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Man I literally had that set in my cart then too..

Hesitation kills right? Mostly after the P321 because of the effortless conversion between CL and 6 bolt, I prefer CL but you can't always find them in a pinch. Never really cared about high engagement or sound. I prefer quiet but all my hubs seem to end up being loud anyway but still not hydra/king loud. Ya hear me rolling Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

What did you end up going with for an Enduro bike?

Same guy ended up buying my Push 11/6 with 2 springs for $650, after PayPal took their fee I ended with $630, but did get to combine shipping.
So for $4,000 and as beat as mine is, I can't say no even if I lost $292 to PP. BTW, PayPal's shipping is now on par with pirateship for UPS rates.

Crazy depreciation unfortunately, but that’s the cost of boutique. However I did sell the bike with much worse components than it came to me with.

I’m now on my 3rd and last Arrival.

 

Bummed I never got a spin on an Arrival. Everything I've read about them makes me think it would have been a good fit. I'm firmly in the long chainstay gang these days though. I did the Cascade long stroke link on the Druid recently and it made what was already great bike even better. Also just got the new glidey Fox airspring to bump it to 160mm front. It's very tempting to coil it on top of that but it's already stretching into the territory that the Giga lives in for my fleet which is nuts for a 140mm bike. That new Push VTX looks very interesting though.

 

Its been a good bday so far!

Half Nelson was AMAZING!


Nice


Ran into Seth and Alex from Berm Peak and Singletrack. Got a birthday fistbump from them at the top of B line, and prob have a cameo in SSs next video. They were recording so didnt ask for a cheesin selfie.

 

That's exactly the point! I literally just switched over to CL cause I found a killer deal on HS2 rotors in CL. The flexibility is awesome. They're also just great hubs. Very reliable, smooth, engagement is great, nice colors.

 

Also, which bear is best?



Obligatory Whistler Bears

 

OK, I have a fun little challenge.

Santana triplet (just got it, used, pretty stoked).
Yakima rack and roll trailer (also just got this, used, super stoked, lovely little lightweight trailer, good match for my '16 since 5' bed is just lame and the leer shell I have makes loading more than one kid bike a total bear)

I want to run the triplet fully assembled on the trailer (also going to use the trailer for kayak transport but that part seems straightforward).

I'm thinking a fork mount on the 2" square tubing from the ball mount and a rear wheel tray on the rear bar, like a BOA or maybe a full single bike tray and get double-duty out of it so I could do multiple single bikes. But the single rear wheel tray is cheap and I have some fork mounts.

The question/challenge/stumbling point is that I've searched and haven't found a pre-made adapter to attach a fork mount to a square tube. I'd need it to be able to adjust front to back so I can align on the rear wheel, roughly 10' from the front fork.

oh and I also have a tandem and this triplet can be converted to a tandem so I’d ideally want the fork mount easy to move fore/aft or two mounts so I could take other. Don’t think I’d need to take both but that’s an idea, attach round bar to the 2” square and then fork mount off the round bar?

https://yakima.com/products/rackand...-pzx8L4qHN7FmUhxh9E5rBN6fz49Zn2IOxrYcc2-YZiGX

 

Look at rocky mount tracks. They’re made to go side to side but you could likely mount them side by side so you could slide the fork mounts front to back instead. Or, use Unistrut, same idea but more readily available and cheaper.

 

Demoed the new pivot shuttle slam just now. Only got to try it for an hour but dang it was it good. I felt like the lowest power mode was a little lacking for climbing but the nice part of the bike is that it is light enough to feel good with the motor off on descents. Went through about 2 bars in an hour using highest power mode on most climbs and lowest mode or off on descents. Only 5.45 miles and 846ft of climbing. The only issue is how expensive it is haha

 

Cordyceps ride in North Georgia

 

Bear Creek Gravel ride

 

Got in some laps and beers with @Gunshot-6A Sat, spent today smashing tech. The good ol park rat lyfe.

 

Good meeting you man, and some great laps were had.

Already looking at my work calendar seeing when I can take another PTO day for more.

 

That trail looks awesome. Where is it?

 

Went to Ely, NV for Fear, Tears, and Beers again to support my wife in her pursuit of being awesome! She got third place in the Women's Expert category, so hooray for her!

I also got to ride some very cool handcut singletrack by Cave Lake Statepark...

 

Nice! it wasn't 100 degrees like the last time i went there? lol.

 

That's Line of Control in Creekside ,Whistler.

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/line-of-control/

 

Awesome! I'll be up that way next month.

 

New Bike Day coming soon for the wife

It was about 90... the racers seemed pretty beat.

I did all my riding before 10am, so it was fine.

 

The only good thing to exist in Ely is that race