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DavidG Added a comment about feature Tested: Yoshimura ENDH Stem Kit
4/7/2022 1:44am
If I got my hands on this stem I would actually fabricate an aluminium bar that would attach to the steerer clamp, and provide me with a much accurate alignment. That would be satisfying.
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DavidG Added a comment about feature Tested: Yoshimura ENDH Stem Kit
4/5/2022 3:20pm
If it was that it would be stupid. It's not something you're doing every day, and even if it was there are other ways to align.
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DavidG Added a comment about feature Tested: Yoshimura ENDH Stem Kit
4/5/2022 1:06pm
What puzzles me here is why the distance between the clamps gets narrower ar the front. Even if (surprisingly) that turns out to be stiffer than maintaining the same distance, it would LOOK stiffer/ better...
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4/28/2020 6:35am
DavidG Added a comment about bike check Custom YT Capra CF Pro 2018
4/28/2020 3:17am
2018??
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DavidG Added a comment about bike check Marino Taste the Rainbow
3/14/2020 12:48pm
From the side it looked great, but the cockpit and the fender bring it to clown territory.
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DavidG Added a comment about feature Only Nine Speeds. Is Simpler Better? BOX Launches Prime 9 Drivetrain
9/3/2019 4:15am
I could deal with a somewhat reduced range and somewhat further apart gears, but 11 teeth minimum is a no-go. Both my current bike and the two previous ones, all had sub-optimal antisquat. This can be counteracted with a smaller chainring, but for that I need small cogs on the cassete, like 9t or 10t at the very least. e*13's 9-42 cassette is appealing to me, or would be if all cogs were made of steel.
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DavidG Added a comment about bike check Capra 29 CF Pro - Coil Blood Edition
7/1/2019 5:27am
Oh yeah... I forgot that besides the CF Pro Race there is only the CF Pro now, but last year there were the CF and the CF Pro. But your bike is the CF, not the CF Pro. The CF Pro was either white/black or all red. The CF was white/red or grey/black.
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DavidG Added a comment about bike check Capra 29 CF Pro - Coil Blood Edition
6/26/2019 9:12am
I run a 2.5 dhf or a 2.6 eliminator on the rear just fine, albeit with carbon rims. The wheels on your bike appear to be the aluminium e*13's, which do come on the CF Pro, but how come this is the colour scheme of a CF Pro Race? I know of no CF Pro with this colour scheme.
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DavidG Added a comment about photo original_TR_5413.jpg
4/30/2018 6:33pm
Are you serious? You think 29ers have higher bb's?
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DavidG Added a comment about feature Vital MTB How-To: Cockpit Set-Up
4/5/2018 8:48am
Well for me, when choosing bar angle comfort is precisely what dictates the choice, and with Renthal bars for example, especially those with a higher rise, I end up putting them on a more rolled back position. I remember my hands hurting with a Renthal bar I had some years ago, before I rolled them back from a more “normal” position. So even though these bars have a smaller backsweep than most, thanks to the upsweep, the bar elevation itself, and me rolling them back, the hands end up at a similar point as with other bars, which is aligned...
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DavidG Added a comment about feature Vital MTB How-To: Cockpit Set-Up
4/5/2018 7:28am
"both the rise and the upsweep will conspire to push the ends of the handlebar too far rearward – you’re riding a mountain bike, not a beach cruiser!" What's that about? I really don't understand. This setup has what seems like a 50mm stem. Some people might want to have the bars a little further back instead of buying a shorter stem. There are 40mm, 30mm stems, even Pace makes special bar/stem combinations that allow a 25mm or even shorter length. One may choose to simply roll the bar back instead. What's wrong with it?
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DavidG Added a comment about feature The Return of the Goat – We Ride the All-New 2018 YT Capra
3/30/2018 10:35am
Also the fact that there is an XXL spreads the sizing more, so the correspondence is not direct with the size range of other models.
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DavidG Added a comment about feature The Return of the Goat – We Ride the All-New 2018 YT Capra
3/30/2018 7:16am
Tristan_Mayor, concerned as you are about sizing charts (and rightfully so), YT's sizing chart does recommend the XL for 6' riders. It's right at the borderline between L and XL, so one may go with one or the other. I may actually provide some personal input on that, because I am 6' and I have ridden both sizes. There is a 2cm difference between sizes. I have ridden the L with a 50mm stem and the XL with a 30mm stem, so the cockpit size remained the same. Both felt very good but the XL provided more attack confidence. Not...
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iceman2058 Liked a comment about Feature The Return of the Goat – We Ride the All-New 2018 YT Capra
2/15/2018 4:22pm
You are really the only person qualified to answer your question. As you would probably have gathered from the article, I'm your height exactly, and I had a great time riding the XL on the trails in Sintra at the launch. Most of these trails are of the fast and rough kind, that generally have you looking ahead and going with the flow. I love the feeling of being able to relax and move around in the cockpit that you get with a longer bike, as well as the extra security when plowing into stuff. Where it sometimes catches me...
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DavidG Added a comment about feature The Return of the Goat – We Ride the All-New 2018 YT Capra
2/15/2018 4:19pm
I too have had some good times riding in Sintra... even with a 26"-wheeled Jekyll. So maybe I don't need a huge reach to enjoy it. But I get what you say about the extra security, and I think I might go for the XL to see what it's all about. Thanks for the answer!
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DavidG Added a comment about feature The Return of the Goat – We Ride the All-New 2018 YT Capra
2/12/2018 4:48pm
I plan on getting myself a 29 CF Pro but your comment about the XL size really made me unsure... At 1.84m I'm exactly between sizes and I know that I will feel fine on the L but is it worth it going for the XL?
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DavidG Added a comment about feature Hustle and Flow: 2017 Cannondale Jekyll and Trigger
4/12/2017 3:02pm
Optimizing the suspension for a 30t chainring is a plain mistake in my view. Looking at the transmissions they are offering with the bike, with Eagle the lowest gear (50-30) is equivalent to a 37t cog with a 22t chainring (37-22). Nobody needs a gear this light, especially considering that the heaviest gear with the 11-46 Shimano cassete will be a ridiculous 11-30, which is only good for the tightest singletrack, or maybe not even that. And while a chainring could be changed, they are extending this compromise to the frame. Seems like an excessively conservative move, fitting to a...
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DavidG Added a comment about feature Hustle and Flow: 2017 Cannondale Jekyll and Trigger
4/12/2017 8:26am
It bobs because the pivot is too low. It could be a little higher for a 30t chainring, for which it supposedely was idealized. But the problem is, 30t chainrings?? For both SRAM Eagle and Shimano 11-46 cassettes there is no need of such a small chainring. I run a 34t with a 9-42 cassette, so for those I would run a 38t at least. Which would make it bob even more because the chainline would be higher above the rear suspension pivot, compressing the shock with each pedal stroke. Besides, it's better for the pivot to be above the...
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