Turns out that derper posts really are game changers (even on the Jones).
Imagine that.
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Modern mountain bikes sure are neat.
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really just perfect ride this morning. not too fast. not too slow. just enough leaves for big drifting. ideal temperature
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This Dawley Activist is pretty wild. The high single pivot gives it 185 mm of travel. I’d think with that much travel in the rear, they’d want a Boxxer up front.
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I mean, a bit bigger, why not. Free ride doesn’t need dual crown, even if it is pushing the limits of needing/wanting to pedal up.
I guess I didn’t realize the Zeb goes all the way to 190 mm, now. That’s basically a Boxxer with slightly smaller stanchions.
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Yup, and with with the 38s, the likes of semenuk and co felt there wasn’t as much need for the boxxer at Rampage. I do wonder when they will drop the 38 boxxer that their blackbox riders are on now.
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Lunch ride at Coler MTB Preserve on the Sworks Turbo Levo SL, takeaway is I think I want a bigger bike. Ripped around the berms way more confidently than I do on my Trail Pistol. P sure my employee ride is gonna be a Stumpy Evo.
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HY- Rampage!! Need VPN to watch on redbull unless you have ESPN.
WTH- bummed for Strait. Just saw the crash, too. Too close to injuries sup sustained, too.
@turpentine what do you think of the Arktos so far? Picking up a new mtb is on my to do list in the coming months and the 120 version of the Alchemy is on the bikes of note list so far
Let’s have a contest for who gets their Marino frame first (43 weeks and counting for me).
I saw your comment on their Gram post last week. Did you get an email from him?
Sorta. The email was a barely legible response of “Hola frame ready only to do cable guides Tomorrow take picture”. No picture was received, nor mention of the replacement fork.
I’m kinda amazed that two-man shop cranks out so many frames. They’re all tigged, but they are lightyears faster than any of the builders around here.
I suppose the downside to that kind of pace is that you’re always looking forward and warranties fall off the back. I had a very similar experience with Rocky Mountain, which sent me to Marino.
It’s not a very interesting story. tl;dr: I had some warranty issues, RM took care of them, but didn’t communicate very well and it took a long time.
The frame was originally recalled in mid '20 due to a bad headtube weld. The replacement took about 4 months to come back. Since it was lockdown, I didn’t really ride it all that much. After rode it for the '21 season, I didn’t really like how it rode. When I took the suspension in for service last February, I noticed the shock mounts were crooked. The shop took care of the warranty return, but it took 7 months to get it back. The last 3 months was crickets from RM about where the frame was. At the end of August, I started looking around and got the idea to just do a Marino using the existing shock and fork. I figured Marino would have the frame done before I got the replacement back from RM.
A week after I placed the deposit with Marino, I got a call from the shop that I could pick my bike up. At that point, I’d already consigned that I was going to flip the frame. I’ve ridden it a couple times since, and it’s way better than the old frame. I’m kinda already committed to the Marino, though. Plus, my wife would make me sleep with the dogs if I added a third MTB to the garage.
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Spent some quality time on a Stumpy Evo Expert today, it was cool and all but I think the regular SJ might suit me better. I can always snag a bigger bike from the demo fleet for our shop rides if we’re heading out to session gnarlier trails that I wouldn’t fuck with solo.