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Watch out! Cyclist coming through
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This was epic!Okay, I can offer my expertise on MTB fashion.
First, decide what type are you, based on the bike and terrain you're riding.
Wannabe Enduro Racer (150mm+ of travel)
Moderately baggy, modern materials, knee pads - even though nobody ever scraped their knees mountain biking. Shin guards optional. Clipped shoes, because you can't bunnyhop.
Kook move: elbow pads.
For extra sickness: no gloves, "I just want to feel connected to my bike, bro"
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Casual Trail Ripper
Style: You want to dress like you don't really care about mountain biking.
Attitude: Mountain biking is just something you do when you're bored.
Accesoraries: Skate helmet, jeans, knee pads under jeans because you have like, so many BMX injuries.
Flat pedals. One elbow guard because you slammed so hard in that gnarly bowl that one time and now you have pins. NO GLOVES, because you're extra sicc.
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Hardtail Dirtjump Bro
See above, but you care even less because you shred so hard.
I Just Want To Ride, man.
You don't care if you look like a goon, you just want to ride, man.
Style: Amazon (sort by price - low to high)
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Dirt Lancer
General: You want to go fast for many miles and set KOMs on Strava, then #humblebrag on Insta.
Attitude: Jock
Lycra, Lycra, Carbon, Lycra, Carbon
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There's more but I wasted too much time on this already.
Thank you.
@Ifallalot This is really helpful too:
www.ryanleech.com
I try to be "Hardtail DIrt Jump Bro" in @plasticbertrand's taxonomy. It's going better than some; worse than others. I don't spend a lot of money on bikes though.
Anyone tried the 2021 Fox Transfer? The guy at the bike store said it's better than the KS dropper.
Ryan Leech - Professional Mountain Biker
Welcome to the website of Ryan Leech - Professional mountain bike rider and founder of RLC Online MTB Coaching.
www.ryanleech.com
I try to be "Hardtail DIrt Jump Bro" in @plasticbertrand's taxonomy. It's going better than some; worse than others. I don't spend a lot of money on bikes though.
Anyone tried the 2021 Fox Transfer? The guy at the bike store said it's better than the KS dropper.
Saved! Thank you@Ifallalot This is really helpful too:
Ryan Leech - Professional Mountain Biker
Welcome to the website of Ryan Leech - Professional mountain bike rider and founder of RLC Online MTB Coaching.
I try to be "Hardtail DIrt Jump Bro" in @plasticbertrand's taxonomy. It's going better than some; worse than others. I don't spend a lot of money on bikes though.
Anyone tried the 2021 Fox Transfer? The guy at the bike store said it's better than the KS dropper.
Best dropper evar. I have it on both of my MTBs (2019)
Simple and most importantly cable actuated.
Whatever you do, do not buy a Reverb. It sucks donkey balls.
SRAM is just sucky in general but Reverb is especially bad because they unnecessarily over engineered it.
It always feels soggy and sticky because of the hydraulic actuation and bleeding the fluid is a pain in the ass.
They're supposed to be good but I ride for 9point8 (a different seatpost maker). I have the unused Transfer that came with my new bike that I'll sell for wholesale. PM if interested.@Ifallalot This is really helpful too:
Ryan Leech - Professional Mountain Biker
Welcome to the website of Ryan Leech - Professional mountain bike rider and founder of RLC Online MTB Coaching.
I try to be "Hardtail DIrt Jump Bro" in @plasticbertrand's taxonomy. It's going better than some; worse than others. I don't spend a lot of money on bikes though.
Anyone tried the 2021 Fox Transfer? The guy at the bike store said it's better than the KS dropper.
Completely ride changing, especially the models with a lot of drop. You'll use it more than your shifter. My townie even has a 125mm dropper that's great for getting leg extension pedaling uphill and a comfy low seat for stop & go in town.
The Hite Rite quick-drop post system is back from the dead
If you thought that dropper posts were a thoroughly modern invention, then you'll likely never have heard of the Hite-Rite. Created back in 1984 by mountain bike legends Joe Breeze and Josh Angell, it was the first system that allowed riders to drop and raise their saddle on the fly - and now...
Rich Drew as well
Rich Drew
I'm a 42 year old father of an amazing young man and husband to an incredible woman. My journey on bikes started at age five when I began racing BMX in south...
www.youtube.com
I identify as Enduro Bro I guess lol. I plan on racing eventually.@Ifallalot This is really helpful too:
Ryan Leech - Professional Mountain Biker
Welcome to the website of Ryan Leech - Professional mountain bike rider and founder of RLC Online MTB Coaching.
I try to be "Hardtail DIrt Jump Bro" in @plasticbertrand's taxonomy. It's going better than some; worse than others. I don't spend a lot of money on bikes though.
Anyone tried the 2021 Fox Transfer? The guy at the bike store said it's better than the KS dropper.
I agree on the not spending a lot of money on bikes, especially when for $2,700 you can get a rad/EWS capable bike. My FS is an aluminum Nukeproof Mega 27.5 but if I did it again?
G-170 S '20
[split] SOLD OUT The G-170 S scored the perfect 10 and was named Editor’s Choice by MBR as well as being crowned Best Value MTB in the 2018 Pinkbike awards. Available in the UK from late June 2019, the v2 spec adds RockShox’s new Lyric fork with a Charger 2 damper, an upgraded rear shock and...
www.whyteusa.bike
That seems like a really good value. There are guys dropping as much as a used car on bikes. Is it really the bike or the rider that makes the difference?I identify as Enduro Bro I guess lol. I plan on racing eventually.
I agree on the not spending a lot of money on bikes, especially when for $2,700 you can get a rad/EWS capable bike. My FS is an aluminum Nukeproof Mega 27.5 but if I did it again?
G-170 S '20
[split] SOLD OUT The G-170 S scored the perfect 10 and was named Editor’s Choice by MBR as well as being crowned Best Value MTB in the 2018 Pinkbike awards. Available in the UK from late June 2019, the v2 spec adds RockShox’s new Lyric fork with a Charger 2 damper, an upgraded rear shock and...
Rich Drew as well
Rich Drew
I'm a 42 year old father of an amazing young man and husband to an incredible woman. My journey on bikes started at age five when I began racing BMX in south...
Grade 5 A/C separation wow. Learning some judo ukemi is a really good idea.
Why are these lancers so entitled?
That’s a bummer about Rich Drew, he puts out rad content. I’m thinking this vid had something to do with it
There’s others at that price point that are just as good, anything more expensive is just lighter/has “nicer” parts and is more expensive. The key is geometry/fit. My numbers at 5’10” average build are 64.5deg “Slack” hta, 450mm reach, with 430mm chain stays.
As far as archer vs arrow? It’s kind of the arrow at least when it comes to dh speed. Triplets, equal skill: brother on FS Enduro beats brother on FS Trail beats brother on Hardtail. A FS Enduro is capable of going so fast it’s scary. I’ve nicknamed mine the Valkyrie because if I’m not careful it will take me to Valhalla. It’s going to take years to even come close to unlocking it’s full potential.
That said Hardtail will 100% make you a better rider/easier to learn wheelies, manuals, and bunny hops than a FS. They do kind of beat you up though so I can see why anyone over 40 might not want to go there. I put Cushcore in my tires and it made a big difference in dampening, traction and speed.
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I bet you have good riding in your hood
I can't wait to see how this thread progresses....
There are definitely SWaP trade-offs in surfing that no one argues. I guess I'm talking about the rider with intermediate or average skills on average terrain, not the difference for a pro-enduro rider on pro-level terrain. The guy down the street was always swapping bike parts on his $7.5k FS to dry to get faster downhill but he couldn't bunny hop the sections needed to improve times. In fact, he had almost no technical skills: couldn't manual, bunny hope, ledge, etc. I would beat other guys on FS by a lot on the same sections (meaning: waiting for over two minutes at the bottom). Certain stuff I obviously can't do as well or at all on a hard tail, but that's not what most of us ride.
I guess here's an example of what I'm talking about:
I love that video. This is not the first time I’ve declared that that kid is one of my spirit animals. Perfect example of how skills pay the bills but if you put him on a better bike he’d be gone/even faster. I’d have left him mine, along with my helmet and probably almost everything else mtb related I’d brought down.
The guy down the street sounds like a tool. Seats, grips, and dropper levers are all I’ve changed on my two bikes.
I’m kind of obsessed myself with getting technically good at mt biking. Somewhere I read about the pitfalls of trying to ride harder stuff too soon vs getting to where you’re able to wheelie out of turns, manual rollers, bunny hop roots, etc/use all the features on the easy trails. Sounded to me like that was also then the key to having as much fun as possible (especially at my age).
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Yes. I'd say I'm one of these guys that values simplicity and am always impressed with people who do more with less such as Russian engineers.
Same. I think there are definite pitfalls to buying a FS bike with tons of travel and relying on the suspension to pull you out of stuff, which is what I see a lot of. Seems like the suspension bails you out until it doesn't and then you could have a bad crash.
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