Enduro/gravity bike suspension and geo

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

I meant is he accusing you of not being Greg Minaar smooth or Sean Connery smooth?

 

Or both?! 

 

If so he obviously hasn't followed you down a trail or seen your side flick fringe that even looks majestic straight after you take of the lid...... 

Not to mention the porta-shower antics.... 

[Hairy]

I meant is he accusing you of not being Greg Minaar smooth or Sean Connery smooth?

 

Or both?! 

 

If so he obviously hasn't followed you down a trail or seen your side flick fringe that even looks majestic straight after you take of the lid...... 

I am sure he comes walking out of a swim in the roughest seas with perfect and dry hair too

[PhilipV]

Hahahahaha!

 

Not sure if a dig at Q-ball, or at RitR. Either way, *** funny.

Anyone who rides at 1.4-1.5 bar and is not blowing tyres off the rims, needs to let go of the handbrake.

[Hairy]

I meant is he accusing you of not being Greg Minaar smooth or Sean Connery smooth?

 

Or both?! 

 

If so he obviously hasn't followed you down a trail or seen your side flick fringe that even looks majestic straight after you take of the lid...... (edit.. evidence below)

 

sidefringe.jpg

THAT IS ONE SKETCHY #ENDURO VEST!

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Anyone who rides at 1.4-1.5 bar and is not blowing tyres off the rims, needs to let go of the handbrake.

YES. I mean heck, 22psi!? What is this, jeep track?

[Meezo]

Shredders!

[RiverInTheRoad]

Guilty as charged on being slow. At least I have very comfy tire pressures.

[Meezo]

Aren't you already on one taco for the year, and it's only Januworry...?

2nd rim for the year, and yes it's still Januworry. This means my quota for the year is done. Here to no more broken rims, wheels or spokes for 2020

[Jewbacca]

THAT IS ONE SKETCHY #ENDURO VEST!

Marilyn Jackson!

 

It's not great if you're lactose intolerant because Marilyn Jackson is LegenDAIRY!

[Wheelie87]

I'm as slow as they come

Front: 2.6 Butcher 1.4bar

Rear: 2.3 Butcher 2 bar  (both grid version)

30mm internal width Rapides

 

I do use a Ice Toolz floor pump though so it might be anything haha

 

I find any lower in the back and the tyre just gives way

Gspot type trails I'll go to to 2.2 rear 

 

I can now visibly see the rear tyre's casing giving in after a year (or maybe less)

 

I am (after December) AROUND 92kg with kit etc

 

And I know (I know) about the Butcher DeatGap trademark pending and as soon as the 89 daze of January have passed I will gooi the 2.6 to the back (just because and I have it now) and klap 'n Assegai Exo+ up front (local is lekker).

I honestly do not find the Butcher that bad fir my type of riding style.

 

Still quite new to all this and slowly but surely changing one thing after the other seeing what works for me and what not.

 

My latest & greatest edition to my Fuel EX was a Pike Ultimate and wow...coming from the Recon....

There are so many settings and things to still figure out.
Currently have one token in (received like that) and run 98 psi (RS recommended is 107) rebound -8 clicks (recommended -7)

So far its epic obv

Took it down Jonkers on the weekend and it just lapped everything up..hungry hungry hippo style 
I have yet to change the LS and HS compression (using as received for now) epic dude at the LBS tuned it for me as we have similar weight.

 

So ja...will play around...so much to still figure out

[Pieter1]

I'm as slow as they come

 

Front: 2.6 Butcher 1.4bar

Rear: 2.3 Butcher 2 bar (both grid version)

30mm internal width Rapides

 

I do use a Ice Toolz floor pump though so it might be anything haha

 

I find any lower in the back and the tyre just gives way

Gspot type trails I'll go to to 2.2 rear

 

I can now visibly see the rear tyre's casing giving in after a year (or maybe less)

 

I am (after December) AROUND 92kg with kit etc

 

And I know (I know) about the Butcher DeatGap trademark pending and as soon as the 89 daze of January have passed I will gooi the 2.6 to the back (just because and I have it now) and klap 'n Assegai Exo+ up front (local is lekker).

I honestly do not find the Butcher that bad fir my type of riding style.

 

Still quite new to all this and slowly but surely changing one thing after the other seeing what works for me and what not.

 

My latest & greatest edition to my Fuel EX was a Pike Ultimate and wow...coming from the Recon....

There are so many settings and things to still figure out.

Currently have one token in (received like that) and run 98 psi (RS recommended is 107) rebound -8 clicks (recommended -7)

So far its epic obv

Took it down Jonkers on the weekend and it just lapped everything up..hungry hungry hippo style

I have yet to change the LS and HS compression (using as received for now) epic dude at the LBS tuned it for me as we have similar weight.

 

So ja...will play around...so much to still figure out

Lekker dude. Ja all the suspension settings are doing my head in a bit. Enjoying the tinkering tho.

[Thermophage]

I meant is he accusing you of not being Greg Minaar smooth or Sean Connery smooth?

 

Or both?! 

 

If so he obviously hasn't followed you down a trail or seen your side flick fringe that even looks majestic straight after you take of the lid...... (edit.. evidence below)

 

sidefringe.jpg

Waahahaha ... somewhere between that old Ezel and now I have managed to loose one of those elbow guards

[Jewbacca]

Waahahaha ... somewhere between that old Ezel and now I have managed to loose one of those elbow guards

Meh... Losing protection is never great. You will always have 'one' just floating around staring at you making you wonder if you will ever find it's partner.

 

I say throw it away and be done.

 

I lost a knee guard and a year later I saw it in the box and spent 2 hours earching Harry Potters bedroom to no avail. I'm sure I left it in the Jonkers Car Park or at Bootleggers in tokai and it was a chew to for a happy doggo for a few days.

[Hairy]

 

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/za/en/marzocchi-bomber-cr-mtb-rear-shock-2020/rp-prod195377

Edited February 4, 2020 by Hairy

[Hairy]

[Headshot]

I've been swapping between my HT and enduro bike recently and fiddling with each of them a bit. I've lowered the fork pressure in the HT and taken out the token in my Yari to give me some hand comfort. I noticed that despite running them at lower than recommended pressures I wasn't getting close to full travel on either. I was happy to leave things as they were because on both bikes, especially the enduro, I hate the low bar height.  The fork riding higher helps with that on steeper stuff.

 

I removed the last token from my Yari and pumped it to the same pressure as before. It is much more comfortable especially off the top. If I'm heading down anything steep I simply click in a bit of compression damping. So far so good, although I made a total hash of DH 0 on Saturday. The rest of Tokai was great however so I'm blaming myself not the bike. That said I'm still looking to raise the bars a bit and possibly remove tokens/bands from the rear shock to see what that does.

 

On the HT, the front rides a bit lower as the fork is softer but its manageable and far more comfy on the hands.