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Discussion starter · #21 ·
Faux Part Deux said:
wow! what a day....do i follow correctly in that you had a killer Ventana ride AND a Sultan ride yesterday? I hate you more than ever if so!
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Would now be a bad time to post a pic of my new Moomba ski/board boat? :cool:

Welcome home. Is your sanguine mood explained by your shuffleboard domination of the blue hairs?
 
#22 ·
Bikezilla said:
A chipper and cheerful Faux? There ought to be a law barring you from vacations.
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I am trying something new, though I think you are right.....now 2.5 weeks into my vacation not reading any of the 500+ emails since it started has helped. Plus, I got a (girly-man) ride in this morning! First ride in over a month and while I probably rode at the pace of the average phat slob Turner owning mental patient, it felt good.
 
#23 ·
As an FYI I just did a couple of quick measurements on my XL, 100cm from ground to top of headset/bottom of stem, 108cm from ground to centre of bar plugs with Reba @100mm, Rampages, hope headset, FSA XC190 riser bars.
 
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The Squeaky Wheel said:
Would now be a bad time to post a pic of my new Moomba ski/board boat? :cool:

Welcome home. Is your sanguine mood explained by your shuffleboard domination of the blue hairs?
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Post it. I had a Mobius for 3 years while living near the lake - Great boat!
 
#26 ·
Sweet rig Squeak see ya went for candy corn blue very nice, nice build and a nice compliment to the 6incher.

The sultan posse is growing nicely I expect to see a white version from the big cheese very soon:D

So far im resisting I think I will wait a few years once Im somewhere into the 5th decade.

Oh good to see ya back in Homerville, ya couldn't resist being away too long;)
 
#29 ·
The Squeaky Wheel said:
The bike feels stiff in the corners but hit off-camber rocks at speed and I'm reminded that this is a 4"29er and not a 6" travel 26" bike.
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Well put. It is what it is, but it's also worth noting that some of what you're feeling is probably the wheels you're using. Can't tell what your front rim is, but the rear Arch is nothing more than a solid xc race rim. I like the Arch a lot for xc riding, but on a 4" bike with a 135mm TA fork up front, that's kinda pushing it.

You didn't say what your yet-to-arrive wheelset is gonna be. More trailbike than xc, or...?

Nice ride.

MC
 
Discussion starter · #31 ·
MC,
I agree. Flex is likely coming from wheels as well as fork.

And, BTW, I enjoyed watching your LunchBoxx vids. Very cool. I'll be in GJ in August for a biz trip but don't know if I'm driving with the bike or flying. Any chance you'd give me the tour if I can pull it off?

Right now the front is an I-9 laced to a Salsa Delgado, borrowed from my SS.
The rear is a Stan's Arch laced to a Hope hub.

Final wheelset: I-9's laced to Stan's Flow. Should be stouter.

I just got back from ride #2. This particular ride has a steep stair section with two 90 degree turns in the middle. It's very loose & sandy and I've never made the 1st 90 deg turn....until tonight. Cleaned it for the first time and also cleaned another steep loose climb that's given me fits in the past. This bike is definitely a keeper. I dialed in two turns of preload on the fork and set the air to 17psi and it felt great. Very little dive and a controlled stroke. I'm hearing a knock but am guessing that it's coming from a spring without shrink-wrap as I don't feel any bushing slop.

Right now I have my RP23 set at 150psi and mode "3." I felt bottom on a g-out and will increase pressure a bit.

I'm 175 loaded with gear. What pressures are other Sultan riders using at their weight?
 
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