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I have an original crank brothers dropper post, in use steady for over a decade now!

HAHAHAHA!!! Just kidding!

Even us inland hillbillies in Nelson aren’t immune from this ruse. A tweak here and a berm there and it sure rolls smoother. I’m not sure what to think...

A small thing, but they don’t seem to have spec’d the cassette on the various models listed. Curious if they went up or down on those since some of the bikes are a mix of GX and X01 or others.

Great review. About the only person who thinks GX is on par or better than SLX is SRAM him or herself. And GX pricing at both retail and OE is inline with XT. SRAM has some work to do...

Bought an old Roox one off an Mtb legend back in the day. It looked pretty sweet.

I’ve run odi rogue lock-ons for 15 years and this article and ensuing comments has persuaded me to try to slip on version. A little surprised no one else has tried them here...

And if you buy a complete bike you won’t get the bb tool and are left scrambling.

Andrew - could you mod chainline with reduced spacers?

1) maddening they made another standard (at least two, right?) for the BB cups...

2) regarding chainline, do you have a spacer between the DS BB cup and frame? Could you shave a mm off that? I’m not sure I’ve seen BB spacers of varying width but it seems like there might be demand.

“Actually, I was JRA when my headtube separated from my top tube. I swear!”

I was quoted $270 CAD from a shop in the Okanagan in the fall. I’m trying to order now and will keep you posted if that price is still right. Curious how the bar experiment goes for you Burgess - I’ve been tempted to try them.

I tore mine badly (I forget the grade) in the WBP, but I lived in New York City at the time.  I went to visit a young hotshot orthopedic surgeon in Manhattan and I'll never forget what he said: I'm an othorpedic surgeon! I get paid to cut people open! I love doing it! ... But I can't recommend you get surgery for this. 

And I think he was right.  I did a ton of physio the first 10 weeks and went riding that fall.  Since then I ride semi-regularly and I rarely think about my shoulder. Only when I have to sleep on a hard mattress, and carrying a large pack when skiing.  No regrets on not having surgery. I think it could be better than it is, but I do almost nothing to take care of my body, other than ride and ski - no weights or other training, and I'm sure I would benefit from it if I did so...  Maybe when my kids are older.