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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...

Good luck with the surgery!

Best shock depends on the bikes kinematics. With only ~140mm of fairly linear travel on the Fuel I like the air spring tunability & progressivity of an air shock. Ohlins Ttx1 is pretty close to perfect for me. My propain tyee felt too firm with a float x2, even with no volume spacers. That...

FYI- I don't believe the 2023 air spring & damper will be backwards compatible, because they have the buttercups which have a different footnut assembly. I know for a fact that you can't put an older air spring assembly in 2023 forks. Will also add, I went from a 2023 lyrik select+ (hard...

I've got a 2023 Zeb Ultimate and I am very very impressed with it. I've got a fox factory 38 on my meat bike for comparison, and have had several lyriks too. The main noticeable advantages of the 2023 Rockshox stuff; Amazing mid-stroke support. The buttercups make it feel almost underspring on...

Last season on a full fat, I found too many rides required pushing or hike-a-bike for various reasons. Down trees, "secret" hike-in trail entrances, clear cuts, a dead battery once. For one local trail in particular, I found my enduro meat-bike was preferrable over the EMTB, since the amount of...

Has anyone cleaned/greased the connections between their battery and motor? I’ve had my 2019 sight VLT for two years now, in the drier months it’s been reliable. Yesterday (2 weeks after a snow ride) I had multiple errors, saying there was an issue with the connection between battery and motor...

That sucks. I think the issue is that if we had an aluminum guard, it would just transfer the impact through those 2 small bolts and crack those, and/or the frame. What is really needed is a taco/bashguard system than extends forward from the cranks to protect the motor..... so ISCG tabs at min...