# Bike blerg thread
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [August 25, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793 "2018-08-25T15:07:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@russ](https://tarck.cc/u/russ)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/1 "2018-08-25T15:07:33Z")
Did u see cannondale’s grav bikes will be 2x this year?!
[https://www.cannondale.com/thetopstone](https://www.cannondale.com/thetopstone) 50
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### Author:  [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/2 "2018-08-25T15:15:54Z")
lock
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### Author:  [@tehschkott](https://tarck.cc/u/tehschkott)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/3 "2018-08-25T17:40:39Z")
Those have some interesting features I’d not have expected to see from Cannondale.
And okay sure, I like/love the idea of a dropper on bikes like this but uh, who’s making droppers with that little of travel? Gravity Dropper? Anyone else?
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### Author:  [@turpentine](https://tarck.cc/u/turpentine)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/4 "2018-08-25T17:45:11Z")
50mm travel lol.
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### Author:  [@wickedwagon](https://tarck.cc/u/wickedwagon)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/5 "2018-08-25T20:40:18Z")
> [@turpentine](#):
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> 50mm travel lol.
I think I remember watching that some world cup xc people are using droppers with ~50mm travel cos lighter(?).
I don’t get it. Doesn’t seem like adding travel would change the weight much.
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### Author:  [@Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://tarck.cc/u/Rent-to-own-Faxmachine)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/6 "2018-08-26T00:57:47Z")
PNW offers a 27.2 post with ~80mm travel. External or internal routing. I have one, and have been meaning to install it on my Jones.
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### Author:  [@turpentine](https://tarck.cc/u/turpentine)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/7 "2018-08-26T00:59:06Z")
you need double tube length for all added travel length so it checks out.
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### Author:  [@tehschkott](https://tarck.cc/u/tehschkott)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/8 "2018-08-26T02:41:56Z")
That’s great. I might put that on ze old Logan.
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### Author:  [@wickedwagon](https://tarck.cc/u/wickedwagon)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/9 "2018-08-26T23:40:12Z")
The only thing I don’t like about my giant tcx is the proprietary seatpost and the inability to use a dropper.
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### Author:  [@todd\_bonzalez](https://tarck.cc/u/todd_bonzalez)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10 "2018-08-27T00:27:51Z")
I know Tarck is into a lot of threads about the same thing, but do we need a third blog thread?
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### Author:  [@russ](https://tarck.cc/u/russ)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/11 "2018-08-27T01:40:02Z")
That’sthejoke.jpg
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### Author:  [@Timarchylime](https://tarck.cc/u/Timarchylime)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12 "2018-08-27T01:54:30Z")
Tarck is about bike blog threads.
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### Author:  [@JUGE\_FREDD](https://tarck.cc/u/JUGE_FREDD)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/13 "2018-08-27T04:53:23Z")
> [@tehschkott](#):
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> That’s great. I might put that on ze old Logan.
Every thing PNW sells is a rebranded TransX product. For a minute I thought the drop bar remote might be their idea, but it’s on the Cannondale too: [DROP BAR LEVER KIT – PNW Components](https://www.pnwcomponents.com/products/rainier-cx-lever-kit-for-31-8mm-diameter-drop-bars)
Though for the complete bike it kinda sucks that SRAM doesn’t make Apex 22 levers for them to just use the shift paddle for dropper actuation
The 105 version is real interesting for coming with 46/30 cranks and only being $1650
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### Author:  [@Straws](https://tarck.cc/u/Straws)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/14 "2018-08-27T05:35:33Z")
> [@wickedwagon](#):
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> The only thing I don’t like about my giant tcx is the proprietary seatpost and the inability to use a dropper.
I almost bought a tcx at EP pricing and literally the only thing that stopped me was the proprietary seatpost. Fuck that noise.
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### Author:  [@Timarchylime](https://tarck.cc/u/Timarchylime)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/15 "2018-08-27T06:42:17Z")
Do they still have the proprietary fork thing happening? A friend had the aluminum one and loved it but wanted to upgrade the AL fork. After years of looking for something aftermarket that would fit, he gave up and bought a new bike. It was tapered, but weird. Like the lower steerer was 1 1/2 or something.
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### Author:  [@wickedwagon](https://tarck.cc/u/wickedwagon)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/16 "2018-08-27T09:21:39Z")
I had the lower level alu bike and it’s a standard steerer. The warranty higher alu frame and the carbon bikes have ‘overdrive 2’ which is just a 1 1/4 carbon steerer.
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### Author:  [@jdsmooth](https://tarck.cc/u/jdsmooth)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/17 "2018-08-27T19:32:10Z")
No \>700mm mtb bars for Prison Island:
[Giant/Liv recall!](https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recall/giant-bicycle-co-pty-ltd-various-giant-and-liv-bicycles)
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### Author:  [@oogens](https://tarck.cc/u/oogens)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/18 "2018-08-27T19:33:24Z")
lolol how many people are going to go in to complete that recall
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### Author:  [@Blakey](https://tarck.cc/u/Blakey)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/19 "2018-08-27T22:17:59Z")
Good ole as/nzs 1927 strikes again
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Squirrel](https://tarck.cc/u/Andrew_Squirrel)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/20 "2018-08-27T22:21:11Z")
Any other silly/entertaining rules listed in that standard?
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