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Had that happen to a maxxis once too.

 

The super gravity casing on my schwalbe Magic Marrys had held up extremely well. I run Tubeless on my DH bike. Sidewall pinholes here and there but very good tires. Granted I ruined the rear tire knobs from 6-7 days of park riding.

 

Mine was NOT an EXO Maxxis tho. I run the EXOs with no trouble now.

 

Got out today for a little ride, really didn't go far but climbed about 700' in the first 1.5 miles Got a little lost but had a great time.

 

Don't have any cool pictures yet, but got my first bike from a friend this weekend. 29" kona hardtail

 

Picked up a pair of WTB Brosons on sale at Performance Bike, $29. Good reviews on MTBike Review.

Great price for a 29" 2.2 tubeless tire. Free shipping too.

 

I've had those. They shot off the rim when I tried to set them up tubeless. I only had 30psi in when I was trying to set the bead. It sounded like a gun shot.

 

Ouch lol

 

Did you ever get them on?

 

Nope. I sold them to someone to use as non-tubeless. I replaced them with Continental trail kings.

 

Does it have ISCG tabs? If not you can rind a BB mount type guide.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/To-The-Point-Chain-Guides-2013.html

Here is a link to help

Also buy a Narrow Wide chain ring as well. The alternating tooth profile keeps the chain on.

Hope this helps!!

 

My giant glory

 

That's a lot of money for that! Do you have an extra ally threaded BB? If so you can run something like this: http://service.bythehive.com/Guide/...guide+with+an+BB+to+ISCG+or+ISCG05+adapter/45

I've built many bikes and work on mine and many of my friends. Pm me anytime if you need or want and help!!!

 

I use to work on my bike back in the olden days of square tapered BB. I'm not sure where to start on today's PF30 BB.

My Wolfstooth wide/narrow 30T chain ring has never dropped a chain.

 

Running the same in 32T on the Chammy. Only 2 rides but so far so good.

 

it should be an external threaded bb, im pretty sure that is all santa cruz uses

 

All in my experience have one (at least the ones I've worked on and own). I read something about it helps your chain line so your cogs and chain wear more evenly.

 

Get a narrow-wide chainring. I've been running the RaceFace ones on my all-mountain bikes and now have the Sram version (They call it X-sync) on my DH bike. Haven't dropped a chain in 3 yrs.

If you're dead set on running a chainguide, the only one I'll run anymore is the Blackspire DER guide. Lightweight, solid, has a lower bash guard to protect your chainring and best of all, no moving parts to gunk up. It's no louder than a guide with a wheel.

Just throw the BB adapter on, whether you have spacers in there now or not. With a single ring up front, your chainline is way off on the hi and lo end anyways, a few extra millimeters won't matter.

 

This Pivot jumps like a motocross bike! Totally different game from my former race geometry 29er hardtail.



French Creek State Park in Elverson, PA. Technical, rocky singletrack heaven.

 

Love French creek! I've only ridden a few times there, but it was awesome!! We should ride there in the spring!!