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Any mountain bikers??
- Thread starter iamdenialNJ
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Thanks, SuperStar. I difinitely dig the simplicity and efficiency of the single pivot. Adding the air shock a few years ago also made a huge improvement.
Pofile was/is good stuff. You shoulda seen the barends that were on it when I got it back. Original to '93 or so. Friggin huge, but strong and light.
I dig- I have a Profile stem on my Gemini- Syncros seatpost on my Retrotec. I still rock bar ends ocassionally; the Retro has Scott AT- whatevers, w/the FULL-length integral bar-end thing.
Nice. Gonna go whoop on trails w/the kids in a few- youngest & I on tandem, bro/sis on their Hardrocks. Pics next...
Unfortunately this year, been playing bass the least amount of time in 10 years
Mostly because i've been addicted to riding trails on my zoome zoom bike.
Santa cruz Tallboy
Mostly because i've been addicted to riding trails on my zoome zoom bike.
Santa cruz Tallboy
Unfortunately this year, been playing bass the least amount of time in 10 years
Mostly because i've been addicted to riding trails on my zoome zoom bike.
Santa cruz Tallboy
Nice ride! There's a lot of talk about the Tallboy, I need to swing a leg over one. My 29er experiences so far have been subpar except for the Rip9 I rode last year. I hear the TB's geometry is dialed for aggressive trail riding.
Is that a 34 on there?
I think you and I are the only guys who have dropper posts of the TB mountain bikers, so far.
Few pics from my last ride. The first two were taken in the same spot as my last pics, except the second is facing away from the city. No fog this time!
Yeah, I don't get the dropper thing; I love downhills and steep-arse technical stuff that would seem to benefit from a lowered seat, but I have tried manually lowering it and don't really like it. Anyone here remember the *Height-Rite*?
That Tallboy IS handsome, though.
That Tallboy IS handsome, though.
Yeah, I don't get the dropper thing; I love downhills and steep-arse technical stuff that would seem to benefit from a lowered seat, but I have tried manually lowering it and don't really like it. Anyone here remember the *Height-Rite*?
That Tallboy IS handsome, though.
I remember the Hite-Rite.
I guess it's all what you're used to doing. I know several riders around here that ride the gnarliest stuff like it's nothing with the seat all up in their junk. However, seat at XC height is definitely not the ideal position for descending. Dropping the seat in terrain where you never sit on it does give you more degrees of freedom to move around the bike's cockpit than having it up. I've ridden a lot of dedicated DH and in that world seats are usually pretty low so I got used to it. Now I feel sketched out if I have the seat at XC height on any kind of serious descent. I have also caught my sack on the back of the seat after a steep descent where I had to put my ass on the rear tire.
If I was out west where there are typically long climbs and long descents I probably wouldn't bother with a dropper because I'd just adjust the seatpost at the top and bottom. Here we have a lot of steep but short ups and downs and it sucks to adjust every couple of minutes so you either ride with seat up all the time (and some guys do this with great success), ride with it down all the time (owie on the knees) or get a dropper. The dropper works really well for me. I consider it indispensable on our trails.
Very informative, Mark- thank you. I was aware of most of the tech side of the trend- for my part, I likely run my seat height a tad low, plus the majority of my rides involve a fairly long climb and an equally-lengthy descent- I can certainly see where a more mixed terrain would be a good situation for a dropper.
Cool Intense Mark, i recall those have VPP also.
29'r differences on the tallboy to my 26'r are pretty minor, I think it is pretty trail bike oriented compared to many XC bikes.
That's how i've got mine set up.
I also got the 120mm fork so it's a bit more slack and beefy hans dampf 2.35 tires. It descends FAST...It feels like a freight train once these wheels go over 25mph.
The short chainstays i think help too from what i hear, the one thing i do notice is at slow speeds grades over 13% take a bit more effort to get the wheels rolling. But otherwise the frame is really climbs well, super stiff...
It may also be my 2x10 gearing 39/26 chainrings with 11-36
I really need a 24 granny for long days doing big climbs.
Thinking i'll try the weight weenie route with light tires/light seatpost sometime if i do continue racing.
It can handle all the trails in the bay area from Santa cruz demo forest up to downieville ca. I took it to 3 days in downieville ca was a blast. Anything over 3 ft drops i would be leery of though, its not made for that.
But i dont do the really big jumps/drops often.
I remember the Hite-Rite.
I guess it's all what you're used to doing. I know several riders around here that ride the gnarliest stuff like it's nothing with the seat all up in their junk. However, seat at XC height is definitely not the ideal position for descending. Dropping the seat in terrain where you never sit on it does give you more degrees of freedom to move around the bike's cockpit than having it up. I've ridden a lot of dedicated DH and in that world seats are usually pretty low so I got used to it. Now I feel sketched out if I have the seat at XC height on any kind of serious descent. I have also caught my sack on the back of the seat after a steep descent where I had to put my ass on the rear tire.
If I was out west where there are typically long climbs and long descents I probably wouldn't bother with a dropper because I'd just adjust the seatpost at the top and bottom. Here we have a lot of steep but short ups and downs and it sucks to adjust every couple of minutes so you either ride with seat up all the time (and some guys do this with great success), ride with it down all the time (owie on the knees) or get a dropper. The dropper works really well for me. I consider it indispensable on our trails.
+1 man, dropper posts are the best thing since sliced bread!
It's amazing how well you can maneuver over the cockpit, leaning your bike way over in the turns while maintaining your center over the bottom bracket...correct positioning for descending is really only possible with a lowered seat.
It's so nice to not have to distrupt the flow of your ride with the flick of a switch
BTW, can someone recommend best seat for metal? I feel like I've been violated every time i ride my bike and not in the good way, more like "I just got out of prison" way...
I'm a Huge fan of Brooks saddles.
Heavier than others , take a while to "break in" but once it is , alone in it's class.
Lasts forever too.
http://www.brookssaddles.com/catalogue-and-shop/saddles/
Heavier than others , take a while to "break in" but once it is , alone in it's class.
Lasts forever too.
http://www.brookssaddles.com/catalogue-and-shop/saddles/
My ares loves Selle San Marcos/Bontrager- the one w/the sides cut away, OOP for like 15+ yrs... I have 4 or 5 of them on various bikes. If I had more of these saddles I'd likely have more bikes.
