I think everyone who owns one should flood the Forbidden inbox with requests for a redesigned motor cover than can protect the chainring. It's only a cm or so when I glanced at it in the shop. Crestline did it, so can they. And they should ship it for free to owners.
just arrived.....
It definitely have felt it being lower than my last full 29er. I attribute it also to the mx . But adding 10psi noticeably improved things (33% sag). It’s not a “non issue” because I have to think a bit more in certain sections, but not something that I am hitting consistently
I used RockShox TrailHead to setup both. It seems rear suspension setup worked somewhat well but suggested setting for the front seems to be harsh.
Email them and see what they have to say. Could be a mixup.
Noticeable difference?Collecting mine Friday, buzzing.
Also got my Zebs upgraded to Ultimates
What's your sag. 28 or 29% seems to be the sweet spot for me and that helps keep it higher in its travel. It's definately a low bike though
Dunno, not ridden it yet but the shop did it because they have had some issues with Select+ Zebs in the past so just swapped them out to save any issues down the line
Is it not just a buttercup addition ?
Congrats on getting the bike mines now December
I'm 90kg on a dreadnought v2.Is anyone here actually a little bit on the heavier side weight wise? I just looked into the leverage curve of the core model which is similar to the druidv2 and dreadnoughtv2 but surprisingly does not get more progressive at the end of the travel. At least the only graph that I found on vitalmtb only shows 144mm of travel max and the line is pretty straight. Basically the whole line tends to be a little further up in the ratio aspect compared to the druidv2 which means, the air pressure is a bit higher on the core model if it had the same weight. Since it is heavier than the pedal bike, you need even more pressure..
I already had the issue on the pedal bike to go through travel really quickly. Made a lot of changes to pressure/tokens on the 2 shocks I tested so far, the only working solution was a cascade linkage to bring down the ratio a bit to run lower pressure in the shock with added 5mm of stroke on the shock for the progression to run into..
I am at around 95-97kg due to my height. Anyone comparable in here? Is the bottomout for you guys needed on the vivid to make the bike work at all?
Yeah, ext tuned for my weight and the d2's kinematics.
To be fair, both brakes only have reach adjust. It is tool free on the maximas but you need a 2.5mm to adjust reach on the trinity. I’ve never really liked the feel of hope brakes. I may try radic kaha next, I felt the set on ollie lowthorpe’s bike and they’re very interesting, definitely the most sensitive brake I’ve ever felt, no dead stroke at all and massive power with little pullWould love to try the Intend. Maxima not so much.. Intend is to expensive for not having a brakepoint adjustment. At least for me with bigger hands. Waiting for a while for the shipment of hope gr4s...
Oh man that's unfortunate, I had a feeling that Tweed Valley were gonna be a bit later hence swapping shop when I preordered
the bite point is at the technically shortest throw possible, why would you want to adjust that? do you like a longer lever throw?Would love to try the Intend. Maxima not so much.. Intend is to expensive for not having a brakepoint adjustment. At least for me with bigger hands. Waiting for a while for the shipment of hope gr4s...
The dead stroke has been significantly reduced on the GR4 but I'm pretty sure you'll still like them. I do miss the longer lever from the v4 though.Yeah, I actually do like a little bit of dead stroke.. I would probably adjust to the Intends, but I just don't know why I would want to pay double of the Hope for less adjust-ability.. Don't get me wrong, I love Intend stuff (got a fork and 2 shocks) but I had 3 Tech4 brakes on bikes that worked flawlessly, no real reason to try new stuff right now
How do you like Maxima so far?
