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That’s been an option for years. Every model has a frame set builder where you can start from the frame and add whatever you want, a la carte.
You also have to have things that ride well for everyone but no component is to have a weight limit because that means it will fail catastrophically, no matter the weight of the rider.
But I9 rims or others on quality rims- pretty much the wheel build on them- have a shop check tension and let it ripYeah, but Crank Bros...
First Ride: 2021 Forbidden Dreadnought - Ready for Anything - Pinkbike
Forbidden are back with the Dreadnought, the eagerly anticipated, longer travel follow up to the Druid.
The Druid is still high on my list for consideration, interested to see if they tweak it at some point based on what they've learned over the last couple of years and applied to the new model.First Ride: 2021 Forbidden Dreadnought - Ready for Anything - Pinkbike
Forbidden are back with the Dreadnought, the eagerly anticipated, longer travel follow up to the Druid.www.pinkbike.com
Slightly odd travel #s on that Forbidden, though at the same time I'm glad we are now past the bizarre idea that travel should be exactly the same length front and back.
I'd still love to test ride any HSP to see how it feels.
I'd still love to test ride any HSP to see how it feels.
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Still early days, but my insight on the mid-high pivot Shore -
Caveats
* I've pedaled around some highly rearward bikes before, but it's been years since the last one I tried
* I bought the Shore in spite of the high pivot, not because of it
- High pivot erases rock gardens better than any other design I've tried
- The implementation on the Shore (not as high of a pivot as something like the Aurum HSP) corners better than previous high pivot bikes I tried. This could be down to any number of factors, but I don't notice the chainstay lengthening as much cornering, however...
- Getting the front-end up is noticeably a lot more work due to the chainstay lengthening, the bike wants to stay on the ground. I think I can adapt to this on a DH bike, not sure if I could on a trail bike. Maybe if the chainstays were super short to start?
don't be jealous that he can turn a dot matrix printer and a washing machine into a downhill bike with some hot glue and 2 rubber bands...
My last few bikes have all had 10-25mm more front travel than rear. I think a lot of brands have gone that way these days.
Rear suspension is measured in vertical travel. If you consider the head angle of 63.5, a 170mm fork will give you 152mm of vertical travel.
Seems pretty balanced to me.
Slack bikes with even numbers are underforked IMO.
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I've tended to correlate this trend to the appearance of bigger wheels. Started with early 650b, and became more pronounced with 29rs...
Well the joke is now dead, thanks.
Wouldn't it be slightly over that because the effective angle decreases as the suspension compresses?
It depends on your sag, But you are going to have sag on both ends so the effective head angle will not change too much. I think most people run more sag on the aft end which would further slacken the head angle.
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yup! This has been an option at GG for two years. just spec out a Megatrail, ask for 29er fork instead of the stock megatrail fork, and don’t spec wheels.
Like you can literally order this today!
approximately 0 have sold. Not that GG doesn’t want to offer mullets, just not seeing anyone actually buy them.
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Fwiw: DT lead times for current/inline wheels are over 200 days right now... might be a slow moving race!!!
Great feedback!
Based on a couple seasons on my Norco HSP I agree wholeheartedly about erasure of rock galleries. It's a real thing. Especially nice for a flat pedal guy like me.
I also agree about the front end being tougher to lift up--has no impact on me in normal riding, but it's hard as hell for me to wheely or manual the thing in a showy offy way.
The Norco corners well but it definitely wants long sweepers more than (f@#$ing) switchbacks--it's a slack long bike so it wants to go fast -- that said, I have no real difficulty getting through pretty tight corners just getting up over the front and making it happen. The trade off is that I feel like I can really attack loose, bumpy, fast or otherwise scary corners with enormous confidence.
I was kinda worried about jumping on the HSP but it's actually at least as good as any other DH bike I've had (Sunday, V10.5, GG/DH).
I haven't run into this on it yet, but the time I can see it being an issue is riding a trail blind and needing to do an emergency wheelie drop at low speed. Also bunny hopping to change lines is taking a lot of effort, but I'm going to try backing off the low speed rebound damping.
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trying to convince an american, from the country of alternative facts and units, with math. joke‘s on you...
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Fair enough, sudden low speed wheelie drops are a very rare thing out my way--could see this being a bit hard.
Good call on the LSR. I tend to run things a bit slower out back in general for the sake of control and not getting bucked on jumps, but I've found that you can get away with faster rebound than I might otherwise run given the stability of the bike.
Not very downhillish, but some damn good looking steeds
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This thing makes me want to spend money.
Interview: Adam Sklar - A 27-Year-Old Building Hardcore Hardtails from Steel and Titanium - Pinkbike
What started as a college experiment grew to become Sklar Bikes and earned Adam a place among the best U.S. handmade frame builders.
This thing makes me want to spend money.
Fat tires and carbon rims, but that can be fixed. That frame with my child-labor and balloon tire free build off the Pistola would be sweet!