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The amount of dirt that seems to be inside and around the bearings in that second "little link" photo would worry me. I don't like the look of that at all.

510 reach here, on a (I think) 450 ST. It's less weird than you'd think. I expected to be all sorts of weirded out when I finished building the bike and finally sat on it, and it wasn'tstrange at all, felt right

After my experience with SixC cranks, I'd have been thoroughly surprised if these hadn't cracked somehow. Sold my latest warranty set (number 3) and bought some Hopes.  Liked everything about the RaceFace - the styling, the weight, the cinch interface, the easy install/remove (ok, maybe the tiny bolt on the preload collar is a bit of a pain) but I just couldn't trust them.

SRAM 11s cassettes with Shimano shifting works brilliantly - and without the backpedalling issues that you get with Shimano cassettes (not to mention the extra weight) Current XTR Mech/Shifter with X01 cassette is the most reliable shifting I've ever had...

That's three too many for me  - I've been down that road before, and the teeth only lasted weeks. Plus I'm fully bought into XD drivers on all my wheels at this point, so I've got no great desire to move back to Shimano cassettes anyhow. 

Had great luck with SRAM XD cassettes thus far, really impressed with the durabilitty.  Happily running them with Shimano 11 speed mechs/shifters.

Any idea if the Shimano mech works with the Eagle cassette?

I hope it does, there's no way I'd go to the hassle of a new freehub to end up with a cassette with all those alu cogs. It's just too soft a material to make cassettes out of

Interesting. I originally built my Geometron with a reguar 27.5 Fox 36 with regular offset, but after a good few months riding, I managed to gouge the stanchions on a rock. Mojo replaced them for me with a shorter offset 26" CSU (which was cheaper too, nice one). 

I'm probably not a good enough rider to understand or describe exactly what difference it made, but there was definitely something. The bike cornered better, both tight lines and when leaning it at speed.

Not much, unfortunately. NRA doesn't represent it's members, it represents gun companies, who oppose any and all regulation. Most polls suggest a majority of NRA members supportt gun control already.

Cool... thanks.

What cage are you using?

My longest geometron might get the same treatment

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.