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That makes sense, thanks

Deniz - do you see a large difference between the NF pants and the dirt roamer pants in target use ? I know Cam reviewed them but wondering if you've been able to compare and contrast

even less far to go to get the gold shiny precioussessss

This is great, thank you. The comments sections are as rich and useful as the articles themselves, thank you for your replies.

But, but, but which brake for the Sea to Sky ?
So glad I had the opportunity to try out MT7s, back on Codes in a "run 'em till I break 'em' as they are an excellent baseline with dreamy bleeding, would love to try the Curas and the Hayes too. Possibly Hope V4s but the lack of parts puts me off.

If all that separates them at this kind of pricepoint is the 'feel' then they all fall into the same box. But are MT5s as good as MT7s for stopping, but are let down by aesthetics and lever feel? Because the price differential is quite large.

Stanley growler - good
Stanley Steins? Amazeballs!

In the absence of WahWahs the composite stamps in large have been doing great service for me, especially now my BB height is a little bit lower...multiple rock strikes on pins each ride some days and they're solid
I was worried about the pronounced feel of the spindle after using straightlines but I now use that to place my foot and I've had no issues with slippage. My daughter's bike has the WahWahs and I'm thinking about a bit of swappage to compare

Only Wah-Wahs, Chesters and OneUps ? So you didn't get the chance to stamp your Stamps on a set of Stamps ?

For sure - if I approach my bike with anything that gets sprayed, the wheels come off and the calipers get plastic bagged and moved up out of the way. Even a little bit of wind or just droplets hanging from a nearby spray can get into the worst places. Silicon is the devil for most mechanical parts.

I completely forgot to put goggles on whilst riding on some really wet post-downpour days, that's how little spray came back from my front wheel.

One thing though - don't get the standard length if you use a SteadyRack bike hangar (another product I fully endorse) as the last 2.5" inches of the fender hit the lower section

How's it lying around Squamish/Whistler ? Anything rideable in cheakamus?

Posted by: Cheez1ts

I got one of the early long and low bikes, the 2015 process, and now I'm stuck with any part I have or buy probably not being able to transfer to the next bike, and the current bike likely to crack eventually.

I'm very tempted to ditch the nice old rig for something available with new standards, but I don't know how much of a benefit having warranty is actually going to be this year.

I'm currently trending more towards spare everything, frame included.

I was in exactly the same place last year, 2015 Process153 that I had upgraded over 4 years so the only thing left was the frame and the Pike. It was a tough decision as I was desperately trying to figure out how I could transfer the parts to a new frame and then recoup something for the frame that was left over etc etc and then I had the term 'sunk costs' mentioned to me. I sold the entire bike to a very stoked kid and ignored how much I'd put into the bike. Found a great deal on a sorted 2019 bike and am now very carefully balancing upgradeitis vs new and shiny vs actual running costs. I think Tannus will be the only thing I'll add to the bike right now.

Posted by: Heinous

I'm, dredging this one up...

After a while rolling increasingly bigger bigger bikes, I've been on a Devinci Spartan 29er.  I've really enjoyed it - it's a great bike, and one of the more versatile of the long travel 29ers. I run it coil both ends and that seems to have unleashed it.

Anyway, I'm considering downsizing to a shorter travel frame. Partly due to a move in geography, partly due to curiosity. High pivot tempts me. The two that keep coming back for me are the Forbidden and the Knolly Fugitive LT. I'd like to run a coil, and either seems suited.

The recent Knolly Warden review was positive but somehow fell flat in my reading - what are people's perspectives on the Fugitive LT? Anyone rocking a coil in one? The Druid seems really tempting, it's just so well resolved from a design perspective. 

What are people's thoughts on these two?

I moved from a process153 with a coil to fugitiveLT as it was time to upgrade my bike and I was also curious to see if a smaller travel 29er would do the job in a more interesting manner. Then my friend moved from a YT Capra to an Evil Offering and never looked back which sealed the deal. I'm not riding anything differently here, I would probably have to have a little think about where I would ride it in Whistler Bike Park as I think it wouldn't be as fun on say, Crank it Up or Frieght Train. But it's a ground hugging speed missile nevertheless, very very stiff chassis which makes for instant responsiveness and climbs much more enjoyably.

I'm about to swap in a coil to my Fugitive LT - it's not that I don't like the DPX2 but it feels a little dead/damped even though the general suspension duties are being handled ok -  and I don't like the way that it handles repeated square edge drops like the last sections of pipeline or lower oilcan. I'm cautiously optimistic but the choice of coil is a tough one as 185x55 is a rare size.

brake pads and chains are the new toiletpaper

It get's the hose all the time.....not enough lotion on the skin

The last pump I had clipped to my frame died a horrible death from grit ingress into it. 

A new pump is now clipped to the side of the downtube via the bottle cage and I've already had to cover the head on a cut off piece of inner tube because Blackburn offer a swappable schrader-Presta head but the stupid cover doesn't fit into the Presta version. 

But I've also got to stop grit getting into the rest of the pump mechanism - cover the rest in inner tube? Looks horrible, but would work.

Put the pump in my bumbag ? It's long and weird and I don't fancy falling onto it which is why I frame mounted it. 

This pump is quite cheap but how are people protecting their spendy OneUp EDC pumps? Cover it in gorilla tape where the gaps appear - that would also double as a convenient source of gorilla tape...

So the MT5 has the same stopping power and the feel as the MT7 on the front ? I'm still trying to come to terms with the enormous price differential. I really liked the MT7s I had and would jump at another set but it's all about the braking and ramp up before anything else.

I assume the lack of lever swapping and other customisation plays a large part ?

I got a fullDan merino from NF and if their pants are as well made and as luxurious feeling then I'll have to sign up for the mid January drop.

My Endura strike gloves are holding up well but they get auto stinky no matter how many times I de funk them. They never get sodden even in deepest rains but I'm not commuting and my hands do stay warm as well. Grip is a little 'thick' due to padding. 

Friends are using rubberised work gloves from Mark's and reporting no problems at all plus a lot cheaper.

hahaha. yep.