NSMB - 2023 - Hardtails Leaning Against Stuff Thread

Enjoy a rare saddle up lean.

We've had a lot of wildfire smoke in the air here, but thankfully no wildfires super close. I've still had friends rolling through town on their summer Cumberland holidays so the tour guiding continues. When asked about the route on Sunday I told them we'd ride a "1 pack" distance. Once we felt like we had smoked a pack of cigarettes we'd head to the brewery!

It's supposed to rain a bit this week which should help with both the smoke and the extremely dry trails. I'm not sad to see September heading our way.

You guys seen that Sklar is going to offer a production hardtail. I am lusting hard over it.

https://sklarbikes.com/collections/bikes/products/sklar-sweetspot-steel-hardtail

That Sklar Sweetspot looks ace and is definitely a decent price. I'd consider it for the next build if it had sliders.. alas!

Posted by: yardrec

That Sklar Sweetspot looks ace and is definitely a decent price. I'd consider it for the next build if it had sliders.. alas!

It seems to be pretty close in large with 150mm to my current Ragley Big Wig XL and fixes most of the things I don't love about it (ie too long a seat tube and only one water bottle mount). I wish it had a taller stack height and I wish it had mounts for a top tube bag but Sklars are just beautiful.

Posted by: 93EXCivic

You guys seen that Sklar is going to offer a production hardtail. I am lusting hard over it.

https://sklarbikes.com/collections/bikes/products/sklar-sweetspot-steel-hardtail

Yeah saw that on Radavist. Looks awesome. Please do get one as it would be awesome to see more piccys if it here.

Viagra!

Posted by: velocipedestrian

Posted by: BC_Nuggets

Umm...not exactly my taste either but...I do...have a boner for some reason.

I see your boner, and raise you a trouser tent.

Ha.  Just saw this now.  "Trouser tent" is classic.  Lots of boner-worthy bikes in this thread.

Successfully finished my bikepacking trip across England on my Scrambler. I'm impressed with the versatility of the bike - about 800km of riding over two weeks, roughly half pavement and half dirt. It behaved well loaded down with way too much stuff and stripped down to ride trails. Definitely an ATB. I think I've figured out why the fit is weird compared to my other hardtail too - I'm so upright on the Scrambler that the bars have to be much closer, which is why it's a shorter bike that I'm running a shorter stem on; if the bars were lower, with a more aggressive position, I'd go to a longer stem.

Smokey forest lean. We were joking it was another 1 pack ride and we'd head back to town after we felt like we had smoked a pack of cigarettes. We've had a bit of rain recently, but the forest is still super dry.

Two x Triple Hardtail Enduro leans. We volunteered at or local enduro race this weekend. It was pretty fun watching the racers go by. Really really really dusty though! I was joking with the organizer he should have a rigid bike class and I would enter the race. He was a bit dubious how popular the class would be. I suppose that's reasonable. We did see 3 hardtailers race by us. So that was neat. It rained on us as we rode to the event, but we could actually see our local mountains so the smoke was less intense. It's so dry here the rain didn't make a dent in the dust on the trail. It ended up being a 10hr day for us door to door so I was pretty tired without having done any racing!

Posted by: TristanC

Successfully finished my bikepacking trip across England on my Scrambler.

Awesome. Sounds like a great trip.

Heading into the first winter with this new to me steel steed. What's everyone doing for rust prevention? 

Posted by: TristanC

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That pic took my breath away a little bit 🤩 Wow. Congrats on the epic adventure!

Posted by: PKMzeta

Heading into the first winter with this new to me steel steed. What's everyone doing for rust prevention? 

I have had no issues to date. I do run a rear fender and keep hoses away from the frame which keeps most water from getting to the seat tube. I have a hole in the bottom of the BB shell and I hang bikes so there shouldn't be any water collecting in the frame.

Posted by: PKMzeta

Heading into the first winter with this new to me steel steed. What's everyone doing for rust prevention?

When I build up a bike, I spray Fluid Film (a lanolin aerosol - makes your bike smell like wet sheep for a couple weeks but it's less horribly toxic than Frame Saver) inside all the tubes & through the welding gas holes. They heavily use road salt where I'm from, so I usually give the bike a quick spray down when I get home if it's sloppy out too.

When I was choosing what to use, I found this thread where someone experimentally tested the various frame protection sprays: https://www.mtbr.com/threads/anti-corrosion-product-shootout.1073581/

Edit: and I see @Vikb posted in there, five years ago!