, a lot of counties even hate ebikers. There are a lot of rangers out waiting for them. Ironic since they're on dirt bikes
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:52:01 UTC No. 166322
>>166320
>share the road! Bicycles are important
>stay the fuck off my trail
No wonder everyone hates you and calls you fags. It’s not tearing up your trails. It’s no different than an emtb. It’s not a fucking two stroke.
What ohv parks are you talking bout? All I know is carnagie and hollister. If you choose not to tell me where I can ride my 250, I’ll see you on my Surron ;^)
Try that pushing shit and I’ll kill you. I’m from Colorado. Your “cliffs” aren’t shit, and I’m used to 30 mph impacts. You fags are a lot less threatening than mountain lions and bears. We’re built differently
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:04:25 UTC No. 166323
>>166320
To add on that, even ebikers are hated in many counties. Rangers give them tickets if they're not in a good mood, it's the weekend, or they're behind on their ticket quotas. It's ironic considering the counties ban ebikes because they're concerned about noise and erosion, yet the rangers are patrolling on real dirt bikes and flying around in helicopters. For real, you're fucking telling me you don't have money to increase patrols to prevent theft, but you can afford to have rangers flying around in Hueys loaded with surveillance equipment and riding around on ZERO dual sports to catch ebikers?
>>166322
Aside from Hollister and Carnegie, Metcalf is a major one. I also know of Frank Raines OHV near Mt. Hamilton. I've seen signs around for an OHV trail at the bottom Wildcat Canyon Road in Berkeley, but I've never seen anyone go there. If you're in South Bay, you can ride up Buzzard Lagoon road and flex on 4x4 dudes. There are a lot of legal dirt roads in the Santa Cruz mountains ranging from the peninsula and stretching down to Hollister. There is also stuff in east bay. https://www.southbayriders.com/foru
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:19:28 UTC No. 166324
>>166288
Checked.
The gx 11-speed is much cheaper than the 12 speed, weighs less, and all of the gears are steel so it will wear harder while also having more forgiving tolerances because it's 11 speed. If you had wear issues on any of the gears that weren't the aluminum one, you'll have wear issues on any cassette. You'll be able to roach an 11 speed for longer before the shifting goes to shit though.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:26:19 UTC No. 166325
>>166322
One more thing, mountain bikers are the minority here. We have shit access too because there are way more hikers than us and the equestrians here have way too much time and money on their hands. Anytime trail access comes up at town halls and council meetings, the equestrians always come out strong and in numbers to get anything with wheels banned.
If you're serious about riding in the dirt, you're in the wrong place to get information. Go find a dirt bike specific community on facebook, r*ddit, or join a forum for local riders. There is legal dirt to ride in SF Bay and the rest of California, but a niche mountain bike thread on 4chan is a terrible place to ask since we're not dirt bikers, and only 2 or 3 of us live in SF Bay.
Anyway, look up the green and red sticker laws, CA did some bullshit with registration since they think dirt bikers and gas powered leaf blowers pollute too much despite those dicks in office flying everywhere in private jets.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:32:47 UTC No. 166326
>>166323
Thanks brother. I’m fucking frothing at the mouth for some action out here and it’s so hard to find anything to ride.
I think I’m gonna get a Surron and ride it just to fuck with all the faggots out here. I have mx gear, low pain tolerance, and no problems with confrontation. Someone has to put these fags in their place. I’m not a 16 yr old they can intimidate. I was hoping I could get away with minimal gear but sounds like I gotta prepare for dickhead combat
I also rode an unregistered yz1000 for 2 years. Cops don’t scare me.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:52:22 UTC No. 166330
>>166325
I used to poach equestrian trails in my xr650. When a horse would come I’d just cut the engine.
Those trails aren’t safe from me don’t worry.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:01:59 UTC No. 166334
>>166326
One more thing for how to use the maps I linked. Use the "Roads" option to find the legal dirt roads. It includes paved, but the dirt roads are included there, you just have to find them. If you have a street legal dual sport, you should be fine since you can be on any public road with it, but the Surron is in a grey area so you'll be ok. Buzzard Lagoon Road is the only one I've been on because I climb it to get to a mountain bike trail system. It's pretty wide so even if there are mtbers or 4x4 guys on it, it'll be easy to go around them. It connects to some other stuff I've never been on but it should be unpaved and legal. Now is probably the best time to go because the trails that attract the MTBers are closed for repairs. Just keep an eye out for private property signs. You never know when one of the homeowners there has had enough of dirt bikers and has set deadly traps, they even do it on public paved roads because they don't want road cyclists pedaling through their public street(Old La Honda Road).
Two more things to consider.
1. There are cartel grow operations in the mountains. Obey the private property signs.
2. Lockheed Martin has a facility in the mountains, they do not fuck around. It's worse to end up on their land than in the cartel turf.
Consider looking up some overland groups or using apps like onxmaps, they're probably more active than the dirt bikers and you can ride their dirt roads and pass them.
I hope you can find some good stuff. Get involved with the local rider advocacy groups because CA straight up stole from the dirt bikers and used their money for their trails and then banned them from the parks they were supposed to get. It's real fucked up and they need help to fight them.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:11:30 UTC No. 166337
>>166326
>>166322
Who don't you just ride dirt bikes in MX tracks? Surrons are overkill for normal trails imo, its like taking a 180mm coiled mullet enduro with Dh casing tires and finned discrotors/pads on the netherlands. Unless terrain is rocky and really fucked up you will feel the trail muted. Though climbing trails on them looks fun.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:34:49 UTC No. 166345
>>166325
I know for specifics I’d have to go to another website, I came here mostly to gauge how mtb-ers felt about surrons. Then I saw that Pacifica guy and I knew I had to ask. I don’t have a fb and I don’t use Reddit.
I only care about trail bans because my internal combustion bikes make too much noise to poach their trails. I want the Surron so nobody can tell me what single track I can’t ride. The questions were to figure out how much confrontation and cop prosecution to expect. But much like the yz1000, as long as you’re the fastest one out with the most armor nobody can do shit.
>>166334
I’m gainfully employed so I can’t make it to any city meetings. I can’t help you. My solution to this is just pissing on their dumb ass regulations. Rich fag horse fuckers, ranger Rick and his regulations, and mtb-ers jealous I don’t have to pedal can all eat their hearts out and die mad. You can’t tell me I can’t take my ultra light on trails. There’s no logical reason
>>166337
And because I’m not a 16 yr old goon. I don’t need to go 60mph. I just need to move through single track on two wheels without pedaling. I enjoy hiking, but sometimes I just want a few hours to ride. It’s been a huge part of my life for the last 5 years, and in Colorado I would take my pistol out and target practice deep in the Rockies. I understand the pistol days are over in California but there’s a huge void of single track riding that I need to fill. I promise I’m not hauling ass and destroying shit for fun. I just need to ride and the shit for dirt bikes is limited. I can’t sneak on trails because the engine noise is a dead give away. The Surron is the perfect tool to accomplish these tasks.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:42:34 UTC No. 166347
>>161963
>:)
>>161983
I need to get a some good lights. Is the beam pattern good on the outbounds? My riding buddy has a hope r8+ that has a great pattern that seems really good bu it's quite a bulky unit.
>>161992
I'm not convinced lube does any good in these or extreme wet conditions.
>>162942
I saw you on holiday this summer
/xs is taking over
>>163928
>kill my brakes
I have a cheap-ass friend who uses baby oil with 'few' issues. I'm sure you'll be fine
>>165893
I bet the moths love you
>>165947
I lucked out and found some in my size at a random discount stand at an event recently, fucking love those shoes. What do you like about the sizing in particular?
>>166322
big man eh? lol
>not tearing up your trails
It does. Local's having problems with ruts and destroyed landings. Not a fan of seeing them climbing up one way trails as well, shit's grim and the people that tend to ride them on mtb trails around here don't have any respect or care for the trails or any of the other people using them.
>>166324
Another one for my collection
>>166325
Ironic when the equestrians do the most damage and contribute the least.
>>166326
If you're not being a dickhead I doubt you'll have any problems.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:41:04 UTC No. 166362
>>166345
>I know for specifics I’d have to go to another website, I came here mostly to gauge how mtb-ers felt about surrons.
No you didn't. You came here to get a reaction. You don't even own a surron, go away.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:55:42 UTC No. 166364
>>166345
You've been talking to the Pacifica rider the whole time.
I know Surrons aren't the same as two strokes that rip up trails, especially since electric motors grip better on dirt instead of spinning the tires and flinging dirt everywhere, but I'm telling you that Surrons aren't welcome on any MTB singletrack or paths here. Even eMTBs are controversial here and they just opened up East Bay trails to them on a limited pilot program, hell, even regular MTBs are controversial and there are a lot of groups trying to get them banned but the tide is turning in our favor. Trailbuilders don't really give a shit about the normal fire roads, but then you're going to encounter rangers, equestrians, and hikers there. My knowledge on where you can ride a dirt bike is limited, but at least there are OHV parks and dirt roads here, just not immediately near the city centers where you likely live.
If you're absolutely determined to poach MTB singletrack, go at night or very early morning when you're unlikely to encounter anyone. I can't even recommend going during wagie hours because there are a lot of seniors and dog walkers out.
Really join the dirt bike, Surron, and overland communities to find out where the legal stuff in the bay is. I have seen legal dirt roads and fucked up backroads that nobody uses around here, Buzzard Lagoon Road is just the only one that comes to mind since I've been on it. I know there has to be stuff in Sunol since I've seen stuff from Welch Creek Road and a lot of dirt roads from the maps when looking for gravel trails.
My uncle is a dirt biker and he frequents Metcalf. He said he can only last an hour there on his CRF250L because it requires so much focus to ride there. I've never ridden there since I love pedalling too much to get into dirt biking.
>>166347
>Is the beam pattern good on the outbounds?
Yes. The handlebar light is a wide beam, the one on the helmet is narrower but has a further throw. The combo works great in my experience.
🗑️ Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 19:28:01 UTC No. 166372
Holy moly, caliniggernia is truly the worst state, full of fags, drug addicts and incompetent jews in office. I hope San Andreas fault gives up out of nowhere like in 2012 and sink to the bottom of the ocean, inshallah.
>>166347
Gorilla nigger. Enjoy washing out on all the trails now and clogging up your tire in inch thick mud.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 20:32:02 UTC No. 166389
>>166276
Yep, report to the local ranger, give specific time and location of trail, don’t talk to them and move on. Very easy to find out where dirt biking is allowed
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 20:33:03 UTC No. 166390
>>166322
We don’t ride on the road dummy, you want /r/cycling
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:09:13 UTC No. 166401
>>166322
I maintain mtb trails for my job, and I'd like to inform you that even emtbs rip up the trails significantly. A surron is definitely going to damage them more than a emtb. Please for the love of all that is holy stay off any dirt jumps. people spend years building those spots and a surron can completly fuck them within a day of sessioning. If you are going to ride single track for mtb, please ride it when it's completely dry to minimise damage and also don't ride like a fuckarse tail gating dudes on push bikes. That shit pisses me off almost more than unnecessary trail damage, absolutely no reason to tail gate other riders its just such a shit cunt maneuver.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:40:54 UTC No. 166412
>>166362
Suck my dick, I’m judging your reactions. Seems like you’re all a bunch of tattle tale faggots. Not surprised honestly. I’ve always hated bikers.
>>166364
>just ride fire roads
>drive an hour, pay money, and register your bike to ride for a day at a packed park with every other rider in a two hour radius
>just do Jeep trails
>this old guy I know is happy toiling in shit, why aren’t you?
>>166389
Oh look another tattletale faggot who would report me to ranger Rick. The same ranger who would kick him off the trails if the horse fags had their way
>>166401
You’re honestly the only one I can remotely respect here. I don’t want to do your baby jumps I have a 250.
>pic rel
Your jumps don’t do it for me.
I just want to ride your trails in eco mode and cruise around and enjoy the scenery.
I also hate tailgaters, and I hate the guys who fly down the hill at speeds beyond their reaction time. Had one clip handlebars with me. Luckily my shit had barkbusters and he didn’t have any protection. I probably broke his hand but I didn’t stay around long enough to find out. Read my other paragraphs for more context about riding style.
Again. I’m gainfully employed so I will be riding during wagie hours. I just wanted to know if I was going to have to prepare to fight bitch asses for trying to enjoy my life.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:47:57 UTC No. 166414
You guys think I want to be on a faggy ass ebike? No. I want to have trails to rip on my actual MOTORcycle. The fun “braaaaaap” shit. Not this faggy “yeeeee” sounding ass shit. I’m doing this out of necessity of my location. I know you guys are getting kicked out of shit too. I was hoping to find solidarity, and support for a “fuck your rules, respectfully” actions. I mean it’s a baby ebike. I get it, you don’t like the smells and the sounds of internal combustion scare you. I thought we could compromise.
Now I realize you don’t even want to compromise with each other (e mtb that are actually pedal focused).
What a shame
>pic rel what I’d rather be doing, but there’s no trails anymore to do it.
Not a registered bike in sight. That sticker on my fork is from the guy I bought the bike from
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:49:25 UTC No. 166417
What a world we live in where the mountain bikers go to OHV trail systems for gnarlier trails and bigger jumps, and the dirt bikers go to XC trails to “not have to pedal”
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:51:02 UTC No. 166418
>>166412
In that case, you will have to prepare for fights. The entire MTB community here hates surron riders and they will fight you and shove you off the trail after they beat your ass and then tell the ranger the injuries came from the fall if they even want to call a ranger instead of letting the coyotes take you. Fights break out with eMTBers every week and even they hate Surron riders for ruining their reputation since nobody wants to be associated with the fat, out of shape niggers and cumskins that ride surrons because the diabetes and menthols killed their stamina. At least stomping out another Surron rider will be a bonding experience for eMTBers and MTBers and will bridge the divide
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:07:33 UTC No. 166422
>>166414
There is no compromise. You're not welcome or allowed outside of OHV parks and designated trails. Just go ahead and try to poach a trail. Rangers love giving out the maximum fine to dirt bikers. Every week they capture some of you guys and post your faces and full names on their department social media and fine them the maximum amount to use them as an example. And every time, the entire dirt biker and motorcyclist has to disown the guy so he doesn't fuck up the already limited access they have.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:12:12 UTC No. 166423
>>166414
>4 stroke
Gross :p
I do feel for you, riding spots are just evaporating round here, even MX tracks. But at the same time people are already worried about getting access taken away. Add in le demonised ebike saurron and maybe understandably people get nervous about sharing trails with you.
That being said, '''they''' can't stop you if they can't see or catch you. People tend to be lazy, don't give them a reason to cause you issue and you won't have any.
Also why not cut your own trails in? I used to with my dad on MX bikes, was excellent fun and we never had to deal with dickheads in spandex.
>>166418
Touch grass lol
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:13:45 UTC No. 166424
>>166417
What a world we live in where you have to pay to register a 100% off road motorcycle, and pay to get in to ride it around ohv areas.
Where I came from this was never an issue. I took my unregistered bike in the mountains all the time and never had any problems.
I’m not gonna take part in this red/green tag faggot bullshit. I’m not giving my money to a corrupt government just so I can enjoy my life.
Corrupt government also outlawed all riding motors in the mountains. There’s such a high concentration of faggots that there’s no way to get away with riding motor in said mountains.
In order to ride unregistered in mountains it needs to be electrical or manual propelled.
>be me
>see new electrical bike that has something like 80cc equivalent propellant.
>realize this fag mobile doesn’t need to be pedaled
>realize this can go into mountains
>ask riders “hey, if I’m nice and polite, can we share? I know you guys get fucked too so you understand where I’m coming from, right?”
>be a bunch of limp wrist Onions faggots
>NO IF WE SEE YOU WELL STOMP U OUT XXDD
>WE’LL TELL ON YOU SO FAST
>>166418
Im gonna buy and ride a Surron not even for fun. I’m gonna do it just so I can see you, and for you to try this shit.
Where do you ride? What time are you there?
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:19:55 UTC No. 166425
Why did you move to caliniggernia knowing you cant ride your yeeeeeeeeeeeeee sounding bike in the mountains without horse niggas,footniggas, policeniggas and bikeniggas sperging out on you? I'd think its more of a headache to ride that thing. Not even realzing like you did going to the mountains and shooting evil terrorist rocks and sand.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:25:40 UTC No. 166426
>>166303
> I am sorry, I don't speak faggot.
As someone rode motorbikes - gas powered and not these faggy electric one - you are going to be incredibly bored with MTB trails. Just buy a real motorbike and ride on trails designed for you want to do.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:29:40 UTC No. 166428
>>166424
>Comes to a site filled to the brim with autists
>Confused when answers to their questions are blessed with the 'tism
>???
The hypocrisy is strong with this lot anyways, guarantee they ride some illegal trails. I know I do, not that much different at the end of the day.
Film the fight pls, I need more content for my MOTOCROSSERS VS SPANDEXERS youtube channel.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:33:50 UTC No. 166430
>>166423
nice jump bro
honestly this is the response I was looking for. I want to cut trails but I have no friends (hence being on this basket weaving fetish forum). I just sold my R1, and im realizing i cant ride my unregistered 250 anywhere. the ohv's have registration checkpoints and shit. I need to ride something somewhere for my sanity. the gym doesnt solve all issues. I cant into 5k for a pedal bike, but i can do 4k for a nopedal ebike fag mobile as long as i can ride it.
kinda wanted to see what kinda hate it would get or if i would be able to make a pedal friendo or two. i dont need friends, i just wasnt expecting so much tattling and hatred.
>People tend to be lazy, don't give them a reason to cause you issue and you won't have any
i can live with this. and i can also ride early mornings low key because i wake up at 5am for work anyways.
I think the increased regulation is retarded. I shared bike trails with mtb-ers/horse fags/walk fags in colorado and never had any issues with anyone except for those downhill guys riding beyond their limits. the rocky mountain trails are extremely sensitive. new grass wont grow for upwards of 5 years. erosion is insane on the mountain cliff faces. i know how to ride respectfully.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:36:14 UTC No. 166431
>>166424
Come to Pacifica this saturday, find me at the top of San Pedro Mountain where Crack and 911 begin between 9am and 12pm.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:36:34 UTC No. 166432
>>166425
didnt realize you couldnt ride the mountains until i got here
>>166426
’m not gonna take part in this red/green tag faggot bullshit. if you dont have a red/green tag you cant ride the ohv shit. I’m not giving my money to a corrupt government just so I can enjoy my life.
Corrupt government also outlawed all riding motors in the mountains. There’s such a high concentration of faggots that there’s no way to get away with riding motor in said mountains.
In order to ride unregistered in mountains it needs to be electrical or manual propelled.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:38:18 UTC No. 166433
>>166430
That's why I told you to ride the fucking OHV parks and join the communities, that way you'll make friends.
> sold the R1 but kept the dirt bike
Wrong choice. I would have ridden with you and showed you the god-tier roads here. I have a Ducati Monster.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:41:07 UTC No. 166434
>>166431
i feel like when me meet up and confirm we organized the meeting on this anonymous website youre gonna try to kiss me. especially when you see my mx boots. theres a real shortage of true men in the area i dont think youll be able to resist
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:46:33 UTC No. 166436
>>166433
it was a 2002 and it was actively trying to murder me. i bought it for 2.5k off a Mexican in hayward and not a single bolt was tight kek
i miss it but im also a poor fag so it was probably for the best
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:49:27 UTC No. 166437
>>166434
Alright, memes and aggression aside. If you actually want to ride and your bike is registered for street use, there really is still stuff here you can legally ride and it's just as out of the way as the good mtb singletrack. You CAN ride the mountains here, it's just not advertised. I see a lot of it here but I never bothered to note any of it down since my motorcycle is for street use.
You should check /dbt/ on /o/ despite how cancer the board is. There are dirt bikers there who know where to find the dirt trails. mtb trails are out of the question, but there are places you can legally explore here and get lost within half an hour of the city centers
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:00:16 UTC No. 166440
>>166433
i liked the 35, the 130, and the 1 around muir woods. then looping back up around bolinas fairfax rd. I also really liked weaving between cars on the 17 believe it or not.
the bike had no rider aids and no restrictions. bitch still went 167mph. fucking pure kino. if i didnt sell it id be dead. i caught air on the 680 in san jose on one of those bridges. ca doesnt give a fuck about huge bumps i guess lol.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:01:19 UTC No. 166441
>>166437
kek, thanks fren :)
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:34:37 UTC No. 166455
>>166424
You don't even own a surron you faggot
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Sep 2023 01:39:07 UTC No. 166463
>>166424
>he can’t get a motorcycle registered
Like fucking clockwork lmao
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Sep 2023 02:07:19 UTC No. 166466
>>166463
>mtb guy likes sucking dick, especially the government’s
Like clockwork
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Sep 2023 03:17:59 UTC No. 166474
>>166466
Are you that faggot who was posting on /n/ a few months ago about your 1000 watt ebike conversion you use to "totally destroy" MTB trails but when you finally posted a pic the bike had a kickstand and a basket on the front?
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Sep 2023 04:11:03 UTC No. 166479
>>166474
Fucking KEK
Holy shit no, but that guys a fuckin legend. You can see my actual motorcycles in the thread man. I’ll post my old r1 too just for extra proof I’m a fag but not that kinda fag
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Sep 2023 05:38:56 UTC No. 166487
>>166479
And then you post your motorcycle like it’s the ultimate type of bicycle, like it’s what is mere peasants really wanted to spend our paychecks on lol why are you guys all the exact same and so predictable
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:56:51 UTC No. 166500
>>166474
>conversion you use to "totally destroy" MTB trails but when you finally posted a pic the bike had a kickstand and a basket on the front?
Kek wtf. Might he be shitbox kitchen anon?
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:31:40 UTC No. 166507
>>166487
Bro I’m a poor fag. Read >>166436 it ran me the same as one of your mid tier pedal bikes.
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Sep 2023 21:21:56 UTC No. 166559
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Sep 2023 22:23:59 UTC No. 168648
>>161959
I currently own a Giant Revolt but I want to buy a mtb as well to ride some of the local trails over here in southwestern Germany.
I've been looking at hardtails/progressive trail bikes so far. My budget is 1500€ which can be stretched a little if it makes sense. I'm a clydesdale as well so I think a rigid frame suits me better, also given that i'm a 30y old boomer and don't intend to get too crazy going down hill.
I've looked at the Rose Cragger 8.0 and the Canyon Stoic. Basically I feel like I should be able to get at least a 12x Sram Eagle GX for that price. Can you recommend any other models?
🗑️ Nigger MOD is mad pussy lol permbanned all bitch lmao at Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:52:28 UTC No. 169416
>>>/vg/447875110
Artificial Academy 2 General /aa2g/ #1293
Ready to Serve Edition
Welcome, this general is for the discussion of ILLUSION's Artificial Academy 2.
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>Downloads:
/aa2g/ Pre-Installed Game, AA2Mini: https://tsukiyo.me/AAA/AA2MiniPPX.x
AAUnlimited updates: https://github.com/aa2g/AA2Unlimite
>Information:
AA2Mini Install Guide:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/
General FAQ:
https://web.archive.org/web/2020021
AAU Guide and Resources (Modules, Tans, Props, Poses, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet
>Character Cards [Database], now with a list of every NonOC in the megas:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet
https://db.bepis.moe/aa2/
>Mods & More:
Mods for AAU/AA2Mini (ppx format, the mediafire has everything):
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vw
/aa2g/ Modding Reference Guide (Slot lists for Hair/Clothes/Faces, List Guides, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet
Booru: https://aau.booru.org
>HELP! I have a Nvidia card and my game crashes on startup!
Try the dgVoodoo option in the new win10fix settings.
Alternative: Update your AAU and see if it happens again. If so, disable win10fix, enable wined3d and software vertex processing.
>HELP! Required Windows 11 update broke things!
winkey+R -> ms-settings:developers -> Terminal=Windows Console Host
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