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Awesome!

This looks like total #squadgoals for me

And a Shape shifter remote for 7

I take whatever is available. I do not think a 2 clamp situation looks better, and I'd really have to be in a bind to consider buying an aftermarket clamp for an integrated shifter. 
All else being equal, I think I'd prefer 4 clamps. I'm so married to the Shimano brakes & drivetrain that it really doesn't matter to me all that much though. Positioning is good either way, though I used to have issues with older ispec.

I'm happy to say I never had 5 or more clamps/levers on my bar. Those people who had lockouts and FDs and droppers boggle my mind. I hate operating droppers and shifters simultaneously and never really liked 2x on MTB. I had a 2x drivetrain on a Slayer for all of 3 months in 2011, prior to that I had 3x on my first MTB hardtail in 2007 that got turned into 1x w/ the ol' chain-wrapped-chainring as a bash guide and locking the FD into position. Point being, I never really got used to all those levers, and it's the number of levers that bothers me more than the clamp.

Interesting. I need to try a snap on Phillips bit then.

I wish the bicycle set included a 1/4in driver to socket head to let you use a torque wrench with those bits. 

I also wish the portable kits were stainless... Rusty tools suck.

Thank you for sharing! 

I scrolled through those two Instagram pages this morning as well. I really enjoy how intersectional the lgbt page is. Looking forward to spending more time on them. One of the things I realized this morning is I don't have any LGBT+ issues regularly rotating on my Flipboard news feed, that's something I clearly need to change to be a better ally.

Oh totally. There are way better ways to do a floating ring, my point is just that it's something that you/we could test out in a diy manner with a 4bolt crankset and some clever hardware. 

I don't think a floating ring is a horrible idea. There's something to be said for always having straight chainlines.

SRAM has a cool pivoting ring patent

If you have a 4 bolt crankset, floating ring doesn't seem that hard to do. Youd need some custom chainring nuts and bolts

Those enduro BBs are awesome. I usually burn through 2 OEM BBs a year. I have that exact Enduro BB and it's been going for 4 years. You can tell it's not new anymore, but it has many revolutions and hucks to flat.

I agree. Mine feels slowish in the parking lot but on trail it's great. I would like to have a useable range (at the next service for sure). I'd be curious what one or two clicks more open from my fully open setting feels like... But I think I'd land back in the same place. 

I tried setting my 38 to match the rebound speed of my shock and it felt like absolute garbage, so I went back to my normal intuition and feel on the fork. The shock compression tunes are bang on as well. 

I think it has to do with the hydraulic bottom out bumper, it feels controlled and never feels packed up even deep in the stroke. I wish I had bought an Arma, not a Storia, to tune play with HBC. I rarely use the climb switch and wouldn't miss it if I didn't have it. That's bike and rider specific but... Yeah. I think Arma + 38 w/ smashpot would be a whole other tuning paradigm thanks to the HBC tunability.

FYI, as of last night Fromme Snow was right just above Lower Oilcan.

Costco wool shirts is back!