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ANYTHING to shave a second off a strava time!

Ride around features?!

Around here, people ride around bumps and roots.

I don't like overly-low bb heights, but found the previous Slash a bit too high in the high position. It made the bike feel a bit teeter-tottery when cornering on flow trails. But you could pedal through anything.

Have fun experimenting!

No EWS rider here, but I certainly could pass the blindfold test when swapping mino link positions on the previous version.

I prefer the handling in high, but the cornering in low. Solved with a 150 mm air shaft in the fork, to pull the bb down a bit, and steepen the HTA a bit, when in low.

Note that my use is very rugged trail riding. No bike park-style stuff, so big caveat, for sure.

For sure, one of two cars that I:

Never. Should. Have. Sold!

"The void Ricardo wants to fill does not exist for me because I’ve been stuffing it full of bikes; and they charge me up more than an M3 convertible for a fraction of the cost."

Bang on!

Awesome sauce!  Thanks for the tour.

True on the 2 tooth difference not being monumental, but the 42/50 jump already drives me nuts.

I'll wait for my first worn out drivetrain, then convert all three mtbs to Shimano 12-speed.  It WILL be a bit painful to buy the drivers.

How about the sorta-kinda semi-slick Bonty XR3, Andrew?

When I first saw it, I was skeptical. After I rode it, I was sold.  Not for everybody up front, but it rips as a back tire.

Has anybody mentioned that what we all call motorcycles are more correctly "engine" cycles?!

So, yeah, ebikes might be motorcycles, but motorcycles are not.

Stay healthy!