Enjoy some shots of this Custom Yeti SB150 before it goes to its new home. This build features SRAM XX1 AXS, Chris King, ENVE, Hope, the list goes on and on!
All of the current Yeti models feature super sleek lines. This bike looks sharp and aggressive even standing still! Particularly sharp is how the top tube lines elegantly blend with the seat stays on the rear triangle.
30 vs 32t Comparison – from a slow climber…
We get a lot of questions on chain ring options. So when my old cranks finally gave up the ghost, press-fit eventually gets sloppy and the creak / get loose often, I decided to go to a bigger ring. So here’s a 30 vs 32t comparison – from someone who’s never, never been a climber. Keep reading – it’s more than a saga of pain and suffering…
My last couple bikes were 27.5″ setups so I ran a 32t Eagle setup. This gave me a pretty solid balance.
When I went to my SB130 I decided to give myself a bit of an easier gear to compensate for the larger wheel uphill. Wait, 29s are faster rolling right so wouldn’t you go bigger? Not exactly. 29s roll faster and maintain more speed on flats and most climbs until you go anaerobic. Now that is a moving bar and varies both rider to rider but possibly even day to day. Point is – when you have power to hit the gas the bigger wheels are easier. When you’ve barely got power to spin the wheels? Longer leverage as well as added mass (more rubber) of the 29s isn’t as “fast”. This is a big reason you see even strong riders spec’ing smaller rings on the 29s so they can spin on climbs.
So did I decide I was giving up speed with the 30t? Not really. Did I decide I needed an ego boost? Far from it I’ll hike a bike if I think it’s faster or I’m blown out. I just wanted to see where the differences might lie for, well, probably a slightly below average climber. I hoped it wouldn’t be “well this is un-rideable” hahaha… Continue reading 30 vs 32t Comparison – Drivetrain Review
With the launch of the new Yeti SB165 we’ve had a lot of questions. Here we go with some Coil Spring Tuning Basics.
Some very basic principals to start with here.
Coil springs are rated by the weight that creates an inch of spring compression. So a 400lb spring requires 400lbs to compress the first inch and would take 800lbs to compress two inches. However, coil springs are not produced to “exact” standards. That is to say if a coil is offered in say 50lb increments ( example: 350, 400, 450) 400lb spring may actually we anywhere from 376 to 425lbs. That’s a pretty wide range and most quality spring manufactures will have a slightly tighter tolerance, but that’s the concept.
Coil springs are also measured by total length as well as available stroke. Running a coil that is too long or short in either measurement can create problems.
Confidence with Compression – sort of a vague title right? Am I gaining confidence on trail from compression? Am I confident adjusting my compression? Well, both.
The abridged back story: I had a chance to move further south. BikeCo’s website has been growing at a rate that I can now work remotely mostly and come up to the shop a couple times a week. Anyhow – for the first time since I started bikes I’m consistently riding trails I don’t know. This presents some really fun challenges particularly as I tend to ride solo most the time.
Now I didn’t move and decide I was one of our pro riders looking for the most ridiculous lines possible. Nor did I move and decide I was going to find every gravel trail to take my SB130 on. I’m riding the same basic level of trails but the unknown adds quite a bit to riding. Continue reading Confidence with Compression: Adjusting your fork
Enjoy some photos of this Yeti SB150 XX1 AXS Build.
Looking at a frame swap, a factory complete, a semi-custom or a full custom build? BikeCo.com is the shop you want to spec, build, tune and help you dial in after the sale.
This Yeti SB150 features a Fox X2 rear shock with BikeCo Pro Tune designed to maximize small bump compliance and fine tune ramp as well as compression settings. This particular rider is lighter so ensuring the right proprietary blend of oils to maximize flow rate without compromising heat capacity is important. Continue reading Yeti SB150 XX1 AXS Build
Enjoy some shots of this custom Ibis Ripley Build.
Sometimes I look at a build and think, ya – if I was building this frame it would come out like THAT bike. This custom Ibis Ripley build hits all the check marks!
Power, Modulation, Heat Capacity and Personality. Let’s look at some differences between 180 vs 203mm rotors (7″ and 8″).
Increasing the radius of the rotor increases the brake’s leverage ratio.
Using Magura HC rotos as an example we measure about 12.7mm of “usable” rotor / pad interface. Picking a point of reference halfway in the usable interface the we come up with a 180mm (7″) rotor at 83.65mm versus the 203mm (8″) at 95.15mm. The change in available leverage around 12%.
Enjoy some pics of another banging Custom Ibis Ripmo before it heads home!
Check out some shots of BikeCo Pro Rider Brian Lopes’ newest build – the fresh Ibis Ripley!
Ibis’ latest edition of the Ripley stays true to the original’s 29″ wheels, fast acceleration, quick handling as well as a trail slaying personality. Continue reading Brian Lopes New Ibis Ripley
If you’ve followed our blogs you’ve seen a handful of posts on how much I love my Magura MT5 brakes. And I do. But, I had a little extra scratch and wanted to upgrade something. So after living on 5 different bikes the MT5s came off and fresh Magura MT7s went on. Here are some details in a Magura MT7 First Ride Review. Continue reading Magura MT7 First Ride Review
