I ride 2500+ miles a year and do a lowers service every 3 month and a seal kit every other service. In between I keep every as clean as possible. Rear shock is a avalanche Woodie and has almost 2000 miles on it. I recently cleaned/checked it and it was still perfect so I put it back on the...
Most compitant tuners don't care about sag.
https://www.vorsprungsuspension.com/blogs/learn/when-to-ignore-sag
https://www.shockcraft.co.nz/technical-support/setup-suspension/suspension-setup
You SHOULD run a spring that requires almost no preload. Preload only comes into play when the suspension fully extends or comes off the ground. Having any preload adds harshness as you have to overcome this force and it it transmitted directly to you. It also happens much more than you thing...
That's way too much weight in the hubs for it to be any good on a DH track and with the extra weight/holes drilled in the frame, I would send it.
Fun project, and maybe a good commute bike.
I agree and did not put a 29er on the front as it raises the stack too high for me.
But if you designed the gen 3 for a 29er front that would be a different story.
Nothing wrong with making a Kenevo 3 with a 29er front wheel.
I want comfort and a bike that can hit stuff outside of my comfort zone. You can have my Kenevo when you pry it from my cold dead hands.
Levos's are great, but not what I want.
It out of sync. Put some real pressure on the cranks and it will jump 1 tooth to sync the narrow wide. Or lift the chain up and move it 1 tooth front or rear.
I long shocked mine to a 232x66 for 190mm of rear travel and have front to 190 with a spring kit.
I always ran it in the high setting so now I can run it in the low settings as the flip chip is 3mm.
BB is lower than the high setting and it rails.
All current gen Shimano use the same pistons in the calipers. The saints have a stiffer caliper that weighs more. It handles more heat and flexes less.
Leverage ratio of SLX, XT, XTR are all the same.
Saint uses a slightly more aggressive leverage ratio that provides more clamping with the...
It's protected by the frame and then it has it's own protective case and then the induvial cells are in metal cans.
A crash would have to eject the battery and significantly damage the case or snap the frame at the battery before I would consider replacing it.
If my battery was charger to 100%...