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going to try it offroad and see if reports of 16 degree bars being awkward in technical terrain are true. Riding on pavement the wrist position is spot on for me.
 
Probably here somewhere but anyone know the max dropper insertion on 21 XL Chisel?


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AFAIK it differs between makes and models as some of them take more/less for the dropping mechanism. I got a 170mm loam from PNW and it fits me well on a size L. I am almost certain I could fit a 200mm so I am certain yours would. The nice thing about the Loam is, if it doesn't work you can adjust the drop and make it work. Other PNW droppers have the same adjustment system, I believe.
On a different note, IMO 150mm is about as much as you need.
 
I have a pnw loam 125mm on my Ladge chisel. I could go up to 150, but the seat would be bottomed out. I would agree that on a chisel I don’t think I would ever need more than 150mm with the slacker STA.
 
I think someone fit a 175mm in a Large 2021 frame, but please don't quote me on that. The comment was somewhat recent, so maybe flip back through the last 10 pages or so.

I had a 150mm PNW Loam dropper in my 2021 Large frame, but swapped down to a 125mm.
 
I think someone fit a 175mm in a Large 2021 frame, but please don't quote me on that. The comment was somewhat recent, so maybe flip back through the last 10 pages or so.

I had a 150mm PNW Loam dropper in my 2021 Large frame, but swapped down to a 125mm.
I figured it was here and I didn’t get the right combo of words or skimmed over it.

I ordered a 200 PNW Loam. After a lot of math, looking at measurements and measuring my other bike I should have the room for that.

Other quick question is can I out a 180 rotor on the rear? Figuring I can just want to make sure before I order the adapter. will be running XT 2 piston brakes if that matters. I see where some people had clearance issues with 4 piston brakes. Didn’t know if that applied to adapters as well.


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I figured it was here and I didn’t get the right combo of words or skimmed over it.

I ordered a 200 PNW Loam. After a lot of math, looking at measurements and measuring my other bike I should have the room for that.

Other quick question is can I out a 180 rotor on the rear? Figuring I can just want to make sure before I order the adapter. will be running XT 2 piston brakes if that matters. I see where some people had clearance issues with 4 piston brakes. Didn’t know if that applied to adapters as well.


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I am running a 180mm Shimano rotor on the rear of my chisel with SLX 2 piston brakes. I used the Shimano F180P/P2 adapter and it works perfect.
 
There's now a $2,400 Chisel complete that's on the Specialized website Chisel | Specialized.com

Looks like Shimano components rather than Sram/house brand stuff, so maybe the cost reflects the upgraded components? I'm not very familiar with Shimano stuff, so unsure...

Edit: I swapped Sram and Shimano above by accident.
 
There's now a $2,400 Chisel complete that's on the Specialized website Chisel | Specialized.com

Looks like Shimano components rather than Sram/house brand stuff, so maybe the cost reflects the upgraded components? I'm not very familiar with Shimano stuff, so unsure...
Thats the new price for the Chisel Comp. Thats also all SRAM. NX Drivetrain, Level T brakes, ZERO Shimano parts. The base Chisel also increased in price to $1800, and again all SRAM components, SX Drivetrain, Level T brakes.
 
Oh shoot, you're right. I had the old and new Comp completes open side by side and forgot which was which. I'm dumb. Anyways, I still don't know how they compare or if the price bump is justified.
 
Oh shoot, you're right. I had the old and new Comp completes open side by side and forgot which was which. I'm dumb. Anyways, I still don't know how they compare or if the price bump is justified.
Price bump isn't based on components, its based on how hard they are to come by. So prices go up. I'd rather have the Shimano Deore and SLX bits. than the SRAM SX and NX bits....Shimano stuff is known to perform almost identically from top to bottom, higher end gets you lighter parts...SRAM low end doesnt perform like SRAM high end.
 
NBD. XT/XTR build. Fox 34SC, Bontrager Kovee XXX wheels. Not quite the finished product but I can’t wait to get this thing out. Scale says 21.6. I think it’s lying a bit but it is light. I’ll get some better pics this weekend. Just kind of threw it together after I got home from work. The guy I got it from had good taste. Was a garage queen so it’s basically new.
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Medium chisel Earth frame
DIY xc rims with dt240 hubs
xtr 2 pot brakes 160 rotors
xtr 165 mm cranks and 32t ring
sid ultimate sl fork
chris king bb
Whiskey 20 mm rise bar with take off stem from my epic evo
Oury grips
Sworks seatpost(have a axs dropper that I swap around all three bikes if I ever need one - don't need one locally)
Sworks fast trac tires
Chinese lightweight seat
egg beater ti pedals
Axs x1 derailment and xx1 cassette
 
Medium chisel Earth frame
DIY xc rims with dt240 hubs
xtr 2 pot brakes 160 rotors
xtr 165 mm cranks and 32t ring
sid ultimate sl fork
chris king bb
Whiskey 20 mm rise bar with take off stem from my epic evo
Oury grips
Sworks seatpost(have a axs dropper that I swap around all three bikes if I ever need one - don't need one locally)
Sworks fast trac tires
Chinese lightweight seat
egg beater ti pedals
Axs x1 derailment and xx1 cassette
Awesome, thank you. Bike looks great.
What travel you running on the SID Ultimate? 120mm or 100mm?
 
SiD SL is 100mm travel. I have that fork and it has less sag tuan most 100mm forks so you get alot of usable travel. Unless you are doing some big drops 120mm travel is overkill.
 
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