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WAO also offers a 50% off crash replacement for second hand owners, which is huge if and when it comes time to sell your wheels. New carbon wheelsets keep coming out and WAO keep staying ahead of the pack from a service / got your back perspective.

Those safety wire pliers are amazing!  Thank you! I ordered some from Gnarly after reading this and just wired my Renthal grips.  Took 1/100 the time it used to take me to do it by hand.  Worth every penny.

Mind sharing your weight and Storia settings? I see the part about the 475 spring and the rebound tweak. Curious to know what you're running for HSC and LSC on the shock.

The G1s are soooo hot right now.

Excellent article! I just got my G1 last week and have 5 rides on it now in stock 29er configuration. Can’t wait to start messing with the mutators and a 27.5 rear wheel. I’m sure I’ll be referring back to this article over and over in the coming months.

Weapon, sled

I wonder how it would feel with an “instant” engaging hub like Onyx. On the one hand that might negate some of the pedal response lag but on the other Onyx can feel a touch squishy on its own so maybe that would just amplify the sponge-factor.

I'm probably guilty of not applying the Dumonde Tech stuff as sparingly as I should have (although I definitely didn't apply as much as the WPL wet in each application) so it wasn't meant to be a straight apples to apples comparison I guess. Maybe I'd have noticed a bigger difference if I'd gone hard-core one small drop per roller on the Dumonde Tech stuff. I didn't have any real problem with the Dumonde stuff either...but I did find it particularly easy to clean up my chain post-ride with the WPL wet.

I'm trying the T-9 spray on one MTB now and Squirt on another...it will be interesting to do a direct comparison in the same conditions.

The WPL dry lube is absolutely awful IME. It left and awful and difficult to remove gunky residue all over my jockey wheels and chainring. And it didn’t seem to do much “lubricating”. However, I found the wet stuff much better. I found I had to reapply the WPL wet much more frequently than the Dumonde Tech stuff but the WPL stuff stayed super duper clean for a wet lube and the chain cleaned up really nicely after nasty winter rides. The WPL wet bottle didn’t last me very long though.

Just found the exact same “cosmetic” cracks on both of my crank arms. Warranty claim submitted today. I’ve had them on my “sea to sky” XC / trail bike since end of August 2020. Not terribly impressive.

I don’t have experience with 27.5 plus but I ran my last 3 steel hardtails with 29” wheels front and rear and found after lots of experiments that cushcore pro and 2.6 rubber on hardtails around these parts is the shizzz IMHO.

Posted by: BC_Nuggets

Any recommendations for decent wheelsets at less than $1,000?  I want to get a new fork for my OG Rootdown and will be going for 15x110 boost for the first time up front.  But would like to get a new rear wheel too as my current wheelset internal width is 21mm and I think it's time to drink the wider rim koolaid.  So my wheelset goals are 28-31mm internal width, front hub 15x110, rear hub 135qr (yes I have an original rootdown with this spacing.)  It seems that everywhere I look online it's 148 boost rear spacing.

I have a feeling I might as well just have wheels built up by some locals (GVRD.)

If you're not against ordering parts from overseas, there are really good deals to be had from Germany for DT stuff. You can get 240 or 350 hubs plus EX511 rims together for less than half of what you pay for them locally, then have a good local wheelbuilder build them up for you. I think you could easily build up a super high quality set of wheels for under $1K that way. Haters gonna hate re ordering parts from Germany though.

Posted by: Bull_Dozer

Was thinking of upgrading my full face helmet as my current one is getting old and the bike park is opening soon. What are people wearing these days? Taking a look at different models online and it looks like a lot of the current popular FF helmets are those lighter enduro style ones. Are any of you guys using those for bike park use? Most of them have the full DH certification but still not sure I'd want one in the bike park. I'm a pretty tame rider and only ride the bike park 5 or so days per year so I could probably get away with it but not sure if it's worth the risk.

I’m in the same boat as you. I decided on going with a full new proper DH helmet because in the unlikely event that something bad did happen and I was using one of the lighter enduro style ones I’d hate to be asking myself if the injury would have been less severe if I’d gone with the full blown DH version. That’s just me though and I tend to be a person who chooses very comprehensive insurance…

Posted by: martin

@bushpilot My dream bike and build! If you are in Canada, I'd be curious to know what was the landed cost of the frame itself since I'll probably go the Nicolai/Geometron route for my next build. (You can PM me, if you feel like it).

How are you getting along with the Magura brakes ? I just received a set of MT5s with the Storm HC rotors and performance pads, can't wait to bolt them up to my bike.

I can’t remember the all in cost but I’ll look it up and PM you. I ordered a frame only from Geometron, along with some mutators, extra springs, extra dropout and a bearing replacement tool around June 2021.

The MT7s are, by far, my favourite brakes to date. I’ve been using the “race” pads exclusively for the last year or so. I’m sure you’ll love the MT5s.

I did lol thanks.  It always takes me forever to figure out how to post pics on this forum.  I gave up.

Here's my 2022 update. Now mulleted and with fresh-ish rubber going into warm season.

Posted by: Kenny

I was finding squirt got into the inside parts of my chain well but the outside would get rusty and it just couldn't seem to get the outside covered well without making a mess. Operator error I'm sure. 

Anyways I'm using wolftooth wt-1 which is a rebrand of some other lube whose name escapes me. 

Seems good.

WT-1 is the same as this stuff: https://scctech.bike

It’s good. Clean, quiet and long lasting.

Well I installed some DH22s yesterday and will give them a good trashing over the coming months. We'll see how they hold up in the cold.

Posted by: Kenny

They can be had for about 900 from some of the italian distributors, and they're about 980 CAD from bike24 (fluctuates some based some based on exchange rate of course). Add some shipping to contend with of course but I'm generally buying tires or other random stuff anyways. A 2021 lyrik ultimate with low-ish use and fresh lower service should sell for ballpark 900ish, so the net will be couple hundred bucks by the time I get the right spring etc. 

Honestly I'd buy from Alba, since it'd probably be helpful for getting the right spring rate etc, but they had no stock of anything last I checked. Either way - I guess what I'm saying is changing forks is cheaper than trying to hot rod the lyrik any further via damper upgrade or coil conversion.

That all makes perfect sense and makes me want to take a second look at the Selva C and the Selva R.

Mind sharing where you can get a new Selva C for close to what you sell a used Lyrik for? I’m all ears. I see Alba has them listed for $1200. Is that near what used but loved 2021 Lyriks go for these days?