Enduro/gravity bike suspension and geo

[Hairy]

Brenton is a lekker oke ........ even if he looks like a tree hugging, bunny cuddling, tofu eating vegan !

Brenton you legend. Sorted this out for me this morning. A few procedural stuff to do still, but it looks like Trailtech will be warrantying the CSU for me and even let me replace it with the reduced offset version.

[Hairy]

Basic MTB Geo and how it effects your ride

 

[Headshot]

Basic MTB Geo and how it effects your ride

 

We're such experts already - please find us an advanced Geo video. Thx

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJz0J8gbhVw

[Hairy]

The answer to how much travel you need is simple .... ample for the fork and zero for the rear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJz0J8gbhVw

[usxorf]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5R60JHJbxI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJz0J8gbhVw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsbMU-JTCJI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inrf0MD8vHI

I think he was joking...

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

I think he was joking...

I know. I just wanted to spam his request...

[usxorf]

The answer to how much travel you need is simple .... ample for the fork and zero for the rear

Is that chromag doctahawk ample enough though.

[Hairy]

the real question is, are your local trails ample enough though

Is that chromag doctahawk ample enough though.

[Jewbacca]

the real question is, are your local trails ample enough though

hahaha

 

There are maybe 2 non hardtailable lines in the western cape.....

[Meezo]

hahaha

 

There are maybe 2 non hardtailable lines in the western cape.....

big ballas

[V18]

hahaha

 

There are maybe 2 non hardtailable lines in the western cape.....

I feel a video challenge, no?

[Hairy]

and that engages the classic 3rd speed / gear of a Single Speed ..... walking

hahaha

 

There are maybe 2 non hardtailable lines in the western cape.....

[jimmy hardtail]

Any trail that can be ridden can be ridden on a hardtail if set up right. Wont be as fast or as comfortable but its possible

[Hairy]

it may even be more fun on a hardtail given that you are "more on the edge" vs a big squish machine......but if you the kind of rider that wrecks tyres and rims on a big squish bike, then you may not be the kind of rider that can live with a HT (Not referring to you Jimmy)

 

on a side note Jimmy .... was it you who welded up their own frame .... may be looking for someone who can weld up a front triangle to receive my old Banshee's working rear triangle ... just a thought I have been toying with as of late.

Any trail that can be ridden can be ridden on a hardtail if set up right. Wont be as fast or as comfortable but its possible

[Headshot]

Any trail that can be ridden can be ridden on a hardtail if set up right. Wont be as fast or as comfortable but its possible

When i attempted the Trans Savoie in 2015, there was a guy who raced the whole thing on a Production Prive hardtail. He was obviously a very skilled rider, but by any standards its quite an achievement. Around 3-4000 m of descending per day on some of the steepest stuff I've ever seen...

 

As I said in a pervious post I crashed on a section of track I've ridden 200 times at least while on my HT. My previous couple of rides were on my tank. I rode it again yesterday on the tank and could not see where or how I had lost control. Hardtails are just far less forgiving but can be ridden fast if you take that into account and dont get complacent as I did.