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[BaGearA]

Got me a nice upgrade for the agterkant of my bike 

[thebob]

1 hour ago, BaGearA said:

Got me a nice upgrade for the agterkant of my bike 

Nice! Will the Float X be up for grabs?

[BaGearA]

19 minutes ago, thebob said:

Nice! Will the Float X be up for grabs?

Undecided, will likely keep it if I do go do some multi day enduros next year 

 

 

bike is over 15kg now 

[MORNE]

9 hours ago, BaGearA said:

Undecided, will likely keep it if I do go do some multi day enduros next year 

 

 

bike is over 15kg now 

Lol only 15?. 
 

sell it, you wont miss it. It will feel wooden after riding s coil for a week.
I also got me a coil a few weeks ago. fox DHX.
I Up/downgraded from a Fox Factory X2 (how ever you want to look at it lol). And i can honestly say it transformed my bike for the way I ride it. i really feel that for larger folk (90kg+), having to run an airshock at its upper limits ito psi doesnt make for nice riding bikes in the rear at least. My X2 on my bike just always felt too progressive, pogo’ey.

Im not too sendy…and just plow through things most of the time due to lack if skill ☺️. The coil literally just deletes rocks from the trail.
Magic carpet ride…🎶a whole new world!🎶 Haha

im lucky my frame geo with the single pivot means it climbs pretty good with almost no bob even without locking the shock out, but even if it did…the extra half kilo it adds is totally worth it. Since it went on an enduro bike i just paired it with a 30T chainring too. Not like you ever use 30/10T going down a trail. 

Edited July 31, 2023 by MORNE

[BaGearA]

1 hour ago, MORNE said:

Lol only 15?. 
 

sell it, you wont miss it. It will feel wooden after riding s coil for a week.
I also got me a coil a few weeks ago. fox DHX.
I Up/downgraded from a Fox Factory X2 (how ever you want to look at it lol). And i can honestly say it transformed my bike for the way I ride it. i really feel that for larger folk (90kg+), having to run an airshock at its upper limits ito psi doesnt make for nice riding bikes in the rear at least. My X2 on my bike just always felt too progressive, pogo’ey.

Im not too sendy…and just plow through things most of the time due to lack if skill ☺️. The coil literally just deletes rocks from the trail.
Magic carpet ride…🎶a whole new world!🎶 Haha

im lucky my frame geo with the single pivot means it climbs pretty good with almost no bob even without locking the shock out, but even if it did…the extra half kilo it adds is totally worth it. Since it went on an enduro bike i just paired it with a 30T chainring too. Not like you ever use 30/10T going down a trail. 

With a 34t in front 

[Jako De Wet]

New wheels day. Looking forward to Witfontein this weekend. Lyne AMP HD 👌

Edited July 31, 2023 by Jako De Wet

['Dale]

New tyre day for Simone 

[Me rida my bicycle]

I got the adult version of Lego 🤣

To think this all started because I had to many tyres 🤣 

Been hiding parts all over the house till I had everything 🤞🏻

[Me rida my bicycle]

Well she came out better than expected. 

There's just something about a raw frame especially in the sun light ☀ 👌🏻

Surprises :

the DebonAir spring feels so much better than older Rockshox, nice plush feeling without just running through all the travel 👌🏻

The budget friendly Deore shifts as good as the much more expensive XT. 👍🏻

All and all quite happy now for the next project 🤣😂

 

[MORNE]

On 8/4/2023 at 3:11 PM, Me rida my bicycle said:

I got the adult version of Lego 🤣

To think this all started because I had to many tyres 🤣 

Been hiding parts all over the house till I had everything 🤞🏻

2 months ago i had a stem lying around in my parts bin….there was some dust on it, but no real soil or anything. The garage tends to get s bit humid with the dryer in there and all this rain. Next thing I knew the stem grew some bars, levers and a frame. I came back the next week and it had grown wheels and a groupset too. I have a fully grown Banshee now, kind of annoying i know 🤷🏻‍♂️

[BaGearA]

On 7/30/2023 at 8:48 PM, BaGearA said:

Undecided, will likely keep it if I do go do some multi day enduros next year 

 

 

bike is over 15kg now 

edit , just under 16 now 🥲

 

 

[Me rida my bicycle]

29 minutes ago, MORNE said:

2 months ago i had a stem lying around in my parts bin….there was some dust on it, but no real soil or anything. The garage tends to get s bit humid with the dryer in there and all this rain. Next thing I knew the stem grew some bars, levers and a frame. I came back the next week and it had grown wheels and a groupset too. I have a fully grown Banshee now, kind of annoying i know 🤷🏻‍♂️

Sounds like a good garage to have. 😁

I told my wife all these parts where sent to the wrong address and without a return address or contact number. I had no choice but to put it together so I don't lose any small bits 😄

[dasilvarsa]

Early Warning System

 

[cclayford]

Finally finished my 2018 Santa Cruz Chameleon build on Saturday  So stoked on how well it turned out. Decided to go the 27.5+ route. So far the bike feels amazing

[dasilvarsa]

1 hour ago, cclayford said:

Finally finished my 2018 Santa Cruz Chameleon build on Saturday  So stoked on how well it turned out. Decided to go the 27.5+ route. So far the bike feels amazing

Why  Those Tyres in Particular ?

Maybe I can Learn Something Here.

I had Ardents on my Merida Big 9 300 Hardtail and it Was Pig Slow.

Put In the Original Ikons that came with it and it made a big improvement.

[Robbie Stewart]

11 minutes ago, dasilvarsa said:

Why  Those Tyres in Particular ?

Maybe I can Learn Something Here.

I had Ardents on my Merida Big 9 300 Hardtail and it Was Pig Slow.

Put In the Original Ikons that came with it and it made a big improvement.

I'm guessing here, but that bike doesn't strike me as caring about going fast. It looks more like it wants to do a full frontal assault on as much tech as it can gobble up during a ride. To me resembles the kind of bike that wants to get rowdy, party bike style.