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jacksonpt

jacksonpt

Turbo Monkey
Jul 22, 2002
6,791
59
Vestal, NY
I rode for the better part of an hour today - a very, very soggy hour. The last part of the ride is a solid climb - not real steep, but about as much as I could handle this time of the year. I dropped the travel on my TALAS all the way down - I couldn't believe the difference... the bike felt totally different. I can DEFINITELY see how cranking down the travel would be really beneficial on steep climbs.

Travel Adjustment is a wonderful thing.
 
Silver

Silver

find me a tampon
Jul 20, 2002
10,840
1
Orange County, CA
I never used mine when I had it, but I like to climb seated and spinning. I'd rather have the travel so I can just point the bike uphill and roll over stuff. I can see how useful it would be if you liked to climb standing though.
 
Toshi

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,747
8,748
this is why i miss the old days, when trail bikes weren't 10 feet tall, and why i ride a ~1996 hardtail.
 
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