I'm always playing with different stuff when changing frame bearings. I have to do my linkage ASAP (freakin' Trunnion mount bearings) and it's always about trying to think of ways that will keep me from having to do it again for a while.
Today I was thinking back to the Santa Cruz [**Bullit 2**](https://www.santacruzbicycles.com/en-CA/node/2011). Single Pivot using a bottom bracket that any home mechanic (at the time) had a tool for... quick swap out and then change the bearings in the BB at your leisure. Modern kinematics (but not too modern, if I wanted to ride a hardtail downhill, I'd ride my hardtail downhill) and geometry with 27x2.8" wheels. It's probably all local riders need (even if it's not all they want).
Feb. 3, 2020, 9:19 p.m. - Andrew Major
I'm always playing with different stuff when changing frame bearings. I have to do my linkage ASAP (freakin' Trunnion mount bearings) and it's always about trying to think of ways that will keep me from having to do it again for a while. Today I was thinking back to the Santa Cruz [**Bullit 2**](https://www.santacruzbicycles.com/en-CA/node/2011). Single Pivot using a bottom bracket that any home mechanic (at the time) had a tool for... quick swap out and then change the bearings in the BB at your leisure. Modern kinematics (but not too modern, if I wanted to ride a hardtail downhill, I'd ride my hardtail downhill) and geometry with 27x2.8" wheels. It's probably all local riders need (even if it's not all they want).