This is awesome; thanks for sharing!
Regarding the hardware, mountain biking is hilarious in how we over spec hardware and all have the perception it’s necessary. I used to be the same - wouldn’t ride a stem that didn’t have four x M6 bolts holding the face plate on. I never bent or otherwise damaged a ‘tiny’ M4 bolt on a Thomson seat post (under lots of load) but most posts are M5. I had to spend some time thinking about when I picked up my (used) **[cargo bike](https://meatengines.com/f/the-hungriest-ive-ever-been)** as its held together by 5x M5 Bolts and it gets ridden hard loaded with kid and supplies. Anyways, I definitely didn’t want to swap elastomers more than necessary but for me it came down to cleaning and applying Loctite.
Interesting re. Moto. They do have freesag that we don’t get on MTB so if your suspension is well sprung and well tuned the initial chatter absorption could be better? This is where I tend to prefer MTB forks with more mid-stroke support from the air spring/damper so I can run less low speed compression off the top. Food for thought!
June 15, 2020, 7:17 a.m. - Andrew Major
This is awesome; thanks for sharing! Regarding the hardware, mountain biking is hilarious in how we over spec hardware and all have the perception it’s necessary. I used to be the same - wouldn’t ride a stem that didn’t have four x M6 bolts holding the face plate on. I never bent or otherwise damaged a ‘tiny’ M4 bolt on a Thomson seat post (under lots of load) but most posts are M5. I had to spend some time thinking about when I picked up my (used) **[cargo bike](https://meatengines.com/f/the-hungriest-ive-ever-been)** as its held together by 5x M5 Bolts and it gets ridden hard loaded with kid and supplies. Anyways, I definitely didn’t want to swap elastomers more than necessary but for me it came down to cleaning and applying Loctite. Interesting re. Moto. They do have freesag that we don’t get on MTB so if your suspension is well sprung and well tuned the initial chatter absorption could be better? This is where I tend to prefer MTB forks with more mid-stroke support from the air spring/damper so I can run less low speed compression off the top. Food for thought!