Very cool! I would like to make a press out of some I beam and firehose like your buddy has there.
Nice one! We got my mom an ebike and she rode 250 days last year. Nice to see her getting out there and having adventures.
Jesus, 250 days is solid!
It's the same thing with guns, drones, or anything else, it's about accessibility. When something becomes so much more accessible, it "unlocks" this behavior.
Ebikes are just a newer, faster way for them to be assholes. Personally I do think it makes it a bit more pronounced.
Yup, back in the olden days the only people that drove 4WDs like fuckwitts were people that worked in the mines. When 4WDs became affordable and aftermarket parts did the same loads of people started driving like fuckwitts becuse they could afford to replace stuff broken through stupidity.
In my experience, the Vaults are awesome and grippy but the V12s suck a stinky Johnson.
The original V12s or the redesigned ones?
Post pics and a ride review!Just pulled the trigger on a Kona Honzo ESD frameset. It will be built using various stuff I have, like RaceFace Atlas bars, Renthal stem, DMR Vault pedals, RaceFace Vault hubs, drivetrain (XX1 11sp NOS, no less), etc. It should turn out super nice.
I will need a fork (Lyrik Ultimate TBC), boost crankset (XT 170mm TBC), brakes (SRAM G2 RSC TBC), seat post (OneUp 180mm, rims (Flow MK4 TBC), CushCore, and a couple of other things. Hopefully, I'll be able to find these in the next few months. I am not in a hurry, as this will be my backup bike. It should certainly be more useable then my current backup bike, which is a classic Voodoo Bizango hardtail loaded with nice parts, but having a shit geometry from another era.
The plan is to eventually have the whole mountain bike fleet running Boost hubs, XD drivers, SRAM brakes, 27.5" and 29" wheels, etc. Currently, I have 4 mtb in the garage, with three wheel sizes, two steer tube sizes and 135/142/148 hubs. My mid-term goal is to get back a bit like it was in the good old days, where it was easier to mix and match components from one bike to the other. I think it's a nice plan!
I will report back in this thread once it's finished.
I don't know which version or the difference. I had a set of black painted mag Vaults (that I destroyed), then saw a good deal on black painted mag V12 so I got them, and I was not happy with those.
Those guys are cool, the shop is 10 minutes from my house.
Yeah I was super impressed with him and his excitement for it..what was really cool was his positive feedback for vorsprung...
Got my Switchgrade today. This is fucking slick.
Wait it's 2022 already?we're not even a full 2 weeks into the year
The new Transitions are ZS56/ZS56. Not sure what ebike forks are.
Haha, I did ask Manitou if they would do another 1.5" fork, they said no but pressing in a NOS 1.5" steerer may be possible.
Your mom wants a racy seat and dropper post? A new seat is the first thing my mom wanted... and a cushy one at that!
The seat was just so cheap I had to buy it, she can try it and if it's no good the lounge chair type one can go back on.
Yeah I have no issue with Sunrace cassettes, I'm still running a road 11spd Sunrace cass with a short cage Saint mech and Protone cranks.
tapered is about the only industry standard that's (A) actually a standard and (B) makes sense. 1.5 straight died because it was a ton of extra weight for not a lot of extra stiffness.
Yeah but to make up for the flex in tapered steerers I have to run an Intend Stiffmaster which offsets any weight benefits of a tapered steerer.
Well, considering I had a 35mm alloy bar and the front end felt like a noodle under power, then I added a Stiffmaster and it felt loads better, I think that was probably the issue......
of course you're going to say that when you bought a $90 headset spacer.
