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Crankworx New Zealand is live in 30 minutes! Rooting for my brother Kyle repping the US!

 

what the heck! no way... have a pro's sister in here on a tacoma forum.... hell ya. Kyle is an amazing rider. One of my favs at Rampage.

 

do you DH too Kayla? or just into the offroading stuff

 

No I don't do any kind of DH, I leave that to him lol I'm sitting at work waiting to watch him live online! I know he is going to kill it!

 

You know what's pretty neat too, since I know a lot of pro riders that have trucks, I have been able to get quite a few of them to run Camburg suspension! Tyler Mcaul, Brett Rheeder, and Graham Aggaiz all have Camburg UCAs on their trucks. It's a prefect fit for what they do, so it makes sense.

 

Awesome! I met kyle at a swap meet down here in san diego. His last video on pinkbike was sick!

 

Mt wilson is pretty fun although I dont like the actual MT wilson trail. Winter creek and the Merrils are way better.

I just went there two weeks ago, did 15k ft of down and almost 30 miles on my trail bike. DH bike to me seemed a little to much for the trail.

 

god dammit... i knew i should have run camburgs... my dh buddy told me to get em, and i didnt listen. my alignment guy told me the same thing after i got different uppers.... (Dale at Daves Frame and alignment)

anyway, i ended up with pro comp uppers.. which suck. but i am running King resi's all around on my taco so it makes it a little better. i work in HB too. off bolsa/bolsa chica, Camburg isnt far from here.

 

I'm still working hard, I swear.... lol



Yeah Dale is our go to guy!

 

hmph.......... small world.

 

Wish I could brother! gotta work to pay the bills & pay for the toys!!! (mainly my car & truck)

 

i hear that.... expensive ass socal.

 

tell me about it! I can't wait to get the F out of this f'ed up state! haha

 

Yea a DH bike isnt that great there. Usually ride the top chutes, san merril, and la prieto or something like that. Think Winter creek is the darkside of the mountain. goes to chantry flats then gotta climb that road all the way up.

 

Quick question. I see a lot of cheap 27.5 forks. If i slap it on my 26in glory any problems should i encounter? My friend said there should be no
Problem besides the change in head angle?

 

Im thinking just change in headangle also. Might raise your BB up a bit and you'll sit higher.

 

Im seeing a lot of cheap 27.5 forks all pver the place.

 

def going to affect some angles and geometry. even if its a degree or so it can change the feel of the bike a lot depending on how steep of shit you plan on riding down. haha. its also going to change the bb height, in turn. lowering it a bit. so pedals could get a little closer to rocks and stuff.... can counter that by going to shorter crank arms. but thats gonna cost ya a bit. lol

 

i would think twice about it, personally.... in my opinion, bikes are designed to handle a certain way with geometries set by the manufacturer. you start messing with the angles and you could create a less stable platform. just my .02 though. im not even close to pro so i am not sure id even notice the difference of a 1* HTA. i did notice 3.5 from my norco to my glory though. and it was a big change.

 

My friend said its minimal that the most noticeable is the clearance in the tires. He pointed out that the dvo
Emerald can fit both 26 and 650b so ya.