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yeah the swoopy one when Gwin/Brosnan was on board.
I went through 3 frames in a year when I rode those, all cracked in the same BB junction. The 135mm hub was so dumb you could feel the wheel flex in berms.
Sick looking bike though.
I run the same rear wheel size and rotors and tires and forks and frames on all of my bikes for maximum interchangeability
It’s not. It’s 2900g.
Oh come on
What are you doing swapping wheels every other day? I call bullshit to all this superboost hate
I agree 148 for everyone would be the best thing
But if you’ve got a superboost bike with a nice set of wheels I really don’t see the point in wanting to swap stuff around constantly
Get legos to do that
Almost 5 years into owning a superboost bike and I’ve never had once an issue with it
Once I sent a wheel for warranty and just borrowed a DH one for the weekend, 0 issues there too
Well the bad news is that I don't know what to tell you, and the good news is that I have nothing to prove, nor nothing to gain for convincing you. I have a lot of mountain bikes and so does my wife, 6 between us. Everyone of our bikes has sram brakes with metallic pads, 200mm hs2 rotors and the same sram drivetrains and sram dt350 hubs on every wheelset save one. There are two extra floater wheelsets between all of the bikes.
I think it may actually be more important for me to be on the right tires then it is to be on the right bike. For example, my trail bike runs dhr2 f/r, my wife runs assegai/dhr2 f/r and the floater wheelset we have between us is disector v2 front, forekaster rear.
Maybe I'm the weirdo that mtb marketing departments are successfully targeting,
six mountain bikes is too many mountain bikes dude!
No need to convince me, I just find it ridiculous that’s all.
Perhaps I don’t own 3 or more bikes and I don’t need to swap stuff around at all and so it doesn’t really affect me, as long as you’re happy with boost and I am with superboost then it’s all good
Not here to self-promote but since Butch already tried re-posting from my IG I hope this is okay. Rumors only for now.
6nm, even with the new bolted headset cups.
Maybe it's a coil conversion kit, hope so.
To be fair, Transition said the same thing about the current gen TR11 being 148 when it first came out. Although, it seemed like it was tongue in cheek.
Sorry for the attempted re-post. Didn't realize your page was private. Feels special. It wasn't a hot tub pic, so it caught my attention. 😉
Someone would trust this guy with anything related to suspension? 😂🤡
One of Vital's biggest misses IMO
5 bikes between wife and I, and yes I agree with every word this guy says. All my rear wheels are 148 boost axles, makes it easy when....
1. One needs to be trued/serviced
2. Rim cracks at the bikepark
3. Biking trips I just bring an extra ready to go rear wheel
I will also likely never own anything superboost, and if I get a DH bike I'll find one that's on 148 (frameworks/forbidden etc.)
Definitely, agree. Learned some hard lessons between my wife's bikes and mine during weekend's at the park and we only have 3 bikes between us. Having consistency between trail/enduro and DH bike is very nice when shit inevitably happens. It also frees up some space in the van/car, because you don't have to bring a bunch of different parts. Brakes and wheels are nice to have as common parts between the rigs. It also makes it easier to stock those little parts that may break or go missing.
I thought it was very brave of Ebruner to be vulnerable and share how many bikes he and his wife have. It can be tough to come clean.
We’re all active or recovering bikes addicts here, and this is supposed to be a supportive community for recovery. Or enabling rationalizations and fostering codependency, if that’s what you’re looking for. Both, really.
JUDGEMENT FREE SPACE
Hack. 😂
Can't wait to see what you're up to!
-Luke
This is one of those posts that makes me wish that I could thumbs up multiple times.
Guilty. Active. No need for recovery as I’d prefer further addiction.
This is crazy. Who do you know that has spare 157 wheels laying around? Shops don’t rent wheels. They barely rent bikes anymore.
I was also so thrown off by the comment that a shop would rent a wheel... that sounds like an easy way to go bankrupt if you ask me. I wouldn't want to rent myself a wheel.
My wife's mom wants to pass on her like-new, lady-riden, 2023 Devinci Troy, which by all means is a sick bike. What keeps me up at night is that it has superboost and doesn't vibe with all our 148 bikes.
https://problemsolversbike.com/products/super-booster-hub-spacing-kit-rear
^ requires re-dishing the wheel which is minor annoyance, but it's a solution I guess
I'll add to the dumpster fire: In 2022 a friend of mine broke his super boost rear wheel just days before our bike trip to Moab. He was unable to find any replacement in a big city like Toronto. Not even the shops in Moab had one. After much research. he managed to find a bike shop several hours out of the way from Moab that had one collecting dust. If this was a "normal" 148 wheel then he could've used any one of our spare wheels. It's just silly.
Also never heard of renting wheels in North America.
god i love the friends who refuse to ride anything normal. they really keep things interesting.
I've said this before, and it's partially a self inflicted wound, but I own 4 bikes and none of them share wheels.
Stooge- Boost
Knolly - Super Boost
Urban Arrow - old school 135
Moonlander 2.0 - 197 full fat
A few months ago I sold my Chamois Hagar, running classic 142.
Realistically, all of those bikes except the Moonlander would be well served at 148/Boost. Knolly uses superboost but there is absolutely no reason it couldn't be running regular boost. Gravel bikes are getting there because the commonality with MTB parts does them good.
I had to reverse image search this to make sure it’s not ROBOT. Looks like you dude!
Rental DH wheels?! Im gonna tell that guy who wants to open a mtb shop from the other post…sounds like the perfect move.
six mountain bikes is too many, but I get it. It’s the seven interchangeable wheelsets that’s untenable. If this is an addict situation then seven wheelsets is a relapse!
Six seems like an aggressive number, but I'm halfway there. Enduro, single speed hardtail, dirt jumper. If I had my way, I'd have a dh/park bike and live where it makes sense to have a fat bike (but definitely not my jam). Plus a gravel bike which I ride the most.
Before I confess are we talking mountain bikes or all bikes.... And do unbuilt frames count....
Oh shoot. I've got one of those too. Lol