NSMB - 2012 AM 29er build off

i had that concern too. if it existed i'd have my heart set on a racelight, sakura/kamui version of the surface, because i could see the weight and capability of an am 29er chromag being pretty similar to my 6" bike. one of the reasons i'm not totally gutted not to have bought one in the fall

Did you ever think of a sakura/kamui with 650b wheels? 26" wheels with long travel fork for whistler/shore and 650b wheels with short travel fork for xc/trail stuff. Two bikes in one and all the numbers work pretty much perfectly. In my eyes that's still the ultimate hardtail bike for these parts.

1990…

ya ya Tomac ran drops back in the day because of his road back ground. Lucky he does not do it now or the band wagon would begin.

Drop bars can make sense, just not in BC. Anyway I plan to have something noteworthy to add to this thread this year, thanks to a nice salary for the first time ever!

ya ya Tomac ran drops back in the day because of his road back ground. Lucky he does not do it now or the band wagon would begin.

I jumped on that early bandwagon with my Team Moron / Marin. I vaguely remember it was good for climbing and bunny hopping, but pretty useless for everything else.

(Being pedantic, but didn't Tomac switch to drops due to him taking up pro road racing as he wanted his MTB and road bike to have the same riding position? He never had drops on his MTB earlier in his career i.e. when he rode for Mongoose :nerd:)

well these don't help as much as I was hoping. although the weight is fully set up for tubeless.

Yeah, you should have sprung for the Black Flags. More fitting for your bike.

Rim strips or just the valve stems on the Suns?

Rim strips or just the valve stems on the Suns?

yellow stans tape.

yellow stans tape.

yeah, they have Stan's BST, so you just need tape.

They claim the wheelset is 1799g, all over the place.

what's that, no tape, no front hub adapters, no valves.

come on…

yeah, they have Stan's BST, so you just need tape.

They claim the wheelset is 1799g, all over the place.

what's that, no tape, no front hub adapters, no valves.

come on…

the 26" is pretty much bang on what they claimed. They should come pre taped too. Are yours OEM?

the 26" is pretty much bang on what they claimed. They should come pre taped too. Are yours OEM?

yeah pre taped. I just had to switch the front adapters, and put the valves in. came with 2 mini bottles of Stan's too.

seems you were sold a bill of goods under false pretenses. take them back to your lbs

oh wait

talked to some people at Sun.

the weight is supposed to be 1840g now.. no tape, no valves, 20mm set up..

much wider than the old rims too.

my lbs is in my basement.

my lbs is in my basement.

I have same basement:)