Anonymous at Fri, 5 Apr 2024 19:26:25 UTC No. 193044

Just came back from riding.
Snow finally melting up in the mountain but trail has fallen branches and loose rocks all over it due to the snow.
Lower part was perfect and beautiful.
An incredibly fast bumpy straight section in the forest, loamy brown-red dirt, grass growing on the sides and lots lots of tiny bright flowers. Just went fast and pumping everything I could. If I had recorded it would've been absolute KINO.
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx4JSCNAdo9CeMu1XJ9XNe4Jw3iLcRp6ft?si=N-0RCU6jRa3tDFM6 Like this but with lots of bright white,yellow, purple flowers.
Luv' sunny spring riding days, no nigger mosquitos, not too hot, not too cold, not too dry, not to wet.

Anonymous at Fri, 5 Apr 2024 23:55:50 UTC No. 193065

> good weather this week
> got sick, didn't ride
> good weather next week
> out of town, trailforks only shows some forest roads in the area
But the week after is going to be really fun.

Anonymous at Sat, 6 Apr 2024 02:29:59 UTC No. 193074

How do I build up better endurance when climbing? any tips apart from riding more.

Anonymous at Sat, 6 Apr 2024 05:25:12 UTC No. 193087

>>193074
If you go up a gear and keep the same cadence, you'll be moving faster, and not be climbing as long, and endurance won't matter as much.

T. Gym enthusiast gorilla suit climber

Anonymous at Sat, 6 Apr 2024 09:25:40 UTC No. 193095

>>193074
>better endurance when climbing?
What is giving out first, your legs, or your cardio (excessive heart rate, and heavy breathing)?

Anonymous at Sat, 6 Apr 2024 11:31:09 UTC No. 193108

I bought a MTB in 2019 for $800

Used it like 5 times since then and want to sell it. How much should I put it up for?

Anonymous at Sat, 6 Apr 2024 22:32:34 UTC No. 193167

>>193108
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgzdvhEct5s

Anonymous at Sun, 7 Apr 2024 05:12:33 UTC No. 193182

Serviced fork at 30 hrs since last time the damper blew at 45 hrs.
There's Little to no dirt inside but the Air spring side was pretty dry in terms of oil. I just changed the oil since apparently the dust wipers are still good, all hail SKF and their top tier japanese dynamic seal engineering

Anonymous at Sun, 7 Apr 2024 11:36:50 UTC No. 193190

>>193182
>SKF and their top tier japanese dynamic seal engineering
SKF's stuff is designed in New Afghanistan by the minority population

How tf do you blow dampers, never had one do it. Do you put up too much grease oil or no grease or oil. Shocks i'd understand but why would you use an air shock in fkrat place

Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 04:10:58 UTC No. 193277

>>193095
My legs, I control my breathing just fine.

Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 15:24:38 UTC No. 193333

>>193190
>SKF's stuff is designed in New Afghanistan by the minority population

Idk about that

https://skf-jobs.dzconnex.com/job-details/seal-product-design-engineer-in-engineering-technology-jobs-877092

After further research it appears SKF is pretty multinational.

>How do you blow up dampers
Idk I guess I ride too hard, my guess is that the fork flexes too much during compression causing some minor abrasion over time that leads to seal failure. This could be solved by having a non rigid sealhead at the end of the damper, basically not bolting the sealhead to the end of the damper assembly, but Instead having a sealhead that can move around with the shaft thay it seals. Or just make the fork stiffer, but at that point i should just go ride a 38/zeb. It should be noted that word on the street around Asheville is that even the engineers that work at canecreek don't ride the fork because of their inability to take a beating, bushings being dislocated, dampers blowing up being the main issues. This type of wear is mainly just being fully on the brakes through a rock garden and having the fork set in its longest travel configuration. That and sending 12ft drops to flat.

Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 19:48:58 UTC No. 193361

>he does not mention his settings
Common

Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 21:41:21 UTC No. 193379

>>193361
I weight 170lbs decent upper and good lower body strength.
2023 cane creek helm mk2
2023 Rockshox super deluxe coil ultimate B1

fork set at 80psi with ~82psi in the negative chamber, and zero spacers, this is about 18-20% sag. I run the damper fully closed. and 5-6 clicks of rebound depending on the trail. slightly less rebound for more bump absorption and to prevent packing up and keep it more composed through high speed chunder, think trails where its just 4-5inch bumps and roots while going 20mph, more rebound for a more composed feel on flow trails.
its negligable overall so I just leave it at 5 most of the time more rebound for a more grounded feel for 70% of the time

On the rear shock i run a 450lb spring this is right at ~20% sag
I ride a 2023 banshee rune v3.2 with 27.5 wheels I also run the damper on my shock fully closed, it currently has the low compression tune in it and I need to retune it for the medium or high compression tune as it currently doesn't have enough HSC or and the wheel bounces around too much causing it to feel drifty. LSC is adequate the spring does 90% of the lifting and it has tons of pedal bob which it doesn't have enough LSC to help tune out. The lockout works great and its very smooth.

But I also need to afford groceries and a new rim/spokes so I probably won't retuning it soon.

Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 21:43:38 UTC No. 193381

>>193379
tire pressure 25-26 in the front 28-32 in the rear
I keep blowing the rear tire off the rim so thats why its so high for my weight. I blew it up again at 30psi casing the last stepup at Ride rock creeks downhill course last weekend.

Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 10:24:34 UTC No. 193444

>>193074
Buy a lighter bike

Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 11:02:06 UTC No. 193446

>>193074
lose weight
>>193277
Hit the gym, ride at a higher cadence, and yes... ride more.
If I take it easy I can ride further. If I go at my "race pace" I can run my heartrate up and get cramps in most of my leg muscles like a retard.
>>193381
Could always run a heavier casing tire in the rear if you want to run lower pressures.
Maybe you just hit gnarly shit at incredibly hihg speds

Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 11:21:57 UTC No. 193447

>>193074
>wahh wahh I can't keep up climb
>picrel solution
I take chocolate bars and isotonic drink and if it a big ride I make sure to buy coke cans on the way. This made me last the biggest climb(1200m) with DH runs every 300m. I was kill but I fucking lasted.
Isotonic drinks, eat before you take it if not you'll upset the stomach and literally shit yourself while riding. From experience.
>>193446
>heavier casing tire in the rear
This is the solution to muuh I keep destroying rear wheels. I really don't know why someone would use softer casing unless they are doing XC. Using lighter casing is asking for all disadvantages of tires.

Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 13:12:46 UTC No. 193450

>want to change my Zeb A1 from 170mm to 150mm
>Refuse to pay for the A2 Buttercup upgrade because the current setup feels great
>Need A1 150mm air shaft, 0-30 oil, 38mm seal kit
>Every website I check has 2/3 of these items

Have any anons upgraded to the buttercups, is it worth it?

Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 16:02:19 UTC No. 193463

>>193446
Idk, I think I just lack enough skills to be gentler with the bike. I'm significantly slower than the local World Cup pros. I'm a little faster than the grooms who practically live at the DH park.
I'm definitely not fast enough to go pro. or get sponsored

Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 18:26:14 UTC No. 193477

>>193379
>Cane creak
>No volume tokens
>Compressionmaxxed to compensate for lack of end-stroke support
A classic tale as old as time itself. You could try adding some tokens to the air spring and backing off the compression damping to see if you get more life out of the damper/seals. What you're doing is taking the work that the air spring should be doing and putting it on the compression damping circuit instead. It'll likely ride substantially better when you actually have support from the air spring to boot.
>>193381
>Blowing tire off rim
Could simply be a bad rim/tire combo if you already have the appropriate casing tire. It used to be much worse before tubeless was officially a thing when the fit of the bead was usually pretty loose. Some guys would have to run 35+psi just to keep their tires on the rims for race runs kek

Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 22:19:33 UTC No. 193596

New bike ad kino dropped
https://youtu.be/n1e_9IB4viI?si=D_z_OeKq7aTQKLh2
Oscillations and Return of the Rockies were better imo.
Looks like a santa cruz/specialized enduro.

Anonymous at Thu, 11 Apr 2024 04:23:50 UTC No. 193628

>>193596
>no alloy frameset
>gap between 475 and 505 reach
No from me
How many people are going to buy a 4k USD rocky mountain frame anyways? Surely anyone who isn't just buying 2023 stuff that is still being auctioned off for peanuts is going with an established dentist brand or something a bit more hip

Anonymous at Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:00:15 UTC No. 193704

>>193477
The problem isn't that i am lacking in end stroke support. I have it setup for more trail riding anyways. The reason I have it setup that way is because more linear setups have more midstroke support, and more predictable rebound. I also don't bottom it out regularly.

It should also be noted that fully closed on my forks is the equivalent to 1/3 closed on a fox38 on my friends pivot firebird. So damping forces are not high.

>>193477
>Could simply be a bad rim/tire combo if you already have the appropriate casing tire

Yea
I think that a mismatching tire and rim are a definite possibility. I never had this problem when the tire was new.

Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 03:29:32 UTC No. 193786

>>193628
Rocky Mountain owns Bikes.com who’s really the hip one here

Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:39:50 UTC No. 193819

Just did a travel change and lowers service on my forks for the first time ever, I can't remember the last time I felt this genuinely pleased with myself. I can do everything else mechanically on a bike, suspension is the last step to be 100% self sufficient. Fork feels beautiful and supple now, it must have needed it.
I'd honestly rather do a fork lowers service now than install and index a derailleur. Way easier.

Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:56:56 UTC No. 193859

>>193704
I don't even know what you want from the fork? Leave everything open on the damper side and just focus on the airspring side. Compression just to slow things down. Rebound should be open either way

Hmmmm
>I have it setup for more trail riding anyways
>I also don't bottom it out regularly
>sending 12ft drops to flat
>I also don't bottom it out regularly
>downhill course last weekend
Its seems you have the wrong setup for the shit you are doing. Or larping the other. Stop with the linear thing, you leave all the work for the damper. Ofc its gonna shit itself and die if its doing the work the airspring should be doing
>>193819
Working on suspension makes you feel like you are actually doing something, like a pro
Transmission problem solving is the bane of my existence along with internal routing.

Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:54:52 UTC No. 193884

>>193859
>Leave everything open on the damper side
>Rebound should be open either way
That's even worse than compressionmaxxing lmao. All >>193704 needs to do is add a few tokens, keep the same pressure, a few fewer clicks of HSC, a few extra clicks of HSR and he'll be set. That way he gets similar mid-stroke feeling at the same sag, better end-stroke support, and less chatter on high frequency bumps from the compression circuit. Also there'll be less stress on the seals of the damper.
>>193704
>I have it setup for more trail riding anyways
I haven't used the helm meself, but people tend to run less damping on trail setups since higher compression damping tends to make high frequency bumps very tiring unless you're absolutely pinned. It's possible the helm just has a wack tune, but I think you'll find the suspension feels more "active" if you try the tokens + less compression damping. It's not a difficult adjustment to make, so if you haven't tried it, I'd say it's worth at least testing out.
>linear setups have more predictable rebound
That's not true on modern suspension that isn't mega budget. But again, perhaps I'm just naïve to how over it is for cane creak owners

Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:16:59 UTC No. 193892

Apparently the UK has had the wettest 18 months on record so my complaining about the weather and crap trail conditions are justified. Trails are starting to dry due to it simly being warmer, however it is still raining most days meaning that trails are still constantly somewhat muddy.
>>193379
>>193704
Is not the entire issue with this setup the fact that you have an imbalance between your front and rear suspension? Having 20% sag seems kind of low considering most manufactuers recommend ~30%, especially with the fact that the frame itself has a 29% progressivity (what I could find online). Thats going to end up making you put more weight on your front wheel and cause you to have these issues. Either add more a couple psi more pressure, add in a volume spacer or 2 with the same pressure and see how that fairs or go down a spring rate in the rear.
>>193819
Freed of the shackles of bikeshops and paying stupid prices for someone else to do a job which takes an hour max to complete by a novice. The only reason to ever go to a bike shop is to get a rear shock serviced because most need to be charged with nitrogen.

Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:20:03 UTC No. 193894

>>193892
Forgot to clarify that I am talking about your rear shock being too stiff compared to your fork potentially causing these issues.

Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 21:31:45 UTC No. 193927

>>193884
Compressionmaxx is based

Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:17:03 UTC No. 193932

>>193819
Can you service a roxshox shock as well? I've done some research into it, but it looks like something that should be left to a pro...

Anonymous at Sat, 13 Apr 2024 10:17:06 UTC No. 193975

>>193884
Its not worse, fluid flows freely and you can go faster on chunky terrain knowing the fork will be extended and as its high on the travel it'll be plush.
LSC should be the answer to be high on the travel if token/airpressure isn't working. Cloaing rebound will just make the fork take more time to extend leaving you with less available travel, riding lower on the travel and harsh ride due to higher force required to compress

I was going to do a data acquisition thing like picrel for a university project this semester to help me even more tune it by seeing the f spectrum. With the objective on leaving high frequency stuff. But instead I went to do beamforming which isn't working out and I'll faip the class.

Anonymous at Sat, 13 Apr 2024 10:58:56 UTC No. 193978

>>193859
Lmao are you the internal cable guy from the end of the last thread? My most recent transmission woe was a strand of the cable breaking inside the guide, then working back and wrapping itself around the internal shifter mechanism lmao

>>193892
It's a good feeling, also a feeling of achievement. Arguably, unless you want your fork to be performing at a top 1% kind of level, air will get you 78% of the way there. If you want nitrogen instead of pressurised air in your spring for whatever reason, go nuts, but it's not required. I think if you were to service your gear regularly, 50 hours, etc, even the "moisture content and oxidation" argument dries up too imo.

>>193932
I've done the air can before, it's pretty easy. The worst that happened was I fucked up the quad seals by leaving 2 seals out of it because I got distracted, and the air just hissed out when I was cycling the shock during setup. I also shit myself when the negative chamber retained a little pressure and I took the can off and it popped loudly lol. Let the air out slowly, don't let the shock suck in. I'll do the full rebuild at 200 hours for sure, all you're doing is pulling apart, replacing seals, greasing, and putting together and re-torqueing. Rockshox has a huge amount of content out there for at home servicing, it's the main reason I keep buying their stuff. They sell seal kits, there's service manuals with instructions, and instructional videos. Watching videos of other guys doing it too is useful, because everyone does it differently and you'll learn something new, or a handy tip.
It definitely seems like a far more intimidating task than it actually is. Just be careful of the shafts.

Anonymous at Sat, 13 Apr 2024 18:59:05 UTC No. 194000

>>193041
places in the USA to mtb on? Im new and live in IL

Anonymous at Sat, 13 Apr 2024 19:56:10 UTC No. 194002

>>194000
>I want to do mtb
>I live in flatland
Every single time. Kek.

Either you stop doing corn and head west for the rockies like the pioneers in the 19th century did in search of better trails and the highest of peaks or die knowing that you could've literally lived on one of Alberts Bierstadt's paintings hanging on the wall you stared all those years.

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Apr 2024 08:55:16 UTC No. 194045

Watching the WC is quite depressing knowing I’d be miles behind.

>>193892
yeah it’s been so wet I’ve been sending more time last couple of months on roads and avoiding areas I know would be mudfests, I generally don’t mind the mud but lots of areas were just too thick. Went out yesterday after this recent dry spell and last couple of days of good weather and it was an odd mix of muddy as fuck v bits that had dried out. Wasn’t helped by it having been several weeks since last went out.

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:14:36 UTC No. 194057

I was at a cheap store yesterday and saw a footpump for 7€ with a pressure gauge. I've never had a pressure gauge other than fingers as I know how I like the tire through experience. I inflated my tire while I gauged it with my finger, once I felt it good I picked up the pump to check the pressure. 30PSI on the rear.
Man I thought I was 23 at most and ~18 on the front by reading all tire pressure posts on pinkbike. How do people ride under 20 PSI without destroying the wheel? Lowering it to ~23 I feel it dangerously soft to destroy my wheel, I use DH casing and weigh <60kg with full dh protection kit. No wonder my 7 year old hand pump got extremely hot when pumping my tires.
Based michelin tires keeping insane grip at 30psi.
The "rule of thumb" of dividing weight by 7 would would have me at 18psi.
How much pressure do you guys run?

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:04:27 UTC No. 194063

>>194057
21 on DH casing; finger test is a noob filter and you failed, woodenwheels

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:45:08 UTC No. 194085

>>194063
The inverse of filtered, several years of experience gave me perfect intuition. Pumped up tires roll fucking fast, I don't care about loss of grip bc michelin and I can just yeet myself into chunder city without worrying about killing the wheel and I'll be rolling fast. 21 psi? Doesn't that drag you too much even on the descent, I'd need to pedal on a 100% grade DH to get proper speed.
https://youtube.com/shorts/YHf-KajC53I?si=6lkaeZgeVp3CoMt3
I don't have a team of mechanics giving me wheels aswell everysingle time there's a scratch on it on the rim

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Apr 2024 19:20:15 UTC No. 194120

>>194045
Yeah most of the time it's been utterly miserable, so I've felt quite lucky getting in one or two rides a week this winter. A lot of the local trails are horrible in the wet too because they're all peat with off-camber roots meaning that basically every ride you are falling off at some point. There are a couple trails where the top soil has been eroded away from years of use and there is now a weird mix of rocks, roots, sand and mud. I've also seen quite a few surrons for the first time which I'm dreading this summer as they will most likely ruin the trails without a care in the world. There are already the handicapped boomer stava ebikers which straight line steep berm tracks to try for KOM's as they're incapable of any bike control, so adding to that is just going to ruin an already sparsely maintained trail system.
>>194057
>>194085
I wouldnt put much stock in a cheap floor pump pressure gauge being accurate. However, there should be zero reason to ride such high pressures at your weight with DH casing. As someone which is 60kg fully kitted also, I run 19-21psi conti DH casing front (conti please make enduro casing super softs I beg of you), 22-24psi conti enduro casing rear on my full sus both 2.4" and on my hardtail 17-20psi front, 23-26psi rear (purely to avoid denting my rim) both 2.6" schwalbe super gravity casing. These settings are mostly for trail riding, but for going to a bikepark such as dyfi, I'd add a psi or 2 extra to the top end of those measurements. Not running inserts in either bike. I think you have a misunderstanding of tyres as most professionals riding DH, most likely much faster and harder than you on tracks much rougher, are riding around 22-25psi front and 25-30psi rear. Unless you are using chinesium grade spaghetti wheels it makes zero sense to ride pressures so high.

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Apr 2024 22:16:41 UTC No. 194151

>>194120
I would think you need to take into account the weight of the the system ie. you and the bike and bag rather than just you. 25 psi is very different when you are unloaded on an xc bike, to when you are fully kitted on a DH rig.

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Apr 2024 22:49:36 UTC No. 194155

>>194085
Rolling resistance is not on my mind when picking DH pressure at all; stability (hate squirm), survivability and lastly grip is what I’m considering. If you have all 3 of those, you will be faster. If one of those factors isn’t lining up for me, I would reach for a different tire (casing specifically). I don’t think tire hysterisis inefficiency is something you can really feel when you’re pointed 30° down a hill

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Apr 2024 22:59:38 UTC No. 194156

>>194151
Anon is riding DH casing tyres, unless he is ungodly retarded he's not riding XC with them. Also realistically his bike is going to weigh from 14kg with an xc or hardtail to 25kg with a full fat eeb with most enduro/trail bikes weighing around 17kg. Either way having such high pressures just makes riding uncomfortable and ends up making you slower from all of the bouncing around and not having consistent traction. From the vital clip (looks like val di sole) he posted I am assuming that he will be doing trail to DH riding which would mean similar pressures are appropriate for those disciplines. They would have to be riding real fast and hard to be having issues with DH casing tyres no matter the overall system weight.

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Apr 2024 23:04:20 UTC No. 194158

Anyone need a new frame? get on it

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Apr 2024 23:36:28 UTC No. 194163

I enjoy hiking and want to try mountain biking the same/similar trails, but this seems really fucking expensive when I also just have my feet to use. How much maintenance are you looking at or can you mostly just strap your bike to the back of your car and be done with it?

Anonymous at Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:17:08 UTC No. 194165

>>194120
I can test pressure with another gauge and it might be the case as it surprised me aswell. On the front I run quite low pressure(I haven't measured) but rear requires high pressure. When you go to the bikepark you use 28 in the rear, thats close to what I ride(with finger gauging). It's not extreme, the 32-33psi on the pic is extreme but I like to have in the rear for climbing and just remove a bit it to the 28s-30s before I start doing laps or going down. Pros run inserts and don't care about destroying the bike.
Ex511s but I don't want to kill a rim as it's almost 2 weeks without riding.
My range should be at most 40lb I think
>>194155
If you put higher pressure it'll roll faster.
>>194156
>just makes riding uncomfortable and ends up making you slower from all of the bouncing around and not having consistent traction.
Its not uncomfortable on the rear, 30psi might be the limit of how high I'd go but definetly rideable. The front on the other hand I can easily tell when it has bit more pressure. Michelin's MAGI-X has very low rebound rubber so it might help. Along with a good coil shock setup. I think it was a couple months ago I posted that I switched to a lighter coil and it felt good and I was able to run higher pressure thus rolling faster.

Next time run high pressure on the rear, open up rebound on the shock, 30% sag or 35%, no compression or no HSC/almost closed LSC. You'll feel the rear more active, rolls easier. Not crazy hogh pressure but higher than normal.

Anonymous at Mon, 15 Apr 2024 05:31:56 UTC No. 194181

>>194165
But I’m not rolling, I’m falling with style

Anonymous at Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:49:55 UTC No. 194211

>>194163
Just buy a 90's mtb and start on easy trails.
The less suspension and tech you have the cheaper the bike and parts.
Generally suspension is every 50 or 100 hours for a basic fluid change or seal swap.
Chains need lubricant when they get noisy which is based on terrain(more dirt/mud =more lubing).

If you go low tech it can be cheap, but you have to be your own mechanic. If you already have a city/commuter bike take that slowly on some fire roads to see how you like it.
You can make it as expensive or cheap as you want it too be.

Anonymous at Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:34:42 UTC No. 194216

>>194158
They will probably put out a new spindrift this year. Lets just hope germoids read all the hate comments on pinkbike and put a damn hole in the frame. And shorten the seatpost

Anonymous at Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:43:37 UTC No. 194234

>>194211
I have no bike at all, I've just gotten bored recently of the 'slowness' of hiking and every time I see a mountain biker going by me they are having tons of fun

Looking at the OP sounds like I wnat a 'used hardtail' and a 'trail bike' because I want to go up and down

Anonymous at Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:00:16 UTC No. 194275

Thinking of getting a Marlin 5 Gen 3 to get me started. Thoughts?

Anonymous at Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:31:33 UTC No. 194280

>>194275
it is a reliable bike aimed at beginners. I would aim for the $200-350 price point based on the parts and its age. There are probably lots of these that people bought during the pandemic and are unaware of how their value has recently fallen. Good luck on your two wheeled adventure anon

Anonymous at Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:33:09 UTC No. 194282

>>194280
Ah yeah you're right. Should look into FB marketplace.

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:48:09 UTC No. 194307

>>193975
>Nodamper
Ah yes, the yin to the compressionmaxxer's yang.
>fluid flows freely and you can go faster on chunky terrain
Once you start riding faster and hitting bigger features, you do not want all of the energy that is put into the suspension returned to you, especially on chunky terrain. Underdamped suspension only feels good in the parking lot. Modern suspension has so much adjustability so riders can get the ideal amount of damping.
>LSC should be the answer to be high on the travel if token/airpressure isn't working.
Bottoming out is typically the result of things that cause high shaft-speeds (landing jumps, drops, square-edge hits), so the fix for this is adding HSC, not LSC in the majority of situations.

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 01:00:07 UTC No. 194312

So glad I’m fucking autistic and have a great grasp on suspension dynamics but such a weak grasp of communication that trying to post about it isn’t even a viable option. The bike tells you exactly what to do, but it’s speaking in bicycle; if you translate those needs to english and type them out, its actually cognitively harmful and lowers your fluency in bicycle

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 01:26:34 UTC No. 194318

does anyone ride fixed fork treks anymore, those things were invincible

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 01:56:34 UTC No. 194322

>>194163
Think I spent like $40 getting stuff for a lower service, $60 kit + yearly $10 fluid for bleeding brakes, $30 tub of grease that’ll outlast my grandchildren, I’m on some fancy $15 lube as well (lasts 2 years), lots of $30 tools I often need 1-2 of to do a specific job for the first time. And that’s for basic maintenance of nice brand new stuff. I’ve gone over a year on a few of my bikes (nice ones) without doing any preventative maintenance whatsoever and 90% of the time it barely makes any difference. Sometimes my bearings seize and I learn my lesson, but that’s rare. I barely spend any money on “needed” maintenance, but I do like to indulge on fancy tools and the latest upgrades, I’ve had “needed” replacements a few times (BB, derailleur, wheels) which aren’t cheap, but “needed” maintenance is rarely over a $50 receipt for the whole year once you have the tools

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 02:03:31 UTC No. 194326

>>194318
Rigid is becoming a bit popular lately with the whole gravel=90’s mtb meme and the fact that a lot of the standards used on these $20-100 bikes still exist on modern parts. I put together a 1996 cannondale with all modern parts and while it is amazing, corners incredibly tight, launches at dirt jumps and rides unlike any of my other 4 mountain bikes, it’s shaky, skips tires everywhere, and is hard to carry speed with. I think rigid bikes are just inferior off-road, but it’s worth putting together for the experience

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 02:48:47 UTC No. 194332

>>194326
You just have to pick the right trails. Rigid makes the easy trails exciting and worth riding. The singletrack and fireroads I ride with my gravel bike are not worth the wear on the tires of my mtbs, but they're a lot of fun on rigid. Those beginner parks full of normies actually become fun on rigid. It's funny watching old guys on high end mtbs and eMTBs pedalling up this same shit though.

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 03:08:32 UTC No. 194333

>>194332
The thing is though, I have a gravel bike and it’s actually more suitable for singletrack with its wide handlebar and 2.0” tires (but 700c instead of 26”) and frame made of steel rather than 90’s lightasfuck-style aluminum

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:43:02 UTC No. 194339

New to the hobby. What are some reputable bike brands for me to choose as a first ?

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 05:49:52 UTC No. 194343

>>194339
Probably be best to google a mass review of enduro/trail bikes to get an idea of what brands and bikes exist. I know a few websites have “field test” or “bike bible” mass review kinda stuff every few years

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 05:54:13 UTC No. 194344

>>194339
I have YT, Chromag, Kona, Cannondale and Specialized. They’re all using the same parts, which aren’t cheap, so you’re not gonna find many actually “bad” bikes these days after a certain pricepoint. As far as frame quality goes, all “real” frames are decent enough, even the cheapest Giant-made outsourced frame (which still goes on a minimum $500 bike) is quality metalworking these days. What’s really going to ruin your bike experience is awful parts that constantly need adjustment, or things like wrong tires for the riding

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 06:49:50 UTC No. 194357

This week is my first week back riding after breaking my leg in February. Still off work for another 3 weeks or so. Did my first reasonable climb today, I haven't lost so much cardio fitness, but I've lost leg strength endurance. Caught the bus up, rode down, then rode up, rode down again. As it was a week day, I had all the tracks to myself so I spent some time taking an asshole photo of my bike while I was resting.

>>194333
I love my gravel bike. Greens are blues, and blues are blacks. I don't ride it enough.

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:45:13 UTC No. 194369

>>194307
>you do not want all of the energy that is put into the suspension returned to you, especially on chunky terrain.
Thats the opposite, it doesn't get transfered to you but absorbed and returned through the lowers.
It is a wrong setup if you mostly do jumplines like A line but good for tech gnar shit. Mine feels the hard in the parking lot as LSC is almost closed but hit a square edge going mach 5 it's going to feel smooth.
>Bottoming out is typically the result of things that cause high shaft-speeds (landing jumps, drops, square-edge hits), so the fix for this is adding HSC, not LSC in the majority of situations
That quoted part was for riding high in the travel, not against bottoming out but helps. LSC will control lower frequencies(low shaft speed). The thing is that shaft behavior is not just high/low/intermediate speeds but a composition of the them. If you have a rolling terrain with buch of roots, rocks square edges, it moving due to alot of stuff. If you analyze the fork movement/shaft speeds on the frequency domain you should see 2 frequencies. The lowest one is caused by the rolling terrain and the highest one due to the chunky terrain. You as a rider don't want to feel the rocks, roots and shit but the rolling terrain to pump the bike. See the first curve of the fork movement(0 is sag point, max travel is 4 units) with respect to time, a big amplitude movement with low f caused by rolling terrain and the high frequency component due to the chunk. If you close LSC you limit the low frequency movement and you end up with the 3rd picture, the fork absorbing the hits of roots/rocks and the rolling terrain is the feedback you'll get. If you close HSC rather than LSC you get the 2nd chart. Here the forkonly moves with respect of the rolling terrain, movemen due to trail chatter is limited thus translated to you. Here you see the fork riding in low in the travel, taking 2 units. With LSC closed its riding higher in the travel, max is 1 unit.

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:53:31 UTC No. 194370

>>194307
Now lets say that at the bottom of the roll there's a big ass rock that the fork normally moves 2 5 units with it. If HSC is closed, the fork will be using alot of travel (~2units)at the bottom of the roll and when it encounters the rock it won't have enough travel to absorb the hit, thus bottoming out(2+2.5=4.5, beyond max travel of 4). If you had LSC closed you'd ride high in the travel where is more plush and have lots of extra travel and you'll be able to take the hit without issue as you see in the pics.
I rather use volume spacers instead of HSC as all hits will feel harsher.

Just try it, LSC close closed, no HSC, open or very close to open rebound, 1 or no spacers. Plus tire pressure thing
>>194312
Just do, through ramblings there might be useful info

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:37:52 UTC No. 194405

>>194369
>it doesn't get transfered to you but absorbed and returned through the lowers.
Ok, where does the energy stored in the spring go when it's not dissipated by the damper?
>good for tech gnar shit
Too little HSC will cause you to ride deep in the suspension travel where spring forces are higher. This will generally result in a harsh, skittery feeling - this is why HSC is needed when riding fast on tech gnar shit. Of course too much HSC can cause a harsh feeling, but generally the harder you ride, the more HSC damping is needed.
>>194370
I'm not saying LSC should be open, I'm saying HSC damping is what helps prevent high forces from causing bottom outs. The more HSC damping there is, the more force the LSC circuit effectively handles. If there is too little HSC, a roll could cause the LSC circuit to be bypassed.
>Just try it, LSC close closed, no HSC
I don't think you understand how compression damping circuits work. Think of the high-speed circuit as a pressure relief valve because that's basically what it is. If you have the high-speed circuit open too easily, the low-speed circuit will do nothing since it will always be bypassed by the high-speed circuit. You will find most racers and senders in general run more HSC since they are putting more force through their suspension, so they need more HSC damping to prevent the LSC circuit from being bypassed all the time. In your example, if you run little to no HSC, you will blow through the travel before the rock because the LSC circuit will be bypassed from the g-out at the bottom of the roll.
>I rather use volume spacers instead of HSC as all hits will feel harsher.
More HSC will cause your suspension to ride higher, and will generally allow for a smoother feeling overall since the spring forces are lower earlier in the travel. Of course too much HSC can cause a harsh feeling as well, but the ideal amount can be found easily by bracketing.

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:56:10 UTC No. 194412

>>194405
>Too little HSC will cause you to ride deep in the suspension travel where spring forces are higher. This will generally result in a harsh, skittery feeling - this is why HSC is needed when riding fast on tech gnar shit.
LSC will be keeping you high in the travel as it'll not use 70% of its travel on a small rocks at slow speed. But if you are going mach jesus, it'll use the travel as it should. Using HSC will limit the high velocity movement from mach jesus.
Look at the charger 3. LSC's closed total damping force at low velocity is higher than open and will not blow through the travel. Meanwhile closed HSC(open lsc)will blow through the travel at low velocities.
>not saying LSC should be open, I'm saying HSC damping is what helps prevent high forces from causing bottom outs
You wouldn't need to if you had available travel left for the fork to do its job by running LSC.
>think you understand how compression damping circuits work. Think of the high-speed circuit as a pressure relief valve because that's basically what it is. If you have the high-speed circuit open too easily, the low-speed circuit will do nothing since it will always be bypassed by the high-speed circuit. You will find most racers and senders in general run more HSC since they are putting more force through their suspension, so they need more HSC
Here is where changes with design have an effect, like the charger 3 and the picture of "other dampers" where lsc/hsc were coupled. You'd still see the difference LSC makes.

Just do it, one ride with LSC closed.

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:13:14 UTC No. 194415

>>194405
>Ok, where does the energy stored in the spring go when it's not dissipated by the damper
Fork extends. It's easier to move the lowers+wheel due to the lower mass than you+bike. If wheel is one the ground then the force enacted by (You) - force of the spring. If you put a force of 6 gorillion N and the spring uts a force of 6.000001 gorillion N then the force upwards felt will be 0.000001 gorillion N.
But we know the job is too dissipate. Landing a 6ft drop to flat will give you the same return speed as a 3ft drop. The velocity of the return will be limited to rebound.

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:52:59 UTC No. 194420

guys remember, even if your suspension has 100% thermal efficiency and loses zero energy, it can still dump that energy into wobbling your body up and down if you don’t know how to ride. In fact all of the energy losses of suspension forks combined will NEVER overcome the momentum loss of suspension that doesn’t function properly when you bump into a rock. Thermal efficiency fags are dumb and missing the point

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:18:46 UTC No. 194421

>>194412
>Look at this one exception
Now read the article you took that from. Are you still going to give that advice to anons who haven't consoomed this one specific product? It's neat that they could get it to do that at extremely low shaft speeds, but most people will prefer a curve that falls in the middle, which is easily achievable with a standard design.
>>194415
Ok, now this is based

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:21:32 UTC No. 194422

>>194405
The LSC and HSC are very well separated, it’s not “the LSC is taking over what the HSC should’ve” it’s your LSC is stiff and supportive as fuck and HSC remains a supple smooth “blowoff” that’ll completely sink into the travel if you ever pass that bumpspeed threshold. If you don’t pass that bumpspeed threshold, your fork will just feel “stiff”. Take out your damper cartridge and give it a few squeezes; some slow and extremely forceful pushes (LOTS of resistance, LSC) and some quick and sharp but low-force pushes (the damper instantly collapses, HSC) it’s very educational

Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:23:39 UTC No. 194423

>>194415
The job isnt to dissipate energy, that’s the job of your legs and arms, the job of suspension is to instantly articulate over the rocks in real time (faster than your muscles can activate) while also giving your a strong and consistent “platform” for your arms and legs to push against. The job of suspension is to flail wildly about so you can keep your body weight/momentum moving through the air in as straight of a line as possible

Anonymous at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:45:23 UTC No. 194438

Have you men traveled out of state (us people) to ride trails? I live in a flat state.

Anonymous at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 03:08:35 UTC No. 194457

>>194438
No but I’ve ridden trails while on vacation (the one DH bike park in the country was on the opposite side)

Anonymous at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:06:44 UTC No. 194491

>>194438
Just the novelty of a new(to you) trail is worth it.

Anonymous at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:07:58 UTC No. 194515

Which helmet do you guys own? I watched this video last night.
https://youtu.be/ZKbYaOiz5U4

Anonymous at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:31:42 UTC No. 194518

>>194515
In addition to CSPC certification and DOT certification, we should also pay attention to Seths Bike Hacks (SBH) certification

Anonymous at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:31:19 UTC No. 194529

>>194515
I have the spesh one in the video but looking for a new 1/2 shell to replace it. Its been on sale for like $50 forever. The fixed visor is stupid and it feels too short as though its sitting on top of my head rather than over it, though I may have gotten a size too small.
Also have an IXS trigger full face which is great, I'd probably just wear that all the time if I wasn't in a desert

Anonymous at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:34:55 UTC No. 194545

>>194421
>Are you still going to give that advice to anons who haven't consoomed this one specific product
Yeah, even the 'other dampers' have the trend.

Anonymous at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:44:15 UTC No. 194547

>>194515
I've gotten a couple of nice comments abouy it already. Quite light aswell, doesn't feel too big and heavy to move my head. Recommend it.
My half shell is just a simple black Bell nomad that

Anonymous at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:47:00 UTC No. 194548

>>194515
TLD stage, Giro halfshell, Fox rampage pro carbon, looking to replace the TLD Stage at some point too with a similar enduro ventilated full face

Anonymous at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:58:24 UTC No. 194549

>>194438
I'm from cucknada and travel across the country fairly frequently to ride in more interesting places. Definitely worth it to travel if you have the misfortune of living in a flat hellhole
>>194515
For me it's a TLD D3 carbonium for park/dh and a Kali interceptor for the rest. I like how kali replaces the first helmet free if you crash it

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:00:02 UTC No. 194558

why does picking a bike have to be expensive and confusing

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 02:18:42 UTC No. 194563

>>194558
you can always get something cheap used.
I unironically went for whatever suspension design was cool, and with a frame in the right color.

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 04:51:37 UTC No. 194572

great day of riding my fellas. I think I'll take off the Kryptotals soon and go back to the Michelin Wild AM and Force AM for the dry season. I'll also take the Michelin Wild Enduros off my Wreckoning and switch them to Assguy and Dicksucker, and take the kryptotals off my Arc to go back to the Wicked Wills. Then I'll regret switching out the tires 2 rides later when the trails get blown out

>>194529
I second the IXS Trigger FF. I don't live in a desert though. I mostly wear it when I ride trails where I think I could faceplant, such as steep, fast, chunky.

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:01:44 UTC No. 194573

>>194572
I should have also added that the Trigger FF is very breathable and lightweight. I have no problem wearing it on hot and humid days, but for me, hot is 80F-90F. If I know it'll be above 90F, I'll just ride much earlier to avoid the heat. It's good at keeping my face in the shade too.

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:33:04 UTC No. 194578

How about something like this for an entry level bike? I just want to go on hiking trails for fun, not interesting in spending $2,000 on a bicycle for that

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:40:22 UTC No. 194580

Fueling up on dominos right now, tomorrow morning gonna be explosive gains on the trails, miles after miles
What do you guys fuel up with the night before a ride? My go-to is actually spaghetti not dominos

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 06:59:41 UTC No. 194583

>>194578
glorified Walmart bikes, you'd almost be better off putting a dropper and some other bits on an actual bike from Walmart for the same price. seriously just look for something used, maybe I'm just very charitable but I sold a 2019 full sus trail bike with modern geo, a dropper, all cleaned up with a fully serviced mid level rockshox fork, etc for 1k usd a bit ago

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 07:27:47 UTC No. 194584

>>194583
I don’t think you understand how bad a “Walmart bike” actually is, the Marlin is a perfectly fine bike despite the frame being outsourced to giant and some of the components being 2nd-standard and minimal quality, there’s not a lot of competition in the $600 price bracket and that’s about what you can expect from that range

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 07:34:43 UTC No. 194586

Actually my dad bought a $300 bike from Costco a few years ago and I was pleasantly surprised to find it using “real” parts, a little research and I see the frame is also Giant-made so trustable at the very least https://www.costco.com/northrock-xc27-mountain-bike.product.100706259.html
You’d honestly be hard pressed to find a better bike for $300 (including whatever a used bike would need before riding it)

Pic also related: a brand new $120 bike from Fred Meyer I found left in the woods for a year; trigger shifters, steel frame/fork, it’s what a $120 brand new mountain bike should look like imo

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 07:46:05 UTC No. 194589

>>194580
Dominos comes AFTER the ride, nothing beats picking up the pizza after some hard riding and devouring it in the park in less than a minutes when you are hungry. I just go with whatever breakfast I had but not pancakes or cornflakes as that gives me the shits.

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:59:08 UTC No. 194592

>>194515
I have a Speedframe half shell and a Proframe RS. I barely use the half shell, ever since my gravel bike tried to kill me on singletrack, and I had grabbed my full face out of convenience that day because I couldn't find the half shell. Unless I'm on flat roads or footpaths, it's full face all the time.
I'm thinking about upgrading to a rampage for proper DH days, any other full DH spec helmet recommendations?
It makes me question how good a helmet actually is seeing as it's a pass/fail requirement for downhill certification, rather than a sliding grade of how good it is at protecting you.
Case in point, the Proframe RS is DH certified, but the Rampage is obviously a superior helmet, but no way of knowing how much better as a consumer.

>>194580
Normal dinner, meat, veggies, potatoes.
Breakfast slides from bacon and eggs or toast or oats.
Redbull and some fruit on the way to the park. Then chewing on gels and/or clif bar through the day.
If it's a longer ride rather than shuttle bus abuse, I'll take electrolytes to drink on the way there and something like a Lucozade jammed into my backpack.

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:04:24 UTC No. 194594

>>194578
I think an anon in the last thread had one of the red and black Trek hardtails, he seemed pretty chuffed with it. The upgrade I'd make immediately is a dropper post. You'll ignore that advice, but the first ride you have descending and not being able to get your weight back away from the front and over the back of the bike because there's a seat in the way will change your mind.
Get decent pedals too. Having your feet slip about is shit.

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:46:45 UTC No. 194610

>>194558
It’s a niche product that takes a lot of engineering. It’s like instruments. Why is a synthesizer $4k plus. It’s not because it’s costs that much to build. It’s the time spent engineering such a device and the fact they will sell less than 10000 of them.

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:27:29 UTC No. 194615

>>194583
These would actually go down a mountain without rattling all the pieces off.

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:58:52 UTC No. 194638

>>194592
Helmet manufacturers need to pay to get different levels of CSPC testing, and they’re all operating in the exact same way (lots of foam = squishable = protect). It’s not a pass/fail system of protection, the manufacturers just pay for pass/fail labeling

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:03:43 UTC No. 194639

>>194638
Sorry, CSPC is what determines if it’s legally a helmet or not, I think ASTM is the “downhill mountain biking” test g label

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:58:10 UTC No. 194645

Conti have finally listened and are bringing out their trail casing tyres in soft compounds. Seems like a no brainer now to run them at least as a front tyre on a trail bike/hardtail. Hopefully this also means an that there will be enduro casing super soft compounds instead of being required to get a DH casing if you want the softest rubber.
>>194275
These honestly seem quite expensive for the components you get, maybe see if there is a sale anywhere for a last gen bike that is going cheap if you want a new bike and the warranty which would come with it. It is probably fine for your intended use but if you ever get any more serious then I feel like the bike will probably either have to be vastly upgraded or a new bike bought. Otherwise you could probably find one of those bikes for at least half the price on facebook marketplace or something very similar.

Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:55:16 UTC No. 194656

Pole bicycles went KAPUT! and sank
>>194645
It's highly probable that the CEO is a lurker and saw your post above asking for them

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 01:53:32 UTC No. 194667

>>194423
its job is to absorb energy.
during compression it has to dissipate the unwanted velocity that keeps the wheel moving upwards past the bump. On the rebound its job is to absorb some of the spring forces to prevent it from going too fast.

>>194515
I have the specialized one because it scored good on the testing and had good reviews in every other aspect as well. full face I have a troy lee designs D3 because it is the best bang for the buck.

>>194580
the heavy greasy food comes after the ride, me and the guy that I go on long rides with we usually go either get some fast food and enjoy the greasiest most unhealthy food available. A particular favorite has been going to the dairy queen integrated into a gas station down the road from the trails. He gets the chicken tenders and sometimes an icecream, I always get a burger combo and icecream. Nothing beats having salty fries and sweet ice cream after a ride burning 3000+ calories
Before the ride, I like having a ton of carbs, so a giant plate of pasta, rice, and a good helping of desert. I avoid very spicy food before, like Thai food, Mapo Tofu, Posole (i like alot of chili oil)

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:10:58 UTC No. 194676

>>194645
>Hopefully this also means an that there will be enduro casing super soft compounds
According to a guy I was talking to the other day it does. Guess my 2 new enduro fronts are going straight into the pile. Anyone use krypt front or any assguy-like tire for that matter on the rear? Seems a bit draggy for normal pedaling and I'd rather dh casing on the eeb
>>194656
Bummer. I suppose I had a good instinct not to buy one but I still think the bikes are very cool. It'll probably still be a few years before anyone else has the balls to make a full 200mm dh ebike

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:20:27 UTC No. 194677

>>194656
It’s highly probable that they watched literally all of the new continental lineups where every single one mentioned how they’d love a supersoft enduro and continental has the $120 tires in the pipeline as we speak

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:47:10 UTC No. 194681

>>194656
>Pole bicycles went KAPUT! and sank
Damn, too bad. They made some nice looking bikes and their manufacturing process was interesting.
It's too bad Guerilla Gravity also went under. They used a new carbon fiber manufacturing process that was cheaper and stronger than the traditional manufacturing process, and it was cheaper to make and had less of an environmental impact. People are worried EVIL is going to go under too since they recently laid off a lot of people. I don't know why so many bike companies went full retard during COVID and thought the bike boom would last forever.

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:38:44 UTC No. 194694

>$6000 complete, $6500 to get electronic shifting over gripshift
>$3500 frame + shock + gearbox
I DONT NEED IT

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:32:17 UTC No. 194704

>>194694
Go on, treat yourself bud. Your money isn't worth a thing until you spend it. Bonus is, you'll probably earn more money in the future too.

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:59:28 UTC No. 194708

>>194704
Could only imagine the shipping costs from New Zealand on top of that, would save a lot of money by not needing those bearing swaps I never do on my enduro bike too. Or I could also become gay and get an ebike for $6000, my friend would be a lot more willing to ride with me if he could borrow it while I huff and puff too

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:31:35 UTC No. 194713

>>194694
Spend even more money and get a swiss sexo machine.

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:38:20 UTC No. 194739

Well I went out and I had an air leak on the rear over the week. I didn't carry a pump this time. I don't know how you niggas like low pressure, I felt held back on everything. Sure, a bit extra grip but fucking slow, 4 rim strikes where one was hard and the bike felt so sluggish. Low tire pressure is a cheap shortcut for shitty suspension set up.
At least I got a pizza on the way back.

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:43:12 UTC No. 194789

Gonna go visit my buddy in El Paso. I want to go mtn biking when I'm out there, and my buddy wants to come but he doesn't ride and was balking at the rental prices.

So for shits and giggles I looked up cheap mtn bikes in his area (he's broke) and found this:
https://elpaso. THE CRAIG OF LIST .org/bik/d/el-paso-giant-iguana/7730639355.html
(replace the obvious part, the 4chan spam filter is killing me)

thoughts? Looks like a reasonable vintage mtb to me. Should handle the green trails in his area. He's 6 foot so I assume large frame is fine.

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 23:39:30 UTC No. 194793

>>194789
>cool paintjob
>rockshox suspension
>v brakes
>gears
>knobby tires
good enough to ride on. I started mtn biking in 2010 or so on a similar bike, just with nicer marzocchi forks and bontrager frame.

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 23:56:13 UTC No. 194796

>>194789
It looks alright but I have to say that a week of renting a modern hardtail taken care of by a bike shop sounds like a better value if you think your friend is at all liable to be interested in the sport. if not, may as well buy something that'll be there forever to fuck around on even if it sucks for actual mountain biking

Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:33:54 UTC No. 194828

>>194694
Get it and let us know if gearbox MTBs are the future

Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:14:59 UTC No. 194843

First day back out on the Giga since the break leg crash in February.
I think all that's still stock is the rear wheel and cranks.
First impressions is
>This thing fucking rips. Every dollar was worth it

Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:27:30 UTC No. 194857

>>194843
The nukeproof name looks cool, put a red or while coil insetad of a black one.
If there's a frame issue you can't do anything about it as nukeproof is no more right?

Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:40:39 UTC No. 194859

Went to the bike shop to get the derailleur set up for once cheaply, 12€, as I'm trying to save money. Spent 54€ total and came out with a new tire(DH22) they had on clearance....Also ordered new pads a few days ago bc apparently saint finned pads don't last more than 6 months. Along with 1 jersey, a shirt and a short ( all on clearance) bc
Look good
Feel good
Ride good
Ride fast.
Saved money on the long term but not on short term

Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 19:35:57 UTC No. 194880

rode some enduro trails with steep inclines and thiccq roots on downhill casings. Barely made it lads

Anonymous at Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:23:20 UTC No. 194891

got my shit rocked today and I ate shit twice, but nothing that'll require me to take time off from riding to recover.
I told my friend I wanted to do an XC hardtail ride today, we ended up doing some intense downhill riding that one of my EVILs would have been better suited for. The good thing is that now I know where the fun secret trails are here.

Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 02:55:18 UTC No. 194909

How is something like this for a beginner, how big of a deal is the size Medium? I'm 6' 165lb is this likely to feel too cramped? Or can I go up and down a size without too much concern

Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 04:11:56 UTC No. 194915

>>194857
Dunno, as of January they still replied to emails, and as the Nukeproof brand was absorbed in the CRC/Wiggle sale, it's not extinct, just inactive (hopefully). If I were to break the frame, it's insured anyway so I pay my excess and the frame is paid out at as-new value.

>>194859
I know this feel

>>194909
Trek site says you're on the border of medium/large in modern geo. A smaller bike will feel more maneuverable as you'll be able to move your body around the frame more, a larger bike will feel more stable at speed due to being slightly longer, at the cost of maneuverability. In the extremes, think of riding a child's bike at your size now, or your dad's bike when you were a kid. One is whippy, one is boaty.
The best thing would be to go and actually have a sit on it, ride it around and see how it feels. If your knees feel too cramped pedalling while turning, you probably need a large. At the end of the day, if you buy it, $150 is pretty reasonable cost to write off investigating if you will enjoy something new.
Remember to buy a good helmet, that's something you don't skimp on, and I'd recommend knee and arm pads.

Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 04:29:39 UTC No. 194918

>>194915
yep $150 is a crazy price, most other similar Trek Marlin 5/6/7 or whatever are generally $300-500 locally. I'm a huge safety nerd I have a motorcycle where I always wear full gear no matter what, so when mbiking I'll for sure be the knee and arm pad guy

Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 04:57:00 UTC No. 194920

What do people think about gear? Presumably shoes of some sort matter due to the contact with pedals, but shorts/shirts basically whatever you want?

Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 05:27:56 UTC No. 194921

>>194920
It's good to have moisture wicking clothing. I also recommend having zippered pockets so your stuff doesn't fly out. You don't have to spend a lot of money on MTB specific clothing but it really is better suited for riding since it has a lot of features you don't think about that make it easier to ride, such as more durable and breathable material, the crotch being higher so it doesn't get caught on your saddle when you dismount, the pants don't get caught in the chain, pockets seal so you don't lose your stuff, and they have adjustable waistbands. The pants and shorts I wear from DFYRS have microfiber in the pockets so it doesn't scratch phone screens and the cargo shorts have zippered vents for more airflow and they're made out of a ripstop material so they don't get destroyed in crashes.Some of my shirts have zippered pockets and I typically use them to store my keys or my wallet if the weight makes me shorts sag.
I also recommend moisture wicking socks, they're just nicer since they don't get clogged with sweat.
MTB specific shoes seem like a meme at first, I thought so too, but then I actually bought them and I noticed an instant improvement to pedalling and downhill performance, they also don't get destroyed by the pedals anywhere near as quickly as normal shoes do.
Again, you don't need to spend a fortune on this stuff. There is a lot of expensive gear out there, but there are affordable pieces of gear and there are always sales and promo codes.

Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 07:19:57 UTC No. 194926

>>194920
>>194921
+1 to bike specific shorts/pants. I didn't think it mattered until the day the crotch of my shorts got caught on my seat while I was trying to get weight on the back wheel. I ended up tearing the shorts in the panic of avoiding OTB. I bought MTB shorts that afternoon.
On the topic of shorts and zipper pockets, I usually slip the car key off the ring, lock the keyring of keys in the car, and then put the singular car key in a zippered pocket.
Shoes matter less so, but as >>194921 said, they are specific to the sport. I found them to be extremely beneficial to climbing, having the more rigid platform as the sole to push against is a game changer for pedalling efficiency.
MTB gloves are a pretty good idea too, as your hands get sweaty from riding, you'll start losing grip on the handlebars. Same for if it starts raining. Not a necessity but something to think about.
Something majorly overlooked in terms of contact points is to get comfortable bar grips and saddle. It's worth it.

>Tldr;
Helmet and shorts/pants are the necessities
Saddle and grips are important
Pedals and shoes are close behind
Breathable shirts, gloves, CamelBak, goggles/sunglasses, additional protections are preference.

Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 16:11:00 UTC No. 194943

>>194921
>>194926
ok thanks guys I have specific gear I use for hiking that will translate in terms of shirts and hydration pack, but zippered shorts gloves and basic set of shoes sounds like good ideas

Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 16:58:00 UTC No. 194952

>>194943
And knee pads. Dunno where/how you ride but they are a necessity. Elbows is just an extra. If you fall and break your elbow/arm, you can leave your bike and walk down the trail and it'll be alright. If you break your knee, you're fucked. You can only hope someone is riding down the mountain.
Also don't forget a small card with your information, medical issues, contacts etc incase you get knocked out and someone finds you. I have a card laminated with information paramedics will need(drug allergy and some other important stuff)

Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 18:16:09 UTC No. 194956

>>194920
Level of protection depends on what kind of ride you are doing. XC/long distance riding on gravel paths/forest paths I'd just wear a half shell helmet, trail riding add knee pads and then anything else probably a full face and other optional protection e.g. elbow, chest. As for other clothing I think the main necessary thing is probably specific shorts/pants, any other clothing just doesnt really matter and hiking clothing will work fine. I used to use an old pair of vans as riding shoes on flats and they were plenty grippy enough however did get hot otherwise you can probably just use trainers or get some proper cycling shoes.
I don't know if anyone else has the same issue as me, but I find cycling gloves to disintergrate very quickly and I always am ending up sewing seams which is annoying. I've had decathlon, enduras (complete shit), 100% and leatt in the past 8 years with the decathlon gloves surviving the longest but I ended up losing one. Also gloves without any plasticy kind of stickers on the palm are by far the best.

Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:33:09 UTC No. 194960

>>194920
>>194943
pro tip these specialized shoes have the grippiest soles you can get at 1/4 the price of any other decent mtb shoe. Clip version is good too. The sizing is fucked so try them out at a dealer which, fortunately, there are a lot of.
Like other anons said, if you already have a pair of vans those will work just fine, they just don't have the level of protection you want for going fast into rocks

Anonymous at Mon, 22 Apr 2024 01:16:44 UTC No. 194987

>>194920
Required gear Helmet

Optional gear but recommended, gloves, and shoes, making sure that your shorts have zippers

don't really need but is nice, mtb jerseys, and shorts

Anonymous at Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:37:12 UTC No. 195120

>>194960
I just bought a pair of these at a local Incycle (Specialized) shop. seems like a great deal so far, I was gonna buy some Fox shoes at a Trek dealer but those were more than double the price for their entry level model and only went up from there. they def run small tho and I have big ass feet so they had to order a pair for me

Anonymous at Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:07:19 UTC No. 195160

Do you guys train like get /fit/ for riding or you're more of I'll get /fit/ by riding even though you ride like once perweek and chug a beer after the ride. Bought some weights as 4 months of not riding kills the gains

Anonymous at Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:29:51 UTC No. 195168

>>195160
I do other sports that keep me aerobicly fit, so I'm good for a 20-30k ride. Still get get tired going dh because I don't get that exercise anywhere else.

Anonymous at Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:36:26 UTC No. 195170

>>195160
>Do you guys train like get /fit/ for riding or you're more of I'll get /fit/ by riding
It's a combination for me still even though I don't race anymore. In the winter I'll lift in my home gym, start doing intervals on the bike and circuits with a kettlebell in the spring, then just ride 2-3 times a week in the summer and fall. I just find being in good shape makes biking a lot more fun

Anonymous at Tue, 23 Apr 2024 22:33:43 UTC No. 195173

>>194275
I had a gen 1 and the forks blew up after two downhill runs.

Anonymous at Tue, 23 Apr 2024 22:40:11 UTC No. 195174

>>195160
I did a bunch of cardio on the stationary bike this winter and it helped a ton on the uphill.

Anonymous at Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:21:47 UTC No. 195178

>>195160
I lift and ride every day, but I only recently started riding to add to my lift routine

Still trying to figure out why my tubeless tyres are so squishy..

Anonymous at Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:18:02 UTC No. 195180

>>195160
I havent been to the gym in a year or so but I'm gonna again start real soon. Its such a shitty feeling knowing I could probably be a pretty awesome DH rider right now if I actually had grip strength and wasnt such a fucking twink.

Anonymous at Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:49:00 UTC No. 195217

>>195180
presumably twink build is optimal for dh performance given how Jackson Goldstone turned out after being engineered in the lab

Anonymous at Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:51:01 UTC No. 195235

>>195217
Jackson Goldstone isn’t even that good he’s just young which makes him impressive and high-potential, he’s got nothing on the actual big riders who are older and don’t really have room to grow

Anonymous at Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:50:55 UTC No. 195242

Was trying to do a regular service on my lowers this evening and the damper-side bolt was just rotating in place. Spent 2hrs trying to get the bolt out using an impact driver, a heatgun, a blowtorch as well as a knife rammed underneath the flange to no success. This has all happened because the last time I serviced my forks the wave washer (?), which I had under that bolt had perished, so I just put the bolt back on without one. You live and you learn. I'm going to be hacksawing it off tomorrow, however I am already looking at buying a new fork.

Anonymous at Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:34:00 UTC No. 195266

>>195235
>Jackson Goldstone isn’t even that good he’s just young which makes him impressive and high-potential
Not sucking him off but the kid got 2nd overall in the season in his first year in elite men while missing a race and having the appendix removed midseason. The only one to win first place more than once. It was last year in Andorra he got the fastest time overall if I'm not mistaken while being in junior. Take out the gay and retarded "semi-finals" point system and he's the overall winner. You gotta give credit where its due.
This negro is will be on my fantasy team along with amaury pierron, he better not die as he just rides down without brakes
>>195242
What about drilling the bolt?

Anonymous at Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:12:38 UTC No. 195307

>>195266
Rather not drill the bolt as theres probably a higher chance that I slip and end up fucking the lowers and hacksawing will give a longer bolt to hold onto in the plunger when removing it. Plus hacksawing will maybe take 5 minutes more so not really a reason not to. Either way I'm going to fuck up the bolt so would rather do it as controlled as possible to not ruin anything else.
Also Goldstone isn't racing this year because of his hardline crash so there is zero point of having him on a fanatsy team this year.

Anonymous at Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:23:13 UTC No. 195311

>be Maxxis
>Make 3 trillion different tyres in 4 billion different combinations of compound and casing
>Consistently sell crap quality tyres with wobble, knobs tear off as soon as they are in the vicinity of dirt
>Be Michelin
>Make exactly 3 treads of DH tyre in one casing (two if you include the 34 bike park)
>Provide quality product
I've changed to DH22s, and they are spectacular.

>Start looking for new tyres for my gravel bike
>Michelin makes exactly 1 off road gravel tyre on two different widths
>Top of the pile in reviews
I'm not even surprised at this point. I don't think I'll ever buy a Maxxis tyre again.

Anonymous at Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:29:05 UTC No. 195315

>>195235
the kid won two world cups and was fastest at Andorra. you don't do that with just luck the top world cup 10 pros rarely do that

Anonymous at Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:48:30 UTC No. 195345

Felt it today. Felt it so much I was pumping everything on the trail to get air miles. Jumped on one and both feet slipped, only my hands on the grip kept me on the bike. I now have 4 holes on my calf. High tire pressure, open rebound, almost closed LSC and 1 click HSC is king.
>>195307
Damn you are right, he is kill.
I put amaurry pierron
Goncalo Bandeira
Luke Meier Smith
Neko Mulally
(This is the win) Ms. PIGGY Höll
Anna Newkirk
If you go with the hacksaw way you'll still have a small "disc-flange" preventing you from removing it(if you cant cut under it). A drill shouldn't slip as you are drilling the hole where the hex key goes.

Anonymous at Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:31:26 UTC No. 195347

>>195311
Based. I don't shill it for nothing. They are killing the DH34 tires infavour of the new DH16 which looks like a DHR2 or big betty. The casing got reworked and will be lighter. Like 1200g instead of the current 1500g. 4x 55 TPI to double 55/120. Dunno if it'll still be tough which is all I care about. The bastards also reduced the size of the DH22 knobs.
The new wild enduros front look the same as a the DH22.
And no more wire beads
I just need comically large sideknobs and a indestructible casing to prevent rim strikes, cuts, punctures. I hope protection/rigidity is either left alone or vastly improved and not jeopardized due to some humongous fags bitching about weight like they did fags bitching about drag with the knobs.

Anonymous at Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:17:16 UTC No. 195371

>>195347
Shame about the death of the 34, I've got a set to try in the drier months. I hope I don't like them now. Weird as well, seeing as the 34 bike park seems to have a cult following, you'd think they'd keep it alive. But I guess the 16 will be good, I don't think Michelin is a brand that would downgrade a product substantially.
>I just need comically large sideknobs and a indestructible casing to prevent rim strikes, cuts, punctures.
I usually jam Cushcore into all my tyres, DH casing or not just for rim strike prevention, but I read an interview with the Michelin Man who stated that inserts are only to be used with tyres designed for them, and using them on inappropriate tyres is potentially detrimental. I've trusted that statement, and haven't been let down.
>Engineer recommends product be used in certain way for best results, who knew.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/interview-talking-about-tires-with-bontrager-ethirteen-michelin-and-more.html

Now they just need to make them more readily available so I don't have to fucking hunt them down for a reasonable price on the internet.

Anonymous at Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:40:00 UTC No. 195404

>>195217
You don't understand anon. When I said twink I meant it kek.
https://youtu.be/ev3tLL8NOjw?si=PavYhi0nGWAlUby4&t=145
>5cm taller than him
>5kg less
I guess it still beats being a fat fuck especially on climbs but holy shit it sucks so fucking much having nothing but skelly bones at a bike park.

Anonymous at Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:50:04 UTC No. 195409

>>195404
>5'9"
>121 lbs
Holy shit

Anonymous at Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:56:36 UTC No. 195440

>>195371
>34 bike park seems to have a cult following, you'd think they'd keep it alive
This is something I don't believe. It's ass for it's sole purpose, bike park. The casing is just too soft. Look how easily it folds, the sidewall collapses with just one finger doing pressure on the sideknob! You can't fold racingline tires like that at all, impossible. I took it off after the 5th ride. Several rim strikes on the by the 3rd ride and one probably caused the snake bite. I also had to use incredibly high pressure, it felt just aweful.
I think that if you order them yurop it might be cheaper. Check Bikeinn, bike24, bike componenets,bike discount

Anonymous at Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:58:07 UTC No. 195561

>>195311
The Michelin Power Gravel >>194332
are good tires if you want to go fast without the trail getting too rough. They're like the Schwalbe G-Ones but with taller side knobs so they're still really fast on all surfaces, but they can handle cornering on singletrack better.
I just put the Wild AM2 and Force AM2 on my trail bike and took the Wild Enduros off my enduro bike for the summer. I'm a big fan of Michelin tires, I have them on my car and I had them on my previous motorcycle and I'll likely replace the Pirelli Diablo Rosso 4 tires with the equivalent Michelin tire when they wear through.

Anonymous at Sat, 27 Apr 2024 21:01:45 UTC No. 195574

How bad is it to get a medium sized bike when I'm 6' 170lb and I wear 32-34" jeans?

Seems like only manlets are selling bikes, will a medium be too uncomfortable? Seems like I need a M/L or L

Anonymous at Sat, 27 Apr 2024 22:02:49 UTC No. 195580

>>195574
>How bad is it to get a medium sized bike when I'm 6'
This is pretty subjective - different manufacturers will have different sizing, and you may prefer smaller or larger frames. The only real way to find out what would be best for you is to try different sizes yourself.

You should see if there are any mtb events coming up near you soon. Usually bike brands will show up with demo fleets to let you try the bikes on nearby trails for free to get a feel for their handling/sizing.

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:15:55 UTC No. 195596

>>195574
Different people like different feelings out of their bike
>t. 5'11 225lb SHMEDIUM enjoyer

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 01:25:32 UTC No. 195607

>>195160
>I'll get /fit/ by riding even though you ride like once perweek and chug a beer after the ride
whatever it's still better than nothing.
Riding is for fun, I'm just vibing. I'm not going to treat it differently to get more fit or ride because I feel like I'm "supposed" to.

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 06:16:05 UTC No. 195646

>>195160
Ride to get /fit/ to ride more. I will hit the campus gym to go run a few miles and go lift occasionally. These past few weeks I've just been getting out 2-4 times a week about 2hrs at a time and getting better at jumping. I can almost land a jump into a manual now which feels super steezy. I also learned how to do a rear wheel hop backwards which felt surprisingly natural. I need to increase the amount of hops I can do.

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 10:55:39 UTC No. 195667

>>195440
>This is something I don't believe.
I think the major driving factor behind it is that it's the cost getting you a good brand of tyre. I've never used them because I don't live near manicured bike parks, but a $60 tyre I can put Cushcore inside and shred the shit out of it for a weekend sounds like a decent plan to save my "good" tyres for downhill. But as I said, I've never used them, I've only heard people talking about them.
Yea, I've found a national seller online for a reasonable price, and I don't mind bikeinn, but it's just that bikeinn takes a month to ship to Australia lmao.

>>195561
I was looking at the spread of tyres on bicyclerollingresistance.com, and the Michelins looked like they had good tread and puncture resistance. Have you got any recommendations for gravel bike single track tyres? The tracks I ride have a bit of rock jank. Schwalbe g-ones seem to get a really good review too, I used to have them but didn't really ride them too hard, I'd be looking at the Superground for sure if I went back to them. Currently on Maxxis ravagers, which was totally inappropriate for what I was doing anyway kek

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 20:01:41 UTC No. 195696

>>193041
Thoughts on yielding trail?

Was on the technical trail in my local park during a busy day, and about half way through in the part you can’t slow down a group of about 15 kids and five adults were blocking the trail going uphill. I had music playing and wasn’t about to stop, pause my music, turn off noise cancellation, and get off my bike - so I slowly meandered past them while they moved out of the way and lifted the kids out of the way.

Am I just an asshole or did these people learn a valuable lesson?

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 20:58:49 UTC No. 195701

Fun day of riding, I ate shit last week because I was on my XC hardtail, but today I brought the enduro so I only had 2 very harmless slips.
> running Maxxis
I don't need my Wild Enduros for the dry season. The soil has hardened up so I don't need all that grip and the weight penalty right now.

>>195667
How wide can you go? If you're sticking with 35mm, I think the Pirelli Cinturato Gravel M are the toughest you can get and you can get them wider, their pavement performance is good too. If you can go wider, and you're really sticking with rough dirt, then I use a 650b wheelset with 55mm Vittoria Barzo tires on it. Those are a legit XC tire and they're really fast, even on pavement, the only caveat is that some reviews I've read claim that the tires can suddenly lose grip on wet pavement and rocks, but that hasn't been my experience riding down a wet road at high speed while being gentle on the brakes. If you don't need knobbies that tall, then consider the Mezcal, I've never ridden with them but a lot of my gravel cycling friends run them. I really liked the Kenda Flintridge Pro but I felt them slipping on a steep and loose climb that was freshly graded.

>>195696
Just play it safe, have a bell, and call out. Some people say uphill has the right of way because if they stop, it's harder for them to get moving than someone going downhill. I've seen others say that's wrong because it's harder and more dangerous for people going downhill to stop, so downhill has the right of way. What ever it is, it doesn't really matter because the other guy coming through might think they have the right of way so just communicate.
For those big groups, just call out and hope they get out of the way. They're supposed to make room and try to get out of the way if they can, but it's easier for you to move than 15 of them.

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 21:02:43 UTC No. 195702

>>195696
What are you doing on a trail thats able to be walked by children, I’m pretty sure that’s called the parking lot

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 21:06:13 UTC No. 195703

>>195701
If 2.0”+ is an option, there no need to limit yourself to the meme tire of the month, if he’s riding XC-grade stuff then XC-grade tires are appropriate even on a gravel bike. XC tires also already have years and years of reliable reviews from beginners to professionals, and they go down to 50mm and are always in stock everywhere

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 21:49:36 UTC No. 195707

>>195702
A black diamond trail, just checked it on Trailforks. Those fuckers.

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 21:49:57 UTC No. 195708

>>195703
Agreed, that's why I got the Barzos. They won't turn a gravel bike into an XC bike, but they make it so much easier to get up and down trails

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 22:16:49 UTC No. 195710

Just spend the extra $18 on good tires do you work at a bike shop or something this isn’t high finance, how much savings does it take for you to compromise something as important as tires? Bet you have no problems dropping $200 for some aluminum that doesn’t change anything about your bike, why skimp whatsoever on tires?

Anonymous at Sun, 28 Apr 2024 22:20:51 UTC No. 195711

>>195710
Meant for the “bike park” edition tire topic; as far as I know Michelin’s bike park edition solely exists to save money, not necessarily cater to firm-terrain DH-only applications. If there’s any kind of a performance loss in your tire, it’s not worth a $20 savings, just like hard compound is not worth a $80 savings from not wearing your tires down

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:36:09 UTC No. 195729

>>195696
I was always taught people going uphill yields to descenders, since it's much easier to stop while riding uphill.
I think what you did was fine, just take it slow.
The kids didn't learn anything unless they moved themselves out of the way.
>>195703
xc tires are crazy fast too.
>>195710
I like trying different tires on sale. it's fun that way and you can learn what part of the tire you like vs others.

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:48:06 UTC No. 195730

Good entry level bike to see if this activity is for me?

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:58:49 UTC No. 195732

>>195729
The person going faster and who needs more time to stop must yield, since you are expected to remain in control at all times on the trail and you cant make people walking 2mph liable for a collision with a guy going 30mph on a multiuse path. Nobody gives a fuck what’s easier or who gains more happiness in their life with a yield maneuver it’s entirely legally-based

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:01:19 UTC No. 195733

>>195730
No don't buy it. It doesn't have disk brakes

>>195696
If I am passing hikers they yield, if I meet them head on and they don't get out of the trail at the mere sight of me. I yield to them.

Also got a photo of me riding

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:04:28 UTC No. 195734

>>195733
>Photo

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:26:48 UTC No. 195735

>>195733
what the fuck is a disc brake and what are my options under at most $1000? I'd prefer under $500 to get started but I understand these things are fucking expensive

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:27:40 UTC No. 195736

>>195732
Just saying what I was taught, and if someone is crazy enough to be doing 30mph without seeing clear they signed up for it. What people should give a fuck about is crashing into people, thus it's easiest to slow down and deal with it from there.
Fuck the law btw.

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:29:47 UTC No. 195737

>>195734
mirin the calves
>>195735
got a lot of learning to do.

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:53:45 UTC No. 195738

So uhh I did a thing today after looking at some reviews and some basic research.... NBD... I havet ridden a mtb in ab 10 years and the last was garbage even back then... Been riding road bikes and cyclocross bikes for the last decade.

Apparently this is an entry level/beginner trail bike according to the reviews I came across.

Really hoping I didn't fuck up in buying this.

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 04:32:29 UTC No. 195742

>>195737
>>195733
disc brakes looks good sub $600 basically a good deal?

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 04:33:31 UTC No. 195743

>>195742
>>195737
>>195733

available new any time looks like a good option?

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:55:37 UTC No. 195754

>>195743
Keep looking around but that will get the job done.

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:44:55 UTC No. 195766

>>195696
>Thoughts on yielding trail?
People usually hear my hub buzzing from afar and get out of the way well before I'm near. Hikers usually move to the side to let bikers through on singletrack around here. As for up hill/downhill, it really depends on the trail. It's usually pretty easy to figure out on the fly.
>Am I just an asshole or did these people learn a valuable lesson?
Simply slowing down is enough, just don't blast by people unless it's obviously an mtb trail with features that are clearly not meant for foot traffic
>>195734
>Photo
Based. We need more riding photos. Picrel is a similar shot of me from about a year ago. I need to make a trip out to see if the trails here are good now
>>195738
You did good, anon. Even "entry level" bikes will be good for pretty much anything you want to ride these days
>>195743
Decent if you want to buy new. That will work well on any trails beginners would be interested in riding. If you know what to watch out for on a used bike, you could get something better. If you don't know anything about bikes, buying new is probably the best call.

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:31:23 UTC No. 195770

>>195736
You were taught wrong. Yielding is not about making anybody happy, it is necessary for legal liability. If your trail doesn’t have a yield diagram, the trail is one crash and civil lawsuit away from being shut down by the city

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:05:09 UTC No. 195774

>>195734
Turbo Levo?

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:04:32 UTC No. 195794

>>195743
Front derailleur and cable pull brakes are a weird choice, its not really any cheaper than an entry level shimano groupset with hydraulics and 1x10
Just an idea but maybe try picking up a 90s/00s bike for no more than $100 off FB marketplace just to get out there and then if you like it, and then look for something in the $1000 range which at a minimum gets you a dropper, modern frame standards, trail bike geo, and potentially rear suspension

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:23:43 UTC No. 195834

New fork came today ended up getting a 2021 lyrik ultimate for £280 which seemed like a steal, it feels infinitely better than my old pike. Tried to go about setting it up but it ended up raining quite hard before I could do much and I went home.
The rockshox trailhead recommendations for pressure were so off, ended up going from 51psi (30% sag) recommended to ~65psi (~20% sag) with 1 token, however this might be because my shock pump is an old analogue rockshox pump which might be wildly inaccurate now. No idea where I'm going to end up with hsc and lsc but I will just have to spend a couple hours bracketing. Currently set at 1 click hsc, 4 clicks lsc, 12 clicks lsr. I might add another token and then drop 5-10psi but not sure yet as I'd rather try and fiddle with compression for a while to see if I can get the fork feeling good that way. It's quite hard to actually find any sort of baseline setup which I could start from so I'll just be messing about for a few rides before it feels properly good.

Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:25:08 UTC No. 195835

>>195743
for 45$ more look at the Trail 7.1
Same bike but you get a more modern 1x drivetrain and hydraulic disc brakes.

Anonymous at Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:55:51 UTC No. 195885

Just saw the pinkbike review of >>194694 and they it’s basically an extra $1000 USD in taxes+shipping to US, and that it’s really good

Anonymous at Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:11:01 UTC No. 195914

>>195834
Lmk what your specs and bw are when you fihlgure it out. Have the same but have just left it.

Anonymous at Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:19:05 UTC No. 195927

>>195914
Do you even english nigga?
>>195834
Run open Rebound, 25% sag, and be a LSCmaxxer. Due to it being new you probably have the C1 airspring. I think that one rides a bit more harsher than the B1 to fix the "10mm suckdown" the b1 had

Anonymous at Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:38:19 UTC No. 195934

>>195914
I'm 60kg kitted, so once I do get the fork dialed unless you weigh the same then my settings will most likely be useless.
>>195927
It's actually a c3 airspring, which from what I can gather is just a c1 airspring but 'ebike compatible' whatever that means. It feels plenty plush anyway coming from my old pike which was about 8 years old on the original charger damper. I'll probably become more anal about it after spending some time adjusting to it and getting somewhere comfortable.

Anonymous at Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:28:18 UTC No. 195973

Maybe someone can help me here. Everytime I ride my stationary bike, because I want to loose weight, my dick goes numb. I think that's because I lean forward, can I just sit very straight and it won't happen or is it normal that it happens?

Anonymous at Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:25:21 UTC No. 195986

>>195973
When you lean forward the pressure is between your balls and bunghole, there's a vein or some shit there that makes it go numb. If you sit straight then the pressure goes to the sitbones as it should be. Perhaps move the saddle forward?

Anonymous at Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:38:56 UTC No. 195992

>>195973
look into getting a road bike seat that has that little hole in the center so you arent sitting directly on your taint... also practice standing sprints.

check out this chick and do some youtube spin classes, get like a little phone mount or something on your bike too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DbpBXGAB8Q

Anonymous at Wed, 1 May 2024 07:15:01 UTC No. 196053

>>195973
Try angling the nose down. Do it in small increments at a time. Too much and you put too much weight on your hands. Too little and you get taint pain.
Or get a seat with a hole in it.

Anonymous at Wed, 1 May 2024 20:03:54 UTC No. 196113

>>195986
>>195992
>>196053
not sure if I can get a seat with a hole in it. It is a old stationary bike afterall. But I already have it tilted little bit down, will try to sit as straight as possible and maybe exercise while watching a movie. This only started when I became a snorlax, so once I loose weight it should hopefully be a little bit better.

Anonymous at Thu, 2 May 2024 00:20:02 UTC No. 196140

I chose the way of the snorlax this winter it was a bad move

Anonymous at Thu, 2 May 2024 23:02:39 UTC No. 196251

I'm an e-bike rider AMA
I ride 3+ times a week if the weather is permitting (with an e-bike you can ride to the trails and not have to drive)
I like technical trails

Anonymous at Fri, 3 May 2024 04:34:07 UTC No. 196281

>>196251
do you also ride a normal bike? I'm about 50/50 time wise, the contrast in the assist and weight makes it fun to switch back and forth. I didn't really like having just the eb to ride for a month while I was building my current bike, climbing ability took a hit and the motor started to lose its charm

Anonymous at Fri, 3 May 2024 07:33:31 UTC No. 196296

>>196251
Do ylu carry a towing rope? Do you tow others?

Anonymous at Fri, 3 May 2024 09:04:53 UTC No. 196302

>>196251
Do you not like climbing/peddling or is it mostly a efficiency per run thing?
Does it plough better through rough stuff like I heard?
Most increased wear part? chain, tire, etc?

I ride my dh bike to trails but I am probably insane. It also required a stupid long seatpost.

Anonymous at Fri, 3 May 2024 16:03:41 UTC No. 196327

local trails were really pretty yesterday, especially with the dandelion dust.

Anonymous at Fri, 3 May 2024 16:28:44 UTC No. 196330

Tahnee gave me stiffy with the skinsuit

Anonymous at Fri, 3 May 2024 17:43:09 UTC No. 196333

>>196281
I have a normal bike, but it's a low end hardtail. The ebike is a nice full squish. It is rewarding when I don't have the ebike to drive down to the trails like everyone else and realize "hey, I can do this feature without assist" - but being able to do the entire local trail system two times over beats out the shorter, harder ride on the hardtail.
>>196296
No towing rope, no one has asked for a tow. Primary interactions I get are on the way back on the sidewalk ("nice bike!"), and then some of the more serious guys on the harder trails I do will hit me with some backhand comments like "good climb?" but nothing too aggressive.
>>196302
>climbing/peddling
Yeah not my thing. I'll do it and it's rewarding, but "if it's not fun, why bother". I get no joy pushing my bike up the hill to get to the trail I want to do. The one I regularly ride is a 200ft climb in 1mi, and by the time I get to the trail I'm shot. I occasionally get feelings of not being an ubermensch and having enough time in the saddle to do the whole thing without stopping, but you can imagine since I'm posting here of all places, getting out of the house and exercising requires a handicap. I love the balance I have right now where I still get good exercise and have fun. Doing a punishing ride every time doesn't leave me wanting more.
>plough through rough stuff
Absolutely. It's why I like technical trails. Times where your front wheel would catch on a big rock because you weren't going fast enough or doing the trail backwards are no longer out of the question. Doing a downhill black diamond tech trail uphill is challenging and rewarding and is no longer reserved for the pathological fitness junkie.
>most increased wear part
Since it's a regular MTB with a motor slapped on, it's relatively the same as one without it. I don't notice anything burning through faster than any of the other parts, but I suppose the brakes would receive more stress as soon as the trail opens up I switch it to 20mph mode

Anonymous at Fri, 3 May 2024 18:13:13 UTC No. 196340

>>196333
>>196302
The most increased wear part is the motor itself which has an expected lifetime of like 3 years

Anonymous at Fri, 3 May 2024 19:32:39 UTC No. 196346

>>196140
likewise but the weather was terrible

Anonymous at Fri, 3 May 2024 21:48:07 UTC No. 196355

I almost destroy the right stanchion in a big sharp rock. I went down on some muddy roots but couldn't stop sliding down, I could just see the rock slowly scratching the lowers as it moved up. Fortunately it stopped on the thick part where the arch is. It would've been a terrible day

Anonymous at Fri, 3 May 2024 23:45:26 UTC No. 196370

>Tubeless setup with gorilla tape
>Spoke pokes through the gorilla tape
>Sealant doesn't seal it
>Patch over the hole leaks after a single ride
>Remove the gorilla tape to replace it with some strapping tape
>Rim is covered in gummy mixture of tape and sealant that can't be easily scraped off so it's going to take hours to clean my rims

Anonymous at Sat, 4 May 2024 00:37:08 UTC No. 196376

>>196370
That's how it goes
Then I accepted the paying for overpriced strapping tape.

>>196333
anon 200ft in one mile is a very mellow climb. But depending on how chunky it is can be very tiring

Anonymous at Sat, 4 May 2024 01:33:40 UTC No. 196379

>>196376
>anon 200ft in one mile is a very mellow climb
NTA
thats kind of what I was thinking too.. Im the new rider from like 20 posts above and my 1st couple of rides so far had like 8-900ft of climbing in maybe 2 miles which didn't really feel like much. Then again pic related from when I started road biking almost a decade ago so maybe I'm delusional.

Also what cheap bike computer do you guys run? I really only want speedometer, odometer and time elapsed

Anonymous at Sat, 4 May 2024 03:53:17 UTC No. 196406

>>196379
Here is an out and back ride that I would consider steep but people still climb it regularly. It's just before the point where I would consider walking the climbing section.
On the last mile it is 800 feet of climbing which kind of sucks. But it is super fun going mach Jesus on the way down.

Anonymous at Sat, 4 May 2024 03:55:28 UTC No. 196408

>>196406
My Tism apparently keeps me from posting images the first time

Anonymous at Sat, 4 May 2024 04:41:32 UTC No. 196414

>>196370
anon, literally everyone told you don’t use gorilla tape, I literally would bet money that the first time you heard of people using gorilla tape on rims was someone saying “don’t use gorilla tape as rim tape”
Sealant doesn’t seal tape, spokes pokes happen and you are supposed to re-do the whole rim tape if it happens. It should be a 20 minute job if you only used proper rim tape (I peel off the old tape, wipe my rim with a dry rag and then start taping, 2 layers, EXTRA tight), but yes gorilla tape leaving an awful residue is the exact reason you do not use gorilla tape on rims

Anonymous at Sat, 4 May 2024 07:44:49 UTC No. 196437

I've been using a spring that gave me a touch under 30% sag, and made the decision to try out one that was 50lb firmer. Put me at about 26-7% sag. Fiddled with the dials a bit to accommodate for the stronger spring, and holy moly the bike is alive now. I was able to gain more speed from pushing and pumping, and I think due to the increased force of the spring, my legs got absolutely fucking munted within 4 runs down the hill, when I was intending to be there the whole day. Such is life.

First ride I decided to record out of interest as well since breaking my leg in February. Pic related kek.
>Yea, we're back

Anonymous at Sat, 4 May 2024 20:59:36 UTC No. 196509

CAM ON MS PIGGGYYYYYYY! WIN FOR MY PB FANTASY SHIT!!!!
Luke meier did the needful on 5th but neither bandeira nor mullaly get to the finals.

Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 00:41:45 UTC No. 196538

>>196509
Mullaly is a great man, really love him. But I don't think he has what it takes to get top 10s. That and he has a ton of shit to do other than ride.

Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 11:57:44 UTC No. 196581

Anyone got decent tire pairing suggestions? I'm new to the hobby and wanted to swap out my tires from the stock ones. Any suggestions?

Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 12:01:15 UTC No. 196582

>>194578
If you're new, you can get into the hobby with a Trek Marlin. My buddy did. Then he got a YT Jeffsy and loves that bike more.

Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 14:39:31 UTC No. 196593

>>196581
Describe your intended use.
Admittedly I am ancient and ride ancient bikes so I probably don't have much advice for you, but I always did bigger volume, then close packed knobs for xc/hardpack, then semi-close+large knobs for rocky/dry tech.
Then open spacing large knobs for mud/wet.
I tend to run large volume but fast rolling tires in the rear, but for very technical rides you want gripper big tires in the back.

Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 19:08:32 UTC No. 196623

I need a new bike. Mullet and a fucking long wheelbase. I'm 100% sure I'll be faster

Anonymous at Mon, 6 May 2024 22:26:16 UTC No. 196742

>>196581
Mary Mary, Hans Dampf.

Anonymous at Mon, 6 May 2024 23:16:33 UTC No. 196744

>>196623
Don't forget your high pivot as well

Anonymous at Tue, 7 May 2024 01:08:15 UTC No. 196752

>>196623
>>196744
> mfw almost bought a Deviate Claymore and Forbidden Dreadnought when looking for an enduro bike to complement my short travel 29er
I only stuck with another EVIL because I didn't want to fuck around with sizing up two chains and I read that those other 2 are too long to be playful. I didn't want a Megatower either because there are too many Santa Cruzes here, the Jekyll was out of stock in 2022, Propain wasn't selling frames, just builds, Norco and Transition didn't have what I was looking for.

Anonymous at Tue, 7 May 2024 20:53:27 UTC No. 196847

Found a generally good setup now for my fork after a couple evenings doing about 20 runs in total. Running ~65psi (according to my shock pump) with 1 full size token around 20% sag, HSC 1 click from open, LSC 5 clicks from open, LSR 12 clicks from closed. I feel like it is generally pretty good now and is no where near as prone to diving as to rockshox's recommended settings. I did some reading and people were consistently complaining that as light riders they were never using full travel, however I've personally not had that issue and I can use pretty much full travel in the largest compressions on the tracks I tested on. I tried running the fork with zero volume tokens and I couldn't find anything that really worked for me and most of the time felt like I didn't have enough front end grip. Just waiting for bikeinn to finally post my maxima oil so I can do a full lower service and then I'll be mostly content as currently I can tell the seals need some new grease applying. Also dished my wheel while watching the world cup this weekend and enjoyed it very much, I think I'll go next year and maybe go to hardline this year. Thank you for reading my blog post.
>>196251
>>196333
Age and weight? Ebikes seem like too much effort, I would hate having to deal with bullshit with motors which last around 3 years creating an annoying whirring whenever you pedal, cancerous cable routing which takes 3x longer than it needs to and most being incredibly heavy and cumbersome. So far the only thing which seems interesting from ebikes is the new pinion gearbox motor which only boutique brands will most likely use, everything else can be classed as landfill.

Anonymous at Tue, 7 May 2024 20:59:49 UTC No. 196848

>>196847
Look I hate ebikes too but “ugh its so inconvenient to build!” has gotta be one of the worst copes I’ve read

Anonymous at Tue, 7 May 2024 22:51:18 UTC No. 196859

>>196848
Headset cable routing is more common than normal routing, wires are incredibly delicate and easy to pinch for the motor/battery, you most likely have to take the motor out to route a brake hose and rear shifter housing. The only benefit is being able to take your battery out so routing inside the frame for that secion is easier although you will still have to take out the speed controller/lock mechanism most likely to get your hoses through. Hmm I wonder why bike shops charge more to service and work on ebikes its almost as if working on them is more tedious and time consuming.

Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 00:04:08 UTC No. 196862

>>196859
It’s almost as if they’re not bicycles “hmm I would get a motorcycle but I’ve heard that carburetors are a pain to deal with I’ll just stick with my road bicycle” you’re not buying it because it’s a superior bicycle, you’re buying it because there’s a motor attached

Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 00:38:40 UTC No. 196865

How easy is it to get a hardtail mountain bike in the back of a sedan, if it has a 'quick release' front wheel?

I want to get one but I'm just having anxiety about having to trap a rack on the back and then driving around and who knows if it ever comes off man forget that I want it inside my car

Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 04:01:06 UTC No. 196877

>>196865
it'll probably fit with the front wheel off. Worst case you can take the rear off too with likely the same quick release axle if its a cheap hardtail. In case you are a retard, which is ok: sit the bike upside down, put in smallest gear, remove axle, push forwards on derailleur cage to lose chain tension and move it off of the cassette
Bring some allen keys just in case

Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 04:08:02 UTC No. 196879

>>196865
yeah it'll fit if you fold down the seats. I used to do that with my 8th gen civic si coupe when I still had it. It was a massive pain in the ass so I just installed a trailer hitch on that car and then got a hitch mounted carrier.
Just get a seasucker. Yes, they actually work and they won't fall off randomly.

>>196859
I went full internal with my road bike and it was a fucking pain in the ass. I'm thankful I went with Shimano Di2 so I only had to route the horrible brake hoses. I was so fucking mad building this bike but holy fuck does it ride so fucking good that I'm willing to put up with another full internal build. Just not ever, EVER for a mountain bike. Those need more frequent maintenance.

Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 22:46:59 UTC No. 196978

fuck I hate dealing with drivetrains. I'm switching to unicycles

Anonymous at Wed, 8 May 2024 23:25:10 UTC No. 196985

>>196978
>fuck I hate dealing with drivetrains.
Getting T type AXS might solve your headache. Microadjuat is the whole reason I'd love to have it, hassle free setup

Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 03:55:01 UTC No. 197009

>>196985
You see that reddit post where a guys transmission kept thinking he had 13 gears

Anonymous at Fri, 10 May 2024 17:59:17 UTC No. 197178

I'm kill. Most D+ I've ever done in a ride. Did loops on the mountain, 8 descents and 7 climbs. I only made it as I took a redbull can, chocolate, pink powder on the water bottle and a big breakfast. Also finally discovered the hidden trail, steep, fast, loamy and janky. I'm gonna voluteer for the next trail building session as I know there's another one with a huge stone slab followed by a big drop, which was the one I expected.

Anonymous at Sat, 11 May 2024 14:22:25 UTC No. 197287

>>197178
How long was the ride?

Anonymous at Sat, 11 May 2024 14:30:13 UTC No. 197288

Any recommendations on grips that don't start disintegrating after a few months? Also how often do you guys change BB? I changed mine last summer and I can already feel it grumbling slightly I swear

Anonymous at Sat, 11 May 2024 19:12:21 UTC No. 197318

>>197287
~40km. Total 55km but after around 40km it was just riding on the road.

Anonymous at Sat, 11 May 2024 19:44:15 UTC No. 197321

>>197288
I like deity grips. Also using wolftooth fatpaw. You are using gloves, right anon? I change my BB when I need to, last fall my 2019 bike’s BB seized after a rainy 4-hour bike park day so I changed it. I also live in, like, one of the best possible locations in the world for corrosion resistance (dry as fuck and not salty)

Anonymous at Sat, 11 May 2024 22:01:06 UTC No. 197331

I was curious what it was like to mountain bike, using my commuting bike... Well, I don't know why I wasn't expecting bumps. I have now ruined the brakes, it's cables, and tyres of this one. RIP. FUCKKKK

Anonymous at Sat, 11 May 2024 22:40:39 UTC No. 197339

>>197331
So you sent it? nice

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 05:58:06 UTC No. 197367

>1 month off
Its over

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 09:03:16 UTC No. 197372

Guess who took the gravel bike for a spin today, came in way too hot for the corner and copped an arse full of gorse.

>It was me
>Go to actual local trails for once rather than the far better out of town ones
>Forget how fast 700c gravel bike picks up speed
>Forget the local MTB club builds flat turn, built up, with soft edge, corners if it's anything less than a 170° change of direction on the hill
>They also use road base gravel for trail building/fixing, and don't compact it other than riding on it.
>Resulting in the loosest surface known to man in places
>Track flattens out for the downhill run
>Fullrigidpedallingefficiency.jpg
>Fast rolling natural downhill corner sends me into pic related
>Had already committed to speedy exit of the previous mentioned corner
>Have the choice of attempting to make the loose, flat, built, soft edge turn at mach 1 or hauling on the brakes and attempting the turn
>REAR LOCK CAP'N
>Too late anyway
>Slide off the side of the track, into the gorse bushes

Laugh at my idiocy with me, because it made me laugh. The most rudimentary bike I own, the most fun bike to ride, but also the one with the most crashes. I am a bad pilot.

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 09:10:06 UTC No. 197373

>>197288
Oh and +1 for the Deity grips. I like the Lockjaw ones. They're very soft, but not too fragile that they tear easily, and feel mildly tacky, but they don't seem to attract filth. I've never thought about my hands on my bike as long as I've had them installed, so I guess that's a pretty good review for grips.

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 10:22:22 UTC No. 197375

>>197372
*laughs in 40mm kashima suspension fork*

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 10:37:19 UTC No. 197376

>>197321
I use gloves for any real ride with jumps, dh or trails but not if I'm casually peddling about, I don't wear a helmet on those rides either. Does not wearing gloves fuck them up quicker? I've got through several sets of cheap ones, put some ergon ones on this time and they are quickly going the same way, I'll check out Deity next time

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 14:50:21 UTC No. 197385

>>197288
I've been riding deathgrips for nearly 6 years now on all my bikes and they are now quite smooth on top. The ends are also starting to break from crashes and the fact that I have my palm slightly over the edge of the grip when holding it. Wondering whether or not its worth trying something else or just stick with what I like. I always ride in gloves, no idea how kiwi's ride gloveless all the time and their hands don't slip off the bars.
>>197331
Nice. I started out riding on a 1997 26 inch GT Palomar with semi-slicks and seat suspension, all my friends used to be jealous of me because of it. Good luck fixing your bike and then get back to riding.

Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 07:40:38 UTC No. 197468

Newfag to mtb, bought my first full suspension bike last year and didn't ride over the winter period. Should I give the fork & shock a service, like oil change before heading out this year?

Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 07:57:04 UTC No. 197470

>>197468
yes, but like, eh

Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 08:00:14 UTC No. 197471

>>197468
Yes do a lower service oil change just because it’s basically always beneficial for small-bump performance and it’s something you should learn, no do not spend money servicing shocks that have been used less than 10 hours of riding

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 03:18:59 UTC No. 197564

>>193892
Even your dry years are wet compared to most of us.
Actually we may get more rainfall total here but it just shits down occasionally rather than constant soul destroying drizzle.

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 03:29:56 UTC No. 197565

>>194457
What do they hunt there? GIs?

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 03:34:00 UTC No. 197566

>>194578
I’d suggest looking at Polygon, they seem to be the bike equivalent of a Toyota Hilux - they just keep going. Will have components comparable to a Trek or whatever twice the price.
Or be very sensible and get something used.

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 03:37:57 UTC No. 197567

>>194694
They’re completely unaffordable here and that shits me given they’re based 50km from me.
I want one so bad though, bikes should have been gearbox and belt drive 20 years ago.

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 03:40:04 UTC No. 197568

>>194843
“Depleted uranium is a war crime” ?

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 03:42:19 UTC No. 197569

>>197568
sounds like a weight weenie thing

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 10:46:41 UTC No. 197591

>>197569
Turns out it’s a whole thing of its own.
“Civilian use” is pretty interesting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium#Civilian_applications

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 19:53:02 UTC No. 197637

>>197591
Yeah no I don’t think “being able to penetrate tank armor” is a war crime or even unsavory enough to criticize, you obviously want to be able to defend against an armored tank, to do so you’re gonna need high tech bullets, it’s pretty straightforward. Must be some kind of manufacturing signaling or something, maybe he has a uranium mine near his city that’s messing up the job market or something like that or maybe he has objections to nuclear usage. The fact that uranium is mined is not harmful.

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 10:30:00 UTC No. 197743

>>197568
>>197591
>>197637

I guess I should explain my position seeing as I accidentally captured that in the photo.
Depleted uranium is used on the tips of bullets and rounds due to the nature of the material being very dense, and therefore having excellent armour penetrating capabilities.
Depleted uranium is about 30% as radioactive as uranium, and gives off alpha radiation. This is unable to penetrate skin, clothes, etc. However, if ingested, could cause serious health effects. I'll follow this up in a minute.
When depleted uranium penetrates armour, part of the DU will burn off, creating a self-sharpening effect, with the burnt parts becoming an aerosol to be potentially inhaled by soldiers inside the tank, or left on and around the wreckage upon destruction.
Also, upon firing a DU round, the exhaust gases of the gun will also cause this burn-off effect, exposing the gunner to a DU-infused cloud.
Soldiers in the Balkans, the Gulf War, Iraq, and now Ukraine are exposed to depleted uranium munitions, as are civilians in these areas.
DU leaves an environmental hazard, on tank wreckage as a dust, which is then usually handled by civilian/contractors cleaning up, or used as a makeshift climbing structure by children. Entire areas can be coated in this DU dust, with radiation peaking in areas of bullet strike (walls for example, etc).
This dust is then inhaled by whoever happens to disturb it, and can result in cancers, and parents creating children with birth defects as two primary examples.

One of the biggest cases for the dangers behind DU is Iraq. They have one of the highest rises in rates of leukaemia in children, and one of the highest rises in rates of birth defects, and this most prevalent in the city of... Fallujah. And guess what munitions were used there?
The Wikipedia health concerns section of DU has so much more that is worth looking at, with examples from all of the world of the dangers of DU.

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 10:39:56 UTC No. 197744

>>197743
The part of this that I draw major issue with is that the US Government denies all responsibility for any health defects arising from DU. Just about every study I have seen claiming that DU has negligible impact on population or soldiers has been from a US funded, backed, or founded research centre, whereas nearly all independent studies have found DU to be a contributing factor to rises in cancer rates, birth defects, etc. again, Wikipedia is a good jumping off point for news articles of soldiers winning cases in court regarding this.
I understand war happens, and that people will use almost any means necessary to win, but I don't think leaving civilians with a radioactive wasteland, and then affecting the civilians, future children of those civilians and soldiers to be part of a "fair" war.
I just think it's bullshit that governments can use radioactive munitions, cause so much generational damage post-war, and not be held responsible for it.

And so, depleted uranium is a war crime.
Even though it's not.

>Thanks for coming to my incoherent rambling ted talk

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 13:10:59 UTC No. 197753

>>197744
>Thanks for coming to my incoherent rambling ted talk
All good mate, that's interesting.
Tanks are a huge drawcard for kids - I grew up in various areas that saw WWII conflict in the pacific, I was always on tanks and planes etc.
Have a friend in Bosnia often sent pics of her boys on old tanks - they should have grown out of that by now I expect.
I'd also wager stock will eat it and get into the food chain - we banned lead shot for duck hunting here years ago, doubt a bit of lead is as spicy as uranium.

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 19:30:03 UTC No. 197787

>>197743
Is a 30% radioactive depleted bullet even harmful or is it like a power transformer and literally negligible radiation

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 19:52:35 UTC No. 197794

>>197753
Well I don’t agree. Without an armor penetrating round, a tank is free to kill and destroy everything practically unopposed. It sucks we made tanks so high-tech that a toxic round is needed, but the tank is the bigger threat here. This isn’t a riot in downtown LA, these are real tanks performing real acts of war on real citizens and they to be defeated on the spot. If you intend to destroy a tank and the people inside you’re not worried about your bullet getting stuck and causing cancer in the future, you’re worried about the tank and what it is doing right now. If we want to talk about people dumping long-term toxicity into populated areas I think there’s bigger problems than armor-piecing bullets

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 20:56:12 UTC No. 197810

>>197753
Yea, exactly, this is another environmental issue with DU, as well as it contaminating the water supply.

>>197794
Fundamentally I don't disagree with the need for DU rounds, it's just a natural occurrence of the arms race
>Big metal vehicle
>Shoot vehicle
>Big metal vehicle with armour plates
>Shoot big metal vehicle with armour penetrating rounds
>Etc

My position is that I disagree with the lack of responsibility by governments to research properly, clean up, or even care at all about the long term effects of DU on civilian population, unborn/future conceived children, and the environment as a whole. I'm not even a Greenie hippy, but I draw the line somewhere between necessary old growth logging, and radioactive wasteland in terms of saving the environment.
Have a look into DU and health concerns, there's a lot more than I'm writing here.

Anyway this is a MTB thread
>My Rampage Pro Carbon helmet showed up in the mail

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 21:24:54 UTC No. 197812

>>197810
Like sure I totally agree that war shouldn’t take place in current or future residential areas but that’s not how it goes. Innocent people are blindsided and killed to prove a point and actions need to be taken right then and there, yes, dangerous actions with long-term indiscriminate consequences, that’s all we have after a certain point, war is hell. Taking away the tools to defend yourself isn’t going to save lives or protect homes. I don’t think anyone is plinking DU bullets at targets for fun, these are only fired when they need to be used to stop mass death. And yeah, sure I agree we should triple the price per DU bullet to ensure a proper cleanup but the military, practically above national law, isn’t going to care if that means less bullets for them. But then again I also own a watch that glows forever, probably gonna touch another one before I ever see a DU bullet or an active armored tank in real life, so maybe my priorities are mixed

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 21:36:50 UTC No. 197815

What if I made an mtb frame out of depleted uranium?

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 22:45:48 UTC No. 197820

>>197815
>What if I made an mtb frame out of depleted uranium?

weight weanies are shaking in their lycra adorned, leg shaven, disco slippers

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 23:39:24 UTC No. 197827

>>197815
best dh bike ever

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 03:39:53 UTC No. 197852

>>197815
It’s all about the uranium pedal bodies so when your pedal strikes a rock it just carves out an imprint of itself

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 03:43:16 UTC No. 197853

>accidentally bottomed out my fork with uranium volume spacer tokens

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 04:24:43 UTC No. 197856

>>197815
I really wonder what the ride qualities of DU would be. Sure, it would be heavy and dense, but how strong is it? Would you have to use a lot of it? Would it be stiff? Would it be compliant? As far as I know, DU isn't ever used structurally.

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 08:29:55 UTC No. 197869

>>197856
>I really wonder what the ride qualities of DU would be.
Google says:
Depleted uranium is nearly two-and-a-half times more dense than steel and more than one-and-a-half times more dense than lead.
It's tensile strength is similar to steel.

So apologies for the uranium thread, that was my original question about the window sticker.
[picrel]

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 11:51:55 UTC No. 197873

What do you guys eat during rides to stop from bonking? Past couple of months I've been using party packs of sweets from lidl and taking a couple on each ride. They're cheap and easy to carry around which I personally like, plus compared to bars they don't really make you thirsy and give you a dry mouth. Wondering if there is anything besides gels which would be worth a try.

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 12:36:09 UTC No. 197874

>>197873
>What do you guys eat during rides to stop from bonking?
Not much to be honest, I'll usually get a few bits of sushi on my way to our local trails, and carry a few sachets of this if I need a drink along the way.
It's basically Powerade at a fraction of the cost.
There's also a Sports+ version with caffeine.
(I just fill up from streams - don't know what yours are like, but ours are Certified Low Uranium™)

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 16:01:20 UTC No. 197880

>>197852
If you pedal strike it, there will be DU dust. Contaminating the area.
>>197873
Sneaker's bars, mandarines when in season, and isotonic powder in the water bottle. If I eat nothing I end up buying 2 pizzas afterwards.

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 19:37:25 UTC No. 197902

>>197869
gt's always had cool paintjobs and suspension designs. Always liked the sanction and fury.

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 21:11:02 UTC No. 197913

>>197880
Uranium dust is extremely heavy and no longer airborne after a few minutes my chemistry teacher made us all scientifically disprove the risk of airborne heavy metals when a mercury thermometer broke in school and parts of the school were closed off

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 21:14:24 UTC No. 197914

It has come my attention that on certain individual's handlebars, the rise is like negative/inverted/downsweep but the backsweep is alright. Just bent downward. I thought it was an optical illusion thing but it's really bent down, feels like city bikes or road bikes. And when I asked the riders they said they never noticed it.
Dunno if it's a handlebar type or they are really just bent. My handlebars despite not having alot of rise they have an upsweep.

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 21:42:13 UTC No. 197923

>>197913
You'll still have mutant forest critters and plants with cancer.
If the cold war had sparked, west germany would've been so contaminated. But central europe has always been a battlefield thoughout centuries. Its time for it to get back to the natural state and with modern weaponry it'll end up so fucked up it'll make the Zones Rouge of Verdun look like a jungle full of life of vegetation. You can only control human nature so much.

Never ending summer for year round mtb in yurop alps <3

Anonymous at Thu, 16 May 2024 23:21:20 UTC No. 197939

>>197923
But are there still sick doubles in the nuclear wasteland

Anonymous at Fri, 17 May 2024 02:19:47 UTC No. 197953

>>197873
For me, it's gummy coke bottles
>>197913
>chemistry teacher made us all scientifically disprove the risk of airborne heavy metals
Mercury is notorious for giving off vapor at room temperature and pressure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpZF88fqrl8
>>197914
>Handlebar downsweep
I'm pretty sure that's fairly common on cruiser style bikes for comfort

Anonymous at Fri, 17 May 2024 16:54:43 UTC No. 198027

>>197331
You can go in and replace the brakes, cables, and tires for about $100 and a weekend if you learn how.

BTW, tires look fine, just a bit muddy??? Those are the most expensive part.

Just hose the whole thing down and wipe the chain afterward, you'll be good to go. At best, you might need to patch a tube.

It's still a good bike, it just needs some love

Anonymous at Fri, 17 May 2024 16:58:37 UTC No. 198029

Anonymous at Fri, 17 May 2024 17:35:18 UTC No. 198035

Please roast my custom build.

I took a crappy walmart bike and replaced every single component except the frame.

Can anyone recommend me a good modern titanium frame for my next build? I want to upgrade, and I don't think carbon is recommended for ebikes.

Anonymous at Fri, 17 May 2024 17:52:13 UTC No. 198037

Why am I so fucking unlucky... Another bladder in a different fork ripped. At this point I might as well become a certified rockshox technician with the amount of full damper rebuilds I'm doing.

Anonymous at Fri, 17 May 2024 21:09:33 UTC No. 198077

>>198035
>Titanium frame
A factory made ebike will be better in every way and cost the same as any titanium frame worth buying
>>198037
I haven't seen that happen once to myself or anyone I know who rides. I think it's probably something you're doing that's causing it to rip

Anonymous at Fri, 17 May 2024 23:23:18 UTC No. 198093

>>198077
Not a clue myself, I'm riding slightly above recommended pressure and around the middle of rebound and compression dial ranges. Each time I do service a fork I put some sram butter on the rubber bladder to make sure it doesn't go hard and crack plus using clean rags which have been washed prior to use so there shouldnt be any sharp debris within the fork after cleaning. I ride year round and my bikes are stored in a shed which isn't insulated and is on cold nights probably getting to -10c in winter which could possibly be a factor. It's quite annoying that sram don't actually sell a 1st party bladder so hopefully the 3rd party bladder I've ordered isn't trash.

Anonymous at Sat, 18 May 2024 00:21:39 UTC No. 198096

>>198093
Hmm, my hunch would be the temperature fluctuations then, or maybe the rubber is brittle at lower temperatures. Everyone I know keeps their nicer bikes indoors, and the only bike I use during the winter with any frequency has a fork with a motion control damper with no bladder. Perhaps you could try a damper with an ifp instead of the bladder, or keeping your bike indoors during the winter?

Anonymous at Sat, 18 May 2024 01:18:36 UTC No. 198100

>>198096
That’s what I would’ve thought but -10c isn’t that bad right? All suspension bits can certainly handle freezing and plenty of people use forks in subfreezing (would warm up with use more than a still fork in a shed)

🗑️ Anonymous at Sat, 18 May 2024 17:42:50 UTC No. 198162

>>198100
>-10c isn’t that bad right?
Checked. Looking on sram's site, the official operating temperature range is -12C to 49C, so that's not too far off. My guess is the rubber gets stiff below that temperature and tears from the repeated strain

Anonymous at Sat, 18 May 2024 17:44:34 UTC No. 198163

>>198100
>-10c isn’t that bad right?
Checked. Looking on sram's site, the official operating temperature range is -12C to 49C, so that's not too far off. My guess is the rubber gets stiff below that temperature and tears from the repeated strain

Anonymous at Sun, 19 May 2024 12:22:31 UTC No. 198234

Damn, polish surely can do WC tracks. And not fucking Leogang, UCI should've put maribor or lousa instead. At least, if I'm not mistaken, Lenzerheide is no longer a venue for DH. Now leogang needs to be culle, germoids can't do shit. If I wanted to see pump track riding I have BMX races or old 4X races .

Anonymous at Sun, 19 May 2024 13:12:22 UTC No. 198235

>>198234
Pretty sure lenzerheide got removed because loudenvielle was added last year, but I agree leogang needs to either have a completely new track or be removed because besides a couple sections its boring af.

Anonymous at Sun, 19 May 2024 17:16:30 UTC No. 198262

>>198234
Are you talking about Bialsko Biala? It's mtb heaven, tons of amazing enduro trails. I live about an hour from it

Anonymous at Mon, 20 May 2024 04:42:49 UTC No. 198305

>>197873
For my Rotorua trips this is what is in my hip pack each day:

2x One Square Meal bars
2x sports gel
1x apple or banana to eat on the way into the forest

1x large spinach wrap with butter, peanut butter and jam. Cut in half
1x large spinach wrap with cheese, salami and a gherkin. Cut in half
These sound like a lot, but there isn't a huge amount of filling in them

2l Hydration bladder full of water, this is drunk fairly quickly and then not refilled
Frame bottle with triple strength powdered Powerade, this is topped up at the bottom of each run

Keeps me going when I'm doing multiple 7+ hour days with maybe a stop for a coffee and a biscuit at the shop in the middle

See wraps in picrel :)

Anonymous at Mon, 20 May 2024 10:31:26 UTC No. 198316

>>198305
God bless the redbull that saves you midway then the effect wears off and you're a sack of potatoes. Taking wraps seem like a good idea

Anonymous at Mon, 20 May 2024 11:09:17 UTC No. 198318

>>198316
They are very dense, hard to squash
Very easy to eat
The savoury ones have lots of protein, slow release energy and salt
The sweet ones have quick release in the jam and whatever the fuck is in peanut butter. I make them the night before and alternate them in the bag so I eat savoury, sweet, savoury, sweet. The jam liquid and gherkin juice seeps together and slightly flavours both of them lol.
Stick em in a ziplock bag inside another ziplock bag or you will get sticky mess all over the inside of your bag

Those are nice trees, where is that?

Anonymous at Mon, 20 May 2024 14:49:35 UTC No. 198336

Any other Brits take Kendal mint cake out with them?

Anonymous at Mon, 20 May 2024 21:42:39 UTC No. 198362

>>198336
More of a Fisherman's Friend kinda guy myself.

Anonymous at Mon, 20 May 2024 22:34:03 UTC No. 198363

>>198318
Will try them next time I go riding. Though I'll see if I take one out chicken with tons of mayo. But I'll hide them in a bush in the shadows to not heat them up along with the redbull.
Les Seiglières

Anonymous at Mon, 20 May 2024 23:24:59 UTC No. 198365

>Finally go on first ride of the season
>Brain still stuck going at pace from the end of last season
>Burnt out after 5 km
The next 15 km was painful, but it's still nice to finally hit the trails.

How was you ride this weekend, anons?

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 00:55:36 UTC No. 198374

>>198365
I’ll service my Z1 lowers someday, until then my hardtail simply stands there, menacingly

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 01:02:01 UTC No. 198376

>>198316
How many red bull ambassadors did you send this picture lol yeah I love me some warm carbonated redbull shaken for an hour right in the middle of a corner lmao get off the trail and eat a candy bar like an intellectual

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 01:44:08 UTC No. 198381

>>198305
>triple strength powdered Powerade
Mate go get VitaSport from the supermarket.
3x 600ml sachets $3. Basically the same shit but a fraction of the cost. Even Pakas has it.
(on a random note if you're after an electric toothbrush they have Oral B ½ price at the moment. Saw them after I got one at the Whare because "it'll be cheapest there". Fucksake.)

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 02:11:13 UTC No. 198382

>>198381
Aw cheers, I'll grab some of that
I just use the cheapest firm bristle brush I can find because the wires in my mouth stop me from being able to floss

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 02:51:05 UTC No. 198385

Love me some riding after work. No matter how mentally exhausting the salarycucking was, I'm always good to ride at the end.

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 03:24:44 UTC No. 198386

>>198382
>the cheapest firm bristle brush I can find
I won't get into a whole "dentist told me...." but try out pic, they're awesome.

Also pic....
Getting dark early here now, what sort of lights are you guys using? Picked up this today. Also a 3000lm flood for the bars, forget what brand, nothing special, but not shit either.
Would have got Gloworm x2, but I'm not made of money. (Also I have to buy everything in 2s because my son rides too.)
Despite the price, this actually seemed the best way to go with alloy body, remote, programmable light levels, replaceable bits etc.
If he doesn't use them I'm going to keep his lights and sell HIM to recoup the money.

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 03:49:32 UTC No. 198387

>>198386
Outbound Lighting. Yeah they're expensive but they're great. I still hit the singletrack at night. If you're serious about riding at night the same way you would in the daylight, then I really recommend them. I also use the same lights when I ride my gravel bike but I don't usually need that much lighting power unless I'm going to my spooky singletrack. Even if you're not up for doing some spooky night MTB by yourself, or you're concerned you may have a serious crash and you won't be found until the next day since there are much less riders in the dark, then it's still good to get out there at night and see the local wildlife.

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 03:52:25 UTC No. 198388

>>198386
And I’m the other guy with outbound lights, they kick ass and I’m very grateful to have them as my area rapidly changes from 40° average to 90° average over the course of 2 weeks

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 03:55:22 UTC No. 198389

>>198387
Also, much less walkies at night. Just be warned that once the paranoia begins to set in, it's hard to get over it. I'm not as rational at night as I am in the day. I know there is no way there was a cryptid in the bush, but it doesn't stop the neurotransmitters from firing to get me to preserve my life

>>198388
There was a guy in the /n/ discord who lives in New Orleans. He said he preferred to ride at night because it's not so damn hot. So even if you're not like me and trying to ride after work when daylight savings begins, it's still good if you live in a hot climate.

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 05:24:14 UTC No. 198390

>>198387
>>198388
>Outbound Lighting
These look great, don't have them on this side of the world though.
Does "pass-through charging" mean you can run it with a battery plugged in? Nothing's close where I live, and there's no road access.
(Though if I'm carrying a battery either way, I might as well have something lighter on my head)
Nice though, I hate cords and cables and shit.
>>198388
>my area rapidly changes from 40° average to 90° average over the course of 2 weeks
You're riding at night to avoid the heat?

Goddammit, I just ordered some new fork decals for about NZ$50 without realising they're charging me nearly the same for freight.
Oh well, too late now, hope they look good.

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 06:21:13 UTC No. 198394

>>198390
Yes you can USB-C charge it from a regular powerbank while using it but the handlebar light honestly lasts like multiple nights of usage I’m not using max brightness and the helmet light has a pretty good runtime too. And yeah I use my lights to avoid daytime heat, the fact that I can never sleep until 3am plays into it as well

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 07:53:54 UTC No. 198399

>>198394
>the fact that I can never sleep until 3am plays into it as well
Yeah man, I reckon getting these lights is going to be the best thing ever for my insomnia.
2am - can't sleep - fuckit, I'm gonna head up the hill : D
Downside could be that since I work months on/off, I'll probably end up fully nocturnal.

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 08:13:44 UTC No. 198404

>my bike is confidence inspiring
>but not skill inspiring at the same time

Pic related. I'm the Evel Knievel of MTB.

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 10:45:59 UTC No. 198421

>>198404
One step ahead of you brother.
I might even post a vid one of these days - it'll be the cutting edge of mediocrity, you have my word.

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 11:00:54 UTC No. 198423

>>198035
Either buy a Chinese frame designed to accommodate the battery and motor or stick to aluminium or steel hardtails like that. I think the cheap coil suspension is better than air for this use case, only thing I would add is a suspension seatpost. I'm not sure about the stem but if it's comfortable that's the main thing. Looks like a good build.

Anonymous at Wed, 22 May 2024 00:44:11 UTC No. 198465

>>198035
>I don't think carbon is recommended for ebikes.
I'm not sure that's accurate, there's no shortage of carbon ebikes available out there.

Make your next one 2wd.
If it' good enough for Yamaha, it's good enough for you. (Yeah just a concept for now but I bet something like this is acailable in Japan soon.)

Anonymous at Wed, 22 May 2024 04:19:28 UTC No. 198472

I have disc brakes and they squeal horribly after every ride. What causes this? Will buying new pads solve it?

Anonymous at Wed, 22 May 2024 11:10:22 UTC No. 198489

>>198472
Check that the rotor is aligned correctly and isn't being moved/warped when braking, check that your pads are pushing out equally and not unevenly (potentially reset the pistons in the caliper), blowtorch/heatgun the pads to burn off potential contaminants then sand paper, clean the rotor with Isopropyl alcohol and re-rough with sandpaper, could also be that you have metallic pads which make a noise anyway.

Anonymous at Wed, 22 May 2024 13:59:54 UTC No. 198499

>>198472
>they squeal horribly after every ride.
"After"? Like they're fine at the start then start squealing?
I've found they'll often start squealing after a while. Sometimes brakleen and/or a sand of pads and discs will sometimes fix it, sometimes not.
Never thought to cook it off, but seems a good idea.
Giving the pads a sand and throwing new pads in has never failed when A and B don't work.
Also like >>198489 mentioned, metallic pads can just be squeally. Check they're tight too.
Warped shouldn't squeal, you just get that #$%in annoying schick-schick-schick scraping each revolution.

sage at Fri, 24 May 2024 05:48:48 UTC No. 198678

>>198472
Check that the rotors are tightly bolted and not wobbling.

You don't even need to sand them as these other anons have mentioned. Sometimes a simple wipe down with a rag will do it.

sage at Fri, 24 May 2024 05:52:15 UTC No. 198679

>>198465
I've heard bad things about 2WD for ebikes.

I've heard it doesn't actually increase speed. It also makes the frontend heavier, which is usually not what you want.

Anyway my Bafang BBSHD provides more than enough torque. I don't really see the need for another motor.

sage at Fri, 24 May 2024 06:03:11 UTC No. 198680

>>198423
Thanks brother, yeah, it's a good build, I've had a lot of fun with it. I recently hit 1100 miles, and it's still going strong.

This aluminum frame is actually working pretty well. The fork is set to be replaced. It's too stiff for my taste and GT uses disposable cartridges in their forks that are not adjustable.

I was thinking Titanium just so that it would reduce the amount the frame flexes. I'm kind of a fat manlet so I find the flexion of the frame sometimes disrupts my shifting.

I suppose I could get a suspension seatpost. My ass was hurting in the beginning, but then I learned that with hardtail, especially ebikes, you have to pay a lot of attention to your riding form. I started using jockey position a lot when going over bumpy terrain, and my ass pain went away. XD

Anonymous at Fri, 24 May 2024 20:50:59 UTC No. 198735

Raining at the downhill park

Anonymous at Fri, 24 May 2024 21:44:06 UTC No. 198736

Has Gee Atherton lost the plot?
>>198037
Anyway spent the last 2hrs servicing and replacing the bladder on my damper, ended up losing one of the two 2.5mm ball bearings for hsc which gave it a pronounced indent click and now its not so prononuced, but otherwise everything is working and feels buttery smooth. It was an absolute pain in the arse trying to tighten the bottom red collar which goes around the bladder, I would like to know how they are assembled in the factory because I am pretty sure I was doing it the hardest way possible. I made sure to add some extra rockshox butter grease around the bladder before putting it back in the fork to hopefully keep it from cracking as I would rather not have to do that again.

Anonymous at Sat, 25 May 2024 10:49:21 UTC No. 198778

>>198679
>It also makes the frontend heavier,
Yeah it would be good if you could put the drive unit on the frame like the rear wheel - they'd be all terrain monsters if you could find a practical way to do that. I think hydraulic could be an option for bikes - didn't work for dirtbikes, but mtb isn't dealing with the same high speeds and power for the overheating problems they had.

Anonymous at Sat, 25 May 2024 12:17:53 UTC No. 198782

>>198778
obviously we need ROKON tier dual chain action..... heh
>>198736
JFC I hope they don't do that when it's wet, wet wood planks are sketch.
Luckily I didn't see GEE on the athlete list pinkbike posted......

Anonymous at Sat, 25 May 2024 21:27:19 UTC No. 198816

>>198735
Come on, anon, are you going to let a little rain stop you?

Anonymous at Sat, 25 May 2024 22:37:34 UTC No. 198818

>>198816
Yeah like wtf did this guy park and then be like “ooh I don’t wanna get wet”

I’ll wait out the mandatory 30-minute chairlift turnoff after lightning strikes and keep going, it’s a chairlift lmao muddy DH is still DH

Anonymous at Sun, 26 May 2024 02:19:35 UTC No. 198831

>>198818
I make a point of biking in all seasons. I fix ice spikes on my tires and bike through the winter with wool socks, too.

It has made me a much better rider, even when conditions are good, like they are now.

Anonymous at Sun, 26 May 2024 05:41:17 UTC No. 198848

Shoul i buy the Ozark 700c G1?

Anonymous at Sun, 26 May 2024 05:48:57 UTC No. 198849

>>198848
That cantilever stem noodle is gangster as fuck holy shit

Bike looks decent, steel will last forever, it’s probably cheap, you don’t care about weight or frame characteristics or you wouldn’t even be looking at this bike. Only point of hesitation at this level of bike is whether you want disc brakes. Cantilevers are cool and rad and definitely good enough, but discs are the future and frankly the current as well, you’re on the MTB thread so I cannot in good faith recommend rim brakes

Anonymous at Sun, 26 May 2024 09:33:51 UTC No. 198865

>>198778
You think an electric hub motor is too heavy but a hydraulic motor wouldn't be?

Is an ebike boomer teir meme, nobody is improving ebikes in their current form.

Anonymous at Sun, 26 May 2024 09:56:33 UTC No. 198867

>>198736
He genuinely seems to have a deathwish even by freerider standards. So many massive crashes and he doesn't give a fuck.

>>198680
Proper riding form definitely increases comfort and flow but suspension seatpost is still nice for longer xc rides and cruising. Don't bother with an expensive one, it doesn't matter how much energy it saps. A dropper is overkill because it's not cut out for single track due to the lower BB and you can still lower it manually (+100mm~) if needed.

I don't really understand what you mean about frame flex interrupting shifting. I can't tell if you've installed it or not, but there is a shift sensor you can fit, also a brake sensor which can be used as a clutch, they help with shifting for me.

My point about the suspension is that a cheap coil doesn't require any maintenance where an adjustable air shock does. The motor and battery make it 15kg+ heavier and you ride a lot more. Assuming that is a straight steerer and qr wheel you are pretty limited on decent upgrade options as well. You could use an adapter for the steerer to get something more heavy duty but you would probably have to buy another wheel.

Anonymous at Sun, 26 May 2024 10:47:35 UTC No. 198872

>>198870
Death trail thread

Anonymous at Mon, 27 May 2024 01:46:24 UTC No. 198965

>>198848
It depends on what terrain you want to ride.

That looks like a good bike for pavement and gravel, but do you want to go over roots and rocks, like MTB trails?

MTB bars are short for a reason, so you don't get them caught on things, and if you plan on doing MTB trails, you should have at least front shocks, and heavier tires.

Everything depends on what you want to do.

Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 11:57:29 UTC No. 199754

anyone watching red bull hardline today? looks like a wicked course

Anonymous at Tue, 2 Jul 2024 03:14:51 UTC No. 202862

Anyone bike in Vegas? Im moving to Summerlin probably pretty soon. I'm coming from Bay Area/norcal. Any good trails systems there?