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  • in reply to: What does your bike weigh? #258485

    Mock me all you want guys, I had my reasons and weight was definitely not the first two of the three reasons. What’s really the big deal anyways?

    in reply to: What does your bike weigh? #258462

    31lbs with Schwalbe Super Gravity tires and FTD inserts. I’ve got one of those Chinese carbon frames (dengfu fm288), 26″ carbon Nextie wheels, DVO Diamond, XO cranks, Zee derailleur with a Oneup Rad cage and a bunch of ti hardware. I could save over half a pound by trading my KS Eten for a lighter post but it cost me $100 and is still going just fine after 5 years. Definitely not a flyweight, but absolutely dependable for the abuse I have put it through over the years.

    in reply to: What MTB trend do you want reversed? #256387

    My current pet peeves would have to be too much matching. Frame, components, decals, everything all matchy. Definitely not going to ruin my ride if I come across someone with a full matching setup; just not for me.

    My other issue is with most brands only offering the high end spec on carbon frames. What’s so bad about XTR on an aluminum frame with top of the line suspension? Why only GX or SLX with aluminum? If I can get great parts and save a boat load of cash by getting an aluminum frame, I’ll take that every time. I’ll gladly take the cash and aluminum frame to Kingdom for the weekend with the wife. Beers are on me

    I completely agree about internal routing, only if they don’t use the full length ports. My current bike has the internal tubes for hoses and I like it better than zip ties and external mounts. Put the hose in one end, it comes out the other, no fiddling with hoses and zip ties. My old GT did not have the internal port sleeves and my first cable change took over an hour. Even the Park Tool magnetic cable tool didn’t solve it. It was better, but still a hassle. Internal brake hoses are a pain, but only if you swap brakes or hoses often. Yes to internal shifting, no to internal braking.

    I do enjoy my carbon rims. I have Nextie brand, $150 per rim. I built them myself and used good spokes and Hope Pro 4 hubs. Came in about the same price as a good set of aluminum wheels. I broke the front rim during a race at Killington, destroyed the rim; they sent a new rim. I broke a rear on an awkward root landing, cracked the rim; they again sent a new rim. Had the front been aluminum, it probably would have been fine. The rear would have been toast either way. I rode the cracked rear rim home after it released all the air. For racing I now use an older set of aluminum wheels and my daily riding wheels are carbon. I could not justify the cost of $1K+ wheels. All that being said, I will probably get another set of Chinese carbon rims, whether it be Nextie, Light Bicycle, etc. because they aren’t a ton more money than the aluminum rims I was looking at and I do like the ride quality better.

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