He said it took like 5 minutes (somehow i’ve never put those in before), so seems worthwhile.
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The biggest hassle is finding non-chamfered socket.
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It’s rockshox so you just need a cassette tool.
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Ah, my RockShox forks all used sockets. Nice to see they changed that.
i haven’t had a rockshox fork in years, this is my first since the revelation that came on my 2014 remedy. but def splined on the inside when I take my cap off and google confirmed they’re cassette tool sized.
we do have an amazon-special socket for fox since i live in a mostly-all fox household.
2.4’s are the sweet spot for fullsus
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That’s what angle grinders are for
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or pay daddy bezos $10
anyway came here to share. not much happens in the lower hudson valley lol
I can clear those
Just going by the headline, I love it. So many of that kind of thing goes unpunished with the perpetrator never known.
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There was that guy in Ashland about a decade ago. His traps were far more dangerous though (lines strung across the trail).
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at least he’s got an ethos
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It’s here
Anyway, came here to post
It has been raining for basically a week straight around here. Traction Park is going to take some souls tomorrow.
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My wife has presented a theory of middle aged men getting into mountain biking, that rigid ATBs are for the guys with no kids who need more suffering in their life, while FS appeals to the guys with kids who already have enough suffering but still need to get away from everyone. Much to consider.
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Def something to that but I think it has more to do with like wanting to ride uphill and bike parks and ebikes and being able to afford the last two. Plenty of suffering to be had riding a fully functioning bike.
Oh shit, it me?
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Full suspension is a woke ideology dreamt up by Big Energy Drink.
Seriously, I feel like anyone that has spent some time in the saddle riding a rigid or hard tail can appreciate the benefits of a modern full suspension. Cost is usually the barrier. Typically, when one hits middle age, cost is less of a factor than a teenage dirtbag.
I think that’s why fixed gears were so popular. The cost for entry was really low compared to road bikes. Then capitalism came along and monetized it.
Granted, there is an inherently American factor where bikes are seen as a child’s toy. When we graduate to a car, then we eschew our juvenile mentality, leaving the bike behind. Middle aged guys getting into bikes could be recapturing that nostalgia. I can’t really speak to that part, because I never really stopped riding.
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Hmmm, no kids, ride a hard tail, I feel seen.
Reminds me of this Kyla Scanlon piece about friction:
which made me think about how riding my bike to work every day is one way to voluntarily add friction to your life.
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I have a kid and am in my 40s and ride a hard tail, but I have a hunch I’ll want an FS bike sooner than later.
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No kids
BMX
Full sus
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