Recent content by Mfitz

I'm with Howard70 on this. Tire volume is the key to a compliant ride without added cost, complication, and weight of a suspension fork. I also have a Cutthroat and ride it mostly with 2.2 Race Kings set at the low 20's psi, regardless of road or gravel surfaces. It is geometry corrected for...

A second set of wheels with xc tires opens up a huge range of use cases for a mtb, even a longer travel one like yours. Firm up the suspension, swap in the light wheels/ tires and in 5 minutes you have a bike that is much more efficient than the burly mtb setup you use for technical trails. It...

Great to hear you found a solution. Everybody has different needs and comfort levels, and what works for one rider (and the rides they choose) won't necessarily work for another. Trial and error is a great way to find what works for you. Nice setup!

There are some bar attachments that have elbow rests and a hoop-like projection out from the bars that you grab with your hands- which can also support bag mounts and bike computers. I have never used them but they look interesting. bikepacker.com has a ton of useful product info/ reviews...

I have a Salsa Cutthroat (the bike in the pic above), which is marketed as a drop bar mtb due to the mtb hub and bottom bracket spacing, frame geometry designed to have the option for suspension forks, and clearance for mtb tires. It has the woodchipper bars as well. I also have a Transition...

Buy once, cry once......for a long time knowing you spent $700 on a small plastic folding table!

Making sure to dial in your sag front and rear is the first and most important step to adjusting the rest of the suspension (rebound, compression damping) and probably the easiest as well. Once you have this figured out you can follow the setup guides put out by Specialized (for the shock) and...

It can definitely be done, but at what cost? Personally I wouldn't go to the expense and hassle of a GX drivetrain just for 2 more teeth on the cassette. GX is much higher quality, no doubt, but it will get pricey quickly if you have to replace most of the drivetrain (not sure you will, but...

Yes, dimensions are exactly the same between 3/4 and 1 ton. And they aren't that much longer than 1/2 tons of the same cab and bed configuration, although they do feel bigger. Ford uses the same cab structure between 1/2, 3/4, 1 ton trucks.

I ran 285/75/17 on Raptor takeoffs with no rubbing. It even fit in the spare location- just barely. 2015 F150 but they are the same as 2018, pretty sure.

I agree with you on the tubeless point. I don't carry co2, have never had to try to reseat a bead on the trail- if it needs to be unseated to repair a tire or comes off accidentally with a massive puncture, I would just throw in a tube and be done with it until back in the shop. That has never...

The whole point of tubeless is to not have to deal with it on a trail miles from nowhere. Lower tire pressure possible with tubeless brings more grip and reduces the likelihood of pinch flats, reduced rolling resistance, small punctures seal on their own. Always carry a spare tube for cases...

Bike like this are probably worth more to the current owner than for sale. You might get a taker on CL but I wouldn't expect much. I have sold pretty decent mtn bikes (for their time) for very little because the components and standards changed so much, they got outdated pretty quickly...

I had a 50 gallon plastic pickle shipping barrel which I made into a compost bin with a 12'x12' trap door for loading. A black bear was attracted to the smells and tried to get into it everywhere but the trap door. The bear bit holes through the heavy plastic, which was amazing mostly in that...

Just to clarify, I'm pretty sure the black and brown bears in the Ozarks are the same "black bear" species- just different color coats. Some are cinnamon colored. Black bears as a species are the ones most likely to break into cars, though. There are two separate issues for bear prevention...