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I really like the construction on shimano shoes but I kill the sole pretty quick with kona wah wahs. They are less grippy that 5.10 so perhaps similar to these shoes.

Ha! When the article is trolling the comments. I just got into the push on grips with wire due to Andrew.

I have found....tall bar make bike ride good.

Cash money tip is always is the best. Also the most easily shared with the rest of the team. The shop that I work at does this and we usually just get a huge meal or throw some kind of party with the pooled cash. 

Also no one ever wants a weed tip, save yr nuggs.

BB to front hub

I am riding a hardtail with 63% front center and 37% rear center. It has 2 29" wheels 64* ht angle 55mm bottom bracket drop and super tall bars. Its the best cornering and all around handling bike ive yet ridden and all of it came together mostly on a lark with what I could find this last winter. I am interested in comparing the % of front and rear centers to see if that is the key to its cornering ability. Off topic? Sort of, but I think this % may be an important piece of this fun bike nerd puzzle we all love so much. Im 5'8" and love the big wheels.

This gets rid of the gobble gobble? I love the brakes but man that Turkey shows up every 10 rides or so and i have pull every thing and clean it and re-surface the pads.

Pete, I hope this does not cross any personal lines, but could we get an ankle measurement? I love the idea of these but likely have the same problem.

I cannot agree with this sentiment more. Its funny how people (probably childless, nothing wrong with that, and probs a good choice) who might be offended by some one asking them to leave the dog a home would have no qualms about asking you to leave the kids at home and would probs mention off hand how annoying kids are.

Z1, Z2 and I have my eyes on a durolux. The Z2 is great for trail bikes. I have a 120 version on the HT and it is awesome. Gotta echo the service out of the box thing the z2 rode night and day better with a lowers service and adding foam rings.

I destroyed all my pivot bearing mud riding 2020. Hardtail in 2021 is going to save my squishy bike for the dry times. I don't wrap but I both spray and dry brush based on feelings. I am a terribly un-disciplined human.

I moved my dropouts all the way back to 445 ( as far as they would go) and all of the front end flop is gone.

Its been cool being able to adjust the stays. I had them in the shortest cuz thats what I always do, but setting them at 3/4 length took away some of the floppyness. 

Also interesting on the stem length. I was thinking about going shorter but maybe I should try both.

I tried a real ride rigid and quickly decided I am not a fully rigid rider. Ouch brutal on the arms. I ordered a Marz Z2 from the parking lot. The fork is set at 120 right now and the bike steers weird for sure, I am going to try it at 100 and see if that helps. Its not terrible but floppy somewhat at the initiation of a turn. I also went with the 44mm offset as that was what was available. I think the added stack of the works headset and the longer fork are most likely the culprit.

I'm too cooler-centric for bikepacking this thing is for mud. The bag in the picture just blew a zipper, lame!

Finally I figured it out. Or my crappy phone did. Any how...2021 kona unit with a -2° works headset.  I ditched the spds after one ride and went back to flats and ended up with the chainstays in the shortest setting after trying the longest. 

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I just finished this bike with cast off drivetrain parts and wheels while I wait out an XT crank to complete a build for the squishy bike. It has a Works -2° headset and cush core in the tires in an atempt to make it rip. It's pretty fun but I really suck at the rigid shredding probably just too old but being so I love the clean up.

Pics? What bike is it?

I can't figure out how to post photos here. Sad story.

I just finished this bike with cast off drivetrain parts and wheels while I wait out an XT crank to complete a build for the squishy bike. It has a Works -2° headset and cush core in the tires in an atempt to make it rip. It's pretty fun but I really suck at the rigid shredding probably just too old but being so I love the clean up.

Those will not work or they might. No tubeless bead on the tire. Its not worth the hearing loss...or worse.

I live in Oregon were mtn biking is still a fringe sport and much of our "good" trails (especially near portland) are less than legal and secret within the small group who built and maintain them. Strava ruins these trails by bringing out the crowds. Especially now with travel restrictions and people looking for close to home shreds. I build and ride in a little secret spot near my house and lo and behold there are lots of new faces over the past few months. I politely ask any new folks to turn off strava. The best part is 80% of riders say " whats strava?".