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Jun 23, 2015
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Compatibility with saints for sure.


The package for the bash guard would need some fine print from the legal beagles.

"Bash guard is not intended to make contact with the ground, rocks, logs, or any other solid object. Any contact may result in scratches, and beryllium dust contacting the skin of the rider, and the consequent fatality of said rider."

Save you a little weight though!
 

Gary

my pronouns are hag/gis
Aug 27, 2002
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On my commute home tonight I got passed by roadies wearing white aero socks up to their knees like Japanese school girls... Weight is sooo 90s
 

Happymtb.fr

Turbo Monkey
Feb 9, 2016
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My max cadence is 240rpm. Doesn't mean I'd ever want to be doing it on a climb tho.
Agreed!
Something I just realised is that 32x52 is the same ratio as 22x36 which was the lowest ratio with a triple crankset and a 10s cassette back in the days I started mountainbiking. The likelihood of running the same wheel size on each ratio is rather low and 22x36 was pretty useless at the time. My conclusion is that the industry got better at offering useful ratio with only one "minor" downside in the form of gigantic cassettes...
 

Andeh

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Mar 3, 2020
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Yeah, but those triples were on 26". It's roughly a 2t step from 27.5 to 29 for the same gear-inches or whatever the unit is called. No idea what it is from 26->27.5, but I'd guess it's somewhat similar. So a 32x52 for a 29" is more like a 26x36 on a 26" bike.
 

Gary

my pronouns are hag/gis
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Agreed!
Something I just realised is that 32x52 is the same ratio as 22x36 which was the lowest ratio with a triple crankset and a 10s cassette back in the days I started mountainbiking. The likelihood of running the same wheel size on each ratio is rather low and 22x36 was pretty useless at the time. My conclusion is that the industry got better at offering useful ratio with only one "minor" downside in the form of gigantic cassettes...
Yeah. BIMD 24t x 28 was the norm. then in the mid 90s compact cranksets came along and gave us a 22t chainring. Back then I ran 22/36 chainrings with 11-28 cassettes for a decade or so for the sort of riding people now call "Enduro" *cringe*.
 
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Gary

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@Gary
Did you have a bash guard instead of the big chainring back then?
Those have almost disappeared today. I think I need one for my son
Yeah. But it wasn't there for impacts. More chain retention. So I ran thin Alu ones (sometimes even a plain (no shifting ramps/pins) chainring with the teeth ground off)
 

Happymtb.fr

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transition has some on the new relay
What modern cranks take a bash guard? With direct mount the integrated chainring + bash seems like a stupid idea...
I still have an older xt crankset with spider and some bash guards in my shed but the cranks are 175 which is kind of long for a 150cm kid
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
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I don’t need a bash guard on my e-mtb because the motor and its protective plate are lower than the outer edge of the ring

good thing the motor is cheap to replace and simple eh

(I’ve had no issues attributable to this layout in my multiple years with it fwiw)
 

Andeh

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FYI, if anyone's looking to find a Conti Kryptotal FR Enduro in 29, the cheap ones on BikeInn are made in China, not Germany like the other 5 Conti tires I have.
Tread etc looks real, so probably not a fake, but there's a reason why they're only $56 shipped to the US and out of stock everywhere else.
 

FlipSide

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Sep 24, 2001
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rideit

Bob the Builder
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In the cleavage of the Tetons

Gary

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Aug 27, 2002
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some Shimano shifter windows are removable and have a blanking plate. some don't. Can't really see what those are.
 

Toshi

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Those brakes are way too outboard imo. Maybe they don’t like braking power

On my commuter bike, for example

IMG_7961.jpeg
 

HardtailHack

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On my Derp bike I have XD on 26" (Hope Pro2/stans flow)
But I run 11spd 10-42 coz I ain't fucking weak and would honestly rather push up a hill than pedal at slower than walking pace.
I had to get off and walk coz of a dude with a dinner plate cassette a couple of weeks back, half walking speed is a bit slow for 34-34t.
I understand 30-51 if you have mountains that you ride up, but we don't have them here.