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2007. I believe I can use a Cane Creek adapter to run a tapered steerer. If not, it did come with a Fox 32 that I might be able to bring back to life.

Can't wait for the deep dive into this bike!

This shock might be just the thing for my new project.  An engineer at work gifted me his old Giant Reign.  It is super clapped and the RP23 is shot.  I didn't want to spring for a Monarch, so this might be just the thing!

I find it funny that some people think ebike riders secretly want a dirt bike.  

I can't speak for anyone else...but I have zero interest in having a dirt bike.  Not a fan of motorcycles in general.  

eBikes are just different.  Definitely a different skill in learning how to do technical climbs on one. I don't have any problem once I learned how to adapt to the power output.

Would a Tanpan maybe help with the cable pull issue? You can sometimes find generic ones on eBay.

Love articles like this! Great job on resurrecting that bike! They all need homes.

That first generation One was one of the best bikes I have ever ridden. Climbed like mad and descended like a demon.

Then it cracked.

I do like their stuff a lot. The Jedi is an amazing DH bike, got to play with one as a friend used to only ride Canfields. And I would give just about anything for a chromo Signature frame.

My only other connection is getting drunk with Lance at a bike movie showing in Phoenix.

Interesting about the MRP suspension. I don't know anyone riding it, so don't have any reference. I have heard mixed things online. I have only used their ramp control cartridge, which worked very well on my Pike.

It is a beautiful looking frame!

Got mine yesterday, first ride today. Very happy with these! The ankle cuff kept rocks out like it should.

Definitely 5.10 sticky. Haven't ridden flat pedals for a while but it all came back to me.

They did feel a bit flexier than I am used to. Not a bad thing, but I remember my Impacts were stiffer.

They are awesome for hike-a-bike situations. NSMB is right once again!

Just ordered a pair of these from Jenson. I dig the look, hope they perform just as well!

I almost bought one of these, but I didn't want to wait that long and the Yeti I bought popped up.  

After reading this, I am glad I didn't go with it.  Awesome bike, but I am I honest with myself, most of my after work rides involve too much pedaling/climbing for a bike like this.  My 165 is almost overkill as it is.

Oh that sucks.  I haven't had to warranty anything with them for a long time, so I didn't know.  That's too bad, they were awesome back in the day.

I am still working out the details, but I would have a 54 mile round trip commute to work right now.

I used to have a similar commute when I was younger, rain or shine.

I had a 25 mile round trip that was the perfect length.

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Posted by: craw

It's a little funny that so many of us are so into bike parks and shuttling but kind of negative towards ebikes.

That's cuz trucks are cool and macho and ebikes are for wusses.. obviously.  

/s

Yup...funny that...

Posted by: Stuminator

Posted by: kavurider

Posted by: Stuminator

Pinkbike Day 4; Must see...Watch some fully sponsored rider ride & rip apart some secret trail on the north shore with his pro bros. (Video footage shows the entrance & exit of said trail.)

A big reason why I said earlier that their articles lost me a while ago.  Pretty sure that is has had a direct effect on why our local trails are getting so blown out...

Should have added "on an e-bike, nonetheless".

Nah, it is not limited to e-bikes.  I have seen plenty of groups of Endur-Bros skidding and ripping up the trail.  Or adding shortcuts.  Mostly because they want to try what they've seen in the latest pinkbike shredit.

Posted by: Stuminator

Pinkbike Day 4; Must see...Watch some fully sponsored rider ride & rip apart some secret trail on the north shore with his pro bros. (Video footage shows the entrance & exit of said trail.)

A big reason why I said earlier that their articles lost me a while ago.  Pretty sure that is has had a direct effect on why our local trails are getting so blown out...

Posted by: syncro

Posted by: kavurider

I wasn't trying to be rude.

As for why I said it was an implosion...the original announcement on PB that Outside purchased the site was over 1200 comments yesterday. And none of them were positive.

And now every article they are posting is now being brigaded by commenters complaining about the fear of a paywall.

I know you weren't, just pointing out I was curious about your implosion comment too. I saw the implosion definition that shoreboy posted coming from a mile away, and know that wasn't what bux-bux was looking for. I was surprised by their reaction to it tho. I think you got dragged in to things due to cheering on shoreboy's reply. 

Nobody died, life goes on.

Works for me!

Posted by: syncro

^^^ Now that's a perfect example of an implosion. 

Fwiw bux-bux, I was curious what kavu meant by implosion too as the comments on PB weren't as bad as they made them seem .

Whoa...what happened there?

I wasn't trying to be rude.

As for why I said it was an implosion...the original announcement on PB that Outside purchased the site was over 1200 comments yesterday. And none of them were positive.

And now every article they are posting is now being brigaded by commenters complaining about the fear of a paywall.

Posted by: shoreboy

Posted by: bux-bux

Posted by: kavurider

The implosion in the comment section is something to behold right now.

At least here in the US it is definitely not a fringe sport. Mountain biking has been assimilated into the group of "lifestyle" sports.

I lost interest in PB's articles a while ago, I just hope their buy/sell doesn't go away, although I am pretty sure it can't keep existing in it's current form after this acquisition.

What do you mean by implosion?

im·plo·sion

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noun

an instance of something collapsing violently inward.

"the PB comments section undergoes a violent implosion caused by fear of the Outside paywall"

a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.

"the free content found on PB may soon undergo an implosion"

Thank you! Perfect.

The implosion in the comment section is something to behold right now.

At least here in the US it is definitely not a fringe sport. Mountain biking has been assimilated into the group of "lifestyle" sports.

I lost interest in PB's articles a while ago, I just hope their buy/sell doesn't go away, although I am pretty sure it can't keep existing in it's current form after this acquisition.

Best dropper lever out there in my opinion. Need to get them for my other 2 bikes.

Wolftooth customer service is great and having all the small parts available is so awesome!

Posted by: grambo

I had a carbon 2017 Aurum with similar geometry to that, with a really high spec that only weighed 34.5lbs and I cannot imagine pedaling it uphill anywhere. If you were really fit and had at least a 32t cassette you could suffer up flatter forest roads like Fromme but anything steeper or single track would be awful. 200mm forks have a ton of pedal bob as does the rear end (and no climb switch on DH shocks), slack HTA + long offset fork is floppy, super slack seat tube, bad pedaling kinematics, small cassette, short cranks, heavy everything.

Like most people back in the day, I used to pedal my DH bike up the trail.

But after riding the newer long travel enduro bikes, you realize just HOW BAD those DH bikes pedal.  To get any of kind of leg extension, you raise the seat and end up a foot behind the bottom bracket.  Goodbye knees.  

If you are super fit, I suppose you can pedal standing up the whole time. I used to do that, but I am not sure if I could do it anymore. AND...it sucks.  Truly.  

Unless you are going to be focusing on shuttling and pushing up, I would look for something a bit more pedal friendly.  a 160 F/R bike in the last few years will handle just about anything you will encounter.