Ninjatarian profile

Regular simple green oxidizes alloy?  I had no idea.  I don't think I have ever seen the purple stuff.

Maxima SC1 does wonders for keeping my bike shiny and the suspension supple as anything- and it smells great too!  A cheap brush for hubs is a dollar store bottle brush.  Nice write up!

This video did things for me that I haven't had a video do in a long time. Nicely done. I want to go ride my bike now.

Thank you very much for the reply.  I think you bring up a good point about the minimum ring size which is more important with modern cassettes.  I also particularly like the fact that you don't have use chin ring bolts; I did always think that was a hokey design.

Honest question- Isn't the new Wolf Tooth Camo system just a re-iteration of the spiders that cranks used in the past?  I guess I just don't fully understand the advantage this has over the older spider system if only swapping the ring is your goal.

Well, you're going to find yourself pretty hard up if you want a nice 26" right now. 

I have no issue with more choices, but if people keep thinking something additional "new" makes that last thing "outdated" as apposed to just different as they should, then the other "outdated" option will dry up.

Are the HR IIs OEM or yellow print tires?  I find OEM Maxxis are not so hot.

I'm interested in HN myself- the price is reasonable and people seem to think good things of it.

Posted by: tungsten

They won't sell me a bike with an un-cut steer tube.  : (

What's the reason that you want one out of curiosity?

Dang.  Alloy or brass nips?

I lied!  Jamie does have their 26+ out now, and at a reasonable price too! 

I just wonder if they got over those frame cracking issues...

The issue is mostly the frame availability. 

I've been waiting for Jamis to finally release the Eden & Dragonfly for the other half, to no avail.   I think she could benefit from the "easy button" traction and rollover that 2.8-3" tires provide, but She is small so 27.5+ is just too much I think.

Posted by: Endur-Bro

Yet SRAM offer the Lyrik 29 in both 170 and 180mm travel options. Which is what I'm getting at. Why does only one suspension company offer an über long travel single crown and FOX, Öhlins, DVo, MRP, Manitou all offer 29ers at 160mm and under (minus the unreleased 49 and Boxxer)?

Anyway, a 170mm Öhlins 36 or Fox 36 29er would tweak my loins.

The Evil Wrecking is the longest travel single crown 29r I know of and it's built around a 160mm fork. The Wreckoning's competition (Slash, Enduro, Mega) are all 150-155 in the rear and also built around a 160mm fork.

So really there is no reason for any of the brands you mentioned to use precious resources to r&d and produce a fork that nobody uses. Rockshox can offer a 170mm & 180mm single crown 29" fork simply because they are the industry giant and can afford to throw it out there as a niche item. DVO? That's 7 guys operating a company out of a closet in comparison (and doing so quite well, I might add). Not worth their time until a bike and market exists that can use it.

<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Is it the remote that makes you not able to recommend it? i.e., when they fix the remote will it be an alright post? </span>

Have you considered an alternative like Huck Norris or Flat Tire Defender? They run about 70usd vs Cush Cores 150usd which is significant in my book.