Bike Check / County Fair Check / Empire of Dirt!
Howdy.
Howies are going to paint tomorrow, so if you'd like one, let me know.
Details are here. We take paypal, and it costs about $65 to ship to most countries.
Colors are coated / black / baby blue / orange.
I've got loads of photos of various things that relate to Tonic Fab. Here's few that don't.
I wanted to do a bike check of both my XC and my free-ride bike.
Here's my XC bike. It's a medium Santa Cruz Heckler. We built these at my old job before they went to Asia, so I've got a connection to this model. It uses a new form of suspension called Actual Pivot Point. I really don't understand how it works, but it does.
I'm using a Pike air fork which is brilliant. Perfect size fork for nearly everything. Not so stoked on Maxle, or the confusing adjustments, but whatever. The bike industry loves to invent suspension terminology.
I'm also running a Manitou Swinger 4 way air shock with adjustable bottom-out. That last feature makes this bike work really, really well. It's like cheating. Supple suspension with no harsh bottom out. I've got the SPV turned down to nothing.
Gravity Carbon bar. Horrible lock-on grips that tear-up the outside of my hands / gloves. Some kind of super light saddle.
Saint Cranks. Older XTR drive train.
Maxxis Cross Mark Tires. Excellent tire for hardpack conditions. Very fast. Folding 2.25" 45 psi in the rear and 30 in the front.
Thomson stem and seat post. Of course.
The bike weighs about 30 lbs. and has been party to many adventures. As all bikes should be.
Here's my freeride bike. It's also a medium Santa Cruz Heckler. I have it built up identically to my XC bike, but with a lower saddle height.
I'm running Profile hubs front and rear. The rear is a 9spd compatible, and uses a Titanium free-hub body. It's very loud. Like all Profile hubs, it's easy to service, and parts are readily available. This is not a disposable product. I'm running Q/R adaptors, but it can be reconfigured with 10mm studs in about 15min.
20mm thru-axle Profile front hub. Not much to say other than it looks neat and comes with nice bearings.
XT 4 piston brakes. These are wonderful brakes. I was going to try riding brake-less XC this year, but chickened out.
I'm running Arrow XCL rims. Not everyone is going love the brushed finish, and the graphics are straight outta NASCAR. They are very light, 26 or 27 mm wide, strong (enough) and made in this country.
I went to the County fair near my house and it was awesome. There's a huge Latino / Mexican community here and that means GREAT FOOD!! Elotes. I haven't had corn dipped in butter / salt / lime / pepper in since Mexico. SO GOOD!!!
"Don't try to play me out..." All the rides where named after 80's and 90's rappers or songs.
This one's called Ali Baba (and the 40 thieves.)
Have you seen the new Batman? This Pygmy goat has the same eye technology.
I don't know how the Goat's mind works, but wouldn't it be easier just to eat the grass inside the cage?
Finally, Empire of Dirt. Holy smokes. That course is wild. Notice the brake checking going into the dirt quarter. Love the long jump at the end.
-L
Howies are going to paint tomorrow, so if you'd like one, let me know.
Details are here. We take paypal, and it costs about $65 to ship to most countries.
Colors are coated / black / baby blue / orange.
I've got loads of photos of various things that relate to Tonic Fab. Here's few that don't.
I wanted to do a bike check of both my XC and my free-ride bike.
Here's my XC bike. It's a medium Santa Cruz Heckler. We built these at my old job before they went to Asia, so I've got a connection to this model. It uses a new form of suspension called Actual Pivot Point. I really don't understand how it works, but it does.
I'm using a Pike air fork which is brilliant. Perfect size fork for nearly everything. Not so stoked on Maxle, or the confusing adjustments, but whatever. The bike industry loves to invent suspension terminology.
I'm also running a Manitou Swinger 4 way air shock with adjustable bottom-out. That last feature makes this bike work really, really well. It's like cheating. Supple suspension with no harsh bottom out. I've got the SPV turned down to nothing.
Gravity Carbon bar. Horrible lock-on grips that tear-up the outside of my hands / gloves. Some kind of super light saddle.
Saint Cranks. Older XTR drive train.
Maxxis Cross Mark Tires. Excellent tire for hardpack conditions. Very fast. Folding 2.25" 45 psi in the rear and 30 in the front.
Thomson stem and seat post. Of course.
The bike weighs about 30 lbs. and has been party to many adventures. As all bikes should be.
Here's my freeride bike. It's also a medium Santa Cruz Heckler. I have it built up identically to my XC bike, but with a lower saddle height.
I'm running Profile hubs front and rear. The rear is a 9spd compatible, and uses a Titanium free-hub body. It's very loud. Like all Profile hubs, it's easy to service, and parts are readily available. This is not a disposable product. I'm running Q/R adaptors, but it can be reconfigured with 10mm studs in about 15min.
20mm thru-axle Profile front hub. Not much to say other than it looks neat and comes with nice bearings.
XT 4 piston brakes. These are wonderful brakes. I was going to try riding brake-less XC this year, but chickened out.
I'm running Arrow XCL rims. Not everyone is going love the brushed finish, and the graphics are straight outta NASCAR. They are very light, 26 or 27 mm wide, strong (enough) and made in this country.
I went to the County fair near my house and it was awesome. There's a huge Latino / Mexican community here and that means GREAT FOOD!! Elotes. I haven't had corn dipped in butter / salt / lime / pepper in since Mexico. SO GOOD!!!
"Don't try to play me out..." All the rides where named after 80's and 90's rappers or songs.
This one's called Ali Baba (and the 40 thieves.)
Have you seen the new Batman? This Pygmy goat has the same eye technology.
I don't know how the Goat's mind works, but wouldn't it be easier just to eat the grass inside the cage?
Finally, Empire of Dirt. Holy smokes. That course is wild. Notice the brake checking going into the dirt quarter. Love the long jump at the end.
-L
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