What have you done to your bike today?

Bikeworks said:
Finally got the cranks and BB installed, but now I ran into a new problem. The bashguard I have from Wolf Tooth doesn't play nice with the XTR crankarm. It's keyed correctly, but it doesn't lay flat, so now I'm slumming it with no bashguard and a SLX spider/chainring. New pedals are sexaysexay.

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Maybe using a bash guard attached to the frame? I use the OneUp on all my bikes, kind of works like a sled on rocks/logs...
 
JDurk said:
Do you really need the bashguard? Does that XTR crankset use the 104BCD?
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Karate Monkey said:
Afaik, wolftooth doesn't make a non-bash Shimano mount. Kinda dumb, but not enough for me to do anything/complain about it.

The SLX/XT rings wear like iron (cause they are 😉), and the XTR is super tough from the cold forging, so it's not like the aftermarket stuff is necessary...even if the mounting system is slick.
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I'd be lying if I said I didn't appreciate having it. It's definitely come in handy before. Wolf Tooth does make a bash for Shimano, but only 11sp. That's the one I have, and I will be offering it up for sale as I tried to mount it not knowing that. I have a Wolf Tooth chainring on the way, the SLX will be my emergency back up. But yea, you're right they are bombproof. I have an XT that's going on the other ride, came off the previous and it looks brand new.
 
serviceguy said:
Maybe using a bash guard attached to the frame? I use the OneUp on all my bikes, kind of works like a sled on rocks/logs...
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No mounts for a bash guard on the Epic Evo, so it would have to be a BB attachment, which AFAIK doesn't exist for that bike, hence the Wolf Tooth CAMO one. Now why they don't offer one for 12sp Shimano is anyone's guess, but I previously had one for the RF Cinch (on this bike) so that was why I wanted it again.

EDIT- so they're not compatible with XTR only due to the narrower Q-factor. Live and learn (expensively).
 
Bikeworks said:
No mounts for a bash guard on the Epic Evo, so it would have to be a BB attachment, which AFAIK doesn't exist for that bike, hence the Wolf Tooth CAMO one. Now why they don't offer one for 12sp Shimano is anyone's guess, but I previously had one for the RF Cinch (on this bike) so that was why I wanted it again.

EDIT- so they're not compatible with XTR only due to the narrower Q-factor. Live and learn (expensively).
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Is that press fit BB? For standard BSA BB th Ed adapter are universal and fit between the cup and the frame. None of my Salsa frames came with the iscg05 tabs do that’s what I had to use.
 
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I put together a set of wheels for my fuel ex with arch hoops and origin8(I know but I already had them) hubs and swapped the minions to the 30mm WTB rims/Stan's hubs I've been riding. I'm putting the WTB trail bosses I was riding on the new wheelset for places like 6mile, Allaire, and Nassau(faster flowy parks) since the tires are faster rolling but the hubs are lower engagement and using the minion/higher engagement combo for tech places where I need traction and more ratchet pedaling. I just need to finish truing(they're within a mm or so but I'm a bit of a perfectionist sometimes) the new set and tape them up and they'll be ready to go.
 
qclabrat said:
Setting up a dirt jumper and have questions on the stack height. What's the typical people are using?
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It's always been low stem and tall bars for me. I guess it goes back to my BMX days in the 80's and I ran the quill stems slammed for less flex. Plus it looks so much better.

Last couple of years I've been running a small spacer (10mm) under my Deity stem and the tallest bar (80mm / 3") Deity makes.

Is that an old Ellsworth DJ frame?
 
don said:
It's always been low stem and tall bars for me. I guess it goes back to my BMX days in the 80's and I ran the quill stems slammed for less flex. Plus it looks so much better.

Last couple of years I've been running a small spacer (10mm) under my Deity stem and the tallest bar (80mm / 3") Deity makes.

Is that an old Ellsworth DJ frame?
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Yep, a gen1 Specialist. Bought it years ago to replace a Zaskar but got into 29rs and pretty much forgot about it till now. Climbs like a pig but still fun going down. Lol, 80mm rise, I don't have anything close. But that helps to figure out my setup. Thanks
 
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