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This bike is awesome. With so many brands being so conservative with their evolutions it's great to see some wild ideas come out. Keep them coming.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want more things now.

Let's hear a little about those gloves!

If you don't want to buy a fancy boot dryer stuffing your wet shoe with newspaper works really well. Replace it with dry newspaper every few hours and you'll be surprised at how quickly a pair of wet shoes will dry.

+1 for changes of gloves and base layers. 

+1 for switching to flats.

Why does nobody make an amazing 2.5-3ply membrane vest? I can't find one anywhere. Outdoor brands seems focused solely on thick softshell or down insulated vests. Or hyper minimal roadie vests. Hey 7Mesh here is your big moment.

What helmet is that?

If they can get this to work and then trickle down to lower price points will we eventually see the end of cables? Brakes too? A cablefree bike would be aesthetically pleasing.

I've had mine for a year now and it's been great. I used the Revive function once when I disrupted the cable attachment. Worked like a charm and haven't touched it since.

Last spring I switched from a carbon bar to an aluminum Atlas and I could swear that it's colder. As much as I don't think carbon is a super sensible material for bars I want another.

My big challenge these days it to try and roll through spots where I usually stop to rest. Even if it just means slowing right down, it breaks the habit of stopping there, mentally working towards doing the whole thing in one shot. This counts for every climb. And eventually dropping straight into descents without stopping. It's not exactly fun, but it turns climbing into less of a slog and builds some minor goal setting into it, which helps distract me from the suck. It helps builds the logic for breaking through boundaries and ultimately whatever tricks you into more fitness sets you up for more fun later on.

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Is your seat tube particularly big or are you running a shim for your seatpost? Or maybe you're just happy to see us.

Posted by: Kenny

I have the latest rootdown, 64 degree ha, 76 degree seat angle, 478 reach on a large, 2.6" 29er front tire and 2.4" rear. 

My "other bike" is a 2017 bronson, not a crazy bike but its a 150mm rear and 160 front. The rootdown is for sure more capable. My Bronson is pointless now. 

So yeah I'm sure the doctahawk is crazy. I think the rootdown paired with a "park bike" - Scott ransom, firebird 29, or similar is a good pair. With a doctahawk it would almost make sense for your fs rig to be a 100mm xc bike just so you don't have a bunch of overlap! Like a doctahawk and a trance 29 or something.

Are there times when the Bronson is better, like, straight line over chunder? Or has the new geo made the hardtail superior through that stuff too?

I'd be curious to see just how far you could take a hardtail with these numbers. People were saying they're way more capable than you'd expect and that was on the previous norm. This is a step longer, slacker HTA and steeper STA. I bet it'll be amazing. Any idea why they offset the seat tube forward?

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Posted by: xy9ine

damn, that's aggressive. so 79* ish sagged STA? curious how it corners with such a large front center length bias.

What's up with rear centre length not growing with front centre? I was excited by this for a long time from various insta posts. Now I see that the rear centre is 415.

#armchairengineer

It does. The three sizes go 415, 425, 435.

As far as the short head tube and stack, it does have a 180mm 29er fork... Not really sure how much more stack you need... ?

To the earlier post: back in the day I rode a 180mm fork on a hardtail and it was awesome. But that was nearly 20 years ago mind you. I'd for sure try it again now. But maybe with a modern fork 160-170 would be fine.

r.e. stack. For someone 6'7"? Still more stack needed. But really that person is the outlier. That little head tube is what makes sense for most people, on a 29er, with a 180mm fork.

Since they are made locally, and Chromag encourages customers to call them for support, maybe, if a 6'7 person wanted one, they could call Chromag and ask if it's possible to custom build a copy with a longer headtube. Might cost you a few bucks more but it will sparkbring you joy and according to Marie Kondo, that's the shit right now.

Not to harp on this, but they say the stock XL fits someone up to 6'7" http://www.chromagbikes.com/bikes/doctahawk#geometry - my point is that this is a little nuts unless you love spacers. The RBA also had a 105 head tube and a 160mm fork so the fork isn't it. People's insane Chrolove wouldn't let a 4cm stack of spacers stop them and nor should it!

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Posted by: xy9ine

damn, that's aggressive. so 79* ish sagged STA? curious how it corners with such a large front center length bias.

What's up with rear centre length not growing with front centre? I was excited by this for a long time from various insta posts. Now I see that the rear centre is 415.

#armchairengineer

It does. The three sizes go 415, 425, 435.

As far as the short head tube and stack, it does have a 180mm 29er fork... Not really sure how much more stack you need... ?

To the earlier post: back in the day I rode a 180mm fork on a hardtail and it was awesome. But that was nearly 20 years ago mind you. I'd for sure try it again now. But maybe with a modern fork 160-170 would be fine.

r.e. stack. For someone 6'7"? Still more stack needed. But really that person is the outlier. That little head tube is what makes sense for most people, on a 29er, with a 180mm fork.

Posted by: Kenny

http://www.chromagbikes.com/bikes/doctahawk

Whoa.

Wow that's great. At that price presumably it's a Truelove-made one, which is so cool. What is with the super short head tube though? 105 seems really short for someone 6'7" (the tallest suggested rider)...

I rode CBC last summer and it totally bummed me out. On one hand it was a cool nostalgia rip as many of the features are still around. On the other it's in total disrepair and really should be decommissioned. It's partially reclaimed as it is. When you're standing anywhere on CBC and look left or right there is unlimited potential for fresh sustainable lines. It's sad that we can't have a few lines down that zone.

Posted by: Ddean

Do you guys get health insurance to cover crashes in the US?

Every damn time. A few bucks is a very small price to pay. You might get in a collision on the I5, or have something happen out on the trails. BCAA or TD travel insurance is  a few bucks per day - you can buy it online super easily. Imagine how dumb you would feel if you didn't spend $5 on insurance and got hit with a $20k medical bill. Murica's gotta get paid!