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Boom! Yes, on my wife's hardtail we run a 26t Wolf Tooth granny mount narrow wide and a Blackspire granny guard. Looks clean; she's very happy with the gear range. They move the chainline outboard from a standard granny so you still need spacers to make the chainline sweet, but the quality of the ring is excellent.

Very surprised with the number of 104/64 cranks out there that more companies don't offer 26t and 28t granny mount n/w rings.

Race Face is doing this with a 24t ring and small bash

I try to email Maxxis a few times a year to tell them to release new model folding bead DH casing tires in TR and 3C duro for 26ers

They have a new model dubbed the "Tomahawk" that is using a new casing called Double Down. It is a double-ply 120tpi casing with a butyl insert in the sidewall with a TR bead. So pretty much what you are describing with a weight between a folding and DH tire. If it works well I hope it makes it to other, existing models.

I thought one of the major points with Boost 148 is that you could still use a 73mm BB shell with just a slight tweak to the chainline.

Ardent Race, 29x2.2 EXO/3C is light at 720g. The HR2 2.3 EXO/3C is like 900g. What accounts for that weight difference? Does EXO mean slightly different things between the XC and AM application?

120tpi casing on the Ardent Race vs. 60tpi casing on the HR2 is the main difference.

My Xprezo Adhoc BB is around 335ish and it definitely took some adjustment in my riding to prevent pedal strikes… I ended up changing from 175 to 170 cranks. The lower BB makes a really a big difference in bike handling. Its worth it.

Agreed. My Spartan is 337mm (with 165mm travel) and the thing just rails. I also run 170mm cranks.

I'm riding the VXi Impacts and they are awesome. Improved in every way over the last generation Impacts. I also ride the Freerider XVi and they are solid too, but not really a replacement for the Impact.

(taking a close look at the vid) the 2r does appear to be using the standard super lid; offering a retrofit jaw would be nice of them.

There are 3 hard mounting points molded into the Super 2 that the chinbar relies on for attachment. For that reason the chinbar won't mount up to an existing Super.

Looks like Bell may be doing a chin bar snap-on piece for the Super. Not sure if it'll ever be publicly available though.

Commnets in the article suggest it may be a pro only thing, and way more robust than past attempts, but it'd be pretty cool if it ever becomes available. Pics in the article show Slaven in a Super getting ready, but this racing shot shows a Super with chin bar… Interesting…

It'll be available to everyone and you can run the Super with or without the chinguard. Not made to replace a full-on fullface helmet, but good for when the trail gets a little rowdy.

Dogboy, Whats your height?
thanks

Right around 5'9"/5'10".

Which position is the slack one on the chip?

Must be the rearward one.

Yep, slightly up and back.