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I'm interested to hear the long term review as this is an upgrade I would love to make.  

One of the writers on this site once suggested we use WR1 in place of WAO and I would support that change.

And this is a tangent unrelated to this article, but I'm also looking forward to the time when everyone just agrees we forgo using the words "acoustic" or "analogue" when referring to a non-electric bike or bicycle. Bike or bicycle will do - just as they have done for the past 80 or so years that we've had to distinguish between bikes and motorbikes.

45 minutes to drink 1 beer, eh?  One of us must be doing it wrong...

I have a 7mesh Skypilot Jacket. I was caught in a very heavy rain squall earlier this year while riding and was thankful I could pull the hood up over my fullface helmet.  The cinch straps do an amazing job of combating the parachute hood fill.

NF pants for the win anyhow - if you have long legs or just like to pull your pants up really high they offer extra long inseam option.

That's a reasonable explanation. I don't think the first click or so on any of my adjusters do much of anything to tell the truth.

At least I'm not alone.  Thanks for replying!

Question I have thought about for awhile - & Deniz I apologize that it is not specific to the Hightower V3, and I am in no way trying to call you out. Please don't think that!

I am asking the question here because I dare not venture into the comments section on Pinkbike!

Why do media types always show their suspension set-up in "clicks from closed"?

I've tried googling it. Can't find an answer.  Based on what I have learned in trying to find an answer I am left thinking that this approach is backwards?  For someone like myself who is uninitiated in suspension set-up and not a mechanic, it seems that expressing the settings from "fully open" would be more intuitive - which makes me think there must be a valid (if not critically important) reason to do it from closed.

I'd love to know what it is!

Thank you in advance.

We the reader do need to differentiate between repairs & maintenance, even though the terms are often used interchangeably. 

Lubing a chain and keeping tires inflated to the correct PSI are maintenance items that everybody does and no one really gripes about. A lot of people probably don't even think of them as maintenance, but they are.

I don't know that this system will require as much maintenance as our tires & chains.

Resetting the system after a crash is more akin to a trailside repair than maintenance - just like straightening your bars after the same crash.

Through that lens I can see why they would claim the system is virtually maintenance free.

Consider me curious, but not curious enough to cough up any amount of extra cash without trying it out first.  To me it seems to be a solution to a problem I didn't know existed until I clicked on this article.

But, I also didn't think a dropper post was something I needed until I got one.  Now I don't like riding without one.  Heck, I even want to put one on my kids Dirt Jumper to make riding to/from the pump track more enjoyable!

This was way more balanced than I was expecting.  Good on you for not getting too preachy and staying out of the muck.

My only gripe with the DP3 is that the phone pocket is on the right thigh. Being left handed this is less than ideal - but I totally get why they did it and understand that if you are only going to install 1 phone pocket it should appeal to the larger demographic of right handed people.   Wish I had of caught that sale!  I'm anxiously waiting for them to restock their 6 day pants. Those are totally up my alley.

Posted by: LoamtoHome

you can get NF DP3's on sale for super cheap right now.  Local company and they give back to builders.

I just bought a pair of NF DP3's and they are may favourite pants now.  Their waist band is may more comfy than any of the other riding pants I own.  They are somewhere between my RaceFace Agent and 7Mesh Glidepath pants in terms of weight of material. Can't say how they compare breathability wise due to limited time using them, but so far I'd say they are a great investment.

A -2 degree angle set from Works components would help bring that HA closer to modern standards, but it would shorten the effective reach even more.

Posted by: Heinous

I’ve recently built up a 2022 Pivot Firebird and I’m very, very, happy with it. Coming off the Druid the efficiency, playfulness and extra comfort are really noticeable, plus it’s lighter. The pedalling performance is the best I’ve encountered - super eager to pop forward but still surprisingly plush.

A bunch of my buddies ride DW link bikes; two on Pivots (one is a Firebird), and three of them on Ibis.  It's truly uncanny how little the suspension engages when pedaling. It is a remarkable design. I do believe the Pivot version of the DW link feels plusher than Ibis' version - but maybe that's just imaginary because I know the Pivots have more travel?

Congrats on a sweet bike!

I deleted the app shortly after he purchased it. It took Google all of 20 minutes to basically replicate who i followed on twitter in my news feed on their app.

Sweet - thanks for building!

Posted by: Hepcat

Then again trending is trending. Elon's retweet of a conspiracy theory right off the bat was enough to pull the plug.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-sparked-n-word-use-jump-2022-10%3famp

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/28/musk-twitter-racist-posts/

I did the same.

I haven't been up there in a while - which part of the trail is that photo from?  Is it the wooden part that had the "scenic route" alternate line, or the part further down the trail that had the (other) teeter totter?  When I was there last all of the wood work with the first teeter totter was complete and running great!

If you're tall I recommend the NF. They come in different length inseams. My buddy who is 6'5" got the medium long and says they are the first riding pant he's ever had that fit his waist and cover his ankle.

But as someone mentioned they cost about as much as a kidney so prepare for that.  I think they were like $70 CDN more than my 7Mesh Glidepath pants which are already not inexpensive.

I wonder how long it will be until some of the regulars on this forum are complaining about it?