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Perhaps one of those progressive springs such as those made by MRP would be just the ticket?

Any idea why no powdered detergents?  Reading the labels and manufacturer's websites for various waterproof/breathable garments they all seem to stress that some detergents (especially those with fabric softeners, etc) are bad as they'll clog up the pores - but I'd think that a gentle/natural cleaner such as Nellies would do well?  It's powder, but it doesn't have any weird stuff in it...  (I use Nellies for almost everything, but do try to keep a stock of Granger's on hand for my Gore/DWR kit)

I've got a Rootdown on which I made an fair attempt to minmax the build but it's still ~3x the cost of one of these.  I've been recommending the 2020 Growler to several people since it dropped what - maybe 6 months ago?  It's a KILLER option...

Solid, modern, geo & reach numbers.  Nice clean looking frame.  But at $4k for the S1 I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't buy a Chromag for less...

Any word on who's going to be stocking these locally?  With my duck feet I have to try on all footwear as most options are typically too narrow across the toe box...  (my ancient 5.10 Impacts fit well, modern Freerider Pros are too narrow)  It's also nice to support my local shops whenever possible.

The girl needs new kicks as well, so a shop that stocks the women's models in a wide range of sizes would do pretty well, methinks...

If you can only get 1 set, then the Slate T4s would be better.  Components that most people have a shot at owning.  I'm sure the Quadiems are the bomb - but much like XTR (or Saint), they carry a very premium price tag.  In my mind the Slate T4s are Zee equivalents, and thus more affordable for most.  "Best of the best" is always fun to read about, but bang-for-buck is what most people eventually buy.

"Converted to the bottle?" Historically I've always used bottles until I went dual-squish and the frame(s) prevented me from doing so…

I'm a big fan of the Deuter EXP Air series. That mesh "trampoline back" is pretty much unbeatable for comfort, and the "race" model is pretty small and light - but holds everything I need.

Anyone recognize the trail? Unlike a lot of the (awesome) edits that get posted here, that one looks like a lot of fun for mere mortals… 🙂

Ampelmann!

Is anyone else experiencing problems with Chrome? I'll fairly often get the following error message when trying to either follow a hotlink to the board (say from the main page of from a search), or as I drill down into a specific post/thread: The page you are looking for is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. If I copy/paste the URL into Internet Explorer it loads just fine. Other times/threads everything loads as I'd expect.

Anyone else seeing this? Solutions as to a fix?

Thanks,

Here's where I pull the "I've owned a 2013 Saint Shadow Plus Derraileur for 4 months now" card and say;
I've tried it, it kind of works, but its definitely not worth you spending your money on buying a product that "kind of works", or trying it to find it doesnt work for you, when there's one that will work infinitely better for the same ching.

Cool - thanks. I'm in the process of building an AM bike and it just sounded really awesome… Not that XT is "bad" by any stretch, but because the shifter is paired with the dérailleur it seemed a natural time to try it out. Or not, as the case may be. I still want to be able to climb anything pretty well so I need that 2nd chainring.

According to everything I've read this is designed as a 1x10 RD. Does anyone know if the cage is too short to be used with a double up front? Tooth restrictions?

I tried the Shimano tech website but all I found was a blow-apart diagram…

Thanks,

I rode it yesterday, and was very impressed.

Perhaps a dumb question given that you were in Whistler, but did you spend any time climbing on it? How pedally is it, say compared to the new 2013 (non-Evo) Enduros that are supposed to climb really well, or the 2012 Enduro Evo?

I demo'ed a 2012 Enduro Evo and thought it was a blast going down - but not that much fun to climb or pedal through rolling singletrack… (mind you, my current bike is a 100mm Titus Racer X so my frame of reference is quite different from that of a shuttle/park/DH guy). I'm looking for a bigger bike to complement the XC race bike but I still want it to be a fun, capable climber.