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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...

Looks great! Assegai up front is a good call, maxgrip casing @18-20psi if you ride wet conditions. Have to say some of the best upgrades I've made were simply from playing with volume spacers & PSI in the rear shock. My Ohlins/RS outcomes wouldn't translate to your Fox shock, but overall...

I haven't had this particular issue, but it should be as easy as swapping out the lower bolt & shock hardware which isn't specific to Fox, Rockshox or Trek. A good LBS should have everything you need - 40mm width, 8mm bolt. I just put some burgtec shock hardware on my other bike, nice stuff...

v2, cheers

Not a problem. I'm running a 210mm One-Up dropper (fully inserted into a size L frame) with a 65mm stroke shock and have gotten full travel with a 29" rear wheel. Standard caveats apply: always check your clearances with no spring/air, and don't slide your seat all the way back... I don't...

@Integrainz, that's a good list. I would do the tires & fork airshaft first. Of course if you eventually go mullet, you'll need another rear tire then- but the stock tires really hold this bike back. I would do the dropper soon after that (re-use the stock cable housing). Get a new remote at the...

It's definitely the motor, resistance is there with the chain removed. Pedals forward great. @njatherton, I'll check the crankarms. @Mteam, picked it up thursday and just had 3 great days of riding on it, so yeah I think I'll just roll with it....

I’ve gotten my EXe back with the motor replaced. New motor has quite a bit of resistance when back-pedaling, anyone else experienced this? It’s fine when pedaling forward, working well otherwise.

Good call on that Reeb! I picked up a Steezl and have been loving it.

Can't check at the moment, but my sense is.... not a lot. I've had the bike since Oct '22 and it's been ridden 2-3x week for most of that. Most all my rides tend to be 2500-3500' in <20 miles. I'm guessing around 1000 miles and 200k' total. I've gone through 2 shocks, a rim and lots of tires in...

Sunday I was 1k' into a steep climb when my motor failed. Even in walk-mode, it sounded kind of like an impact driver and was providing no assist. I assume it was a clutch of some sort. The bike pedaled fine with the motor turned off, so I was able to pedal/push the remainder of the climb and...

I removed the display from my top tube & stuffed some upholstery foam blocks from my local hardware store into the void. This pressed all the cables against the insides of the frame- $5 and too :05. My rattle ended up being a OneUp seatpost- new key bushings fixed it.