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Dec. 2, 2016, 12:25 a.m.
DrewM
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That is a great idea. Andrew Major let's hear your thoughts.

Thanks for the heads up.

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I think it would be like assembling the definitive cantilever brake four months before V-brakes came out.

By the time it was ready to go better options would be legion and no one would give a sh*t.

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Dec. 2, 2016, 6 a.m.
connor
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Thanks for the heads up.

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I think it would be like assembling the definitive cantilever brake four months before V-brakes came out.

By the time it was ready to go better options would be legion and no one would give a sh*t.

but how cool would you be for those 4 months??

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Dec. 2, 2016, 8:59 a.m.
xy9ine
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that a proper 29'er dh fork pops up for 2017 would surprise me not. writing is on the wall, so to speak.

file this under "i just like wreckonings":

Dec. 2, 2016, 9:05 a.m.
xy9ine
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10 years ago, alex morgan, a backyard carbon savant of sorts, was dabbling with a 29'er dh bike. tires were a serious limiting factor at the time:

Dec. 2, 2016, 12:19 p.m.
FlipSide
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Indeed!
If I remember correctly, he tried to qualify for the MSA World Cup with that bike.

Out of all places, he certainly chose a brutal place to test that bike with sub-par tires. Total Flat-o-rama :lol:

Dec. 2, 2016, 5:21 p.m.
DemonMike
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they use a 27.5 crown with a 2.35 x 29 tire

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Dec. 2, 2016, 6:04 p.m.
PUNKY
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That's what has been stated.

Oh and you gotta lower the 49 to 160mm

Why slag free swag?:rolleyes:

ummm, as your doctor i recommend against riding with a scaphoid fracture.

Dec. 20, 2016, 9:51 a.m.
xy9ine
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minnaar on IG:

Dec. 20, 2016, 10:18 a.m.
Bull_Dozer
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minnaar on IG:

SC Hightower I assume? Minnaar is so tall that it isn't obvious on first glance that those are 29er wheels. I thought it was a Nomad initially.

Dec. 20, 2016, 6:37 p.m.
tashi
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Looks like he's running a plus size tire round the old midsection there…

Dec. 20, 2016, 9:21 p.m.
PUNKY
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Looks like he's running a plus size tire round the old midsection there…

Ohhhhahahaha. I see what you did there.

Also running some type of raw aluminum upper linkage as seen in the pickup truck box.

Why slag free swag?:rolleyes:

ummm, as your doctor i recommend against riding with a scaphoid fracture.

Dec. 20, 2016, 10:10 p.m.
TheWasp
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Looks like he's running a plus size tire round the old midsection there…

I spat my coffee on my screen :D

Dec. 21, 2016, 8:05 a.m.
Tmack
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Ohhhhahahaha. I see what you did there.

Also running some type of raw aluminum upper linkage as seen in the pickup truck box.

Word on the street is that SC is going to offer a linkage option to boost travel to 150mm.

Dec. 21, 2016, 4:08 p.m.
DemonMike
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Word on the street is that SC is going to offer a linkage option to boost travel to 150mm.

one dude stated he swapped the shock and it,s 150mm

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April 17, 2017, 7:08 a.m.
xy9ine
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looks like we're going to see some proper hardware this season - the fox 49:

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