• Removable belt system
• Weather resistant
• Price: $259.95 // As pictured: $334.95 w/ medium core unit
Slug Plug
• Includes 10 spare plus in a plastic case
• Presta valve core tool in handle
• Preloadable
• MSRP: $10 USD
Nutcracker Mini Tool
• Valve core remover, holds spare valve
• Tubeless valve rim nut tool
• Disc pad spreader
• MSRP: $10 USD
Slyder• Holds 25g CO2 cartridge and Slug Plug
• Sleeves slide into spine and lock in place
• MSRP: $10 USD
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www.rydercycling.co.za • 223mm diameter, 2mm thick
• Price: $48 USD, €39.90
• Stainless steel construction
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Galfer• Reduces head angle by .5°
• Compatible with 45° bearings
• Weight: 19 g (+/- 5% weight tolerance)
As you increase axle to crown length, it reduces the headset angle in tune to that. On average it's assumed that 10mm moves the head angle down by 1 degree. You will also raise the handlebar height by a small amount as well.
Think of it as the same rhetoric as putting a longer travel fork on a frame. It will slacken the frame.
Exactly. Would be interesting to try out as it would move the contact patch away from the normal position when you steer...
Careful to have at least one spacer before trying to set this thing up.
So I was wrong that it's functionally identical to increasing fork offset given that it increases the a2c almost exactly to match - as far as trail goes, it's functionally identical to setting fire to the cash in your wallet instead of doing anything at all. This idea (more fork offset to reduce trail on larger wheels) was tried with Gary Fisher/Trek's G2 geometry way back in the day and was the main reason 29er geometry sucked for so long. Sorry to hear you bought one.
Also, didn't have an old GF or Trek 29er. Not sure where that came from.
As far as "setting fire to your wallet"; there was a dude (ZileTsar I think) in the aggressive hardtail thread here on PB that put one in and had some interesting things to say. May not be for you, but hating on a product doesn't suddenly make it a poor idea.
On another note, as soon as someone starts talking about handling on a hardtail I have zero interest, they all handle pretty badly at the best of times.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAq-tmP9XRM
I've reached out to the 2nd Edition guys to see if they'll ship outside the U.S. - BMX was my gateway bike to mountainbiking
Limited audience, but i'm sure they have sold at least one.
Beavis' voice: Yeah!! Nutcracker!!
It's kind of funny a lot of people either didn't know or forget that S&M were the ones making the original BlkMrkt MOB frames, should have never sold mine.
Hah! I still have an OG MOB frame!
The real benefit is the increased thermal mass = more time until they start to fade.
You need to run metallic pads because of the extra heat, that you can't generate??