1) Yep, totally aware of potential used air shock issues. I have had the DB Air on other bikes prior so am familiar with it and Cane Creek services (first time was a 2013 Process 153). Actually spent many years racing on a team supported by CC and am very much a fan of their products and services (sans Thudbuster, ha ha!). The Prime having a used DB Air, was actually a bonus for me!
2) Yep, working on obtaining the 148 drop outs from Banshee. They are out of stock at the moment, but a plan is in the works. Definitely looking at the Koozer hub as an experiment. In hand it has the exterior quality of a nice hub, obviously the guts are in question though. It's worth Googling "Koozer hub" if unfamiliar with them. Got a 142x12 for 65$ U.S. Build my own wheels, so not a big deal shaping out hubs.
3) Definitely a fan of -2 headsets. I ran a Works -2 on a Proccess 111 and it was awesome. My daily riders are a 63.5 hta hardtail and a modern Spec Enduro, so I definitely appreciate sub 65 hta's. However, since this Prime V2 is more of a project, loaner, N+3, I'm thinking I might keep the HTA stock as nostalgia (at least for now). We all know 67 hta's did work good enough at one point in time. And I actually think the V2 Prime is stock at 66 hta.
Thanks for all the feedback.
March 18, 2022, 8:47 a.m. - @canopyclosure
1) Yep, totally aware of potential used air shock issues. I have had the DB Air on other bikes prior so am familiar with it and Cane Creek services (first time was a 2013 Process 153). Actually spent many years racing on a team supported by CC and am very much a fan of their products and services (sans Thudbuster, ha ha!). The Prime having a used DB Air, was actually a bonus for me! 2) Yep, working on obtaining the 148 drop outs from Banshee. They are out of stock at the moment, but a plan is in the works. Definitely looking at the Koozer hub as an experiment. In hand it has the exterior quality of a nice hub, obviously the guts are in question though. It's worth Googling "Koozer hub" if unfamiliar with them. Got a 142x12 for 65$ U.S. Build my own wheels, so not a big deal shaping out hubs. 3) Definitely a fan of -2 headsets. I ran a Works -2 on a Proccess 111 and it was awesome. My daily riders are a 63.5 hta hardtail and a modern Spec Enduro, so I definitely appreciate sub 65 hta's. However, since this Prime V2 is more of a project, loaner, N+3, I'm thinking I might keep the HTA stock as nostalgia (at least for now). We all know 67 hta's did work good enough at one point in time. And I actually think the V2 Prime is stock at 66 hta. Thanks for all the feedback.