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Ah. So even when running identical levers they'll be different brakes?

Is it though? I wonder what the physical differences are. (Besides lever/pads/where they're made).

I had MT-5's and buddies had MT-7, I couldn't tell the difference besides the yellow.

Dear lord. Coming from the tropics we were similarly blind sided, but didn't almost die. 

Gas station attendant at the top outlined by strobe lightning wearing full snowboard gear in August was completely non-plussed by our epic tale.

August on the north rim of the Grand Canyon is a mother! Our trip there we got pummeled at the top by a hail storm so ridiculous it blanketed the ground like snow.

Great write up. Thanks for telling both sides. 

Had a few bikes stolen, and recovered:

Get a burglary report.

Finding the bike is on you. It's real work and takes motivation and patience. 

Set up a meeting, call the cops on the way. Meet the thief somewhere safe, I used the entrance of grocery stores with friends waiting nearby. 

Be polite and apologetic, tell the thief the truth, and tell them "you are in possession of stolen property". Stall till the cops come, tell them the thief is aware they are in possession of stolen property, show them the burglary report. 

At that point it's up to you whether to press charges or not.

I went through this process 4 times, each time the thief was just a really dumb person, nothing at all like the nefarious villains our imaginations build up.

Yup, I'm also a different size frame between 27.5 and 29. Your other findings about a bit of 29er awkwardness on tight downhill turns and getting the weight back exactly parallel what I've experienced too. 🍻

I've been on a 29 for a year, but I did go shorter travel as this seemed to mitigate those shortcomings for some reason.

Amazing tire, but Race is 120tpi= wet tissue strength. 60tpi only for this husky boy. Ikon is available in 60tpi.

Shuttlers gonna shuttle is what I've seen. That fucking hard to pedal up the local hill solo or with one other socially distanced partner?

People, they're the worst.

2 minute expert, love it! More pls

Steep seat angles are a bit of trade-off though, as it shortens your seated reach considerably.

Good on ya for staying engaged. Good bro.

Posted by: burnskiez

Hello all

Had to stop lurking and make an account so I could add to my favorite thread. This scrambler frame arrived a month or two ago and is finally together for the most part. Combination parts bin/ebay finds build for the time being with a few fun odds and ends here cause its a rigid frame and ss, so what the hell, its still much cheaper than any of my full sus rigs.

Highlights include some Paul WORD hubs with a White Industries freewheel and laced to Velocity Dually rims. Havent had a chance to get the rig dirty yet as I just finished it today and also rehabbing a bit of a knee injury but hopefully in a week or two......

Kerry

Hubba and congrats. Can I ask what size you went for and how tall you are? The stack is throwing me a bit off of what I know.

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Edit, more dumb questions: Basic difference between MK5 and Scrambler is one is a mid-fat?

Been hemming and hawing forever. Buddy at the Kona dealership keeps saying just get a Unit.

If you've got someone close in the States on T-Mobile could jump on their plan? Works great.

Posted by: Couch_Surfer

Nah.  Both parties agree there should be change to the political system.

The Dems would like to improve the system, the GOP would like to eliminate voting and move to autocratic fascism.

6 of one half dozen of the other

Lest we forget.

Thinking about the inference in Tung's meme from the previous page, "all gave some".

It's easy to forget how much combat vets left out there. My Grandad was on the HMCS Haida in WWII, a ship that saw heavy combat, and for all intensive purposes he never left, he was shellshocked his entire life. Ditto for my Father, who was in hot zones in Vietnam for his entire tour. Ditto for a great many combat vets we all have in our lives.

Thank you to all of our vets, those who gave their lives and those who gave their souls alike. Lest we forget.

Whoa, sorry have we had a bike check on that? Waltworks.... fat bike right? Hmm, I guess there's no reason at all it can't pull dual duty. Brilliant. More pics at some point please

That is rad. Nice work. 👊

Kinda thinking the long headtube is the future.

Same torque as a full blown dirt bike, same ability to permanently decimate a mountain bike trail in a single pass. Literally one power band up a steep pitch and that rut will be there forever, only growing over time. There's nothing a trail builder can do to repair that.

The difference is Suron riders feel entitled to all things bicycle and regularly poach bicycle trails, while dirt bike riders understand the difference.

I used to ride dirt bikes on a regular basis, these Suron guys are a different breed altogether.

Gonna miss you Trevor 😭

Hopefully you've been lucky enough not to have had any run-ins with Surons. Entitlement needle is absolutely pegged.