AustinBike

My new bike had the DT Swiss 1900 spline wheels. Counterintuitive, but the higher number are lower grade. Only had a few rides in but fine so far.

I also have one with a QR from my pike. It is in my trunk.

Yep

That is a pretty huge fork. 158mm is a rear axle, not a front axle.

I'll bring some flats so that you can do some research for your site 😉

And mostly cloudy w/25% chance of rain means all of this is immaterial because it will not rain this week.

You need to get out more often.

take as many as you need, mine is a much lower priority

If you are there I will take some too

Hi, welcome to Austin. You need to get out more.

In, someone’s gotta bring new bikes to the ride. And sausage.

I always use alcohol when I am working on my brakes but I am careful not to spill it on the rotors 😁

Ran with 760 again, grips at full length. When I got to that tree gate I was so far back that I think my taint now says Ardent, but I slipped through without catching a bar end and toppling. Pics below for scale. Looks like a lot of room, but you have to consider speed as well. Amazon has a 760 carbon on the way, will be here Wednesday so I have time before bentonville.

My favorite game at WC on night rides is "snake or stick". The only good part of the game is that I have never seen a venomous snake at WC, I'd think brushy might be more of an issue with rattlers.

I forgot the word "flat", Orbea specs a flat bar for my model, that is why I could not find a smaller size. The Raceface is a 10mm rise but I may give that a try. Edit - geez, I overthink most things. The "tech spec" calls for a flat bar on the TR model, but when you look at the sales guide, the bikes for sale are spec's with a Raceface Aeffect 760mm with 10mm rise. I'm going to ride the 760 for a few days and if I can get used to it I'll pull the trigger on a RF Next 760 carbon.

That is what I thought. The S16 tree gate is a right hand turn, between two trees, as you are stepping down 8-12" with rocks sticking up everywhere. When I went through yesterday, I measured and it looked like I had ~1" of clearance on the bars where I used to have ~2" or so. Shaving down some MMs will actually help I believe. Based on everyone's input I am going to try to aluminum for a few more rides and see if I warm up to them. In not I'll do a little chopping.

Looks like you are surfing.

No, you might not need to bleed them. But after a few days you may have to bleed them. I take a small wrench and bang the tube lightly, starting at the caliper and moving up to the lever, this helps work the air bubbles up to the handle (allegedly). I also hang my bikes by the front wheel and that helps work those bubbles up to the lever. After a couple days, do a quick bleed, 5 minutes or less, and you will see if there was any air in the system. If after a couple days they are still really firm, then skip it, you don’t need to mess with it if everything feels good.

Bike came with 760 or 780mm bars, I am used to 720mm bars, mostly it is tree gates that get me, like the one at the end of sweet 16, that had little clearance yesterday. When I rode today I tried moving my grips in (see pic below) and everything seemed better. The bars are also aluminum and I prefer carbon. If I buy carbon I want to get the right length, not cut it, but the stem is 35mm and the smallest carbon 35mm I can find is 780mm. I do have a 70mm stem and a spare 720mm carbon bar, would not be opposed to buying something. Would you cut the aluminum, buy a new stem and carbon bar (50mm/31.8mm stem and 720 or 740mm bar), or just keep rolling with 760s and try to get used to them (it has only been 2 rides)?

Shimano XT RD-M8000 Derailleur Shimano XT CS-M8000 Cassette, Silver 11-46T Shimano XT M8000 11-speed shifter $200 new through Amazon, used less than 2 months (less than a dozen rides) $100 cash takes it all

You're welcome to ride it any time you want, we're the same size I believe. Wes still has another large and another medium, if anyone is looking for a good bike, I don't think you can beat that deal, especially considering the component choices. He has a 2020 in stock and I was the first person to demo that. Took it out on the GB and it was amazing. It had the same steep seat tube angle that the Ripley had, but felt totally different. If he had somehow sold out of his 2019's before I got the demo back, I would have given him a credit card instead of the giving the demo back. It was that nice. I had been sketchy on Orbea until I started doing some research. It was funny that I would have considered Ibis, Pivot, or Devinci but I was unsure of Orbea; as it turns out they are way bigger than the other 3...combined. So I have a pretty good feeling that they will be able to support a lifetime warranty on that frame.

Annnnd scene. Got a little setup work, but I have verified from my demo this morning that the Orbea Occam is THE best greenbelt bike in town. This is a 2019 (deal too good to pass up) and the 2020 is fancier and even more blingy. Fox fork and XT brakes, can’t be beat.

Not at all. I found them to be very stable, never had a release by mistake.

Right now it has 29x2.4s and they are fine. Don’t think it can go higher. Chris King wheels, nice set (anodized red) with Stan’s Arch EX wheels, will check the width this weekend. It is geared 1x10 SRAM X.0 but I also have the SS dropouts if you need them i will have to weigh it, it is light Also have some confit options if you want a dropper on it, etc.

Yeah, I play so rarely that it would not make sense. Have a Les Paul copy that I rarely play and a P-bass that gets slightly more use