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

Welcome back! Congrats on selling the following.

Dude I just missed the boat on getting one of those off of PB. Guy countered my offer on Friday, I failed to respond until Saturday and he’d already sold it

Sooo I picked up a 2019 from my local shop to demo yesterday. Is mucho fun, and probably more fitting for my area than the smuggler I got giddy on last weekend.



Ran across the remnants of a fallen predator bird too. Can’t say for sure if it was an owl, hawk, eagle or what.

 

Mojave Death Race 2019 complete.
People build their trucks for a lot of really cool things, but my build was for doing things like this. Hauling bikes and ass quickly over poorly maintained desert roads and trails. I honestly believe that this is was the PERFECT vehicle for this race.

 

Yeah man, per our conversation on Pinkbike the 'Big three' make some good shit, I think the R&D of the bigger brands pays off

Anybody ridden a Fox 34 Rhythm? I've only ridden a 36 and am curious if I will be able to tell a difference

 

Yea man they do.

The Fuel I rode yesterday had the 34 Rhythm. Overall I thought it was a solid fork. I'm a nobody weekend warrior so I really have no valuable feedback to provide. I thought the rebound was a little sluggish compared to a Fox 34 Performance Elite, but that could have been that I didn't set up the suspension sag perfectly to my body weight. I just hopped on and road it hard.

 

Thats a great bike to start out on!

Dang had no idea! WTF Fox!

Awwee yeah! I had a rhythm 34 on my jeffsy. Compared to the 36 I just added it was a little more playful and wasnt as small bump resistant, but My 36 has more travel. The rhythm 34 is still a great fork

 

Anyone looking for a cheap upgrade to their coil fork? I have a Rockshox Judy Solo Air take off from my wifes Trek Roscoe 8.

29/27.5+

120mm travel

15x110 Thru axle (boost)

Solo Air fork.

160 PM brake post mount.



Its from my wifes bike, so its got about 6 rides on it of really really light and easy riding of a 95 lb girl haha. Already cut and has the star nut installed. Just a quick swap over for any older coil fork or shorter travel forks out there. Looking for $180

 

Yes. It. Does.

And so does cable routing, mismatched shit, and any non-hub noises. I like her looking like a S.I. swimsuit model, not the hooker on the roadside.


For my bike anyway. Lol. I totally envy guys like you, my OCD really makes me spend way too much time “fixing” shit that doesn’t “need” to be fixed.

 

I agree with all of that. Except the tire thing.

 

So people actually position their tire logos in certain locations on the wheel relative to the stem? Shit I only made sure the tire was going in the right direction.

Say it aint so guys.

 

Very cool. I will look into that. My casita is the 16ft as well and pretty light up front. I try to load a bunch of stuff into the shower area, especially if I have added any water to the fresh water tank. It looks like where that rack mounts you should still be able to lower the tailgate with the casita attached, or am I incorrect on that?

 

Got out for a ride yesterday at Marshall Canyon. Weather was overcast the whole time, it was awesome.



One of the flowers decided to stowaway, so I brought it home and gave it to my wife





This was after I got my bike back from the shop, I ended up bleeding the rear brake and replacing the pad (of you guys remember, I asked last week about the rear brake compressing all the way in)


Now I'm having issues with my dropper post... It won't stay up, it slowly compresses back down. Gets really annoying on the climbs when I have to reset it every 5 min. Thinking about taking it back to the shop and seeing if it needs to be rebuilt, and how much that would cost, vs a replacement.

 

Apparently I've been living under a rock. I had no clue Intense was now selling consumer direct. The more you know...

 

Priorities! The OCD stuff makes me smile, that's how I'd like my bike, and truck for that matter, to be but real life sets in with it's demands on my time...

 

Sounds like rebuild/replace. What kind of dropper? Have you tried check air pressure (if possible)?

 

Is swear to God J, if you go with a damn Trek....
Lol, j/k bro. Whatevs makes you happy to ride man.

 

its a KS Eten. I've had it for a while now, and have never serviced it in any way. lol, so I'm wondering if whatever is wrong with it is worth fixing or just replacing. I don't think I can check pressure on it, at least to my knowledge.

 

Dude, get a new post. That 100 mil ain’t cuttin it.
The oneup is awesome and cheap, and adjustable. Get yourself more drop!
I fit a 170mm drop post on a medium frame. My butt don’t hit the seat anymore, but it does buzz the tires at times.

 

Finally ordered a DJ -- Transition PBJ -- excited to try it out.. haven't ridden one before but stoked to hit some jump lines and pump tracks.



Now I have a reason to build a pump track in my side yard

 

100%!! Backyard pump tracks are the best, taught me a bunch about trail building and I now have even more respect for my local builders!

 

Every time a mountain biker I know buys a dirt jumper, I’m reminded of this video.

https://youtu.be/WPVRU7jSYkQ