You can get a 50mm stem on amazon for $20 so might as well try. It did wonders for me on the trance. Make sure to get the one with the most cnc and lion engravings you can find.
Been looking for knee pads and was recommended POC VPD 2.0, ION K-Pact Zip, and Dianese Trail Skins 2. Can’t for the life of me find any of these in my size unless I want to pay MSRP from POC or order Dianese from one shop in the UK. Any alternatives or recommendations on where to look or used stuff anyone want to sell me? I seem to be an L in POC, which has the most sensible size chart.
Been missing a proper mtn bike lately. Something I can ride to the hills comfortably on the road. I had a rigid el mariachi once that I wish i hadnt sold. Could alwats get another but what would you do?? Budget pretty cheap ~1000
I’d shop for used xc hardtail. I’ve had good luck on Pinkbike’s buy/sell.
I bought a heavily discounted 29er hardtail for $900 new a few years ago. The wheels and fork were low level stuff and didn’t last 2 years. Cranks and dangler also destroyed. Had I bought a used bike, I could’ve started with better quality parts, or at least paid much less for the stuff I was destined to trash.
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Should I buy this?
Those rear dropouts could be very annoying.
It’s an old hardtail. Do you want an old hardtail?
Well I want a hardtail…
Do you want a nice new one or an old one with qrs and dry brakes?
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These are really helpful questions
Just trying to check your expectations. I’m sure it’s a fine bike. But you are kind of getting into a dead ender mobile.
It would be fine as an East Bay bike but it’s not worth $750 BIN.
The King hubs are probably driving the price but since they’re QR that hurts the flippability.
If you had plans to go SS then maybe it would be worth fucking with those dropouts.
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Ok I get that. Thanks.
Especially when you could get this locally for ~$750:
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/d/kona-taro-honzo-al/6734514505.html
or this plus a SLX 1x11 kit:
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/bik/d/ibis-tranny-medium-with/6738245299.html
I’d be all over the Kona
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what rear tyre do i buy for my anthem? got an ikon on there now but want somethin w more tread, 2.3 max i think, maxxis aggressor? hard packed, rocky sorta riding, DHF might be too much but I haven’t tried them. Got high rollers on other bike. Anyone tried those goodyear jawnz?