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Craw Added a comment about bike check Ranger - a home made high pivot DC steel bike
4/17/2024 9:15am
Is this bike a personal experiment or are we going to see more of them?
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Thadeus Liked a comment about bike check Ranger - a home made high pivot DC steel bike
4/17/2024 9:14am
no, the frame is designed to fit the SIDluxe and a FOX Float SL, that's it. I would have liked to make more shocks fit, but at some point I just had to wrap up and move on.
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Thadeus Liked a comment about bike check Ranger - a home made high pivot DC steel bike
4/17/2024 9:14am
It is mentioned in the capture, that the fender is still missing, but I added a picture with the fender I printed.
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Thadeus Liked a bike check Ranger - a home made high pivot DC steel bike
4/17/2024 8:23am
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Craw Added a comment about bike check Ranger - a home made high pivot DC steel bike
4/17/2024 8:23am
So tidy. Could you run a trail shock with a piggyback if the reservoir was facing forward? Is there room for that?
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Craw Added a comment about bike check Ranger - a home made high pivot DC steel bike
4/17/2024 8:21am
Needs one of those little fenders that santa cruz bikes have. Easy solve.
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StudBeefpile Liked a comment about bike check Ranger - a home made high pivot DC steel bike
4/17/2024 8:20am
So fresh and so clean
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Craw Added a comment about press release Tannus Releases a New Modular Tubeless Insert
4/12/2024 8:55am
I've had one flat in the last 4 seasons running almost exclusively EXO+ and that wasn't a sidewall tear, it was a puncture too big to plug. So no, I'm not in denial. I just ride with a measure of precision but if I'm going to ride with inserts, which is necessary at my weight to get both good traction and burp resistance, they need to be ride-flat capable because getting an unpluggable puncture means limping out. Which is possible for me with Octamouse and Cush Core Pro but absolutely not on TT. Maybe these new ones are better but...
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Craw Added a comment about press release Tannus Releases a New Modular Tubeless Insert
4/12/2024 7:48am
Nope. I live in Vancouver and barely need DD casings. I guess I'm just light on my feet and check my pressures before every ride.
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Craw Added a comment about press release The New Super Z from Marzocchi
4/11/2024 3:36pm
The stated weight of these new bombers (2180g) is much less than the Fox 38 (2450g). That's the better part of 1 lb difference. I guess we'll see when they turn up in person.
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Craw Added a comment about press release Tannus Releases a New Modular Tubeless Insert
4/9/2024 8:37am
I'm 220lbs and it's absolutely not possible for me. Riding flat is basically just riding on the rim. Cush Core Pro and Octamousse Strong both can run flat for me. Just a caveat for other riders: claims of ride-flat capabilty are probably pretty generous so be warned.
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Craw Added a comment about press release Tannus Releases a New Modular Tubeless Insert
4/9/2024 7:15am
The original Tannus tubeless insert was claimed to be ride-flat but it absolutely was not unless you're like 150lbs.
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Craw Added a reply to How Much Reach is Too Much Reach?
4/3/2024 10:46am That's entirely location-dependent. I never encountered a corner I couldn't make. Some tight double switchbacks had to be done exactly one way or the bike wouldn't fit. All berms can be ridden. All of these same features are easier and more fun to ride on my current bike with a 1330 wheelbase with no appreciable loss in stability. If anything...
Craw Added a reply to How Much Reach is Too Much Reach?
4/2/2024 7:45am Same with me. I'm just shy of 2m and I went to an XL Geometron G1 with 535mm reach and a 79' ESTA. It was incredible to have a bike fit well finally. But it was just too long. A 1350 wheelbase is monstrous. It doesn't fit berm arcs and some climbing switchbacks are barely possible. Last year I switched...
Craw Added a reply to How Much Reach is Too Much Reach?
2/6/2024 10:55am I'm in your size range but a bit taller at 6'6". My G1 had a 535 reach but only a 659mm top tube and 140mm head tube with a 79 ESTA and a massive 1350 wheelbase. I didn't like this that much. I switched to an XXL Megatower that's only has 520 reach but a 670 top tube which effectively...
Craw Added a comment about bike check Intense Tazer Fs
1/28/2024 8:20am
That bike was way ahead of its time.
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Craw Added a reply to Preventing new bike lust...
1/28/2024 7:49am Given how difficult it is to sell a used bike for a reasonable amount these days I'm less likely to take a chance on something or be a little flippant. I actually bought the last XL Dread last spring because I thought I miiiiight be able to make it fit but it was priced very well and would at the...
Velocipedestrian Liked a reply to forum topic Preventing new bike lust...
1/24/2024 7:30am
Buying once and crying once hits home. I recently bought a bike I thought was close enough... Then ended up buying the one I really wanted six months later. I could have just spent that half year playing around on my hardtail and saved the cash and hassle. Now I have N=(1 too many) and get to try to recoup my cost in this buyers market.
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Craw Added a reply to Preventing new bike lust...
1/18/2024 12:40pm A new bike is a lot of effort. Not to speak of the terrors of selling your old frame to buy a new one plus sourcing whatever special parts you'll need to make your parts work. But having to get to know it all over again, figuring out how it rides, switching tires/bar/stem/etc and doing suspension setup. For me this...
Roots_rider Liked a comment about product review Tested: EXT Aria
1/13/2024 7:58am
Just to comment on the adjustment needing a 12mm. If you get an EXT shock in the US coming from Suspension Syndicate, the US EXT distributor and service center. The shock is provided with a small composite 3d printed tool that has a 12mm wrench and 4mm Allen key. Tool is tiny and weighs almost nothing, so no worries bringing it with even in a pocket.
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