New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?
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nice. love seeing those beefy old intense welds. (cue jokes about "as long as they're aligned properly").
The tracer's been around since 2015. The pedals are new, replacing DX.
yeah-i could tell. they were the shiny clean part! that generation tracer is a great all around bike, in my opinion.
shiny!
In their defense, most that I've seen broken didn't break at a weld. Just halfway through the tubing somewhere.
mine included
Save for the Heckler, which got stolen, end of life for all my rides has been a broken frame.
Und jetz etwas ganz anderes!
Fertig!
(was waiting on the 52!cm! drop bar, and a good deal on a take-off apex1 group)
Fertig!
(was waiting on the 52!cm! drop bar, and a good deal on a take-off apex1 group)
sup with the headset though?
love the feeling of gravel bars. I put FSA AGX on my road bike because they feel amazing.
love the feeling of gravel bars. I put FSA AGX on my road bike because they feel amazing.
20mm tall crown race, for more slackerer on a bike like this. Had it around from a past thing, and it works nicely in this application. Wouldn't really want it for hard offroad use, but here, with a beefy steel fork/steer tube think it'll be fine.
Grabbed a (new) Process 165, Push coil conversion in the fork, enve m7 handlebar, ergon grips and a WT tire in the rear.
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Tell me you bring them in when not in use cause sunlight...
My new XC bike....
Moar corners > moar exercise.... but only in my world....
The firm motorscootercycle suspension made it huckable on DH tracks. I‘m loving trying to keep up with real DH bikes on this thing. Fuckit..... it’s fun af. And you can manual and wheelie like a normal bike.
-2* headset, 223mm discs, Polini chip, s&m grips for the irony & Ohlins 40 cartridge in the fork.
Moar corners > moar exercise.... but only in my world....
The firm motorscootercycle suspension made it huckable on DH tracks. I‘m loving trying to keep up with real DH bikes on this thing. Fuckit..... it’s fun af. And you can manual and wheelie like a normal bike.
-2* headset, 223mm discs, Polini chip, s&m grips for the irony & Ohlins 40 cartridge in the fork.
What sort of pedal is that on the E-Ped?
Thats awesome! Maybe post moar pics? We set up a slackline. But its def not as cool as a zipline! #quaratineshinanigans
New stem and grips from Chromag. Grips are grippy so far (Square Wave) and 10/10 would bang the stem again - she ain't light, but I'm all for the 5mm bolts on it. Still waiting for the new shock to show up, wherever it might be in the mail.
good luck!
Is that a Spitty?New stem and grips from Chromag. Grips are grippy so far (Square Wave) and 10/10 would bang the stem again - she ain't light, but I'm all for the 5mm bolts on it. Still waiting for the new shock to show up, wherever it might be in the mail.
The frame laying in shame on the shelf is... one in the foreground is a Rune.
Got some new brakes for the DH bike. I ordered them on accident and got the Hayes Dominion A2 instead of the A4. They feel solid and the pads are a little smaller than the A4 but not by much.
34.1 lbs with a Cushcore in the back and lots of carpet deth fibers everywhere except for rims.
This is my main bike which gets all of my best parts and ti bolts. 525 spring on the new X2 and 82psi in the fork. I have 29 wheels for it but I prefer 27 most of the time. DT XM 481 front rim and DT FR 560 rear.
I just sized the bushings in the fork and put in an air spring instead of coil and an RC2 cartridge. @dovbush66 got the coil spring setup out of her.
I’m getting her ready this morning for some laps.
Bushing sizing tool. Love stuffing this thing into bushings.
34.1 lbs with a Cushcore in the back and lots of carpet deth fibers everywhere except for rims.
This is my main bike which gets all of my best parts and ti bolts. 525 spring on the new X2 and 82psi in the fork. I have 29 wheels for it but I prefer 27 most of the time. DT XM 481 front rim and DT FR 560 rear.
I just sized the bushings in the fork and put in an air spring instead of coil and an RC2 cartridge. @dovbush66 got the coil spring setup out of her.
I’m getting her ready this morning for some laps.
Bushing sizing tool. Love stuffing this thing into bushings.
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Are these tools just burnishing the surface of the bushings? They are not reamer in other words?
I don’t know really. I just repeat what I was told by Fox. Either way, It makes my forks feel amazing anytime I use it even on an old fork.
Ordered a carbon Lev dropper with Ti bolts. Paid the same as what I sold my 175 Transfer for, so no net loss. 100grams/1/4 pound lighter, the Instinct will be 28 and change. Under 30 with complete tools, tube, and pump.
real tires, blah blah.
Monocle territory.
also got one of these shirts...
real tires, blah blah.
Monocle territory.
also got one of these shirts...
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yeah they're burnishing. reaming cuts and would mess up the finish and slidiness of them.
there's a difference for sure, I had a shop do mine and it felt way better. I was told fox's bushings got tighter in recent years so there's even more benefit
Imagine if $1000 forks came with bushings correctly sized and aligned from the factory, how crazy would that be?
When you size a bushing in a fork you do one side at a time yeah?
So if the spacing at the dropout is wrong/not straight or one pair of bushings is out of alignment relative to the other side you're still going to have a shit feeling fork?
When you size a bushing in a fork you do one side at a time yeah?
So if the spacing at the dropout is wrong/not straight or one pair of bushings is out of alignment relative to the other side you're still going to have a shit feeling fork?
By looking at the shape / construction of the tool, alignment is not what the tool is designed to fix.
Can you get away with just 65mm drop?
Big change from a 175mm!