threehats
- Member since Mar 28, 2014
- London , United Kingdom
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threehats mattbeer's article
Feb 12, 2024 at 9:19
Feb 12, 2024
Review: 6 Months Aboard the Specialized Levo SL eMTB
Must just be for the climbs, then swap for the descents…
threehats kmcchain's article
Feb 8, 2024 at 8:15
Feb 8, 2024
KMC Announces Their First Cassette
I see this was downvoted - I tried a Microshift cassette on my ebike and the chain was skipping teeth under load after only 200 miles! At least with SLX 11 speed I’d get 600 miles of good shifting and another 600 miles of progressively worse shifting until it was dead, with no tooth skipping. Meanwhile LinkGlide is at 1400 miles and counting.
threehats kmcchain's article
Feb 8, 2024 at 2:06
Feb 8, 2024
KMC Announces Their First Cassette
I didn’t get around to changing the chain on my LinkGlide and looking at the teeth wear it seems foolish to try. However, it’s still working well at almost triple the mileage where an SLX had started playing up (and seven times the mileage where a Microshift cassette was skipping teeth!)
threehats mattbeer's article
Jan 29, 2024 at 7:10
Jan 29, 2024
Nordest Announces Britango MK3 'Downcountry' Hardtail
I gave my money to my independent local bike shop.
threehats mattbeer's article
Jan 27, 2024 at 15:31
Jan 27, 2024
Nordest Announces Britango MK3 'Downcountry' Hardtail
@foxweildingvapeking420: so, as well as my steel singlespeed 160mm 29er hardtail, my other MTB is an ebike (a heavyweight Levo). I guess I confuse and/or annoy most other MTBers… Two bikes to do it all, the funnest ways!
threehats PrivateerBikes's article
Jan 27, 2024 at 3:05
Jan 27, 2024
Privateer Bikes Announces More Gen 2 Bike Details
@joelsman: only just noticed this! So the back end was rising when you braked? What did you replace it with?
threehats mattbeer's article
Jan 27, 2024 at 1:21
Jan 27, 2024
Nordest Announces Britango MK3 'Downcountry' Hardtail
Everything about my 160mm long slack singlespeed 29” hardtail makes no sense - but I have more fun on it than on any bike I’ve owned before. Maybe if a bike is always the wrong choice it becomes the right choice?
threehats dariodigiulio's article
Jan 19, 2024 at 6:18
Jan 19, 2024
Hardtail Roundup: 17 Compelling & Progressive Options
I do XC rides on my singlespeed Pipedream Moxie with a 160mm Lyrik up front. I wouldn't do a serious XC race on it, but it's great for long pedals. (If my local annual XC race restarts then I will enter with the Moxie!)
threehats dariodigiulio's article
Jan 19, 2024 at 6:15
Jan 19, 2024
Hardtail Roundup: 17 Compelling & Progressive Options
As a semi-pro geometry geek and hardtail enthusiast - beware the different ways that different companies quote their geometry. Some show static, some show sagged. Obviously fork travel (A2C length) changes that too. Chainstay length and ETT barely change with this but reach, stack, BB height and angles change a lot - and if you're comparing one bike with a sagged 140mm fork vs another bike with a static 160mm fork, even though both bikes are designed for 140-160mm forks, then you'll not be making an accurate (or useful) comparison.
Also, seat tube angles are sometimes true (straight tube to BB) but most seat tubes nowadays are bent and/or offset, so the height they quote the effective seat tube angle at will make a very big difference.
Once I'd figured all this out I realised the Pipedream Moxie wouldn't have too steep a seat angle and would have a slack enough head angle and not be too long - and it's fantastic. Had it almost two years, as a singlespeed so far which I'm really loving.
threehats dariodigiulio's article
Jan 15, 2024 at 10:21
Jan 15, 2024
Staff Ride: Dario's Dumb Little Hardtail
Yay for stupid hardtails! I did a similar thing with my previous hardtail: 20mm shorter fork plus a -2 deg headset, giving a 64 deg HA and 130mm travel. Kept experimenting with that bike over a 6 year period, 140 and 150mm travel as well as different anglesets. It seems that for how I ride, more travel and more slackness is better (plus I like a low BB but not quite “that” low!)
I’m now on a Pipedream Moxie which I’ve had for almost 2 years. 160mm Lyrik up front and singlespeed out back. Its logical wrongness in almost all situations is making it the funnest bike I’ve ever had, from pretty gnarly descents to long XC pedals.