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If you're over 6' tall you definitely need to pay attention to the dimensions of hydration packs. Many of them are quite short - many with the "waist" strap going around my ribs. I have an Osprey Raptor 10 that is awesome. The construction is killer, it's surprisingly light and has tons of clever features. 

I've been using the Palos since last year. I find I have to run it around my navel to be comfortable when riding. Overall I really like it. Just enough room for a couple of basic things (tool, pump, levers, quicklink, phone/keys/wallet, triangle bandage). Overall it's a great solution for most of my Shore rides. I could see 1.5L not being enough on hotter days.

That's an incredible bike for $4k.

Why are so many critics talking about 29" wheels in DH like they're about to take over? Horses for courses. Big wheels are going to be great on some tracks and a hindrance on others. Nobody is forcing these guys to change. They'll use what's legal and fastest for a given track.

A $1200 upgrade on a complete bike seems pretty reasonable.

I for one, welcome Freeride 2.0. These are the bikes we were dying for in 2004. They said it would be a mini V10 and a mini V10 is what we got!

I have one question: if we're going to keep shortening seat tubes (and in the world of reliable 175-200mm dropper posts why not enjoy more standover?) why not go to 34.9? For those of us with long legs these bikes mandate a lot of highly leveraged post sticking out.

You can call this technique "space docking". But do not. I repeat do not look it up on Urban Dictionary.

Totally. The more you ride the more stuff wears out so you still get your consumerism off the back end but it doesn't feel so obnoxious as when you're replacing stuff just for kicks. I only swap stuff out when it's basically ridden to dust, which, it turns out isn't that hard to do with modern drivetrains.

Mojos are cute I guess.
The Poles look really interesting. Would love to try one.

Luckily if you live in Vancouver and are 6'6" there really aren't many options. I have the biggest, longest, stackiest monster truck bike there is. Everything else that comes even close to being a better option gets entered into my bike spreadsheet (Google Sheet, actually) to see if it really compares. 

So far nothing. Which is great. Zero options. Zero yearning. Just a desire to ride and a willingness to take care of my bike so I don't lose riding days to mechanical issues.

Though my hardtail yearning is definitely up this year from last.

On hard impacts I often force sealant out through the valve stem/rim interface no matter how much I tighten this up. I guess I'd rather a tiny leak here than burping the tire but it's something I'd like to resolve. Maybe I need lockrings that have a tool surface so I can get them really tight?

Nice old Turner in the main photo.

I had a first generation alloy E29 I loved it. Before that I had a long list of FSR bikes, a couple from Specialized and 4 Knolly before that. Now I'm on an Evil Wreckoning. I had no idea what 'handles square edge hits' meant until this bike. In hindsight all my previous bikes regularly got hooked up on stuff and my riding style adapted. Where my FSR bikes wanted me to hunt and peck the Evil wants me to charge through, and the harder I hit stuff to the faster it goes and the faster I go the more I float over stuff. It's hard to describe. I have yet to experience any of the goofy single pivot behaviours I was expecting. So far it climbs well and descends better.  

TL;DR check out some single pivots, maybe a Canfield and at least one DW bike (so many good ones from Evil, Devinci, Pivot, Trek or Ibis).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V95v1T7OkHE

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I bought a roll of 3M tape from Lordco. Laid long strip under the down tube and cut other pieces to fit other wear areas.

InvisiFrame makes kits for certain bikes. Could be an option if your frame is supported, which it is.

FrameSkin as well

Other than that google 3M or XPEL automotive vinyl. That is the stuff you want in which ever size or grade you choose. It could be called other names as well.

Prep work and installation (windex, heat gun and squeegee) is key.

I have an Invisiframe kit for my Wreckoning. It's amazing. You can't even tell it's there.

I also used Shelter tape on the sides and bottom my non-drive chainstay and down tube. It's like the 3M tape but it's much thicker and can absorb more impact. The 3M is good for scuff protection.

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If you want an alternative/newcomer, Wolf Tooth look to be developing their own alternative... https://www.instagram.com/p/BUz0extha8D/?taken-by=wolf_tooth_components - and going on the reputation of their cable dropper levers, it should be pretty good...

How does this remote work on a Reverb? Yeah there's a Reverb pictured in that post but how do the hydraulic guts connect to a cable lever?

Id imagine it works with something like this?  I cant see the Instagram pic right now :(

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/bike-yoke-cable-conversion-for-reverb-dropper-posts.html

I guess you'd have to decide just how badly you want to get rid of the hydraulic line. Because going that route means buying two pieces of gear. Buying the Rock Shox lever just one.

Posted by: sjshaw672

If you want an alternative/newcomer, Wolf Tooth look to be developing their own alternative... https://www.instagram.com/p/BUz0extha8D/?taken-by=wolf_tooth_components - and going on the reputation of their cable dropper levers, it should be pretty good...

How does this remote work on a Reverb? Yeah there's a Reverb pictured in that post but how do the hydraulic guts connect to a cable lever?

Has anyone tried the new Reverb remote? 

Some great new gold smoothing out some of the lower bits of For The Kids (lowest section of the climbing trail). On Dreamweaver some of the little reroutes just below the skid road that allow you to bypass that chunderfest are much appreciated. That lower section of Dreamweaver could use some fresh signage to keep things flowing better. Everything is running really well!

Wow Lower Expresso is quick. A couple of those features came up really fast. Good times!

Anyone been up higher than Bkind Skier/SGS?

Twice this week I saw the same kid on a mini-bike with orange fenders.