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I've been using a chain/Ulock combo that I picked up at the Giant factory sale a couple years ago. I then replaced the pinner aluminum tie down hooks Toyota uses in the bed of their Trucks with a CNC'd piece of hardened steel. So really theres thick steel down the whole line of defence. If a thief manages to get through all of that then he can have my bike.

I always cut a slit in whatever headset I get for this exact reason. I've even done it to a King one lol

Yeah but you'll have a a bunch of shitty headsets for the same price as a CK. As I get older I'm finding I like to pay the premium up front and not worry about it anymore.

If theres clearance at bottom out you could probably re-space the shock and gain more travel while maintaining eye to eye. Im eager to see one in the flesh to see if its possible.

I'm 6'4" and on an S5 Enduro, coming off of a L Pole Evolink. At your height I would say XL in the Sent BUT that STA is slacker than the S5 and Evolink. Maybe seat position could be adjusted for you, point being I would sit on one but I would put money on XL. Cheers.

My man! I bet his wife is a fox too.

I can't believe I'm reading any negative comments about the brand, honestly. I have a pair of their Destroyer shorts I bought at the sample sale last year and they kick the shit out of my Sombrio and TLD shorts as far as quality is concerned. Complaining about the price? Whoever complains about the price is out of their damn minds. I actually saw a pair of TLD/Adidas pants for sale for over $300 and they aren't even made here! Plus they're made of paper! How is that acceptable is beyond me. Whatever your thoughts are on the brands marketing is your opinion but I feel like we should all embrace these local brands and support them as best we can.

After having my 9point8 with the sideload rails I could never go back to this style. Post looks great otherwise.

No. Dustin mills all of the stems in house in Kamloops on a Haas VM3 and makes all of the bars/rims in house as well. I know this because I've seen it with my own eyes and openly posts footage of said cnc machine on the WeAreOne Instagram page.

Oh awesome! I'll be contacting you soon. Cheers

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https://www.transitionbikes.com/Bikes_Spur.cfm

42 hundred for a frame? WTF.

Yeah when did Transition become a dentist brand? Tariffs maybe?

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Cracked wheel still laced together?

If so; tape new rim to old wheel and transfer spokes + nipples across.

This

Posted by: oldmanbuilder

to the people advocating braids for trails that were cut when bikes were super shitty ... the solution is not changing a couple corners.  the solution is a whole new trail.  we're not going to braid our way from old-school trails to proper new school lines.

so how about leaving the old-school stuff alone?  we've already lost enough of it.

Nobody is advocating braids, just explaining them.

Remember back in the 90s when it was all about skinnies and teeter totters and now it's not? That's the evolution of the sport being reflected in the style of trails. Braids are just that imo. Speeds are increasing and lines are changing just like skinnies are being forgotten about in exchange for berms.

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I have the new Scout on route and want to run it 160F 150R. (Boutique Sight)

So I need to swap out travel spacers. Sock is 205mm x 57.5mm I need to change it to 205mm x 62.5mm. RS makes no mention of it in their service document but you can see it. I cant find the spacers for sale. I would need the 2.5mm travel spacer.

Will there be frame contact with the added travel? I wanted to do the same with my Sentinel but it was already super close so I chose not to. Fluid Function would have spacers I'm sure or get a machine shop to make you one out of delrin or whatever.

Transition states on their website that the new scout can be ridden with 140mm (205x57.5mm shock) or 150mm (205x62.5mm), so I am hoping they checked on that :) Im still not clear on how you make a shorter stroked shock into a longer one with spacers?

The metric shocks come in families of i2i's.  205 i2i shocks are all technically 65mm until they throw in spacers to decrease travel all the way down to 57.5mm. This cut way down on random size shocks for the manufacturers to have to make for the different bike brands and made it so the bike brands had 1 size i2i to work with depending on the bikes 'genre' ie 205mm i2i, 210mm i2i for bigger bikes etc.

Ah. So if the bike has a 57.5mm shock, you would want to remove spacers to make it longer? That makes much more sense.  Thanks for the explanation!

Exactly. Think of the spacers more like bump stops which limit how far the piston can go into the body. Cheers!

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Posted by: heathen

I have the new Scout on route and want to run it 160F 150R. (Boutique Sight)

So I need to swap out travel spacers. Sock is 205mm x 57.5mm I need to change it to 205mm x 62.5mm. RS makes no mention of it in their service document but you can see it. I cant find the spacers for sale. I would need the 2.5mm travel spacer.

Will there be frame contact with the added travel? I wanted to do the same with my Sentinel but it was already super close so I chose not to. Fluid Function would have spacers I'm sure or get a machine shop to make you one out of delrin or whatever.

Transition states on their website that the new scout can be ridden with 140mm (205x57.5mm shock) or 150mm (205x62.5mm), so I am hoping they checked on that :) Im still not clear on how you make a shorter stroked shock into a longer one with spacers?

The metric shocks come in families of i2i's.  205 i2i shocks are all technically 65mm until they throw in spacers to decrease travel all the way down to 57.5mm. This cut way down on random size shocks for the manufacturers to have to make for the different bike brands and made it so the bike brands had 1 size i2i to work with depending on the bikes 'genre' ie 205mm i2i, 210mm i2i for bigger bikes etc.

Posted by: heathen

I have the new Scout on route and want to run it 160F 150R. (Boutique Sight)

So I need to swap out travel spacers. Sock is 205mm x 57.5mm I need to change it to 205mm x 62.5mm. RS makes no mention of it in their service document but you can see it. I cant find the spacers for sale. I would need the 2.5mm travel spacer.

Will there be frame contact with the added travel? I wanted to do the same with my Sentinel but it was already super close so I chose not to. Fluid Function would have spacers I'm sure or get a machine shop to make you one out of delrin or whatever.

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Also the Kool Stop 1 piece pads work awesome and cheap af

Pad replacement time for Magura MT-5's. One piece pad is better I take it, and sintered or metallic for better bite? I can't remember exactly how each compound feels from previous brakes.

Btw, been very happy with these. Lovely feel, and bite point hasn't moved in 6 months I've had them.

Any pad suggestions?

I recently got the sintered (Gold Back) 4 piece Kool stops and they're meh. Not sure why but not super impressed. The organic Kool Stop (Red Back) ones wore faster but seemed to stop better for me and I'm a big guy. Kind of backwards I know.

http://www.koolstop.com/english/disc_magura.html

I'm more of a fan of the 4 piece setup just from the ability to balance the pistons easier but I really have no complaints towards the 1 piece either.

Cheers

To be on the Strava leaderboards you have to pay for a subscription now, I know a majority of my friends chose not to get the sub and my guess is that trend is consistent for mtbers in the s2s. So the fact that Strava is the cause of hoards of people braiding trails doesnt add up anymore, maybe 6 months ago but not now.

Also consider that the sheer pace of mtbing around here has gotten faster due to the equipment and general progression. This can cause braids as people accidentally blow off the trail, especially on older trails built with slower speeds in mind.

Theres lots of new riders these days and as mentioned above, it takes one person to accidentally cut a line and everyone will follow. I doubt it's a result of Strava and more a case of many factors.

Found on a particular Tri-cities mtn. If you think it might be yours hmu.

Cheers