Reflectors on your wheels is about to become the next cool-fad.

Monolith wrote:

Colin wrote:

Conners wrote:I've noticed that the cool kids are peeling the Fox stickers off their Fseries forks these days. Is this just a 29er thing, or some crazy fad that is sweeping the entire mountain bike world?

As I'm a sponsored factory rider mine will have to stay

T'is a crazy fad.

Sell the fixie or fix a freewheel PDQ. Fashion biking today is 29'ers wearing nood Fox forks.

Says the santa cruz rider

Nah bol. I missed that fashion by a year or so

Just us wankers that ride own Santa Cruz now

Meh, I would quite happily have stickered forks on my bike, I may even order some the next time I order something from blue shark....
Yes, I bought the Bushlove racing racing factory custom forks, and I was obviously not cool enough to be associated with the mighty Bushlove, so therefore I have stickerless lowers
Not that it really affects the performance of the forks that they don't have stickers on them, or does it?

less unsprung weight

My unstickered Rebas outperformed any stickered fork I'd ever ridden*
but I don't know if it was the removal of the Reba stickers, or the application of the Spoke sticker which increased the performance.



*This may not be saying very much.

slidecontrol wrote:

dented wrote:Dont fret, being very uncool is about to become cool.

if that turns out to be true, I'm gonna need a shipping container for all the pussy I'll be getting

Nah its lies I've been uncool for years it never becomes cool. Never changes though so atleast you always know what to expect.

I have reflectors on the wheels of one of my bikes, it will never be cool

Bob hows the soma?

Conners wrote:My unstickered Rebas outperformed any stickered fork I'd ever ridden*
but I don't know if it was the removal of the Reba stickers, or the application of the Spoke sticker which increased the performance.



*This may not be saying very much.

You have a me sticker, Im feeling the love.....

Datsane wrote:Bob hows the soma?

I like it a lot
Bit of a different experience to my first experience riding a fully rigid 29er, I still have to watch my speed on corners because this bike just rolls!
Still messing around with a couple of different bar & stem combo's.
Strange thing is, when I ride it, I don't miss not having 5" of suspension on the front.

Spokes wrote:

Conners wrote:My unstickered Rebas outperformed any stickered fork I'd ever ridden*
but I don't know if it was the removal of the Reba stickers, or the application of the Spoke sticker which increased the performance.



*This may not be saying very much.

You have a me sticker, Im feeling the love.....

Nah he has a sticker of a spoke. It's lighter that carrying a spare spoke

Chickenman wrote:

Spokes wrote:

Conners wrote:My unstickered Rebas outperformed any stickered fork I'd ever ridden*
but I don't know if it was the removal of the Reba stickers, or the application of the Spoke sticker which increased the performance.



*This may not be saying very much.

You have a me sticker, Im feeling the love.....

Nah he has a sticker of a spoke. It's lighter that carrying a spare spoke

I need a spoke sticker

Check your PMs

Well,
After a couple of decent rides, and a 50k race on the Soma, It rocks!
I've tweaked the bars, stem and changed it a couple of times, Think I've got it right this time.

It's definitely going to be my main bike for the 12 hour solo at Taupo coming up soon

It's the perfect combination of bike for all-day xc and races, steel hardtail, 29" wheels, not too heavy.
in saying that I still love my Foes Fxr, and it's no way going to replace it
Give a 29er a go, it might give you a better riding experience
- It's not for everyone, but give it a try
And if anyone is interested in taking a 29er like my Soma for a spin, please Pm me, I might let you take it for a ride, I can custom build you up one of these from a frame if you are interested in buying one too

Oh, Bob.

Not one see you wallowing in your own newness to the 29 phenomenom (excuse spelling) I would like to highlight the following points:
1) 29 inch wheels are bigger in diameter than 26 inch wheels
2) You no longer work for Sportspro
3) 29ers are inherently taller in the front than your average 26er
4) What I'm trying to say you could easily go to a flat bar...............
5) I'm practising to be a politician and avoiding the most direct route to the actual point I'm trying to make