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

Stumpy got its maiden voyage today and I’m happy to report a successful first outing! I’ve never completely built a bike from the frame up, I watched a lot of YouTube videos and followed the instructions in the Owners Manual, it all seemed correct but you never really know until the shake down. Only ‘issue’ was one of my grips wasn’t tight enough and spun a little bit in my hand and I need to adjust the seat a little bit.

Coming from the Polygon, I was very surprised how much smoother this bike is, not sure if it’s the suspension or a combination of things (27.5 vs 29, Fox vs Rockshox, carbon vs aluminum) but this one is a lot smoother over fast, small chunky stuff (old bike had a Lyrik Ultimate so I was coming from a good fork)

 

Holy sh*t these are wide. Hope they clear they chainstays on my non-fat bike frame when mounted up.

 

What size are they? I like a thiccc tire, 2.6 up front and down to a mere 2.4 on the rear (old bike had 2.6 front and rear).

 

Those are 3.0, and yea I too normally run stighly wider up front. These will be going on my hardtail, so a little extra rubber in the rear isn’t a bad thing.

 

Got my big boy card at windrock today.

conquered, however I didn’t hit the step up. My first attempt at the drop there’s a girl laying on the step up like this.

She cased it and broke that bad boy.

It’s intimidating, but very smooth drop.

 

My mud bike is creaking so it was time for a clean. Evil bikes main pivots are prone to creaking once mud gets into the main bearing washers. It’s a lot of parts for a single pivot.

Pro-tip: Ratchet straps are a great way to hold the crank during removal.

 

can’t help myself when they are only $30/tire. Have another front coming in the mail too.

 

You talked me into a set also!

 

I added a Commencal Absolut DJ to the fleet 2 weeks ag and haven't touched anther bike since ha.
L to R: Transition Sentinel V2 Alloy, Poseidon X, Commencal Absolut

 

What park is that? Definitely doesn’t look like any of the ones I know in CT

 

I bought a few tires from Spec earlier in the fall. Purgatory and Butcher - however I feel they are a little narrower than the original tires that came with the Stumpy. They just look a bit narrower, not much, but maybe its just my eyes.

However, man I love these tires! They have been great. I just switched out the rear tire because I had what I believe was a pinch flat on the side wall really close to the wheel. Couldn’t get it to plug with a few strips, so swapped it out after 1100 miles. The front tire is still original and looks great. So left it on at this point. But I should probably order a few more just to have as back up!

And, guess what I saw from pivot. That dang 20% off SRAM build bikes….and Competitive Cyclist has one in my size, color and build! Damn it!!!! And my wife just asked if that’s what I want for Christmas!!!!! Only issue, nowhere near me to go ride one! Three hours away where my daughter goes to school - they have a large but it’s a Shimano build. I guess I could ask them to match??? And go ride it and buy. But……

 

Dope bike. Almost got an Absolut, it was actually the bike I went to see the day I ended up picking up the Griffin. Nice tuck.

for the bike(s)
for the... I wanna say, Mark II tourer?

 

Loam conditions are rare in the Southeast. Today was one of those days. The roots were a little slick though.

 

Cyclocross is the suck, you should give it a try.

 

Looks like what i did today also, except i was on 4.5 wides and pedaling down a beach!

 

Just finished up the new gravel build this week! Why R+ V4 frame, Force AXS XPLR group, AXS XPLR dropper, and some Enve bits to round out the build. The 5DEV cranks are nifty, but there is a fair about of torsional flex between the cranks and the BB/CS/DT junction on the bike - may have to go back to Force to see how much of a difference that makes.

 

And today we hit the jump line at the top. Biggest jumps I’ve ever hit.

Progression will be made if you find a good riding group to tag with at Windrock.

I’m stoked.

 

That bike just looks fast from the photos. Well done!

 

I dug out the gravel bike to see if I can get in some kind of shape other than round.

 

Thank you, it has been fun to ride thus far!