Recent content by Emailsucks98

I've been using cateye computer magnets, installed in CL discs on several different wheelsets, no problems...I keep a spare in my pack. Weird that you were getting 150% reading- makes me wonder if the magnet was getting picked up twice per revolution

Sexism is alive and well, I see!

She’s off the bike for another 2 weeks with a bruised psoas muscle from that last crash. Previous crash in the same corner scraped her chin up.

That’s not a recipe for success on the trails we ride. No thanks!

That’s super helpful! And oddly she often says she likes how my bikes feel (set up similar but for a +40lbs heavier rider)- yet she never gets anywhere near full travel up front on her bike- possibly because she’s riding rearward, which has lead to the fork being set up soft. May I ask if your...

Yeah, this is my thinking exactly. I ride a chromag every winter, because it reminds me to “ride the fork, let the back-end follow“. Steering with the hips goes with that, but I think the weight is discouraging/distracting her. And on the chromag I run the fork very firm. And yes, it’s helpful-...

Yeah, we check pressures before most every ride, 20psi typically (assegai Exo+) For sure- and the stock geometry was horrible for trails we ride! As said before, I'm not looking to at the geometry for many reasons. One is that, she and I are within an inch height-wise, so we do trade bikes...

Yeah good thoughts. She's probably 90% riding the eBike. 1) I have been encouraging her to ride her Rune more often, since I think it will help her technique, plus we do a lot of social rides where she's the only one on an eBike. I am 50/50 myself. 2) She didn't like 29" at all in 2019 and...

She's got a pretty sweet v3 Banshee Rune as well, but it doesn't get as much use. The crashes have typically been on mellow DH corners where she's not pedaling, but it's something I'll keep an eye on. My question was about rider/bike weight, never about geometry. 13.25" BB for a 150mm rear is...

Wrong bike, wrong math. Her's was a 2019 Turbo Levo, which stock had a 66d head angle with 29" & 150mm F&R. Going 27.5" F&R dropped both ends equally, we added 30mm to the fork length which knocked 1.5d off the head angle. BB landed at 13.25". And she is 174cm tall, on a M frame.

She was on a 27.5" transition patrol previously, so the goal was to knock a degree off the stock angles on the Levo, lower it and go 27.5". Fork is a 27.5 170mm Marzocchi Z1. Flip chip in high. Bike also got minions and a 180mm dropper. Stock shock blew up so it got a marzocchi bomber air. The...

Thanks all. She's got a maxxgrip assegai up front, 20psi, 30% sag both ends, and has been riding the bike in this configuration for a year+. Nothing else weird set-up wise. She rides blacks weekly, but will have one of these crashes on a blue trail- frustrating. The crashes have not been on...

That is a great suggestion. There's an off-camber sweeping DH corner that has been a repeat offender- requires steering with the hips, not the bars. I knew my post was sort of, thinking out loud... and that most riders can adapt to lighter/heavier bikes. If it was me, for sure I'd want a...

I'm just curious if anyone else has had some similar experiences here.... My 65kg GF has had a series of frustrating crashes in corners. She's riding a Turbo levo comp that's been converted to 27.5" with a 170 fork. Her bike has to be 25kg. She's a strong rider otherwise and does great on steeps...

I've been going back & forth between Mullet & full 29". I have two wheelsets with identical tires/cassettes/rotors so it's an easy swap. I do notice the benefits of the mullet set-up on the steeper trails I ride, which are typically double-black or secret trails with steep rock faces. The...