Schwalbe Rocket Ron or if its dry Racing Ralph or maybe Thunder Burt. All in PaceStar Compound.
Just above half the weight of a comparable Larson TT. Extremely fast rolling and accelerating tires that make you explode out of the gate.
Had a lot of firends that were quite surprised by those...
I know it's hypothetic, but for me it's a sequence of beautifully shaped berms, doubles and rollers, where the technically best rider takes the win. Not the one who "karimed" his opponents best of the track (to use ancient tongue). ;)
This is what I did. Got a 07 Trance, put in a shorter shock to lower bottom bracket and a 115mm Reba to lower head angle.
The Trance now provides around 3" of travel, accelerates like a XC bike and corners like a dream. Perfect fun bike.
I'm not a carbon specialist, but the upper shock mount looks a little bit flimsy for my taste.
There is not much material to prevent the upper shock bolt to crack through the carbon structure.
Maybe it works due to the tensile loading of the carbon fibre at this point, but I don't remember any...
My setup on a V10.4 Carbon
LSC 10 clicks
HSC 1.25 rotations
LSR 18 clicks
HSR 2.25 rotation
all from fully open
300lbs spring
8.5 travel mode
Running this setup on steeper tracks with a stiff fork.
Feels quite plush and has tons of traction, never bottoms out and goes great over jumps.
I...
Really?!? Can't remember any single discussion back in the 26" days that went like: "Ohh, really nice bike, if only the wheels where bigger!!!"
We wanted better suspension, brakes, geometries, chainguides and stuff... but, bigger wheels??? Honestly, who was concerned about wheelsize???
Actually, the only non 26" Bikes I own are my RR, cyclo cross and trial bikes. All others are still 26". Normally I got one or two new bikes a year, but this time I'm just looking where the wheel debate will go.
Maybe we get an all new wheelsize for 2016, where 27.5 suddenly becomes the classic...
Been racing XC and DH back in the days, I can tell you that there is a significant difference in hitting a section after 2 minutes of rinding at your physical limit or 45 minutes. It's not the dropper post that holds you back (in most cases)... ;)
As the fit between chain and chainring is tighter, the narrow wide ring is not the first choice when it comes to wet and muddy conditions. When running a chainguide, I always prefer a normal chainring.
Just to fuel the price discussion again, an actual statistic from a major german news (not bike related) magazin:
The people were asked how much they spent for a new bike in 2013.
0€ - 100€: 8%
100€ - 300€: 25%
300€ - 500€: 24%
500€ - 800€: 18%...
With Tune King MK / Kong 150 / ZTR Flow / DT Comp / brass nipples in 32 you come in around 1748g including rim tape.
I'm not the biggest fan of DT rims, so I would go for the ZTR Arch Ex 650B (420g) or, if you would go bullet proof, Flow EX 650B (530g).
None of them. Within that price region you get a top of the line custom wheelset. Build up for you an your riding style.
Pros for custom:
- better durability
- cheaper
- lighter
- better to maintain
- higher resale value as you can choose widely from the best parts out there (except carbon...
Riding mountainbikes since 1990, in my opinion the disappearance of front derailleurs can not be subjected to recent developments in 11-speed shifting systems only. It is more because of the evolution and diversification of the sport, where every single category in mountainbiking...
I see it happen. Minnaar, Steve, Gee or some other top-dog is going to win with a guideless N/W chainring. The result: Everyone over at pinkbike drops his chainguide for a N/W ring and starts telling you at the chairlift unasked how much faster he got since getting rid of this ever restricting...
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