# Please Tarck, I implore you, help me make all my bike decisions
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [May 18, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356 "2023-05-18T04:36:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 31
### Author:  [@frikki](https://tarck.cc/u/frikki)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/601 "2026-05-20T23:59:14Z")
thank you beezus
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### Author:  [@amy](https://tarck.cc/u/amy)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/602 "2026-05-21T03:57:44Z")
Bikes are cheaper here, but probably due to there being a million mtbs for sale
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### Author:  [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/603 "2026-05-21T12:42:58Z")
cheaper than like on pinkbike classifieds generally?
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### Author:  [@frikki](https://tarck.cc/u/frikki)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/604 "2026-05-21T13:06:10Z")
Used market here has been kinda rough here.
I’d been looking on-off for something to replace a 2015 bronson, some maybes, no screaming deals.
I think someone posted that amazon link here, i’m fuck bezos all the way but i also need/want a new bike.
unfortunately it is now in the slippery hands of fedex, so there’s a 50/50 chance it never arrives.
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### Author:  [@amy](https://tarck.cc/u/amy)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/605 "2026-05-21T14:30:42Z")
Yes. Bikes look overpriced most of the time on pinkbike classified to me.
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### Author:  [@frikki](https://tarck.cc/u/frikki)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/606 "2026-05-22T00:22:59Z")
to conclude the story:
also:
everything is stocks now
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### Author:  [@room203](https://tarck.cc/u/room203)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/607 "2026-08-13T19:14:24Z")
Going to finally get the front wheel built back up.
Radial or no?
Leaning more towards **no** myself because I like consistency/symmetry(?) but at the same time I also really like the look of a radially laced wheel.
I got a new hoop too so it won’t have that brake wear on it.
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### Author:  [@LASER\_BEIGE](https://tarck.cc/u/LASER_BEIGE)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/608 "2026-08-13T19:19:15Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/608))_
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### Author:  [@akasnowmaaan](https://tarck.cc/u/akasnowmaaan)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/609 "2026-08-13T20:19:07Z")
radial lacing will not regain the feelings you had when you last did it in 2007, sadly
rejoin sane lacing practices, we beg you
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### Author:  [@euclid](https://tarck.cc/u/euclid)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/610 "2026-08-13T20:36:34Z")
Radial is pretty
3x is stronger
Is radial allowed for the hubs you plan to use ?
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### Author:  [@joyofvaping](https://tarck.cc/u/joyofvaping)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/611 "2026-08-13T20:45:39Z")
Dropper for sup’s commuter so she can put a foot down while kid is on the Macride — worth it?
With the macride collar, you’d only get ~ 50mm of travel I estimate
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### Author:  [@jimmythefly](https://tarck.cc/u/jimmythefly)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/612 "2026-08-14T00:53:17Z")
Worth it for sure. So much more secure with feet down, helps with dismount too. And the dropper continues to be useful when kiddo is learning on their own wheels, you’re always stopping and leaning down to help.
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### Author:  [@joyofvaping](https://tarck.cc/u/joyofvaping)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/613 "2026-08-14T02:24:55Z")
Thats what i’m thinking too. Any dropper recs where i can dial in the travel?
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### Author:  [@room203](https://tarck.cc/u/room203)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/614 "2026-08-14T04:16:52Z")
> [@euclid](#):
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> Radial is pretty
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> 3x is stronger
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> Is radial allowed for the hubs you plan to use ?
Probably! I didn’t consider that last time when it was a low flange campy to white deepV and that seemed fine…
But yeah after looking at it more I think I’d hate it, and it’s not true to the bike. If I was made of money I’d do it on a second front wheel.
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### Author:  [@yonderboy](https://tarck.cc/u/yonderboy)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/615 "2026-08-14T15:52:03Z")
The OneUp 27.2 comes in a 90 or 120 mm drop. The V2 model could change the drop by 30 mm. I’m not sure if the V3 can. The construction looks the same. You just swap out the little brass pins.
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### Author:  [@euclid](https://tarck.cc/u/euclid)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/616 "2026-08-14T21:08:10Z")
What was the one that had the cut to fit travel shim?
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### Author:  [@drwelby](https://tarck.cc/u/drwelby)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/617 "2026-08-14T21:17:16Z")
most of the basic droppers can be shimmed down with a piece of ziptie in one if the keyways.
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### Author:  [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/618 "2026-08-14T21:50:27Z")
Should I buy this Haul-a-Day?
It’s $1500 but I have to pay cash and I’d have to do it tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/619 "2026-08-14T21:52:28Z")
yes
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### Author:  [@euclid](https://tarck.cc/u/euclid)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/please-tarck-i-implore-you-help-me-make-all-my-bike-decisions/27356/620 "2026-08-14T22:52:58Z")
Yes haha what a silly bike
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