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I'm curious what you mean by this. Don't the seatstay options alter the effective chainstay lengths? Or do you mean something else?

The dual rim combo is soooo good!

Good catches! I had this almost done and then I went for a ride. My buddy went OTB and disco'ed his hip. Which hurts like a mofo. He needed an EVAC As a result my final edit was done through one half open eyelid!

They are working on having replacements for the two halves of the cassette, but you are not mistaken.

Coleman and Sterling from Tannus paid me a visit the other day and we installed a set - so I'll be able to let you know.

Here is Speeder's fender. I assume it's attached with zip ties but he'll have to confirm. 

I have spent a little time on the Sentinel, and you are right about the geometry. They are about as close as two bikes get. I didn't however spend enough time to give you any observations about how the bikes compare. I enjoyed riding the Sentinel but it was literally only one ride down from the Whistler Gondola. 

Some brief observations on the Sentinel here https://nsmb.com/articles/transition-bikes-2018-sbg-first-ride/

I’d love to see a photo of your fender Speeder.

You do realize OldManBike that using quotes suggests you are communicating Dave's words verbatim but he didn't actually say the things you are quoting. 

Dave did not say "Ignore the technology, buy whatever fits," or "they're bickering, there's no data, so you should ignore everything but fit" nor did he say, 'if you choose a helmet purely based on fit, without worrying about safety features you'll be far better off.' (my quotes not yours on that last one). He was not comparing a perfectly fitting Kali helmet with a perfectly fitting Troy Lee as you are suggesting either. 

He also didn't say that if there is a helmet with modern safety features that fits your head you should avoid buying it, which is what you are suggesting. Rather he said that buying a helmet without a bunch of safety features that fits makes more sense than buying one with gizmos that doesn't. 

You did however say "that's lazy and irresponsible advice that will increase rider concussions" without any evidence or science to back that up, so you're playing in the same kiddy pool it seems. Dave's intuition says that bad fit and new technology is worse than good fit and bad technology. Are you suggesting that's not true? If so I'd love to hear you back that up. 

If your argument is solid you don't need to misrepresent what Dave is saying to defend it. And you are doing that. You are welcome to continue doing it as well, but it doesn't help your credibility.

I guess you didn't click the link. 

"The McNamara fallacy (also known as quantitative fallacy[1]), named for Robert McNamara, the United States Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, involves making a decision based solely on quantitative observations (or metrics) and ignoring all others. The reason given is often that these other observations cannot be proven."

Bumbag FTW!

Perfect use of raw dogged. Although I always wear gloves to put on reluctant rubbers.

I'm going to try the Crankbrothers Highline 170 on my next bike. It's absolutely not cheap but if Andrew likes it I'm intrigued.

I already sold my dh bike but...

This

is everything.

Nice one! I keep having epiphanies as well. I just had a few about flats vs. clipless, including how it affects suspension set up. 

My bar set up philosophy has always been to set the bars so the grip portion is parallel to the ground.  It sounds like you are close to that now.

The biggest difference in the new Yetis (beside the water bottle!) is reach. The new large is 480.2 while the 5.5 was 442. That's huge and very positive. I also appreciate the shorter seat mast. Some are complaining about the squashed head tube but that's not a big issue for me. I already loved the 5.5 despite its foibles so I'm pretty excited about the SB 150. And whatever else might be just around the corner... said the guy who doesn't know anything.

Haha. Not  so much. More oil volume maybe and better cooling but my DPX2 is not a large air volume shock while it's clearly a piggyback.

I'm working on a little something and I'd like some input please.

Here on the Shore we have trails like Severed Dick, Cunt Buster... I can't think of any others right now, but elsewhere things get a little more salacious.

Please give me watcha got! Thanks

Just about to bring Uncle Dave's voice to this shitshow. Did anyone notice how many NRA members gang-banged our Facebook post for our article? Those dudes hunt in packs.

I liked the Range a lot. The only proviso would be that it has a slightly forward axle path (apparently - I was told this and felt evidence of it rather than measured it) which the 650b doesn't have which seemed to make big hits a little harsh. I imagine you could tune that out with a volume spacer reduction to make the end stroke a little less linear.

A very solid performing bike all and all - and with Codes it would be a beast. 

https://nsmb.com/articles/2017-norco-range-29-92/