Heard good stuff bout them goodyear jawnz: Newton and Escape.
i dunno if everyone is over the Ardent but iāve had the same set for years and they are just good all around
I fit 2.6 easy on my 2016 trance. You might be able to go that big. It changed my life. I went with wtb coz prodeal and Iām not disappointed.
Yeah, people seem to be over it around here, but more because weāve excepted a lot of the minion life. But Ardent or aggressor rear would be bit more bite, and roll pretty good.
the ardent is p good for a rear tire, hot dogshit on the front. donāt know what kind of terrain youāre riding though.
i gotta ardent on the front (2.4) but i havenāt tried to jam it in the back, ended up buying a 2.3 DHR to try. iāll probably cop those goodyear escape (in 2.6 sizeway) for my trance when the highrollers die
Aggressor is great on rocks. Grippy. How fast it rolls on hard pack is beyond my level of caring. Lasts a lot longer than the 3c compound tires too. My dhf is looking so shredded right now.
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Just a point of clarification - many 3rd party hubs, especially higher end hubs, often sell bits and bobs to do conversions. 130 to 135 to thruaxle - also for freehub bodyās - Shimano/Campy/XD, etc.
That said, Vassago has had some different ideas around mountain bike geometry for a long time. For example they were pushing their āwildcatā geometry (I think it was called) which featured very long chainstays which they said assisted in climbing. When asked about it theyād point you to hill climbing motocross bikes with their insanely long back ends as inspiration. To my knowledge they werenāt doing anything with the HTA.
Itās interesting because years later weād in fact see longer wheel bases improving things, but instead of elongating the rear, HTAās are slackening and itās the front thatās getting long.
Anyhow, I also heard a lot of reports about their frames failing and Vassago not being great about the warranty.
(I was super into their Fisticuff years back and research talked me out of it.)
(I havenāt looked at the bike posted at all. Maybe itās doing none of these things, Iām just brain-dumping what I have in storage on Vassago.)
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Based on the photos (i donāt really know chainstay lengths on hard tails off hand), this bike does not appear to have a long rear end, but with sliding drop outs, thereās a big range of chainstay length on the bike. It also appears to have a 100mm travel fork, which, according their current geometry chart, gives it a 70 deg head angle and a 73.5 seat tube angle. So weāre basically talking about something barely slacker than a road bike up front with a short wheel base, cable pull brakes, antique drive train, for $750 (when the newer version of the frame only costs $599).
Been considering 2.6 magic mary/hans damf combo for an evil offering build but concerned about high speed/pressure cornering. Anyone been on the new schwalbe stuff?
tell me about squish forks, what to avoid and whatās best for DIY servicing / cheap LBS rebuilds? How often do tarckers rebuild/service their forks?
rockshox donāt need stupid tools for their dampeners or to seat dust wipers
tech docs are gud 2
every 6 months do wipers
do guts o rings every 12
The mattoc and sweep seem to be the best value forks. I have a mattoc and I really enjoy it over my Sektor RL gold, which is like a longer travel reba or so I have read. comparing it to the mattoc is insane. The pike and 32/34/36 etc all seem cool but there are so many skus it is hard to know which one is the good one and which is oem weird shit. RCT3 is usually a good indicator for rockshox stuff that it is good. Fox has about a billion different skus. Pike and fox have a lot more documentation.
RS for ease of service and anyone can work on them.
Recon RL?
*edit opps no boost
donāt listen to this guy, heās never owned anything long enough to need to service it
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Probably barely long enough for cables to stretch.
Easy guys. Those bikes get 2-3 years worth of damage in the 3-4 months I own them.