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No I have not tried 2.0's.

To be clear I notice climbing while pedalling my bike. Cam tends to hike his bike uphill so perhaps his water bottle psi optimism is half full.

Hey Rolly I'll climb into Cam's thing - they are slow as when the pressure is down where we like it. So yes very sluggish and very noticeable on pavement and gravel climbs. If I am doing a big climb I pump up the volume then let it out for the down. When we climb back up for more (usually when Pete is not making us end early to beer down) I suffer with the low pressure and just remember how much better riding is with these low insert pressures.

N+1 for inserts too

Hey Ron - I did not experience any issues with the BB on high with the 27.5 wheel. Other than flipping the chip into high I swapped the spacers under my stem and put them on top of the stem and pushed my saddle forward. I did not measure the BB height in either setting.

I took it off the Nomad and installed it on the Enduro using the Nomad bolts since the Spesh ones were too short. Fits totally fine when installed on the farthest setting.

Yes front and rear on both the Enduro and the test Nomad. Number one is lower tire pressure, but not too low as it feels unsafe on flow trails but just right for so much grip on gnarly rooty rock trails (I like 17 front and 19 rear). Number two is a bit of damping and number 3 would be protection. I've only had one flat and it was a 1cm slash pinch and I didn't want to bother to put a tube in and ride with an orange foam belt as I was close to the end of my ride.

Good tip - I'll put some fatties in there too.

Liked my composites but love my alloy pedals even with the weight and shin/calf carnage penalties.

I'll check and get back to you.

Finally I can get this beast out of Cam's mouldy bunker and under my mouldy pants for the long term review. I am looking forward to giving it a thorough thrashing, some back to back testers with Cam against my Enduro and his Yeti , maybe play with some suspension (Dear Seb send coil asap) and get to know this thing on an intimate basis.

I am doing walk throughs with the DNV ranger tomorrow - I will let him know about the sign but where exactly is the uphill sign you are referring to?

Whenever I talk to rangers I introduce myself as one of three names: Cooper, Jerry or Eamonn.

I am guessing it fell off a truck while shuttling. Lemme know if it's yours.

March 23-snow starts at Grannies, hard to ride after Air Supply. Expresso and Grannies all dirt all good.

March 20-Road is clear to Ladies (which is dry and great), top 100ish m of Expresso snow then clear from there.

No Quarter climber is clear to final switchbacks before road - a few hikes on corners but mostly rideable. Nothing to ride above though still a lot of snow on Executioner. Oil Can down is good to go

I rode from Hyannis on Mar 13. All clear of snow for Bridle up climbers to power lines down Severed- Cbuster and John Deer. Wet, slippery and great.

Fire road clear to fourth switch - not sure about higher we ducked in there and rode Ladies which was all clear except a tree down before concreted roller near the teeter.

Fire road slushy but mostly rideable to third.
Kirkford sucked- boot holes and snow pack from before gets punctured too easily. Bobsled super fun but it might ice up at night

I rode up mtn. view from Hoskins, KOS both super icy but no problem on the fat Wozo- regular bikes would def. be a problem. Fire road is an easy climb but the one foot trench will be a problem when it thaws. So cold I rode down 38DD picking any line that worked as the bike stayed on top of the hard snow - super fun and a lot like tree boarding. Bobsled was great as I did the same thing choosing any line through the woods. The actual trail was icy and a bit sketch.