Recent NBD and maiden voyage.
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So good! How’d you find it?
It’s been maybe 6 years since I’ve ridden MTB on any real trail. That was a 26" hardtail. Took this around the same loop and side trail to check it out, this bike is much better. Dropper post took a little getting used to, but by the end of 10km of XC/firetrail both up and down hill I was into the swing of it.
Heading to Thredbo this weekend for a two day session, so aiming to stay complete/unbroken afterwards.
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Nice, just take it easy and make sure your suspension has been set up properly for you.
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Sag set to 25-30%. These air systems make it super simple! I certainly didn’t feel it bottom out on the loop. There will be no shortage of advice or tools on the weekend. One of the group going is a 10 year old kid, so I’ll be trailing him.
New surly sunrise bars for the steamroller.
The commute just got a whole
Lot of fun. Still need to get use to the 820mm width tho.
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NOS, in 170mm. The ones on the Wilier are 172.5 so a tad uncomfortable. 200 bucks!
edit: and for the weight weenies, these are 150 grams or something heavier than the Record carbon ones.
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I’ll be amazed if you can tell the difference between 172.5 and 170.
Prepare to be amazed. TBH I thought the same thing and have persisted with the 172.5 for a thousand kms, but there’s a definite difference.
I have 170s on my other road bikes and even with the same relative saddle height there are definitely things going on with my knees when I use the longer cranks.
And the 165s on the NFE feel completely different again, but that’s to be expected.
edit: keep in mind that I’m a shortbro with short legs, so the crank length difference is gonna feel more pronounced than someone who’s over 6 foot.
dont sell yourself short mate
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Ayyye, good shirt! Not a bad design aye 
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New bike day recently. Needed to go tubeless, put my PM pedals on and wax the chain
Got some narrower handlebars and it fits well.
Thatll do me 
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You did well on this one 
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What brings you to FoA, Warty?
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BNA is slowly declining as are all forums. I hate FB so thought this might be worth a look.
I am into modern gear more but I like all bikes nonetheless.
FOA is probably even deader than BNA with only a handful of dudes chattin, and its usually the same dudes.
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Yeah as Jase said it’s a ghost town here - it’s not unusual for a few months to pass without a new post. It’s a shame, but we had a good run and had plenty of fun along the way. I’ve made friends and learnt heaps off this forum.
If we can just keep it going until fixies become cool again we’ll be sitting pretty.
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I kinda wish everyone would move back here. I’ve got a bunch of group chats on instagram and whatsapp and those platforms kinda shit me. Fuckin zuck has got us all zucked, when we could be over here and be free and independent.
Righto, gonna start posting all my shit here. I don’t post anything anywhere else cos of zuck reasons, might as well do it here.
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Jono - I will miss you over in Zuck land.