pedalhound profile

They were able to clean up the barbed wire, but not take his bike out? Not...fishy...at...all...

800 I find a bit wide to feel comfortable on the tight trails on the island, I went down to 780 and I love it!

Been running the SunRace 11-36 for a few months now....shifts better than my XT with Wolftooth 42t with no odd gaps!

I just have my carbon LB rims drilled for Schrader and got some of the Speed Evolution valves and called it a day....hate

presta. Old roadie standard that should go away.

http://speed-evolution.com/product/pink-schrader-valve/

This bike has me very intrigued...but also very skeptical. I want it to be awesome....bike design needs a little kick in the pants...

This...want!

I have been riding a Trace for a few years now and it's been a great fork...just gotta service them once a year.

Will do, thanks Cam.

Also, in the forums it's hard to tell what posts are new since the users last visit. It would be nice to have a colour difference between posts I have read and posts I have not...or some way to make it easier to see what's new and what's not.

Love the one sign in.

Nice to see the top nav bar change happen so fast, Thank you!

I notice not many people are really using the forums yet, maybe because their old bookmark is sending to the old forum or because of the sign in issues...but I just thought it was interesting. The forum name for the bookmark is set to Machina...may want to change that. Would also love to see a quick post feature...less clicking = gooder. I would love there to be a darker option for the forums, I find the white and light blue hard to read as well. I think photo's look better on a darker background too...so a totally selfish ask...lol.

The site is kinda slow to load, especially for the forums.

Is it possible to change my account name? I would love to use my real name.

Overall, I love the design, clean, and responsive! Keep up the good work NSMB.com team! Can't wait to see what you have in store for the site.

Brown Santa came while I was away at work and dropped off the sexiness! 

Knife in hand, but I needed to tease my Instagram followers!

First impressions are good! Looks like great quality, better first impression than when I unboxed my last set of forks (you can see those in the photo above)...now to get them all mounted up and subject them to my girth and shitty riding style..haha...

I keep refreshing my UPS tracking too....seems to not speed things up...mines still in Richmond! Been a while since I wanted a Monday to get here so fast...lol.

I am stoked to be chosen as one of the lucky testers, thank you NSMB.com and SR Suntour for this opportunity. 

I am looking forward to getting these forks on my Banshee Prime. I decided to run the 150mm version of the Auron for this test, it will be a bit of a step up in travel for me as I have been running 140mm for the past few years. I will be testing these forks mostly on the rocky, rooty trails on Vancouver Island and hopefully a few late summer road trips to the mainland! 

Now...I just gotta wait for brown santa!

I love the show, great characters with a lot of depth to them...makes me wanna live in Venice too...lol.

I most likely will once my current drivetrain gets worn out (just replaced my chain/cassette/ring though).

If only they would make a Meta AM 29er!

1. I am currently riding a 2013 Banshee Prime with an X-Fusion Trace fork. I would bolt this fork to the Prime!

2. Last time I ran anything Suntour was in the 80's!

3. Solid Intermediate. Can not get into my current forks without using a special tool, or else I would have long ago.

4. I am, the Cane Creek Helm is high on my list...once they release the 29" version.

5. I prefer to custom build my bike, love nerding out on each individual part making sure that it will not break the bank, work well without needing a ton of maintenance and be strong enough to deal with my girth and hack riding style.

6. I ran a blog called The Mountain Bike Life for a few years, here are some links to some reviews I wrote:

http://www.themountainbikelife.com/2014/09/x-fusion-trace-rl2-long-term-review.html

http://www.themountainbikelife.com/2013/01/evoc-fr-trail-20l-long-term-review.html

http://www.themountainbikelife.com/2013/04/kali-amara-long-term-review.html

http://www.themountainbikelife.com/2013/06/product-review-black-tusk-jerky.html

http://www.themountainbikelife.com/2013/11/review-spank-spike-stem-and-777.html

http://www.themountainbikelife.com/2013/11/review-chromag-saddle-seat-qr-and-grips.html

http://www.themountainbikelife.com/2014/03/thomson-elite-dropper-seatpost-product.html

That should give you an idea of my writing style (or lack thereof). If you would like me to write something up specifically for this opportunity just say the word and I will whip something up.

Thank you for your consideration,

Rivers

Yeah, I would love to try one...see if I like the feel out on the trails. I like the idea though.

I bought a OneUp oval 30t this year and I do feel like my pedal stroke feels more even, but I have no real idea...lol. It's pretty...that much I can tell you.

I heard of them a few years back, ran a few of their products...seemed good, never had any issues.