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some have said that the RF Agent is just such a pant. i'm sceptical about both performance and durability but i've read they have it all. i have to buy tall inseam stuff so not in the cards for me.

i've often thought that seals should be good to go for a fairly long time and high end seals should not need replacement during each service. glad to hear my rationale on this is sound and verified by a pro mechanic. some LBS guys say new seals every time.... now the Fox guy on the youtubes (Jordie i think it is) says new foam dust rings every time for sure. 

so....  what i'd love to know is where can one purchase just new foam dust rings?  not possible through LBS's.

these light casings, high grip WTB offerings sound great. speaking with a couple of LBS managers, unfortunately they will be hard to find at least here due to low sales. one shop basically told me they are giving up on all tire brands besides Maxxis as that's all people ask for and the rest of the inventory just gets stale.

fascinating bike. i'm curious as to what trails you normally ride and if you ride anything moderate that's not sea to sky black to double black. it almost seems like a dedicated single crown DH race bike.

Clairebarian??  your wife?  that's a freaking hilarious nickname.

i've yet to see any of the new Shimano drivetrains in the wild, except for a pro racers bike in the LBS.  man Shimano is in no hurry to get this stuff to market eh.

i've never ridden the Grip2 and can't comment on how it's different relative to the FIT4 on my 2018 36, but i will say that my fox 36 experience parallels yours. it's an amazing fork, i would be shocked to ride a G2 and find it an improvement to my fork as i can't see how it could be improved, it's that good to me and gives me confidence to charge the front down anything i dare.  it's amazing that forks can get better, but maybe they can.

no compound finds grip on wet roots.

personally i think there's a lot of princesses in here in regards to MT vs MG compound issues. MT is a bloody grippy compound, plenty soft and sticky for most riders, on most terrain, in most weather, most the time. i see very little demand amongst the cognoscenti for maxxx grippp, let alone in a tire like the Ass guy.  it's a near perfect front tire, just as the M Mary is, compound be damned.

nice looking bikes. i wasn't sure these guys were even in business at this point.

does anyone have the Chromag trailmaster? anyone with the leather version? anyone tried both? i would think that shape would be the most important element of a comfortable saddle, but i'm wondering if the leather itself makes any difference.

LBS has full range of new Sights to demo. great looking, clean and simple looking.

Posted by: tashi

Motorized or not, mountain bikes are toys for rich people who's lifestyles are far beyond what the planet can support.  Any talk about how "green" any of the different options are vs. another is either totally disingenuous or hopelessly uninformed.

agree a hunnerd percent. except for toys for rich part, i'm not rich. 

bio carbon, who knew??  sounds like it might even be plausible in time.

https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/biocarbon-fibres-made-of-lignin

sounds like a social bear and a bit of a character.

ride impressions of the Banshee asap eh. 

how about the new Norco Sight?  them's some geometries right there. talk about LLS. and seat tube length, the lowest i've ever heard of. 465mm on a size XL!! that's 30mm shorter than my current bike or any other bike i'm interested in. i'll look forward to a demo next spring. never been on a bike with numbers like this.

i used to have Mr Number which worked wonderfully.  a spam call, robo call,  gov't agency or some other nefarious scumbag calls your gadget and Mr Number shoots them out of the sky. great app, even though it had annoying quirks.  it disappeared from the phone as i think they've gone to a premium service. 

anyone know of alternatives that work well?  robokiller?

but da name.  dat be ghey.

so everyone sells arms to Saudi?  how much fucking arms do they need?  it would seem that every country that is an enemy to the evil state should be sold, or gifted arms, so they could blast that regime back to the stone ages where their mentality remains.

yeah paying 7-800 bones for a top end Dyson seems risky. next years will prolly be much better and who knows about longevity. the clerk at London drugs said the Shark cordless were awesome and that seems backed by reviews. and a hairless rotor brush system, i'm all over that. wifes hair and threads every where make a mess of the roller brush.  think i'ma spring for the latest and greatest Shark cordless. half price of Dyson.

want to replace both for one slim line jobby that can do it all. so the Dyson's are all that eh. i guess you get what you pay for.