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I've not had that any better success riding on freshly fallen snow with fat tires. It's still too powdery and packs between the knobs right away, living you with a giant slick torus of snow.
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kimbo305 posted:I've not had that any better success riding on freshly fallen snow with fat tires. It's still too powdery and packs between the knobs right away, living you with a giant slick torus of snow. Were you riding snow specific tires? I have not experienced snow sticking to my Vee snow avalanches.
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Oct 23, 2020 19:38
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What pressure were you running and what width?
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Oct 23, 2020 20:33
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n8r posted:Were you riding snow specific tires? I have not experienced snow sticking to my Vee snow avalanches. 4.5" measured Vee Bulldozer. They're not particularly paddlelicious. And 4.2" Husker Dus before that, which had less traction but did shed snow well. Suburban Dad posted:What pressure were you running and what width? less than 10 according to my pump but not really sure. I played it by ear, feeling out how much squish made sense.
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Oct 23, 2020 21:45
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Lower. Like less than 5 and give it another shot.
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Oct 23, 2020 22:19
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Suburban Dad posted:Some of us ride in snow. Remember that fat bikes exist. Some of us ride in snow using 700x38cs!
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Oct 23, 2020 22:22
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iospace posted:Some of us ride in snow using 700x38cs! Same, except 28cs and fixed gear. It's never on purpose, but it happens a few times a year
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Oct 23, 2020 22:28
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kimbo305 posted:4.5" measured Vee Bulldozer. They're not particularly paddlelicious. And 4.2" Husker Dus before that, which had less traction but did shed snow well. Just guessing pressures for fatbiking can mean a not fun time. I run 4.5f 5.5r for the groomed singletrack we have here.
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Oct 23, 2020 22:37
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iospace posted:Some of us ride in snow using 700x38cs! 700x30 
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Oct 23, 2020 23:33
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me your dad posted:Not a fun thing to find when cleaning my bike. It appears to be a crack on the seat tube. It's a steel frame. I can probably get it welded, right? It's not exactly a critical failure point. A little over 24 hours later, and $45 well-spent, it's fixed.  I got it fixed by a local guy named Rod Rowland. He was super cool and easy to work with. I highly recommend him for any local DC area folks needing welding help. https://www.rxrweld.com/ He gave me a cool sticker. The "Bikes" is for motorcycles, not bicycles  
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Oct 24, 2020 00:23
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Suburban Dad posted:Lower. Like less than 5 and give it another shot. It could have been. My point about the pump is that what it reported below 10 wouldn’t match up well to reality. n8r posted:Just guessing pressures for fatbiking can mean a not fun time. I run 4.5f 5.5r for the groomed singletrack we have here. Is there such a thing as too low? I had tubes in mine, and went as low as knicking the rims over expansion joints and stuff. PS. I no longer have that bike, after the great fat bike trend faded
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Oct 24, 2020 00:48
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XIII posted:If you're cold, they're cold. If fatbikes were dogs they'd be this dog. 
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Oct 24, 2020 04:18
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me your dad posted:What do you all do when you come up fast behind a slower rider? Get a good (loud) bell. Comes in handy all the time especially if you ride trails with lots of hiker traffic.
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Oct 25, 2020 16:26
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18 Road in Fruita is definitely going through some major changes. New Events area, converting the dispersed camping into actual camp sites, reserve online, new trails coming with emphasis on racing (I assume to draw in the Middle/High School racing). Also heard this conversation while camping (it was a group of 8 adults and like 10 kids): Guy 1: asked what they have been riding and if Guy 2 rode with kid 1 and 2 Guy 2: Yeah I rode with them this morning, they are pretty overrated. Their parents really talk them up but they are not that great. None of the kids were over the age of 10... I am pretty sure mountain biking is about to really get ruined for a bunch of kids. Also just what a dick.
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Oct 25, 2020 23:52
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spwrozek posted:18 Road in Fruita is definitely going through some major changes. New Events area, converting the dispersed camping into actual camp sites, reserve online, new trails coming with emphasis on racing (I assume to draw in the Middle/High School racing). Sounds exactly like the type of people I would not want to MTB with.
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Oct 26, 2020 00:17
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Lol at thinking you're hot poo poo for being faster than children
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Oct 26, 2020 00:21
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spwrozek posted:18 Road in Fruita is definitely going through some major changes. New Events area, converting the dispersed camping into actual camp sites, reserve online, new trails coming with emphasis on racing (I assume to draw in the Middle/High School racing). Parents like this are why I eventually quit referring.
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Oct 26, 2020 00:31
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I had to read that 4 times before I figured out he was saying the kids were overrated. I thought he was talking about the trails or something. Just didn't occur to me a that someone would be insulting the riding ability of children.
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bamhand posted:I had to read that 4 times before I figured out he was saying the kids were overrated. I thought he was talking about the trails or something. Just didn't occur to me a that someone would be insulting the riding ability of children. Ha, yeah I can see that. Sadly he was talking about the kids.
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iospace posted:Some of us ride in snow using 700x38cs! Before that 700x28ish gp4ks and that was not fine at all but survivable if you stuck to existing tracks I guess me your dad posted:A little over 24 hours later, and $45 well-spent, it's fixed. that's awesome. spwrozek posted:Guy 1: asked what they have been riding and if Guy 2 rode with kid 1 and 2 
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Oct 26, 2020 12:32
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Jealous of the trails some of you goons have access too. With Covid being what it is, like the rest of the US, I decided it was a good time to upgrade in a big way. Here is the old ride a 25 year old Stumpjumper with a somewhat recently sourced Zoke Bomber. Weeks and weeks of searching and finally found this  2019 Breezer Lightning Team 29er. Decent groupo. Nice enough shock. Priced under MSRP. Haven't swapped it to tubeless yet. Absolutely demolished some old PRs on a nearby trail system and road in/out of some other stuff nearby. Only 3 rides on it so far with maybe a total of 30sih miles between them, but I'm spending a lot of time counting down the days until I can ride it again. Absolute blast of a bike that fits my use case about as perfectly as I could have hoped for.
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Oct 26, 2020 15:34
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Congrats - that's quite a leap in ride quality. I would prioritize going tubeless. For me it was a game changer, especially for a hardtail since decreasing the tire pressure means less bouncing off rocks and roots. Plus, fewer flats.
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Oct 26, 2020 16:34
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Just replaced the air spring in my Fox 34 Rhythm. I went from a 130 to a 140. Went really well cleaning it out and making it better than new. Did the wiper seals and all that as well. I feel really accomplished. I have really gone down the maintenance rabbit hole with tools and lubes and bike stand. Pretty fun stuff. I did learn that the people who put together Fox forks at the factory are idiots and use WAY too much lube. There was so much gunk in mine that the positive pressure was insane while trying to remove the spring. From what I see on the net it is extremely common. I am almost of the mind that you should pull a brand new one apart and clean it from day one.
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Oct 29, 2020 03:51
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Agreed, I had a similar experience. I'd like to get into the damper cartridge next, I did the airspring rebuild for my shock as well. Easier than the fork as there's no oil, it's just new seals and stuff.
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spwrozek posted:Just replaced the air spring in my Fox 34 Rhythm. I went from a 130 to a 140. Went really well cleaning it out and making it better than new. Did the wiper seals and all that as well. I feel really accomplished. I have really gone down the maintenance rabbit hole with tools and lubes and bike stand. Pretty fun stuff. "we know these dumb fuckers aren't going to do a service until the anodizing wears off, might as well at least make sure it doesn't dry out"
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Spime Wrangler posted:"we know these dumb fuckers aren't going to do a service until the anodizing wears off, might as well at least make sure it doesn't dry out" You are probably right. Just riding around the street a bit it feels so much better and responsive.
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Spime Wrangler posted:"we know these dumb fuckers aren't going to do a service until the anodizing wears off, might as well at least make sure it doesn't dry out" Conversely, my boxxer didn't come with enough oil and I didn't notice until someone pointed out the anodizing was wearing off. I like the fox approach better.
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It's the slickoleum not the oil there's too much of on the fox forks, and mine seemed to only drain a small amount when I pulled it apart...
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meowmeowmeowmeow posted:It's the slickoleum not the oil there's too much of on the fox forks, and mine seemed to only drain a small amount when I pulled it apart... Right the oil was fine (except dirty). The grease is the issue. The air can't exchange between the positive and negative chamber. I had so much air stuck in the chamber that I could barely pull our the air spring. It was loud as hell once I finally popped it free.
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Yep same, I think part of the reason it feels so much better after is you actually have a negative chamber!
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spwrozek posted:Right the oil was fine (except dirty). The grease is the issue. The air can't exchange between the positive and negative chamber. I had so much air stuck in the chamber that I could barely pull our the air spring. It was loud as hell once I finally popped it free. Yuuuuuuuuup  I did the seals and oil change a week or two ago and when I was done noticed that I had lost like 5mm of travel and my fork was bottoming out much easier. I had to put more air in it than I should have to keep it firmed up. Which was all a result of the over greased air spring trapping air in the negative chamber etc etc so I had to pull it apart yesterday and clean it out. Now the fork feels more normal. I also got that loud pop when taking it out and it shot grease across the room onto my gravel bike.
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spwrozek posted:It was loud as hell once I finally popped it free. Levitate posted:I also got that loud pop when taking it out and it shot grease across the room onto my gravel bike. That's what good plushy sounds like.
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The answer is always more Slickoleum
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Hey, I'm trying to get my first mountain bike since I was a teenager. Hoping I might get a decent end of season deal on a used bike. I'm pretty set on a hardtail, mostly for affordability. My usage is going to be northeastern single track without much elevation. Different mountain biking friends are giving me different advice on looking for a 29 or a 27.5. So seems like the best course of action is to get more opinions from more people. Is there a consensus, or an easy rubric?
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ought ten posted:Hey, I'm trying to get my first mountain bike since I was a teenager. Hoping I might get a decent end of season deal on a used bike. I'm pretty set on a hardtail, mostly for affordability. My usage is going to be northeastern single track without much elevation. Different mountain biking friends are giving me different advice on looking for a 29 or a 27.5. So seems like the best course of action is to get more opinions from more people. Is there a consensus, or an easy rubric? Ride both, if possible. When I started riding, I had a lovely 26 and when I got a 29er I felt like I could just easily roll over everything. I tried a 27.5 a couple years later and everything just clicked for me. I'm really happy with my 27.5 for the riding I do, but I can see getting a 29 in the future if I lived somewhere else.
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Yep, check your local bike shops and just ride everything they have to get a feel for what sizing you like/need. I got back into bikes this summer after 20 years off and at 5'10, 29 felt just a little too big and unstable for me while 27.5 felt just right and playful for re-learning everything. When I go full suspension it might even be a mullet because i'm an idiot and like weird poo poo. We have a nice little discord going, hop in if you want more instant answers to stuff. We've also been doing world cup downhill watch parties, sharing crash pictures, etc https://discord.gg/GnfAa4FwGW Boogalo fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Oct 31, 2020 |
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Thanks. I did ride a full suspension 29er a couple years ago and it definitely felt like a huge step up from my early 00s 26. But haven’t been on a 27.5. I’ll try to get on some more bikes. It’s been tough with the pandemic.
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For a hard tail I'll say try a 27.5 plus bike. Little more squish in the back and more grip. Similar rollover to a 29 and more sidewall but also more weight. Seems like the ideal bike where it's flat, IMO. I'd buy one if I were looking for a hard tail and I'm in the Midwest where it's also pretty flat.
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29er for life. 🙌
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I've not enjoyed the 27.5+ I had for out here in Massachusetts (rocky, rooty, very short sometimes steep climbs/descents). I think you can get the tire pressure just right so that you get the right amount of support without everything feeling rubbery and disconnected, but it takes extra effort to get there. The extra weight is noticeable for sure. If the rollover ease is what you want, normal 29 is totally fine. I'm now running 27.5 and it's a bit more challenging for climbs, but geometry is a big factor is descents, and it's fine there. I think if I were buying a whole bike, I'd still go for 29.
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