You're my guy, Andrew! I love how you're out there reviewing these products for niche cases. I actually logged into NSMB today to ask about your long-term thoughts on the Fasst Flexx bars on a rigid bike, and here you are covering another item I just picked up.
Note before I proceed: Rev has changed how it makes the elastomers and you no longer have to cut them out. They now come in a ring that you simply push into the clamps.
Okay, onto the meat (engines?) of my comment. And I’ll just put the core question up front: has the Fasst Flexx become your go-to when riding rigid on single track?
I'm converting my hard tail to a rigid covid gravel bike. (RSD 510 suspension-corrected fork FTW!) Now that my bike is taking shape I'm giving some thought to riding it on mellower single track with my buddies who are just now getting into real mountain biking. My thinking is that a rigid single speed will make those trails more fun/exciting at the speeds we're riding. The last time I owned a rigid single speed was the Trek Superfly SS with a Chupacabra 29x3 tire up front. I remember getting pretty beat up, so I'm planning to do it right this time with the Rev grips, a Vittoria Airliner insert so I can run crazy low pressures, and possibly the Fasst bars. I looked at the Redshift Shockstop stem, but then found a FAQ on Redshift's site that said the stem isn't designed for technical mountain biking and could result in catastrophic failure. So... that’s a hard pass.
Jan. 19, 2021, 5:51 a.m. - Enurjetik
You're my guy, Andrew! I love how you're out there reviewing these products for niche cases. I actually logged into NSMB today to ask about your long-term thoughts on the Fasst Flexx bars on a rigid bike, and here you are covering another item I just picked up. Note before I proceed: Rev has changed how it makes the elastomers and you no longer have to cut them out. They now come in a ring that you simply push into the clamps. Okay, onto the meat (engines?) of my comment. And I’ll just put the core question up front: has the Fasst Flexx become your go-to when riding rigid on single track? I'm converting my hard tail to a rigid covid gravel bike. (RSD 510 suspension-corrected fork FTW!) Now that my bike is taking shape I'm giving some thought to riding it on mellower single track with my buddies who are just now getting into real mountain biking. My thinking is that a rigid single speed will make those trails more fun/exciting at the speeds we're riding. The last time I owned a rigid single speed was the Trek Superfly SS with a Chupacabra 29x3 tire up front. I remember getting pretty beat up, so I'm planning to do it right this time with the Rev grips, a Vittoria Airliner insert so I can run crazy low pressures, and possibly the Fasst bars. I looked at the Redshift Shockstop stem, but then found a FAQ on Redshift's site that said the stem isn't designed for technical mountain biking and could result in catastrophic failure. So... that’s a hard pass.