in Bend, Oregon, United States - photo by Tsoxbhk

Rear derailleur does not work.Only get 9 out of 10 of the cassette rings with the high and low maxed out. at both ends. Shimano direct mount only with the 12x142 drop out. Super cool. NOT!

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Album: Instigator-20
Category: Bikes - All Mountain/Enduro
Date Posted: Feb 28, 2015 at 9:57
Feb 28, 2015
Location: Bend, Oregon, United States

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Camera

Canon EOS REBEL T3i

Lens

18.0 - 55.0 mm

Shutter Speed

1/200

Aperture

4.5

Focal Length

29.0 mm

ISO Speed

100

Date

2015:02:28

Time

09:57:53

17 Comments

StUone7 (Feb 28, 2015 at 11:03)

That rim color is quite nice. Excellent bike man. Sucks about the mech issue.

Tsoxbhk (Feb 28, 2015 at 11:21)

Thanks man I really like the rim color as well.

StUone7 (Feb 28, 2015 at 11:31)

It's different and goes well wth the frame color. I feel a leather saddle would go really well with it.

whattheheel (Feb 28, 2015 at 10:01)

Jealous. Of the bike. Not the shifting issues.

Tsoxbhk (Feb 28, 2015 at 10:03)

Ya super lame. Qbp never even mentioned it even though I was ordering 12x142 hub and everything at the same time and mentioned I was running a old x9 I had lying around.

whattheheel (Feb 28, 2015 at 10:04)

New shifter and derailler for you!!

conv3rt (Feb 28, 2015 at 10:05)

Excellent wall selection. Bike looks great!

Tsoxbhk (Feb 28, 2015 at 10:08)

HA its the front of my shop. That is the back wheel of a huge commuter bike painted on the side. Matches the instigator nice though.

nubbs (Feb 28, 2015 at 12:27)

Hell yea man looks sickter with those rims. How is the dropper?

Tsoxbhk (Feb 28, 2015 at 13:41)

Seems to work so far. Only time will tell. haha

conv3rt (Mar 1, 2015 at 20:56)

what sort of riding do you plan to use this for?

Tsoxbhk (Mar 2, 2015 at 10:45)

General shredding.

conv3rt (Mar 2, 2015 at 12:05)

Shreddery. I see. Lots of chunky DH-ey stuff in its future? That how I ride my Stylus and it's good but the wider rims/bigger tires look appealing to me.

Tsoxbhk (Mar 2, 2015 at 12:12)

Ya some its mostly a spare bike for friends and the wife. I have a long travel 650b hardtail that I built at UBI last year.

conv3rt (Mar 2, 2015 at 15:09)

Yes I recall the raw frame I think. That's a hell of a nice spare! With a slightly slacker head angle of gladly have that as my main ride

Tsoxbhk (Mar 2, 2015 at 15:16)

Its pretty slack for a trail bike. I have a 150 on it and I wanna say the geo numbers are based on a 140 a2c so should be a bit slacker. Edit geo numbers say 67.5 with a 508.3 a2c pike 150 is 542 which prob puts the head angle at 67 or so.

conv3rt (Mar 2, 2015 at 20:04)

Nice. My stylus sits at about 65.5 and I love it. I ride it everywhere.