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Fortuitous timing this summer.... for years I have been putting out the feelers looking for a dekerf implant. As my RFX's romic starting showing signs of going south, I got a call from up north that a used implant had been located.... My size and favorite color (rootbeer brown) no less! The romic lost the last of it's rebound damping the same day the implant showed up on my doorstep.
With summer riding in full effect, and whistler beckoning, I was curious to see how a steel hardtail would treat me...built it up asap!
The quick low-down:
dekerf 853 frame, gussetts golore, built for abuse. 16.5"chainstays and a 5" head tube on a medium!
Marzocchi Z1 FR (tried my Z150 for one ride out of neccesity, too slack as expected)
70mm thomsen stem
XT discs, 8" front rotor (not pictured)
So a few good local rides and up to whistler it went. did a few garbonzo runs at the bike park, then used the lift plus an hour of hike-a-bike to access Khyber ridge, a 5k' descent to the valley below. Hit cheap thrills and some other techXC trails on it the next day. This bike rocks! No prblems with stunts, drops, slabs, or climbing for that matter...
pardon the crappy photo!
With summer riding in full effect, and whistler beckoning, I was curious to see how a steel hardtail would treat me...built it up asap!
The quick low-down:
dekerf 853 frame, gussetts golore, built for abuse. 16.5"chainstays and a 5" head tube on a medium!
Marzocchi Z1 FR (tried my Z150 for one ride out of neccesity, too slack as expected)
70mm thomsen stem
XT discs, 8" front rotor (not pictured)
So a few good local rides and up to whistler it went. did a few garbonzo runs at the bike park, then used the lift plus an hour of hike-a-bike to access Khyber ridge, a 5k' descent to the valley below. Hit cheap thrills and some other techXC trails on it the next day. This bike rocks! No prblems with stunts, drops, slabs, or climbing for that matter...
pardon the crappy photo!
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