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I have been reading Mike's words since the grimey handshake days...he was my favourite part of bikemag! Very excited to see his writing on my favourite MTB website too.

Nice little jacket, also cool to see my local trails on nsmb!

Beauty of a bike Rachid! I used to ride a Prime V2 and loved it, but am now on a Chromag Rootdown and as I am getting close to 50, really feeling the need to get back on a fully. I recently rented a megatower for a week and well...am now have a full on case of newbikitis. I was pretty set on getting a Titan but after riding and climbing on the megatower I think it may be not quite what I'm looking for...and this has me looking at the sexy new Prime V3. I'd love to hear your thoughts on how you feel about the extra climbing prowess of the Prime VS the descending prowess.of the Titan and if you could choose one bike...what would it be?

To give you an idea, I live in Cumberland on the island and the trails are pretty tame...fast, tech , flow...but do like to pop over to Forbidden a few times a year, maybe a Whistler/SilverStar trip or two too.

Anyway, as you own both I thought your input could be valuable. Thank you.

I think that the etiquette will be the biggest issue here, not really with old guys like me who are thinking about getting an ebike, I have been riding mtb for 30+ years and know the rules and attempt to be nice to everyone I come across out there, but someone new who get's an ebike because the look fun and are fast...may not know to slow down when passing, smile, wave, make jokes...this is a very social sport and I hope it stays that way.

As for the doing more damage to the trails because you can do more laps, I get that, but am not a fan of that argument, we would have to roll those super fit riders into the same category...does not make sense. Where this extra range can come into play is being able to open up trails further out, spread the user base out a bit more and open up opportunities to explore and recon land that was not viable before.

I am pretty close at pulling the trigger on one of these mopeds so I find it very helpful to see posts like this and people having a civil conversation about a topic that they may not agree with...thanks for this space Cam.

This! I would like to see them get a bit lighter, better batteries and more efficient and quieter drive units. E-bikes are here to stay and in their current form, I think they are great! My hope is that that the MTB versions stay as they are...if the torque gets much higher that's when issues will start happening. Now, for the commuting versions...that's where I can see things getting faster...but that brings it's own issues...

I am back on Alu now after my SixC's had issues with the pedal insert bonding...but that was after 4 years and I weigh quite a bit more than Vik...but also ride quite a bit less...lol.

WANT!

Thanks, I hope it comes soon! (CK never seems in a hurry about this stuff though).

I have been waiting for this, I was going to go with SRAM but the loss of the trigger shifter was not optimal for me. The one thing I do not like is the spline cassette...I have CK hubs and would had to have to step down to a lesser hub just for this...ugh. I may have to go SRAM after all...NX cassette will work with my regular Shimano splined hub I am already using.

I'll check with my local shop, but I don't find the Vic shops carry much Magura stuff...so usually easier to get online.

Dam, that's a nice bike Vik!

Posted by: DemonMike

Posted by: UFO

The rumour is Shimano will open up microspline to every one in Jan.2020

Ya heard the same , I know a couple company's are waiting for this to happen.

This is holding me back from upgrading my old 10s XT drivetrain to the new 12s XT....not a fan of holding this kind of stuff back and I am not getting rid of my CK hubs...so...get moving Shimano!

Check out this thread on MTBR with some shots of a new LT 29er from Banshee:

https://forums.mtbr.com/banshee-bikes/new-fs-frame-banshee-1111043.html

Rumours are:

160mm travel called the Titan.

Posted by: grambo

Posted by: pedalhound

Short ST's on an XL or XXL bike kill me! I am running a full 21" ST on my Chromag now and am still needing to get a 200mm dropper, shorter ST's will not only look stupid but put a TON of extra strain on the frame and the seat post. This extra leverage equals broken frames and posts.

I do realize I am on the fringe with my height and size, but bike designers should know that users buying these larger frames are going to weigh more than their smaller counterparts and the frames should be designed with that in mind. I find a lot of companies design around a medium and make things a little longer for the bigger sizes. Forbidden looks to be doing things right, but still don't make a bike big enough for me...and I am not a freak..just 6'4"...but with long arms and legs. I guess this is why I have broken every full suspension bike I have ever ridden...my Banshee did last the longest though, very happy with that bike.

That and slack seat tubes...ugh....I'd love to ride a Knolly but I would be way too far over the rear wheel while climbing.

Oh...also, water bottles are awesome and I won't buy another bike without at least the possibility to mount one inside the frame.

Contrary to this is short legged dudes like myself who in the past had to deal with long seat tubes and run shorter droppers to fit a bike with appropriate reach. I'm 5'10" but 31" actual inseam, on my last bike with 460mm reach it had a 485mm seat tube. Had to swap the stock 150mm to a 125mm. New bike (same model but updated frame design) 462mm each 435mm seat tube - 50mm shorter! Still running the stock 150mm on it but could easily fit a 180 if not 200 OneUp.

That same bike in XXL is 502mm reach and 485mm seat tube (same as my old large) which I agree does seem too short for a guy like you. Maybe they have gone too far on the bigger frame sizes.

Yeah, I even saw one manufacturer have all the same ST lengths across their whole range of sizes...just made no sense to me. Maybe it's hard to design a frame the works for short and for tall people...but I think it's more of a cost saver to try and reuse as many tubes as possible across the size range, stupid and lazy IMO.

Short ST's on an XL or XXL bike kill me! I am running a full 21" ST on my Chromag now and am still needing to get a 200mm dropper, shorter ST's will not only look stupid but put a TON of extra strain on the frame and the seat post. This extra leverage equals broken frames and posts.

I do realize I am on the fringe with my height and size, but bike designers should know that users buying these larger frames are going to weigh more than their smaller counterparts and the frames should be designed with that in mind. I find a lot of companies design around a medium and make things a little longer for the bigger sizes. Forbidden looks to be doing things right, but still don't make a bike big enough for me...and I am not a freak..just 6'4"...but with long arms and legs. I guess this is why I have broken every full suspension bike I have ever ridden...my Banshee did last the longest though, very happy with that bike.

That and slack seat tubes...ugh....I'd love to ride a Knolly but I would be way too far over the rear wheel while climbing.

Oh...also, water bottles are awesome and I won't buy another bike without at least the possibility to mount one inside the frame.

Posted by: Brocklanders

Posted by: rnayel

It's now out and available for shipment.  Considering it as my next fork after being quite impressed by the Mattoc 29.

It's 37mm stanchion, 2000g claimed weight (for 27.5) and 180mm travel in both 27.5 & 29" flavours

Was just looking at those online. Did you buy them?

I will be updating my 29er enduro fork in the spring, torn on what to buy.

Lyric ultimate

DVO diamond

Fox 36

Maybe this Manitou.

Don't forget about Suntour, I have been super impressed with my Auron...great no-nonsense fork!

If you want more steep, techy stuff head out to Sooke...they love the jank out there (amazing views as well)!

Posted by: thaaad

This is my favorite part about the Velocity plugs

BWAHAHAHAHAHA...WTF!

Love the look of those veloplugs!

https://www.velocityusa.com/product/accessories/veloplugs

I am about to install Rimpact inserts on my bike tomorrow...first time trying anything like it but it's so much cheaper than cushcore it's not even funny and lighter, but from what I have been reading not as durable...so we will see.