Recent content by Trikk

So I ended up cutting the rear Assegai MaxxGrip the other day. Excuse to change over to a DHR2. Decided to change the front over to a DHF as well. Been at least 5 years on the Assegai front. The grip level is noticeably different on different parts of the tire. DHF on edge, so much more...

Shot in the wild. No major plans incoming, looking to swap rear tire out for a DHR2. The Rear MaxxGrip Assegai is making the front push sightly and makes it a hard to break the rear loose. So much grip on the trails though.

Pretty stoked on how the SLIK Graphics kit turned out.. 🤘

New seat arrived! Quite comfortable, it is an SM E-Mountain Pro from Ergon. Almost went for the core version but don't like the look of the big bit of core material and I ride so often and so long that I rarely ever get sore. Got my Slik Graphics kit, will install them this weekend and post...

Got ahold of some X2 volume spacers. Threw in all 3 straight up. Will remove if I can’t reach 95% travel in my normal riding, which I doubt. Opened up the compression circuits and retuned to what I think will ride well with the extra ramp up. Also got a few Ti rotors bolts, needed some for...

Another saddle bites the dust… The top cover over the foam has started to lift up. Looks like the glue has failed or was faulty at that point. This was after only 2 rides. LBS said it’s pretty rare for this to happen. Anyways, decided to go for a Ergon SM E-Mountain Pro now. On order, just...

Decided to rebuild the Fox 38 air spring today.. mid stroke and bottom felt okay but the initial stroke and suppleness just wasn’t there. I suspected due to grease covered negative air spring… The ports were covered and caked in excess grease… Still amazes me that Fox still hasn’t jumped on...

Few new parts to add to the list. New seat is great! Specialised Power Expert with Mirror. Finally got my hands on the Hope Tech 4 LH mount for the AXS shifter 🙌 Makes the cockpit look so neat. Also swapped grips back over to my old favourites, the Ergon GE1 Factory Evo. Such a great...

Have gotten in over 400km on the bike now, been great so far. Shock still sucks, haven't done the volume spacers yet though... Beautiful shot down at my local spot. Keen eyed viewers may notice my off colour seat... Had to swap to an old Supacaz spare I had due to this... The thing got...

The motor is truly only a 350w. The 450w comes from a 12 second boost you can enable by holding a button down. In reality the Orbea Wild shreds this and its ever so slightly inched out by the Levo SL.. A bit of fancy marketing/misleading by SC... Looks great though lol

Free weight savings. It's an old requirement for manufacturers from back in the day to stop people from crashing when the chain gets stuck in the spokes on those janky old RD's... Taking it off insists that you learn how to set your RD limit screws. Even if you perform no work on the bike...

Thank mate, Cranks are the factory Praxxis Carbon 160mm pair. Haven't had much of a problem with strikes so far, Most likely upgrade to Hope 150's or something when these wear out. Thanks Nobrks, yeah currently as it sits with 2.5 DD Assegai's + Cushcore front and rear. 120cc of sealant and...

New Hope goodies arrived... Getting very close to the final build now. More rain here has drowned my local spot so no riding this weekend. Next week however is looking mint.

Yes, considering the long travel link to ramp up to progressiveness and travel of it, looking at the EXT E-Storia to pair with that. Being in Aus, it makes the combo quite pricey though

Took it out yesterday for a really decent shakedown, Fork is suoer dialed now, still can't get the X2 to feel as plush as I like without bottom out. Will get a coiple of volume spacers and go from there. Here is my ride on Strava if anyone cares lol Mudguard is on now, bit of rain about...