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Had Huck Norris and currently running Cush Core. Huck norris are much easier to deal with the install and if you get flat, its easier to deal with on the trail. Running cush core on my main bike now. Install is a pain in arse and if have any issues on the the trail, like a side wall tear, your kinda screwed. That being said I’ve been running my bike hard through heavily rocky trails without an issue with cush core. Only running CC on the rear.
Check out Commencal Meta HT. I built up a really nice 27.5+ hardtail from the frame up. Frame only cost $500 brand new and you can run 27 or 29er wheels on it. SC or Kona woulda been my other choices.
I try to hit the bathroom before I ride. It usually takes off a 1 lb or 2 of the overall weight.
I usually just wear long-johns with shorts over them, but I resonantly got these riding pants from Amazon. They run small so you got order a larger size. I’m pretty happy with them and for the price you can’t beat it. They are perfect for the winter as they have decent insulation and are only slim on the leg where you want it.
4ucycling Windproof Athletic Pants for Outdoor and Multi Sports
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2018 Commecal Meta HD. Bike
rips. Running 27.7 x 3.0s. 150mm Fox 36 up front.
After doing a bunch of tubeless setups, it gets to be pretty easy. That being said, I highly recommend a valve core remover, gorilla tape, stans no tube injector, and definitely an air compressor. Could be tough without a compressor. I always do a dry fit with out sealant to seat the tire bead on the rim and to see if there’s leak in your tape job. If you do it right your tire should hold air without sealant. Let the air out and put the Stans in.
There’s a lot of great trails north of Boston. Fells is ok, but check out Harold Parker, Lynn Woods, Greenwood(Beverly Commons), Breakheart, Russell Mills, and Billerica State forest is a pretty good start. Harold Parker is huge and actually dries out pretty well, but with this wet weather every rock and root with be slippery. Typical NE trails for this time of year.
Used. Get a last years $3000 bike for $1500.
I picked up a 2018 Commencal Meta HT frame in the winter and built it up. Loving the bike. Boost spacing and I’m running a 140mm Pike on the front, but will take a 160mm fork. 2.8 Maxxis Minions on it. My other choices were the SC Chamelon and the Kona Honzo but I went with the cheapest route and picked up the Meta HT frame, new for $400. I’m guessing the Chameleon and Honzo are great but I’m loving the Meta and have no complaints with it. I’ve actually been using it more than my expensive full suspension bike.
I have some nice seat covers for my truck that work well. I also always bring my trail dog who loves the mud and water. I have a second seat cover on my passenger seat and I also bought a couple of large beach towels for her seat. I keep them on the seat by putting a couple holes where the head rest goes. So when they get gross I just pull the headrest out, swap in a new towel and wash the dirty one.
I’d agree with the +20mm for about as much as you want to go up without really changing the geometry. That being said I was using a fatbike speced for a 100mm fork, with a 150mm fork for about 3 months and it felt pretty good, no complaints.. I’ve since lowered it to 120mm.
I’ve stuck with aluminum as I tend to bash rear rims. My current rear rim has dings and dents in it and I should be replacing soon, but I’m still running tubeless on it and I’ll use it till I can’t. I’m sure a carbon rim could take the abuse better, but when the carbon cracks, as I’ve seen with friends who have them, you most likely have to replace. Price difference is way to much right now, your talking $100 aluminum rim to a $400 carbon rim.
I’ll stick with Aluminum till the price drops on carbon.
I personally always size up. I’m only 5’8-5’9 ish have been going with large on all my current bikes. I like to run a short stem on all my bikes so with a medium it gets a little cramped. That being said, most bike run all different sizes and is best to try it out first.
I second what Fatbike1 says. Love my dropper post and use it all the time. Any kind of downhill section, its nice to keep it low and out of the way. I sometimes keep is low on tough up hills when I’m off the seat, but great to keep high on pedally sections.
Big fan of OneUp chain guide. Run this on all my bikes. Protects your chain/chainring and keeps the chain on.
Sometime I play music from my Iphone, so it’s not very loud but I can hear it fine. I usually only do this when I’m out on solo rides. If I use the ear buds, I alway only put one in, so I can still hear my surrounding. I guess if it was super loud that would be annoying to others.
Typically I’m just taking 1 bike, so I just lay it down under the tonneau cover of my pickup truck. If I’m hauling more bikes I built a rack out of spare lumber that fits in the bed of the truck that the tire sits in and securely seats 3 bikes, so they don’t bounce around. Tailgate cover is another good option but I don’t like leaving it on when it’s not in use.
These things look pretty cool, but hard to justify getting one unless I planned to use it a bunch. I have thought about get a truck bed tent, only about $150. This way when I get up in the middle of the night I only fall off my tail gate instead of the roof of my truck.
Truck bed tent:
Could I get a Prius and put a roof rack on it? Sure could. It would probably get the job done. There is no best vehicle just better options than others.
Love my truck. Yea it’s a little big but always having the option of throwing something in the back or not getting stuck in snow is worth it. Only live once, might as well enjoy the small things.
