cfaber

deet is a wonderful thing. Kept the wood ticks from biting when I was riding in the U.P. last summer.

Still had them crawling all over me though.

Yeah clip in/out is second nature to me at this stage. Ive avoided massive pileups in races (road) but ive also went down twice both on wet decking (Mt Vernon trails here in DC area) its sucks. I know about the extent of my MTB prowess and I can see how not being clipped in, in low speed maneuvering will be helpful. I have two sided paltforms so on the rollers ill clip in on the technical its pressure

Yeah I donno if it matters how fast you are with it. The times I've crashed, I was crashing before I even knew what was happening.

Also anyone rebuild shocks know a good place to source seals and the valving units? I've rebuilt the shocks on my old CR250 so I understand the technical aspects with oils, springs etc just need to see if parts are going to be a PITA.

I've rebuilt many pairs of motorcycle and bicycle shocks. Allballz is probably going to be a good place to start. Use http://cmsnl.com/ and see if they have a microfiche blowout of your bike, if so you can pull part numbers from that.

Most single track guys in this area that don't do much dh, or aggressive riding tend to stick with clippers, the ones (like my self) who value collar bones tend to go with platforms so you can escape the bike as badness is happening.

If I were riding a road bike I would probably stick with clippers, but in general, when you get more aggressive, your desire to throw the bike away when things to pear shaped tends to increase, and being attached to the bike, other than with your hands isn't a good thing.

Nice hardware! What pedals you going with? Shoes?

Shoes - depends, lately I've been rocking a few old pairs of Vasque Velocity GTX because I can hike them, and I don't care if I tear them up.

Padels - always platforms, current set I've had a few years is Easton Flatboys. They seem to hold up really well (and I've thrashed them pretty bad) though they're a bit heavy.

I actually need to run over to the HW store and pick up some new set pins for them as I've run out (they rattle out and / or get dull)

Once you get the hang of the dropper you'll wonder how you ever rode without one:).

I actually already wonder that. My ride yesterday I was was thinking

Man I could have hit that bump a lot bigger if this seat wasn't so far up

Really excited to get it.

Still waiting for some the dropper, but snapped some pics of the bike after the ride tonight

That's a nice dropper, it would be a cold day in hell if I found one of them on cl around here. Please post up your thoughts on it.

 

 

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Yeah will do. I suspect I'll enjoy it a lot.

I ordered one of these. I found a few listed on CL locally, however the price wasn't all that great and at least with the new one I have warranty for when the air spring fails =) http://kssuspension.com/products/seatposts/lev-3

I'll have to shoot a picture of the bike all finished, it's a pretty aggressive setup, which is great for the kind of riding I do =)

Had a bit of time today so I did some work on the new whip. Put my easton flats back on it. Replaced the s-works CF bar with my deity dirty 30. replaced the easton stem, which looked like a 90mm with a raceface 50mm stubby and swapped out the seat for my trek seat which I like a lot more. I'm going to be picking up a giant dropper post for the seat tonight which should be a lot better on the dh and dirt tracks around here.

After all that work I took it out for a ride. It was interesting... I need to dial in the suspension more (I did a little bit already) but for the most part it was nice. The `brain' technology is trippy, one minute you're hitting bumps and the next on a steady pedal the bike feels like a stiffy with no suspension at all. I found that going up big rocks, then onto a steep climb from the flats it was pretty amazing, out of no where all power to the wheel and easily fly up the hill

cfaber how bout these ceilings?

That's more 40's era stuff, and actually some what unique and cool, the right paint and flooring, and getting rid of those god awful drapes and that room might look good =)

Oh, and the brick fireplace needs to go as well. =)