No I didn't. It doesn't get much use at the moment but my son will soon be big enough for it.
Where can I read more about scrublover 's community project?
New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?
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Where can I read more about scrublover 's community project?
not even a community project. just decided to turn my old hardtail into a karma bike for a local kid. managed to get some donated parts from some other locals to fill in the blanks. now working on getting the mish-mash of old stuff to play nicely together.
I hope it works out! good luck
Yes. Mrs. Scrub has a great sense of humor.
Much of it came off my commuter, and has been replaced with newer bits. Decided to do this rather than deal with selling/shipping/etc. Much of this stuff I can't use on any other bikes, or is enough used that I'd not get much for it.
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Sweet ride! 
As a follow up to my rebuilt CC DB Air IL, I found the airspring to be kind of digressive. Set sag to 30%, and any curb hop would practically bottom out the suspension. Only got 1 of those blue volume spacers, and couldnt get any new ones around here, so used the 3d printer to make a few.
All in all, I'm kind of disappointed in this 'lineAir' spring of theirs, Rockshox' Monarch Debonair was a lot more linear, and I can initiate movement in a pressurized Fox X2 with my pinky finger.
Guess they wanted a low spring rate from sag, and allow the wide range of damping of their adjusters to change the characteristics.... but that won't help me boost my lardy ass on a step-up.
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These are some of the best cranks ever made. Light, reliable, tough.Those XTR cranks ...
Yes, they are absolutely precious.
I am still trying to find one of these in the elusive 165 mm length.
what travel are you going to run?
38 on the nomad going from 170 to 180. my 36 was 180 and i liked it.
changed my wahoo mount to a top cap mounted one and increased stem height. finally the rise came alive. awesome day at reschenpass today without having the feeling of hanging over the bars all the time
These are 175. I tried selling them locally with no takers. Don't want to hassle with shipping...but hey man, I'd happily take some cash and a lower priced Shimano or SRAM crank set in trade..
I don't have the original bottom bracket or bolts or chainring. So am running a stainless steel flat ring from some company whose name I forget. Bought years ago. I also have a Wolf Tooth narrow wide ring to fit. Both 30t. With a BBG outer bashguard. That only fits with the stainless ring however.
Anyhow. I ran these cranks for many years on my primary ride and it spent the last 3 or so on my commuter.
Time marches on.
I ran a set of those 980 arms with 9 speed 970 rings for years too, then a few more years with a NW ring. I think I just about got $300 when I sold the 980's with appropriate rings a couple of years ago.
I still need to sell the 970's I have.
I still need to sell the 970's I have.
went to install new bb and discovered likely source of creaky-cracky noise: fubar'd crankarm pretension bolt. will go questing around local shops tomorrow to find a new one. in the meantime gave the bb/crank area a thorough cleaning and installed new bb.
Kinda hard to tell, I had 2.3mm worth of rotor and shimz in there for bleeding, but it may not feel as positive as if it was just one big rotor (the rotor that is on the bike), could be the reason for the following. It *seems* to be a little less hope-like super-crisp and a little more magura-like progressive, but I can't tell until I ride it. I just wanted to get it hooked up and bled. I bought a Tech 4 X2 and will convert that now to a Tech 3 X2 for my XC bike, which doesn't need massive power.
I don’t know. There’s 3 guys around here with them and I just squeeze their brakes here and there while riding together. I’m happy with the Dominion A4 so I haven’t considered getting them for myself.
They both have 4s.
Running a T3V4s with 220m, they could have used more bite. Power was acceptable, but I would have liked them to bite down harder when called to or for it to come on faster. Resistance to fade and heat was fantastic though and it made going down so many rock slabs pretty fun and pleasurable. But some more bite and if T4s bring more power to the game, should be decent...but there are a lot of decent brakes out there. I also want cross-compatibility with my winter setups and these work fantastic well below 0F, where other (mineral oil) brakes do not, so I might have a different reason than most.
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Last bits, promise.
I'm hoping the brake levers won't hit the TT, 15mm rise ain't much.
Also, fuck DHL Germany, I'm lucky I didn't get another empty package, it's like they just kick stuff around for the week it sits in Gemany then it gets fired to the destination via cannon.
EDIT- You get a little card with the person your family can blame when you die because of teh crabon, hahaha.
EDIT- Just realised I bought the older and lighter handlebar, luckily I don't run Shimano or Sram levers so I should be fine, hahaha!
I'm hoping the brake levers won't hit the TT, 15mm rise ain't much.
Also, fuck DHL Germany, I'm lucky I didn't get another empty package, it's like they just kick stuff around for the week it sits in Gemany then it gets fired to the destination via cannon.
EDIT- You get a little card with the person your family can blame when you die because of teh crabon, hahaha.
EDIT- Just realised I bought the older and lighter handlebar, luckily I don't run Shimano or Sram levers so I should be fine, hahaha!
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You really could not sell them locally???
Here the 980s go for 150-180 € depending on condition and are alway picked up quickly, the 985 for less because of 88 mm BCD.
Not sure if this is worth it, customs and shipping will kill us.
Thanks for the offer though.
Someone’s pandemic purchase turned into a deal too good for me to pass up. Said it was used a few times, but I don’t see any evidence of that. He upgraded the cranks from NX to GX, put on an MRP bash guard, Race Face carbon bars (those are going in the ocean pronto. I have some aluminum bars to put on), One Up composite pedals and new in packaging Assegai and Dissector tires with Cushcore for both. I’ll probably put the 27.5 on my DH bike. The last bike I had with really short chainstays I didn’t love, but it also had 30mm more reach. I’m hoping that and the smaller back wheel will make it better than the Process I had. And if I don’t love it, I’ll flip it. Going to give it a thrashing tonight. Pray the carbon bars hold up for one ride.
Tramp stamps are the decals down the back of the seat tube or down the top tube cause you have to constantly look at em while riding it.....this is more like a Friday night bender arm tattoo