We're back for another episode of Daily Driver Bike Checks. In this episode, Tom spends an afternoon at the local trailhead in Rotorua, New Zealand, to chat with some local riders about their everyday weapons of choice.
loved the whole interview ....but are we sure he got cleared to ride after his concussion? ..the way he said "tubeless" was more of a question and not an answer, lol
@mtmc99: If I had no memory for a period of 30-40 minutes I wouldn't be getting back on my bike for a while regardless of what anyone said. You don't lose that amount of time without a pretty heavy concussion.
@briceps: From what I've read the mortality rate is over 50% for Second Impact Syndrome. The probability of permanent disability is near to 100% if you do survive.
@mtmc99: Don’t worry Im just spewing shit in a post concussion daze haha. I meant that I was cleared for any brain injury didn’t ride for a further 2 months after this lol.
Really enjoyed this, love all the DIY fixes/mods on the first bike. As a North American rider currently experiencing the dark winter months, it's nice to see some sunny weather in NZ!
@reverb: oh I see now you are from a wet place not sunny. I am on the other hand from one of the sunniest places in Canada so yeah I feel ya. As days are short here I also discovered that I really like to ride at night
@coney: Thanks mate!! Apart from working hard as a bricklayer (not a lawyer ) to recuperate some money, I've just been out enjoying riding it. I've also started doing the same to my girlfriends Rockey Mountain Altitude which is looking pretty sweet
So happy to see I'm not the only one running higher psi in my tires. I like a sharp sidewall for predictable cornering and slides. If you set up your suspension properly it's not an issue.
I’d quite like to build one up from a frame with nicer parts to complement my hardtail. They look fun for bombing around and if I ever needed to ride uphill any distance I can use the HT instead that day.
From my personal experience as a non-racer, I can't stand the very distinct feeling of hitting rim on anything. With DH cases this still happens at 27psi for me, and I'm slow as. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It's probably overcompensation from bad experiences running lower pressure.
I know that's the reason why I run 30 psi in the rear. I'd rather have a little rougher ride than get stranded with a mechanical: numerous tire failures, rim failures, losing tubeless seal, etc.
Yea on those older Specialized tyres in the lighter casing + Rotorua’s velcro dirt = lower pressure are a recipe for blowing your tyre off the rim in corners
Wide rims, low woke pressure, super high tech EXO+ evo boost casings, new school 100g inserts - I may want to invent an extra complicated way to repair holes in tires and fix massive rim dents - I'll call myself a DENTist.
Some people I know fly sideways so much that they need to run at least 5psi more than normal. Yes some Joeys run 40psi because they don't know any better but don't jdge book by the cover.
@dirtyburger: same. I’m almost 100kg nowadays (COVID + Dadbod = fatty) but even when I was under 90kg I still didn’t like the wallowy vague feeling (and rolling off of rims in corners) of softer tyres. On my full sus (after lots of testing I always ran 30/30psi and on my current hard tail it’s 30/35 while I wait for tubeless tyres to arrive. Each to their own I guess
But I think insert manufacturers made a bit of a misleading stir. I mean the whole tubeless/ wide rim boom is partly responsible. They claimed that we can ride with lower pressures which in my and my friends experience is not entirely true. Maybe by 1-2psi but not more. At least not for many people. I run same pressures that I have been running when running only tubeless. I punctured tires through both procore and cushcore when running 3-4psi lower pressures. Grip was fantastic sure, but punctures started coming. Then most inserts including Cushcore are expensive and prone to wear so if you keep banging on it, it just stops working in the end. Finally it is easy to say that you don't burp with inserts, that is not entirely true. People check their tire hardness with fingers after what seemed like a burp and tire jst as hard as it was. Except the hard insert inside makes it feel like we haven't lost pressure when we have.
@calmWAKI: while I haven’t played with inserts as I don’t think I really need them for what I’m riding at the moment, I haven’t really found any real performance improvements going from my old Mavic 521 (ID 21mm) to the new WTB rims with a 30mm ID and all I hear about nowadays is people reckon they can’t manage without inserts and EXO tyres aren’t tough enough whereas they used to be fine with EXO and tubeless.
Come on Pinkbike give @bigwillj a gig - special Downunder corrrespondent when @Tombrad goes back north???? Wonder if he still has the 50cc scooter with bike rack....ideal for getting to interviews.....
@racecase: funny I saw a bunch at a shop a few months back. Hiding in the back so people didn’t realize how expensive the other bikes are in comparison
@lwkwafi: I think it must have been a shop by shop decision. Sycamore Cycles had a ton of them in both their Pisgah Forest and Hendersonville shops, I also saw a lot of them on the trail throughout the year.
@pisgahgnar: my local shop has them . Owner told me that the specialized reps picked only 1 shop per state, two shops in a handful of states, to get the status and no online sales. It was a marketing campaign to get people into the shop door.
@jason475: They're a good value... but they definitely have some well-known problems, specifically with the specc'd wheels and suspension. That being said, it's definitely a frame that's made to party.
@lwkwafi: Bikebarn in Whitman, MA has at least 10 of them and Ranch Camp in Stowe, VT have a ton too. There’s a mob of them showing up at highland every weekend too. I’ve seen more statuses than stumpy evos in New England
@sjma: Totally wild. I mean, cool for them. Just an interesting release structure. Guess it works in times of parts shortage so they can spec bikes that go out to a limited number of shops. I know we'd have sold a ton of them in central PA.
@jason475: In the US, maybe... I could have purchased it for 3000 € (~3400 $) last summer, and for that money, it was ok value but not the best. The prices have gone up this year, so it costs 3500 € now. For that money, I wouldn't even look at it anymore tbh.
@grotesquesque: i can understand that. She got hers for $2700 out the door. i have ridden it a few times, and it makes me question why I ride a bike that costs twice as much. For what you get on that bike, its the closest thing to what YT and Commencal used to offer a few years back. Code brakes, fox36, dpx, dropper that works. Bike can do trail and park days like a champ. If I am being honest, the mullet thing is legit also. Never tried it before, but it works. its definatley a cool bike.
I know that's the reason why I run 30 psi in the rear. I'd rather have a little rougher ride than get stranded with a mechanical: numerous tire failures, rim failures, losing tubeless seal, etc.
Best dirt on earth IMO
Some people I know fly sideways so much that they need to run at least 5psi more than normal. Yes some Joeys run 40psi because they don't know any better but don't jdge book by the cover.
Each to their own I guess
But I think insert manufacturers made a bit of a misleading stir. I mean the whole tubeless/ wide rim boom is partly responsible. They claimed that we can ride with lower pressures which in my and my friends experience is not entirely true. Maybe by 1-2psi but not more. At least not for many people. I run same pressures that I have been running when running only tubeless. I punctured tires through both procore and cushcore when running 3-4psi lower pressures. Grip was fantastic sure, but punctures started coming. Then most inserts including Cushcore are expensive and prone to wear so if you keep banging on it, it just stops working in the end. Finally it is easy to say that you don't burp with inserts, that is not entirely true. People check their tire hardness with fingers after what seemed like a burp and tire jst as hard as it was. Except the hard insert inside makes it feel like we haven't lost pressure when we have.
I know we'd have sold a ton of them in central PA.