Boast about your latest purchases here...

[Mongoose!]

39 minutes ago, mecheng89 said:

snip snap snip snap

struggled to upload picture - so deleted it for now  as I don't want to post without a picture...

 ...my purchase glows in the dark... 😜

[StevieG]

11 minutes ago, Mongoose! said:

struggled to upload picture - so deleted it for now  as I don't want to post without a picture...

 ...my purchase glows in the dark... 😜

Does it vibrate too?

[Mongoose!]

17 minutes ago, StevieG said:

Does it vibrate too?

😜👏

[Mongoose!]

here it goes

laces from Takealot 😎

[TyronLab]

After a lot of messing around with handlebar height, roll, stem length and angle, I zeroed in on some extra sweep being what was needed to get me 100% dialled into this bike. Unfortunately, the options for bars that have some extra sweep in SA are basically non-existent, until I found the Farr Supa-Moto bar on Takealot. Seems like they're doing some importing of Farr products still.

Did my first long-ish (5hr) dirt ride with it yesterday, and I'm blown away by it. The extra sweep (16° vs standard bar 9°) made a huge difference to hand comfort, and I found myself  in the normal grips position for 90% of the ride.

With my old bars I used to switch out riding with my thumbs over the grip, or holding inboard of the brake levers, to relieve pressure in my palm. Used to have a bit of hand soreness or numbness after long dirt rides. No such problem now though.

I also found that the bars seemed to be quite a bit more damped than previous bars I've used, reducing vibration substantially. 

Spent much more than I would have liked to on bars, but it was the same cost position as buying some SQLab 30x16s (except they didn't have the rise I wanted) or importing (or paying for the flight down to CPT to "borrow" @Jewbacca's) Surly Sunrise bars,

Side bonus - they look moto AF with the rise at the ends.

[MTBRIDER1234]

I have made a few recently, a PYGA slakline frame, a lyrik ultimate, formula cura brakes and Lyne AMP V2 HE edition wheelset.

 

[thebob]

5 minutes ago, MTBRIDER1234 said:

I have made a few recently, a PYGA slakline frame, a lyrik ultimate, formula cura brakes and Lyne AMP V2 HE edition wheelset.

 

Pics, or it didn't happen

[MTBRIDER1234]

Just now, thebob said:

Pics, or it didn't happen

Haha yeah I tried to but the picture exceeds the 4mb limit, anyone know a workaround?

[Jewbacca]

4 minutes ago, MTBRIDER1234 said:

Haha yeah I tried to but the picture exceeds the 4mb limit, anyone know a workaround?

Just resize the image? Download image resizer? Right click, resize image, Upload. 

The End

[MTBRIDER1234]

1 minute ago, Jewbacca said:

Just resize the image? Download image resizer? Right click, resize image, Upload. 

The End

Haha I figured it out now but thanks

[MTBRIDER1234]

Here you go:

(Lyne wheels and formula cura brakes aren't pictured here)

[M L]

1 hour ago, MTBRIDER1234 said:

Haha yeah I tried to but the picture exceeds the 4mb limit, anyone know a workaround?

Email it to yourself and then it asks you the size you want to convert the image to.

[MTBRIDER1234]

1 minute ago, M L said:

Email it to yourself and then it asks you the size you want to convert the image to.

Thanks bru but I have luckily figured it out, feel free to scroll up to view the image of the build so far

[capediver]

On 6/27/2022 at 10:57 AM, Mongoose! said:

here it goes

laces from Takealot 😎

When you said glow in the dark...my mind's eye...

[michaelbiker]

22 hours ago, MTBRIDER1234 said:

Haha yeah I tried to but the picture exceeds the 4mb limit, anyone know a workaround?

squoosh.com works well on mobile too and it’s free. 

[117]

Lust.com

 

Thanks a ton big red 👊