Posted by: a.funks
I’ve only seen one Marino in the metal which was a couple of years ago - seemed nice and the owner liked it. Your forthcoming one looks great!
I’m completely baffled by quite how smooth the Moxie is to ride - muting the rough, not being slowed by bumps. I’ve changed far too many variables to work out what’s making the bigger differences but I’m guessing there’s a lot working together. For instance vs my previous hardtail we’ve gone:
27.5” to 29”
Aluminium to steel
12 speed to singlespeed
32 to 28 spoke wheels
Flow EX to fairly soft 30mm rims (whatever used to come on the cheapest Levo)
150mm Pike due a service vs new 160mm Lyrik
Longer wheelbase & chainstays
Would anyone who’s made similar changes individually rather than en masse like to enlighten me as to which stuff matters most?
Tempted to take it on my next uplift trip of rock munching!
I just changed out my Flows for "compliant" carbon wheels, it's astonishing how comparitvely smooth the Flows were. Can't imagine Flows to other aluminum wheels was much of difference?
Went from a Pike to a Lyrik on a couple of bikes, the difference in plushness was surprising. To date Lyrik is still the plushest fork I've ever run. Could partly be that?
I know it's a big category, but aluminum to steel is what I would guess is the biggest change? I have limited A/B experience with this, switched out an aluminum BMX race bike to a similar steel frame, and switched my aluminum commuter out for a steel commuter, but both times the change in how much smoother the ride became was night and day. Bigger than any wheel, fork, bar, grip, etc change that I'd done combined.
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Outrageous. Had to look. I would have guessed $700usd as their lowest priced steel frame. Made in Peru helps?