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I definitely fall in the camp of riders who religiously check their tire pressure before each ride. I have a few of the Topeak digital gauges so that I can keep one in my garage, one in my car, and third in case I ever have the need to carry one on a ride. Excessive? Maybe, but at least I never have to think about where I put my tire pressure gauge.

Honestly, all this dissector hate is news to me! I actually like the tire in the rear in the exo+ casing. This all gave me a good laugh. 

Maybe I'd like a DHR2 more and I'm just missing out since it's been a bit since I've run one.

Have you ridden the bike with the Cascade link? I have not heard of many people that have and was curious as to people's thoughts. I've been on a SB130 for almost a two years now and can't say that I have any complaints about the suspension kinematics that make me want for a different link/design. For what it is worth, my bike has seen some moderately sizeable jumps and drops (say maybe a max of about 10 ft on a drop) and have a lot of mileage on the bike.

As for the LR aspect of the SB130, as an East Coast US rider, I actually like the bike as is (150/130), but I did buy my bike before the LR version released. That said, I did part swap my bike when it was brand new (basically only kept the fork, shock, and frame) to a different build that was my preference (and coincidentally was similar to the LR build kits)

The 505mm reach of a XL Yeti SB130 is not enough for you? I'm only 2 inches shorter and feel very at home on a size Large SB130. Genuinely curious, what reach would be long enough in your mind?

The 505mm reach of a XL Yeti SB130 is not enough for you? I'm only 2 inches shorter and feel very at home on a size Large SB130. Genuinely curious, what reach would be long enough in your mind?

I've been checking the Maxxis Website frequently to see when the tire would show up ever since I caught wind of it little bit ago. Looks like it is finally listed, but unfortunately still none for sale in the 29 size, from what I saw.

I see that, now! Edited my prior post for accuracy.

Even though I like the idea about riding without a bib, I still think that will remain my personal choice in the end for 2 reasons. 1) Where I ride does not have a ton of elevation and undulates very rapidly, so a large portion of my ride is spent seated and pedaling around on trails that are absolutely full of roots. The bit of extra padding definitely helps cut some of the sting from that after 2-4 hours on the bike. The second reason is that I use SWAT bibs when on my mtb and love having the pockets so that I rarely need a pack. Really helps on those rides that are in and around 100*F.

Mitch, in this case, I've actually always used xo1 chains for a bit longer wear life. So no change there!

That said, the SX is still a much lower price point than even Deore, so it's not quite an even comparison. (EDIT: it appears I was mistaken and was thinking of the Deore full groupset cost (w/cranks, etc.) So any price difference is negligible).

I'll also just add that I recently refreshed my SRAM drivetrain (X01 shifter/cassette (10-50)/chain, GX Lunar rear der), and I don't know if it was the change to the x01 cassette or the new Lunar der, but the shifting is notably smoother and better overall. I'd like to think the Lunar stuff sram put out actually has some performance gains from the new spring and also rearranged parallelogram.