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I know there are more brown pow lovers on this site, yah there is pinkbike but lets be honest, newshcoolers is wayyyy cooler. so lets posts our rides, questions about components, mechanic questions etc in this thread.
I just bought this beauty and i definitely sacrificed uphill capabiltiy in order to get a beefier dh/park bike. id been on a nomad for a while and it's a huge switch in riding styles for me. definitely getting used to the weight and having to keep speed a lot more.
specs for said beauty, 2011 rc2 dh totem, 2012 dhx rc4, highrollers front and back (gona go dhf front and highroller in the back), mtx 33 wheel set, slx brakes, diablous cranks, FSA 760mm Handlebar, Shimano SLX Shifter & Shimano Deore XT Derailleur.
Alright newschoolers, post your bikes. i wanna see some sexy steeds.
Will be selling my Ripley AF frame size XL in grey soon to fund a plastic Ripley purchase. Ridden less than 300miles, couple little paint scratches and one heel rub spot on the driveside chainstay that looks kinda gnar in the photo but it’s just paint.
Can’t buy these as frame only anywhere. Thinking $1800 for frame/ shock or $2300 with a pretty much new factory Fit4 34 140mm (not the fork on the bike in photo, keeping that)
dm if interested would be stoked to sell to one of yall before putting it on PB
.squirrely.Will be selling my Ripley AF frame size XL in grey soon to fund a plastic Ripley purchase. Ridden less than 300miles, couple little paint scratches and one heel rub spot on the driveside chainstay that looks kinda gnar in the photo but it’s just paint.
Can’t buy these as frame only anywhere. Thinking $1800 for frame/ shock or $2300 with a pretty much new factory Fit4 34 140mm (not the fork on the bike in photo, keeping that)
dm if interested would be stoked to sell to one of yall before putting it on PB
the ripley is such a fun bike
someone will pay u well for that bike
Got tired of waiting for a 197mm hub to come back in stock to build up a 29er wheel, decided to just run the fat wheel in the rear for now to get me rollin. Installed a Wolftooth -2 degree headset and will be dropping the fork down to 130mm. Found a Big Fat Larry in a 26x4.7” that looks like it should roll a lot faster than the Snowshoe XL that’s on it right now too, or I might trim the center lugs on an old SpecIalized Ground control 4.6
No.QuarterGot tired of waiting for a 197mm hub to come back in stock to build up a 29er wheel, decided to just run the fat wheel in the rear for now to get me rollin. Installed a Wolftooth -2 degree headset and will be dropping the fork down to 130mm. Found a Big Fat Larry in a 26x4.7” that looks like it should roll a lot faster than the Snowshoe XL that’s on it right now too, or I might trim the center lugs on an old SpecIalized Ground control 4.6
Ah, right because experience tells you to pour a fresh layer of soft dirt onto an already compact and perfectly running and shaped feature for no fucking reason at all.
skiermanAh, right because experience tells you to pour a fresh layer of soft dirt onto an already compact and perfectly running and shaped feature for no fucking reason at all.
You're a fucking clown.
No, because experience tells me to build a new 30 ft gap near the base of our jump line because I have more experience than you. Go back to riding your green flow trail and being ashamed that your jumping form is horrendous, that you will never be able to through a nice whip, one-foot euro, no-foot can or 360 like us younger folks. Let us enjoy building our fun features and progressing, and refreshing trail features out of the goodness of our hearts in the hopes that another grom will come along and enjoy them in the same way we have. I know this sport, and I know exactly the kind of rider you are, so go back to trying to buy your way into a sport that you can never have the skill to properly do.
Deez_McskisNo, because experience tells me to build a new 30 ft gap near the base of our jump line because I have more experience than you. Go back to riding your green flow trail and being ashamed that your jumping form is horrendous, that you will never be able to through a nice whip, one-foot euro, no-foot can or 360 like us younger folks. Let us enjoy building our fun features and progressing, and refreshing trail features out of the goodness of our hearts in the hopes that another grom will come along and enjoy them in the same way we have. I know this sport, and I know exactly the kind of rider you are, so go back to trying to buy your way into a sport that you can never have the skill to properly do.
Awww, have fun playin in your lil sandbox while the big boys ride some proper lines. So precious!
LOL
Kids are so cute when they think they're special for doing basic shit. This is a shining example of what happens when parents coddle their babies too much.
This is my bike for the summer
it is a fezzari Abajo peak which I think is a smaller brand from Utah. it has a sram nx drivetrain and an xfusion McQueen 140mm fork. I’m really new to mtb and don’t know a lot but there are some small trails by my house and better stuff close to Knoxville a couple hours away so hopefully I can have some fun with it
Kevinb5
This is my bike for the summer
it is a fezzari Abajo peak which I think is a smaller brand from Utah. it has a sram nx drivetrain and an xfusion McQueen 140mm fork. I’m really new to mtb and don’t know a lot but there are some small trails by my house and better stuff close to Knoxville a couple hours away so hopefully I can have some fun with it
Hell yeah you'll have some fun! (I hope) Fezzari is probably better known for their road bikes, but that also means you get a bit better pricing for a solid manufacturer.
One small upgrade that might take you a long ways would be a shorter stem. At 140mm fork travel, that xc-length stem is going to limit a bit of your cornering while gaining pedaling on flats or slight climbs. Ofc, if you love it keep it!
Have fun shredding, feel free to hmu if you ever have any questions!
dognutsvery very nice
single pivot steelys are so sexxy
Yeahhhhh I thoroughly loved how it rode. You can feel the steel start to flex through a corner, than spring it back out at the end. The closest I've felt are ti hardtails.
However the warranty goes the next bike will probably be plastic and from a bigger brand. I love supporting tiny companies, but when part of my job is riding reliability becomes too important.
I do wish a big brand would look at materials, even as a niche product with big markups. Bike geo is understood well enough, someone like Santa Cruz could design steel. The alloy hightower is already around 34+ lbs for a $5k build, my 145mm rear travel steel is 32. If I could buy a $6k steel build for 32-34lbs with vpp...
**This post was edited on Mar 30th 2022 at 12:00:39am
Byron_tha_gr8Yeahhhhh I thoroughly loved how it rode. You can feel the steel start to flex through a corner, than spring it back out at the end. The closest I've felt are ti hardtails.
However the warranty goes the next bike will probably be plastic and from a bigger brand. I love supporting tiny companies, but when part of my job is riding reliability becomes too important.
I do wish a big brand would look at materials, even as a niche product with big markups. Bike geo is understood well enough, someone like Santa Cruz could design steel. The alloy hightower is already around 34+ lbs for a $5k build, my 145mm rear travel steel is 32. If I could buy a $6k steel build for 32-34lbs with vpp...
**This post was edited on Mar 30th 2022 at 12:00:39am
Can we get pics of the bb and the crack? I'd be livid if the frame wasn't 100% bombproof at that pricepoint and with steel. And I get it, you can break every bike but when it's a weld particularly on a low-volume bike that's pretty concerning.
i'm doing Lake Superior Gravity Series, mostly UP and Northshore MN races
I wanna try to get down to Colorado and do a couple but I have an internship up here in Wisco which might make getting a week off to travel to CO difficult
CrunnchyPissFarti'm doing Lake Superior Gravity Series, mostly UP and Northshore MN races
I wanna try to get down to Colorado and do a couple but I have an internship up here in Wisco which might make getting a week off to travel to CO difficult
Sick, i got a couple friends who made the trek out to purgatory in CO and they loved it. Me, I'm in CA so I'm gonna do china peak, shasta and ashland enduros.
Gonna try my hand at expert u18, feel like I actually have a bike that's not holding me back this year, and I've been training pretty frequently. Getting hyped already, sitting in the back of the class watching gopro footage from last summer and wishing I could be racing already.
ThaLoraxWent to Moab last weekend and got a ride to the trails in a Rivian! Also finally got to ride Pipe Dream and the Mag 7 trails for the first time.
Those Rivians are so cool. I love all the new Tesla-level contenders in the EV space. Brands are finally releasing vehicles that could convince me to switch from ICE. If only Rivians weren't $85k+
Deez_McskisSick, i got a couple friends who made the trek out to purgatory in CO and they loved it. Me, I'm in CA so I'm gonna do china peak, shasta and ashland enduros.
Gonna try my hand at expert u18, feel like I actually have a bike that's not holding me back this year, and I've been training pretty frequently. Getting hyped already, sitting in the back of the class watching gopro footage from last summer and wishing I could be racing already.
sick bro, id love to ride out there too
I feel u on the bike thing. last year I got a 2017 RM Slayer off PinkBike which is a major upgrade from the full suspension XC bike I had before, not to mention all the shit ive put onto the new bike to make it rip even harder. also gonna actually train this year and push my limits even more
im gonna go full expert this year too. last year I dabbled between sport and expert last summer cuz it was my first season doing the full series and depending on my familiarity with the race locations. but now that I know im gonna go bigger this season
My partner has been insistent that she wants a full suspension bike, which I’ve been kinda dreading since 95% of the FS bike that come through the co-op are either trashed, have unserviceable shocks, have completely antiquated suspension, or a combination of the three. But I just scored this 2011 Fuel EX 5 for an absolute crazy deal, looks like it hasn’t been ridden more than 50 miles, and fits her pretty well.
Most of the components are going to be stripped and replaced with all of the parts that we’ve put on her trail-adapted-townie
Specialized Ariel that really wasn’t up for the task of trail riding.
A 27.5 Manitou Markhor fork at either 100 or 120mm depending on how the A-C compares to the original fork. Maybe I’ll try to get a Works Components 1 degree EC34 headset, but I doubt it will be all that necessary.
27.5 front wheel and maybe on the rear too depending on how big of a tire it will fit, if not probably a 26x2.4 Maxxis Rekon for the ultimate trendy mullet setup.
Microshift Advent X 1x10. Dropper post.
Maybe a different bar and stem setup.
Maybe newer brakes but the Avid Juicy 3s that are on it honestly feel better than the mismatched Avid Elixirs she has currently. Maybe I’ll do a brake upgrade on my Enduro bike and do some trickle down brake swaps so she ends up with the Shimano 2 piston brakes from my fatbike, so that she can have brakes from this decade.
It's just the beginning. The future is here. For now, it's supply and demand pricing.
BrandoComandoThose Rivians are so cool. I love all the new Tesla-level contenders in the EV space. Brands are finally releasing vehicles that could convince me to switch from ICE. If only Rivians weren't $85k+
ThaLoraxIt's just the beginning. The future is here. For now, it's supply and demand pricing.
I don't mind the rivian but the future will only be here when an 80k electric truck has the same if not better range than a 35 gallon-tank diesel and we're pretty far off that mark unfortunately. Batteries in trucks that do truck things just doesn't quite make sense yet. Rivians are rad tho don't get me wrong I just wish they hit their range numbers they advertised at startup.
BiffbarfI don't mind the rivian but the future will only be here when an 80k electric truck has the same if not better range than a 35 gallon-tank diesel and we're pretty far off that mark unfortunately. Batteries in trucks that do truck things just doesn't quite make sense yet. Rivians are rad tho don't get me wrong I just wish they hit their range numbers they advertised at startup.
I mean, nobody was asking for a Rivian to be equatable to a 35 gallon diesel work truck. The owner drove from Denver to Moab and only had to charge once. He chose to charge twice to avoid putting stress on a brand new battery, to help with it's longevity. That's easily comparable with my 18 gallon Subaru Legacy. Except, when you drive the Rivian, you can pick your economy/torque settings, and even control how much regenerative breaking there is.
ThaLoraxI mean, nobody was asking for a Rivian to be equatable to a 35 gallon diesel work truck. The owner drove from Denver to Moab and only had to charge once. He chose to charge twice to avoid putting stress on a brand new battery, to help with it's longevity. That's easily comparable with my 18 gallon Subaru Legacy. Except, when you drive the Rivian, you can pick your economy/torque settings, and even control how much regenerative breaking there is.
I think diesel electric hybrids will be the solution for that market. Diesel power plant so people who drive really far or tow shit don’t have to worry about charging and can refuel anywhere, but electric drivetrain so that the diesel can just act as a generator and operate at maximum efficiency. Electric motors on the trailer axle for some additional regenerative braking.
Diesel trucks are not new technology and have an established market with ample supply and demand. New technology is always more expensive due to cost of production and limited supply with high demand...... as i already stated above....
