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29er will roll over shit better. But a 27.5 is usually more playful

 

Great Purple Jeebus, I'm old.

Last time I turned wrenches at a bike shop, you had the option of either running 26x2.5, 700x25, or walking on foot. That was it. I still have my old full suspension racer that had a so-revolutionary-it-was-unheard-of 9 speed rear cassette and tubeless tire design. The newfangled disc brakes were a game changer. They actually used real DOT brake fluid. It was a feat worthy of mythologic legend if you could bleed that system without trashing the paint job. My bike is 21 years old now, aquired as an employee purchase from my summer college gig . Feels kinda weird that it's one of my oldest possessions, aside from the shit that I inherited from my grandfather.

 

now theres BOOST, DUB, oval chain rings, 12 speed mtb cassettes..... mind blown

 

Oval rings keep coming back like they're a new innovation. They're not new. BioPace was a thing in the mid 90's.

The 12 speed cassettes on the other hand, shit. 9 speed chains are a pain in the ass to do emergency field repairs. I can't imagine 12.

 

I know of a guy that welded up something like that and it was really nice. The guy use to welds in Antarctica

 

No telling. Ive worked every other saturday for awhile and until covid I was in Oklahoma visiting family alot of my off saturdays so I havent made many meets. I had a blue 3rd gen off road until a few weeks ago.

 

My friend had one we borrowed and took down to Austin. It was badass. Not $30k badass but still.

 

@Ghost0317 I have the 40% side with a drawer on top your welcome to check out

 

Yep. Mine turned 11 this year and while it still performs awesome, it's ancient in MTB tech terms. 26-er full sus with mechanical discs. I even have a spring fork still (albeit just because ive been too lazy to install the fox float I have for it.)

 

my 26er is 13 yrs old, adding a fox float is what made it still a dream to ride, put that fork on!

 

11th (again) Annual South Padre Island TacomaWorld Meet - 07/24/2021
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...maworld-meet-07-24-2021.707131/#post-25102661

 

There's even wireless 12 speed cassets blue tooth

 

yup saw that shit, cost more for the derailleur and shifter than ive paid for a whole bike!

 

Lol they don't make good bikes under 3 k anymore, the shram wireless system is 2.5

 

I should really dig my Specialized out. Once I realized there aren't really any hills in Texas, I basically parked and forgot about it.

 

Im eyeing a new giant trance pretty hard.

 

Recently acquired some of the new diode dynamics ss3 pods and trying to get them intoy bumper but they sit too tall with their provided brackets. Any found a bracket or another option that works with these lights to fit into the cube cut outs on aftermarket bumpers? I've got the brute force fab bumper.

 

These look like they have two holes for mounting:
https://www.paranoidfabrications.com/products/arb-fog-light-mounting-bracket-1
But it's also possible you'd need to drill your own to get them exactly where you want.

 

McKenzie's has a HUGE stock of different tabs/brackets.

https://www.mckenzies.com/collections/fabrication

 

I was looking at that also, best bang for buck full sus bike i can find

ima hardtail fan tho so also eyeing an orbea laufey h10