Recent content by CarolinaCrawler

No pics but I wound up with Hunt All-Mountain wheels and Maxxis DD tires. Made a huge difference. Really happy with them. Also picked up an XT shifter and derailler. Installed that and used the Sram cassette and chain. Everything seems pretty happy. Doen't shift quite as quick as...

I have Hunt wheels on one of my other bikes and I've been really happy with them.

Incase anyone was wondering, the stock wheels are really heavy! I picked up a set of Hunt E-Allmountain wheels which I figured was going to add substantial rotating weight but actually not. The stock wheels weigh 2206 grams and and the Hunts weigh 2168 grams!

Just saw this video and it made me think of this thread…. https://youtube.com/shorts/u875jaaUAmg?si=2NkcH4vEj8wCBy_K

If I had plenty of money I would order one of these racks. They just seem badass! https://bikeerack.com/

We have a Velocirax that we use. After having a vertical bike rack they are all I want. Its so easy to load that my 12 year old twins can load their own 55lb ebikes!

I agree 100%. Hands down the best thing you can do for one of these bikes is throw a good fork on it.

Any update on this? Looking to try out a bell but don't know it I want to invest 30 bucks for a shelf item if I don't like it. Also, is there a link to the one you picked up?

Great race. It's about 2 hours from the house. Camped out there and spent the entire weekend there. Really made a great facility.

This sounds intriguing. What frame is this?

I use PNW loam XL grips. If you have larger hands, once you get used to larger grips that's the first thing I notice when I get on another bike. There's another brand of foam grips that are thicker. I've always wanted to try a pair but its been hard to stray from what I know works.

Got 260 miles on the bike so far. Still really loving it. It has received some upgrades. Planes changed on my bike due to finding some deals on parts. The plan was fox performance elite stuff all around but fox had a major sale in the US. It was less than $100 difference from the fox...

If I lived in the EU I would seriously look at Radon bikes. They seem to be very good value. Just wish they were available in the USA.

On the note of grease, what is the consensus of which to use? Does everyone use bike specific grease? I really like the idea of the Motorex tubs because they have brushes built in. I'm kinda new to bike and been using Sil-Glyde just because it what I had. It seems to work well but its all I...