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  1. Wuffles

    Belt curious...

    Trailish- to DH. I don't ride enough park to justify a full DH rig, so I just pretend any bike 140-170mm travel is sufficient, even if it isn't. Mostly riding my hardtail these days since it's capable of handling 100% of my local trails without getting too sketch. The bikes I'm specifically...
  2. Wuffles

    Belt curious...

    True, but they have one critical drawback- while cleaner than oil based lubes, they still pick up dirt and grime far more than a pure wax application does. The problem is paraffin wax is not really soluable in anything you could sell over the counter, and doesn't melt until 60 degrees C or so...
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    Belt curious...

    Not lube, full wax. I use Molten Speed Wax, applied by melting a couple of pucks in a 2 qt crock pot and then swishing the chain around for a bit. In clean conditions, it's good for about 200-300km before needing a re-do, and I usually do a re-wax after each muddy ride. Two pucks/1 lb of wax...
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    Belt curious...

    Looking at getting some sort of long-travel gearbox setup for the next rig, probably with a Pinion. Big question with those is do you go with belt drive, or chain drive? The default choice seems to be a belt, and while Gates swears up and down that their belts are much more reliable and lower...
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    Battle of the crabonz

    Listening to the latest episode of downtime with Barelli, kinda sorta sounds like those revved rims are coming.
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    Battle of the crabonz

    Third vote for Nox, ran them on three bikes so far. Damn things are basically unkillable. Santa Cruz would be another option worth exploring. Have a couple of friends on them, they've been very happy.
  7. Wuffles

    Frankenbrakes and brake improvement discussion

    Yup, ordered June 2019.
  8. Wuffles

    Frankenbrakes and brake improvement discussion

    My drunken purchase from 18 months ago finally arrived. Sandy Klaws came early this year. Guess I have to get my butt off the couch and go try them out.
  9. Wuffles

    Future Of Geometry? Grim F@#$IN DONUT

    I resemble that remark. Couple of years ago got my ass absolutely handed to me by one of the local XC pros in an enduro race. My only defense is he obliterated everyone else in the field as well. The potato chips were good though.
  10. Wuffles

    Future Of Geometry? Grim F@#$IN DONUT

    Well it's mounted to a Scott, so you're probably fine. Never had any troubles with the two inlines I owned. Pretty sure most of the problems you hear about are due to that eternally stupid design special-ed uses to mount shocks.
  11. Wuffles

    Future Of Geometry? Grim F@#$IN DONUT

    The old definition of trail bike, sure. But trail bikes these days come with coil shocks, Minions, and the HTAs from DH bikes 10 years ago. Which is good, but there is a special kind of fun to be had in being way undergunned for a trail and still coming out in one piece, which is where...
  12. Wuffles

    Future Of Geometry? Grim F@#$IN DONUT

    Marketing, Sham, what's the difference? TBH I haven't looked into the build kits of XC/DC bikes, or any bike for that matter since I always go frame-up, but I think the single biggest thing that makes an XC bike not a race bike is a more upright cockpit. Less efficient but easier to handle on...
  13. Wuffles

    Future Of Geometry? Grim F@#$IN DONUT

    Fuck it, I'll be that guy. I actually like downcountry as a descriptor- an XC bike that still lets you have fun going down. As opposed to an XC race bike, which is 100% high speed low drag lycra mandatory machine. Ironically, I see the Grim Donut as going too far in the opposite direction...
  14. Wuffles

    Fires suck, how to rebuild?

    Good stuff all, thanks. Current plan is to wait until it rains and clears off the ash to even start assessing. Looks like some different locations are in our future. So suggestions for new trail techniques/features, what have you put in to your trails recently that you like (or didn't like)?
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    Fires suck, how to rebuild?

    I'm on the west side, but the trails we're looking at are south of Omak in Washington, which is like allll on fire right now, Cold Springs fire complex. Usual soil is that sort of sandy high desert scrub, lots of pine trees around, similar to most of the the east side of WA and OR and parts of...
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    Fires suck, how to rebuild?

    So a couple of my favorite riding spots have gotten burned out in this latest round of wild fires. Already talking with the trail crew on rebuilding plans, but no one in our group has actually done any trail digging on burned-out ground. I know ash is a terrible surface to start with and you...
  17. Wuffles

    What brakes are good in 2020?

    Can confirm, I needed to do a top-off after a bit of use. Fortunately it's pretty simple, just go bed in the pads and rotors, and then without changing anything just add some fluid to the reservoir. The bonus is *knocks on wood* that despite the miniscule pad-rotor clearance, I have not had...
  18. Wuffles

    Fork add ons

    Well that's fucking badass. Seems like a promising start, hopefully it makes it to market.
  19. Wuffles

    Fork add ons

    Only the finest Duck Brand Duct tape. It'll go great with your Pit Viper glasses and neon color scheme.
  20. Wuffles

    Fork add ons

    Eh, I think Trust had trust issues. They had a shitty damper that they then used marketing wanketeering to hype up as not shitty (ala Cannondale), their prices were astronomically high, and in general they treated prospective customers like shit. The DIY fork on PB...
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