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The length you cut them to is a factor also

Those hooks for protecting you from branches look a lot like hooks for grabbing onto branches to me

Those hooks for protecting you from branches look a lot like hooks for grabbing onto branches to me

I miss Straitline, loved their massive aggro pedals when they first came out. Are they still going? Not much stock left on the website, not sure if it's pandemic or winding down

No on both counts, but I wouldn't hate you for it

William Shatner deserves a lot of things, but credit for that lyric isn't one of them. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFM

Garbaruk do a 328 g 11-52 cassette that fits a HG driver (they have 10t XD versions too) and is a fir bit cheaper (at least this side of the Atlantic) than SRAM X01, worth checking out, just bought myself an XD one.

What stopped you running the Bikeyoke? Run a 185 on my size L with room to spare

You're not going to buy another press-fit frame and swap over the BB?

My Morewood Makulu was another bike with that 10.5x3.5 shock. They were proper monsters, just filled the front triangle. The water bottle crowd would never stand for it.

Posted by: craw

Totally. My mountain bike rides require a drive and then tend to be super intense due to the nature of the shore. An instant steep long climb with no warmup then white hot intensity the whole way straight down. I prefer my mountain bike when I want to 100% clear my brain, replace it with 100% focus. My gravel bike is for the opposite experience. Ride straight out the door. Look at stuff, cruise, drift in and out or maintain tempo, explore new places, at intersections opt for the way I haven't been before, etc. I find if I need to clear my head I ride the mountain. If I need to think and work through stuff the gravel bike is a better choice for turning stuff over. Reconnecting with spaces is a nice change to riding defined trails. There are so many spots around Vancouver you would never bother to ride on an enduro bike.

Sums up my experience exactly, got into gravel riding as a side effect of lockdown, but it's a different experience to mountain bikes in exactly the way you describe. Can just roll out the gate and explore.

@bicycle_batman - what size is the Bardino? They normally have a seat tube brace, yours looks much cleaner without it.

Rode XO DH for years, sold the bike with them intact. Replacement bike had SixC - I sold the third warranty set of SixCs and replaced them with Hope. Weight penalty was worth it, the SixCs just couldn't be trusted. Friend had the same experience.