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    Exclusive: War of the Wheel Sizes

    "And here’s the clincher: from a marketing angle, 650B is the best of both worlds—more momentum and better angle of attack than a 26er, yet lighter and stronger than a 29er. " or to put it another way... And here’s the clincher: from a marketing angle, 650B is the worst...
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    Who's had experience with an Elka on a Demo?

    Have you tried an Avalanche?
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    Bike feels like it's "twisting" on bottom out

    any chance your rear wheel is not tensioned properly or perhaps rear tire pressure is too low?
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    Gravity East Series #3 at the Windham World Cup Festival

    Thanks guys, I know about platty and "will" ride there...it's just not my top choice. :) I'll take a look into Roundtop and N/S lake. I'm starting to get the impression the Windham Area Recreation Foundation's only goal is to run one annual UCI event. Which is totally fine. Just don't...
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    Gravity East Series #3 at the Windham World Cup Festival

    Hi Gravity East, You seem to be the authority on the area. I posted this in another forum but didn't get any feedback. I'm wondering if you can share the beta on the network of trails (either current or planned) that is listed as the second bullet point in the mountain bike festival mission...
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    Gravity East Series #3 at the Windham World Cup Festival

    That's too bad. I'm not one to spectate. Hey, we're heading over to Central Park tonight if you're free to ride.
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    Whats the lightest moto helmet ?

    I don't know the weight, but I tried on a new Kali aatma DOT helmet and it was very light. http://www.kaliprotectives.com/moto/aatma/
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    Carbon V10

    Hey Jim, That sounds like a plan to me. Are you thinking of pushing up the green trail or are you talking about an XC ride on DH bikes?
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    Carbon V10

    Thanks Huck, I started the day out with stock settings on the Woodie. Half way in on high and low speed compression. And I think 4 clicks in on rebound. I backed out the low speed a few clicks and half a turn on the high speed. This felt better, but the bike was still not as plush as my old...
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    Carbon V10

    I think a softer set up would be worse in my case. It's not that the overall feel is stiff, it feels like the shock can't rebound fast enough to take the next small hit. That, and It feels like I'm banging off a combination of the high speed compression and natural ramp of the frame design.
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    Carbon V10

    On the Vivid I'm running a 500# spring in 10" mode. I'm 205# before gear. Sag is correct with gear on. On the Woodie, I'm running a 550# spring and get 1" of shaft sag. The 550 seemed high but that's what Craig recommended for the Woodie. I called him this afternoon and he recommended some...
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    Carbon V10

    Component manufacturers prices as well. I recently bought an XT bottom bracket and was told by the shop owner I "got the last $30 one" and that Shimano prices were going up 20% mid year.
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    Carbon V10

    Yes. The Avy was rebuilt this week specifically for the V10. Just a heads up on the Woodie/V10 combo. You'll either have to do one of two things to make it fit: 1. Have Craig use an angled canister head. This will move the canister further down the shock's long axis and it "should" clear the...
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    Carbon V10

    I've got 2 days in on my recent V10c build. Day one was with the Vivid coil. The Vivid handled large hits well, but small, repetitive hits (rocks, stutter bumps, etc) were not well controlled. It just could not keep up with fast, repeated, small/medium sized hits. Large hits were no problem. I...
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    Angleset problem

    It seems that the problems with the Angleset is not the gimbal/cup interface, but the less than stellar tolerances between the bearing and the gimbal. The bearings really have too much room to move around in the gimbal. It would help if the bearings were pressed in the gimbal...but then we'd...
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    Angleset problem

    I just installed a regular Cane Creek 40zs49. (1.5 to 1.125 reducer) headset. The cup tolerances were fine and it went in nice and solid. The 40 uses steel bearings rather than stainless, but the 110's stainless bearings will drop right in if these rust out. I don't recommend the Acros Ai-25...
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    Angleset problem

    Thanks for the tip MmmBones. I did use grease for the AI-25, but Fiber Grip would not have made a difference with my top cup. I just pulled it out by hand, and the bottom cup with a slight tap. This headset is going back and I've ordered a regular (non Angleset) CaneCreek 40ZS49 reducer.
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    Angleset problem

    I thought it was just me. I installed an Acros Ai-25 headset in my V10c last night and the top cup went in with medium hand pressure. The bottom cup went in normally. I'll try the cup swap to see what happens. Wonder if the frames aren't being reamed properly, since we're talking about 2...
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    Demo 8 vs Banshee Legend

    You might throw the Jedi into the mix too. Similar design to the Legend. My 08 is flickable and playable as all get out. Feels like a 4x bike at times.