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.

Whoever decided to change the logo to SHRED needs to be fired from a big cannon.

Go the other way? Pick yourself up a less capable bike, and ride that on rides with your girl. 

I've done this quite a bit, worked out really well.

This is the greatest idea in the history of mtb.

9, taping rocks. ★★★★★

Wow, stoked to see the "One Dolla" guy from Hawaii in Matt's Murrica video! I wonder how they connected?

Japanese username to cover up the Chinese origin is totally working.

I always wear shoes on my hands when riding too. I recommend BEST HAND SHOE AVAILABLE FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY. Since most mountain cyclists have Necks, so check out best jorts from http///notarussianvirus.com

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/\Epic diet plan.

Thanks for typing that. 

The list of purposefully obtuse excuses to avoid civility and inclusion is endless, and sadly unoriginal.

Figures, but Nino and Kate's wheels were special. 30mm internal rims, which are reported to be available to public someplace, and 170tpi race Aspens, which are not available to public.

https://bikerumor.com/2019/05/24/spy-shot-nino-schurter-racing-prototype-maxxis-aspen-race-xc-mountain-bike-tires/

https://bikerumor.com/2021/02/18/syncros-one-piece-carbon-silverton-sl-wheels-go-wide-30mm-internal-for-nino-kate/

Kate Courtney and Nino Schuster popularized wide tires/rims with their winning seasons running them, but bike checks I could find all have them running medium width 26mm rims (Syncros Silverton SL's) and not 30mm as you sometimes read. Maybe they meant 30mm outside diameter?

Nino won World's on those 2.4 Aspen WT tires, but the only wide models I see listed are 120tpi casing.

Only reservation I'd have personally about your setup is the 120tpi tires. I've had no luck holding higher thread count tires together. I'm 190 and have gone through a fair number of rear rims so your mileage may vary, but at 29psi I've ripped and pinched 120tpi side walls badly enough to have to bin the tires after the first day out.

Rekon 2.4 with 60tpi casing is worlds more durable...

Also, rim have to be aluminum? Could drop half pound rotational weight and up reliability with carbon...but budget is going to jump ridiculously.

Something like a Nobl TR32 27mm 360g.

...with Rekon WT EXO front and rear.

BC bike race bike checks might be popping up shortly, be interesting to see what Kabush and co. are running.

He's 46, Jesus. That interview sounds like a petulant 12 year old. No wonder Burton told him to go stand in the corner.

That's a bit heart breaking, I remember him back in the day.

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Posted by: heckler

Engaged members get it.

https://nsmba.ca/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation/

That was really well done.

That makes me feel even better about giving them money every year. Kudos.

Posted by: Tadpoledancer

Posted by: Hepcat

Posted by: Tadpoledancer

I upsized my latest bike, and I'm pretty happy, but currently stuck with a 160 mm dropper, which is a bit too short in my opinion.

I'm considering going for a oneup dropper on the seatpost side, but would also like to optimize my saddle to get the seat as far down as possible. Unfortunately its really hard to find any data about the stack height on saddles. 

From what I've found so far, some of the WTB saddles seem relatively low. Also the relatively recent Nukeproof Horizon Enduro saddle is marketed as being optimized for a low stack height, but they don't state any actual measurements.

If someone has some input on this it would be greatly appreciated.

Assuming a non-chamois rider?

Yep, no chamois here.

Running chamoisless too. 

SQLab 60X has been pain free, low profile at 4cm center of rail to top. For reference my Chromag Trailmaster is nearly 6cm. 

One note on the SQ if you get one, be sure to run the swappable bumpers. I've seen it written that removing the bumpers makes the saddle "softer", the bumpers just provide back of the saddle support for climbing that's it. Remove it and the saddle is exactly as hard, just now it's without support at the back.

Also could check out Specialized Phenom  & Ergon SM Enduro.

Posted by: Tadpoledancer

I upsized my latest bike, and I'm pretty happy, but currently stuck with a 160 mm dropper, which is a bit too short in my opinion.

I'm considering going for a oneup dropper on the seatpost side, but would also like to optimize my saddle to get the seat as far down as possible. Unfortunately its really hard to find any data about the stack height on saddles. 

From what I've found so far, some of the WTB saddles seem relatively low. Also the relatively recent Nukeproof Horizon Enduro saddle is marketed as being optimized for a low stack height, but they don't state any actual measurements.

If someone has some input on this it would be greatly appreciated.

Assuming a non-chamois rider?

Posted by: wingelabs

I agree with D_C_ I was going to suggest the B1 spring as well...

I'll throw my hat in for this too. B1 with a healthy amount of low speed compression was the best fork I've run for steeps. Running a C1 now and it's a bit of a step down.