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

Yeah the more I read the more I want a coil. The most recent time I rode Kitsuma, a couple weeks ago, I really felt limited in how fast I could go, simply because I could not keep the rear wheel on the ground.

 

@trekinit just installed a fancy Cane Creek coil. I was riding behind him and he was popping off everything - looked like a lot of fun

 

Cane Creek DB inline is what I am planning to get.

 

Find a two for one deal and I’ll be your +1.

 

Got out for a bit of a spin yesterday. We’ve been having amazing weather in the PNW!

 

always love a good transition

 

YT with their new trail bike...$3k for a supposedly 28 pound trail bike with GX...the review didn’t seem super good but that is so tough to compete with

https://us.yt-industries.com/detail/index/sArticle/2388/sCategory/73664

 

Looks pretty slick.

 

I'm glad to see them putting decent wheels and tires on now, that E-13 stuff that came up my buddys top of the line Jeffsy was garbage.

 

You know what E13 stuff he had? I can get a pro deal on some E13 stuff but haven't really heard many review into any of their stuff

 

specs say 1700 but pics show 1900?

 

I’ve heard good things but never tried anything myself. The post above is the first time I’ve heard anything bad about their wheels to be honest

 

Hope its 1700, they come with 350 hubs, 1900 come with 370s

 

for sure. Or are those the straight pull ones with the silver/white looking hubs?

 

Thought I’d throw in my old Scout just because of the similarities

 

Looks like a good buy with the rebate.

 

Ok, story time. I took my buddy to Pisgah for his very first time. We rode up fire road and just as we were about to go down Black he pops one of his E13 tires. These tires were trash anyway, super hard. So no big deal, he has them set up tubeless, plenty of sealant. I plug the tire, go to pump it up, and find that E13 has used some kind of non-standard Presta valve that flares out so much that my pump will not fit on it. So my buddy gets to walk all the way down Black after putting in all that work to climb up there. This was just our experience, the wheels may be fine.

 

I won't trust many tires besides a few that I and almost everyone else has ridden.
As for the valves, kinda sucks that you couldn't inflate them. But isn't it kind of on him for not making sure he had the right equipment to inflate his tire?
Just because a tire blew and you couldn't inflate it doesn't mean they make "garbage"

 

non standard presta valves exist? Or were they funky shraeders?

I actually don’t know anyone that uses E13 tires. I have literally only used Maxxis even from my BMX days, and everyone I know does the same.

 

What are these called? I have a set of M1700s that I bought as new takeoffs and they came with the 54t ratchet already installed.