I've been there, but only to make fun of toshi for his extravagant car purchases. I had no idea they were so.........versatile!
Guerrilla Gravity, badass frame manufacturer in Colorado
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Just looked at the last page.
Damn dude. I live in Lake fucking Tahoe. Rampant consumerism, tech bro gadgets, and neoliberal bullshit regarding what 'the help' should be paid........I got plenty of. Don't need to augment.
Hmmm. You're probably not wrong but peyote is endangered. 'Shrooms grow on garbage.
peyote is endagered?
aw man
that's the only thing good about my texas visits.....not even kidding
Conservation status: Vulnerable.
oh, that just means retired old white ladies can't find it next to roadsides any more
I wish I were kidding but that seems to be the case with botanicals. I'll actually be in court over this soon regarding another species.
But worth keeping an eye on!
God that stuff tastes like shit.........
I logged into the Strava machine and see our @6thElement has logged a few PR on the local trail.
Sounds like he's adjusting pretty well to his new Egg !
Sounds like he's adjusting pretty well to his new Egg !
Riding solo I was going to try for a top to bottom Enchanted Apex run last night, but as soon as I dropped in something hit my shin - I thought my water bottle had come out the cage. The 5" moondust and bitch of a middle climb make it hard going flat out on Enchanted right now
Cruised Enchanted and then pushed a little more down the gut as it's moondust free.
Anyone got any tips or tricks for getting the main frame bearings to go back in straight (with the spacer tubes between them)? I was replacing them for the second time yesterday, and while I can get them out fine, and the first one in fine, I have a hell of a time keeping the spacer tubes to stay horizontal while I press in the second bearing with a drift set.
is that the hardtailparty guy?
I think SS bolts aren't as strong? I'm sure someone knowledgeable will be along to confirm/deny that.
How about just giving them a light grease covering?
How about just giving them a light grease covering?
I would recommend using standard silver zinc plated bolts. They're M8x1.25, 10.9 grade. Stainless bolts are weaker and gall easily, stay away from that.
I replaced the shock bolts with Ti and haven't died yet. Due to the unthreaded length, you have to order both long and cut to length. It takes fucking forever with a Dremel, let me tell you.
so I’m at wits end with this bike. I can’t get the suspension to not deflect/ricochet off of square edged stuff and it just stays harsh as hell. I’ve had both the tractive SD revalved and the EXT and it still rides the same. I’m stating to wonder if this is just a result of the low-ish pivot/forward arc, but other HLs I’ve had were never this harsh with a coil shock. I was cycling it without the spring in the picture and it’s smooth, in fact when I first got it I cut my finger because the suspension cycled so easily without a shock in there. I just don’t know what to do at this point, but the bike is just not fun to ride. I could see this working “ok” on smooth trails where you don’t really need much suspension, but for anything chunky, whether big or small chunk, it’s really letting me down.
Try Gravity Mode, that's a distinct difference towards absorption.
When I first got my Smash (and then again when I switched to Megatrail), the Crush/Trail modes felt really harsh and unrideable on anything but smooth flow. I quickly switched to Plush/Gravity and ran compression mostly open, and it was super compliant. But as I got used to the bike and found myself pushing it harder and trying to be more playful on it, I first went back to Trail, then have been steadily closing LSC & HSC. For the MT, I dropped a 25# spring increment from Gravity to Trail (per online calculators, and verified sag).
The bike does have a fairly high amount of anti-squat, which I know coupled with too much compression damping on other bikes (i.e. newer SC) can lead to a strong feeling of harshness on square hits like brake bumps.
My suggestion would be to run it in Gravity, with 25# more than you had in Trail (assuming you were at 30% sag). The Storia / Arma is pretty heavily damped, so start with both LSC and HSC about 80% open, and the rebound 2 clicks from wide open. You'll need the fast rebound to stay out of the ramp up, and the very light compression settings to counter the anti-squat you're feeling. Once you get something that's comfortable, you can start closing either one of the compression settings or adding HBO to get any more of a playful / sporty feeling.
The bike does have a fairly high amount of anti-squat, which I know coupled with too much compression damping on other bikes (i.e. newer SC) can lead to a strong feeling of harshness on square hits like brake bumps.
My suggestion would be to run it in Gravity, with 25# more than you had in Trail (assuming you were at 30% sag). The Storia / Arma is pretty heavily damped, so start with both LSC and HSC about 80% open, and the rebound 2 clicks from wide open. You'll need the fast rebound to stay out of the ramp up, and the very light compression settings to counter the anti-squat you're feeling. Once you get something that's comfortable, you can start closing either one of the compression settings or adding HBO to get any more of a playful / sporty feeling.
Yeah, I’ve tried all that. This is where I’m at now. It just kicks hard on any square bumps. 
Everything I’ve ever experienced tells me a bike should not be this harsh and it shouldn’t be this hard to get it decent, it’s like a hard tail at some speeds due to the rear end just deflecting off.
Everything I’ve ever experienced tells me a bike should not be this harsh and it shouldn’t be this hard to get it decent, it’s like a hard tail at some speeds due to the rear end just deflecting off.
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My sweat turns aluminum spoke nipples into white powder in just a few weeks of riding, have also retired a frame and CSU for the same reasons. I now hose off even a clean bike as my sweat kills them.Thanks. I’ll try those. After the toxic salt water that comes out of my pores melts that zinc like ice in the desert I’ll gamble with titanium.
Hard to say without checking out your setup. It's obvious you've cycled the thing with a coil damper, hold the coil so you'd feel if there's any binding. But I've ridden a few different GG configs and there's nothing special about the suspension that is what I would call harsh. It's not over-leveraged santa cruz u-shape-shit "plush" but it's certainly not the bike. I ride my megatrail mostly in the short travel setting and it's not that, although it obviously leverages the shock less.
You want me to mail you some shocks to try?
You want me to mail you some shocks to try?
Don't you run rather high tire pressures?
Sometimes, best I can say it, sometimes it’s in the high twenties, sometimes low 30s at the park if I’m anticipating huge hits, which is not most the time. But again, nothing different than other bikes I’ve owned.
also, the ext and SD seem to ride real high in the travel no matter what I do. I do tell these people I don’t want it valved for the 60 foot road gaps. But that’s always how they come?
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