Holler if you’re ever up here. I missed out on some others kicking out of work to ride during the day. Seemed like a solid day to do it, for various reasons.
1 Like
It was a beautiful day up there.
Japanese Gulch where I ride is way more up and down and I’m not used to the amount of descending you get at Galbraith so my legs are toast today!
2 Likes
Ride report / shock review:
Yesterday was my second ride on the Avalanche-tuned DPX2. After putting the coil on, I thought I’d be selling this thing immediately upon receipt. Well…
Ride: Yesterday I forgot to take the shock off climb/firm mode until the last couple hundred feet of descent. I’d notice regular dpx2 firm mode immediately. Got sideways a couple times and was literally screaming to myself to hold on at the end lol. Almost blew up my rear wheel (rubbing frame, half a dozen completely loose spokes, maybe something to do with the simulated hardtail thing–I used about 40mm of travel before flipping it to open). 80+ and sunny in November. Got back home for my 3 pm meeting at 2:50. Can’t complain!
Back to shock:
I now understand how a shock should feel. Avalanche really dialed it in. I feel like when I go over a bump or hit backside I’m getting launched forward. This would be a really uncomfortable sensation for someone new to bikes but feels awesome if you’re prepared to push. It encourages you to push. And they think this shock sucks. Has me wondering what they would make something they like to tune feel like. Mamma mia!
North:
South:
West:
B- sticker job by me as my 5 month old started to lose patience watching me tinker in the workshop:
My goal now is to make my coil feel better than this.
5 Likes
Front brake started feeling funny, so I bled it. Rode today with ooh-la-la fresh bleed and… had to keep adjusting contact point as I made my way down. I wrote a haiku with the help of chatgpt:
Soft levers, no bite,
Code brakes fail, the trail grows faint—
Dreams slip far away.
I need to get off Codes
4 Likes
What is 2023 stumpy evo frame and dropper post worth? Did full damper service on float x and rebuild on one up. S5
Will also sell super deluxe ultimate separately. Not sure about that either. Second shock has maybe 10 rides in it.
Inside me there are 2 wolves: one wants this, the other wants a Stooge.
4 Likes
hey uh what size is that super deluxe ultimate
this thing is the better wolf to feed IMO.
1 Like
And yet, I am old and slow and if only one was going to spend the tiniest moments of its time with me getting rad off the ground, a Stooge would look a lot cooler doing it.
I have the 160 Fox 36 performance elite, too.
I think the stock NX/GX drivetrain that came on my Ripmo AF finally needs to be replaced after three years. This is my first FS bike and it has taken a beating. The shifting was fine in the beginning, but after the dangler took the first hard hit, it was never the same. It was never bad enough to hate riding but it was annoying. I tried to replace the chain half way through ownership but I think the original stretched too much and I could never get the new chain to work. I blew up the chain this weekend and now I have to think about my replacement options.
-
Replace with a full GX group set (I am guessing the cassette and chain at minimum but the derailleur looks beat up and the old NX shifter looks bad too.)
-
Switch to Shimano 11 speed for durability and cheapness?
Any suggestions?
1 Like
Switch to Shimano SLX 12 spd. I’m surprised that you even got 3 years out of that SRAM stuff.
1 Like
i found out this year that you can most definitely also wear out 12-speed xt in a year. my rear derailleur is so sloppy. that said, I don’t think most people are putting 2,000 miles/250+ hours on their bike in a season though.
i thought part of my premature wear before was from riding an oval ring (and it probably is), so this year I didn’t run one. Prob wouldn’t have made a huge difference since the main wear and tear was keeping the chain tension through suspension movement, not from pedaling.
I run an 11 speed Shimano SLX shifter, Deore 11 speed derailleur and 11-51 cassette on my Ripmo and it has been great.
i hate the sram mtb shifters. seems to always bother my wrist/thumb. shimano flat bar ergonomics are better for me. but i am dead set on mechanical 2x11 sram road. not opposed to robots aside from the cost, but the cost tho
2 Likes
I think I’d like to do some maintenance to the rear shock on the cargo bike. It is one of these:
I can’t find any official info about it. I found some old msg board post about old x fusion shocks being old fox shocks on which the patents had expired. And apprently this is a Fox Vanilla R. Sure looks like it upon visual comparison.
So anyway apparently these have nitrogen in them?
I see schmutz on the shaft so I assume some oil is escaping. I’d like to replace whatever seal is allowing that basically. But I can’t find info about rebuilding these. Anyone know anything about old shockz?
I guess I could email xfusion.
I’d bounce it off Risse Racing too .
Easy. You wanna do sport or expert?
Ready for 5k foot days?
1 Like
Tiger Mt has historically been the first race in the series, which is like 20 mi and 5k ft elevation.
I signed up for the Alsea Falls 6 Hour in August. It’s a new course, but might be just the XC lap.
1 Like