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What direction are you guys going when your normal frame size (even from the “modern“ era) has gradually grown to a completely new size bracket? I’ve been riding a 2019 Large 180mm 27.5“ enduro bike with conservatively-modern geo, 460mm reach for 7 years now and have always loved it, never feeling like it was too small, while also having a Large 29” 160mm hardtail since 2021 with 490mm reach and always knowing it felt “big”, if not maybe “too big”.

I’ve always ridden large bikes ever since 2010 but I’ve been looking at a new 27.5” 160mm bike and noticed the medium size numbers are almost identical to my enduro bike’s, the 460mm reach, the wheelbase, the stack, the chainstay even. The siz

I’ve been loving my Kona Sutra LTD for a few years now, abusing it on mtb trails just like I intended to do, and since then I’ve upgraded everything about it to a finished weight of just over 30lbs. I keep seeing similar “rowdy” suspension/dropper/50mm gravel bikes in carbon coming in at impressive 25lbs weights and wonder if I’m holding myself back by sticking to steel. I’m glad for the BMX-like durability I have with steel and the peace of mind with heavy loads (not that I’d intentionally ride hard while loaded up) but I see plenty of carbon bikes shredding just as hard and I don’t have many options left if I wanted to reduce weight (not even a fork), could going from a bikepacking steel f

Been loving my gravel bike the last few years, I upgraded a whole buncha stuff to make it dirt-focused for riding mountain bike trails (40mm suspension fork with 2.0” tires, durable wheels, controllable bar) and now I have so much traction downhill, I find my SRAM Rival brakes with 180mm HS2 rotors and stock pads to plateau in power at full squeeze, which is obviously scary when I need a full squeeze of brakepower.

How do gravel riders tackle this issue? Since drop bar brakes are few and limited, are there any mismatched brake caliper combination tricks? Are there metallic Rival pads I can buy? Can you fit a 200mm rotor on flat mount brakes? Are there just no good options because drop bar b

Also test out my new GoPro and try to get used to my gravel bike which I haven’t ridden in almost 2 months

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Super happy with my “new” bike, looks amazingly clean and unused for being 28 years old, pedals were awful so I moved my pedals as well as a saddle over. Gears shift perfectly (giving the front derailleur some extra time to work), brakes have adequate power but more importantly amazing response/feel, tires were barely cracked when I bought it (although the cracks have gone away now?!). Got new tires, brake pads and a 670mm wide mtb bar on the way. Currently debating whether I want a $100 dropper (lever actuated or external not sure) or a setback seatpost as the bike is slightly small for me…

The bike absolutely slays, going uphill isn’t that much worse than on my

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And wow the new fork, handlebars and tape are amazing! Switched out the stock 52cm Venturemax XL bars for some 46cm Beacon bars (similar total length but more flared with narrower hoods, and without the annoying bump in the drops), put on some Wolftooth supple bar tape that’s definitely worth the weight, and took a gamble with a Fox Factory Tapercast 40mm fork that absolutely comes alive at high speed on single track. The fork feels fairly useless on the road (although 1 of the 3 settings is a powerful lockout), but when I finally pointed the bike down some singletrack it just entirely unlocked flowy spirited trail riding. I was waiting for the wheel to get knocked off line and it never did,

My thin neoprene Fox Legion gloves from last year just aren’t cutting it anymore when it drops below freezing point, especially once soaked in sweat. Been hearing a lot of a good things about lobster-style split finger gloves and the Gorewear ones seems to be my best option for one-finger braking/shifting (the two-finger oriented ones don’t appeal to my riding). I could also use these for both road biking and mountain biking which is valuable to me.

The alternative is to get BarMitts/Pogies, in either drop-bar or flat-bar versions, and use whatever cheap thin gloves I want for better bar feel and replaceability. Warmness would be totally guaranteed as well, but I’d have to commit to a handl

Been having some constant right hand numbness on my hardtail on long rides, been tweaking lots of fitment but it always comes back, currently using ODI Elite pro grips with a raised palmside cushion and waffle on the finger side, gloves always and cycle through different pairs. I’ve been liking my thick Deity supracush grips on another bike and am considering thick foam grips on the hardtail, both to try and solve numbness and try something new. Anybody running foam/silicone grips? Do they actually help comfort in a noticeable way? Any real downsides if I have big enough hands and always wear gloves?

*I actually have wolftooth fatpaw cam grips in front of me, but if I push them on I might n

Just mounted up my OMM elkhorn rack (short version, and platform is rearward-oriented) directly to the axle (axle SET810 with a spacer) of my large Chromag Rootdown with 420mm chainstays, 76° seat tube angle (effective, but pretty much actual as well) and maxxis 29 x 2.5 WT wide tread tires with tons of side clearance and over an entire thumbs worth of vertical clearance. The rockgeist/PR microwave panniers fit securely too with longer voile straps, and I got full use of the 175mm dropper. Posting this because fitment is always hard to judge, and seeing this information beforehand would’ve saved me a lot of stress, also just imagining what big-mountain trouble this bike could get into gets m

I’ve already manually edited out my max heart rate, cropped the portion of the ride with the bad readings, and now have just completely deleted the ride from the garmin connect app. It still has completely screwed up my heart rate zones and recovery suggestions for my future rides. The heart rate monitor has been functioning perfectly fine since that ride. This is so stupid I’m so pissed what do I do

Just mounted some 32mm michelin power road TLR tires to my 25mm internal width weareone revive XC wheels and easily set them up tubeless, like usual with mtb, with a pretty damn small puddle of sealant. Pumped them up to 55psi (this was a big moment for me, never pumping a tire beyond 40 before, and 55psi is just an arbitrary choice), and have been riding them for a few days.

Even after 3 riding days to settle in, they’re still losing major pressure over the span of a single day, going from 55 down to 40 and even less. I noticed my single layer of rim tape had shifted around a little and had questionable coverage, should I retape the rims? Should I be double-taping to account for 55psi+? Ho

I’ve spent the past few weeks deeply evaluating my mountain bike quiver needs. I have a gravel/rigid bike with big fat tire clearance, a modern steel hardtail that can reasonably tackle any DH bike park once, and a YT Capra enduro bike that I’ve been thinking of pushing more into either a pedalable setup to take on unassisted trail rides (and I buy a real DH bike to abuse every summer, Santa Cruz V10 perhaps? I need to research more), or building it up to a more DH-oriented setup (and buying a short travel trail bike, transition spur, stumpjumper, ect). I know the Capra already leans more towards DH but it absolutely is manageable on big local rides (assuming you have your water in a pack) a

Anybody running Revin carbon wheels? I saw there’s a massive sale on them at jensonusa but reviews are basically nonexistent except for one “early impressions” kind of review and all the “first look” articles going back to 2018. They’re positioned as a cheaper carbon wheelset with DT 350 or 240 hubs with HG freehubs and only discounts in their crash/riding damage warranty, not replacements. They’re pretty damn light too, should I be worried about the durability at all? I’ve been riding some weareone carbon wheels for over a year now with no worries, but they came with years and years of beaming reviews from certified shredders, company-made carbon and an emphasis on durability over weight. I