All Things Bikes and Tacos! (...and every vehicle imaginable)

Can you explain this? I don’t think I completely understand

 

Plenty. What do you want to know?

 

I'm coming from a XC bike. Bronson being a trail bike. Is it still a good climbing bike?

 

yes, its a rad bike. santa cruz's new lower link platform climbs really well with very little "bob". it's certainly not a xc bike, but makes up for it plenty on the downhill

 

So... handy piece of advice for those of you that own a Master locking hitch pin:

The weather and road grime will seize it up, and one day will weld itself shut, and shear off your key in the lock (ask me how I know...)

You can take a metal pipe (I used my HF jack handle) and slide the open end of the pipe over the lock barrel (black rubber sheathed part). Once you have done that, pull the pipe like a pry bar, and you will snap that lock and part of the shank clean off. Takes like a minute, and much quieter than an angle grinder.

 

I think so. I put a 160 fork on my 2016 so it is a little more hindered for efficient climbing, but still climbs much better than I do. I have heard the new suspension design is even better than the gen 2.

 

I have heard the Bronson V3 doesn’t climb as efficiently as the V2. I don’t have experience with it though

 

The first word is my fat thumbs fault. Your suspension*

What kind of bikes will you be putting on that rack?

 

v3 climbs better than v2, less bob, but it is slightly heavier

 

Anyone have experience with the yeti sb4.5 AND the sb5c?

How much of different animals are they, aside from 29 vs 27.5?

 

Make and model of that bicycle?

 

Three hard tails all 27.5

 

Intense Tracer 27.5

 

No rear suspension to interfere. That rack will work for you

 

Interesting. I’m debating a Bronson or Hightower LT

 

Essentially same bike; just 27.5 or 29. Pick a wheel size and be a dick about it!

Edit: Forgot the HT and HTLT haven't gotten the new rear sus treatment yet.

 

Or be total weirdo and run a 29 front, 27.5 rear... #MulletBike

 

I'm waiting for a 36er / 26er full-sus pennyfarther!

 

I got nothin'... completely speechless.

 

Haha true. My “scratch the surface” research says HTLT is a better climber and Bronson bombs hills like a beast. I’ve got 2,000+ foot climbs around me.... but I also have 2,000+ foot descents... choice man. Choices.