twowheelshredder

Succinct, as in "to the point"? You think it's too complicated? I'm just resigning to the opinion that you have different taste, although it appears you're trying to act like it's the execution rather than your taste but, but I call BS. The fact that you're the lone critic in a sea of compliments I've gotten on the build says something...

Well, when I get the replacement fork it'll be lowered to 80 from 100mm, but that won't help the gap between the tire and fork... but if that's seriously your reason for not liking the looks of this bike, u're just graspin' dude...

Didn't know you could run 26's on a 24" NS frame. cool...

Ouch! I clearly disagree, and you're the first person to say that. Everybody's entitled to an opinion, I guess it's good you don't have to look at it every day. But I do, and I LOVE it. Sometimes after I ride I just stand in my garage drooling at it's magnificence...

Yeah, my experience with the E-13 guide was on my Santa Cruz Chameleon which is a 2-speed right now (single in the rear) and used to be 8x2. The DRS works great on there, and I found when I started pedal grinding it made me feel secure, like the bike wouldn't loop-out because it would just hit the guide instead of sliding off the bash-guard. The problem was, with the SST set-up the bash-guard is so small that the guide hangs down just enough to hit everything you grind on. So instead of grinding on the bash, you're on the guide, and it's not that great...

Yeah, at least Rock Shox is being super-cool tho, and just sending a replacement fork right off the bat! Which is great cause the season is on here, and I don't want the down-time of sending stuff back...

I'll look into the grips when these wear-out. They've gotta be bolt-on tho, and does the green get all nasty lookin'? I have white ones too but I think I may send them back cause they're stained just from looking at 'em... The rims are PIMP too! I've been casin' stuff, landing super tweaked-out on pavement even and dialing in my 90 and 270's (kidding, I just suck at spins, so they often go wrong...) yet only re-trued once after the first few rides, and they hardly needed it then. They're all the rim I need, and at 565g's you can't go wrong! Also, chainreactioncycles has a "B decal" version on sale for ~34 right now! It has a yellow decal instead of white. Dunno if that was a mix up, but for half price, I wish they were available when I got mine! The only negative about the rim would be the joint. Not that it matters on a bike, but the joint is heavier and causes an imbalance. You only really notice when it rotates to the bottom while in the air (until you get a chain on). Seems strong enough tho, for now...