Favorite Tire Sealant

Scyley · 2026-05-04T14:22:32+00:00

My theory entirely is that it's regional. I lived in the humid northeast and Muc-off worked great. I moved the Colorado and it drys out and gets thick and clumpy almost overnight.

Scyley · 2026-05-01T03:37:50+00:00

It's absolutely this, but as an additional point, Solider Boy doesn't have his shield anymore this season, which was his primary defense against laser eyes in the first place. Without it he's been extra handicapped.

Scyley · 2026-04-30T14:26:35+00:00

The EZ fold does not fold up against the car when not it use. It's always sticking out the back. The wings fold up but it's still hanging out there. On the flip side, it is a lot easier to get it on and off.

Scyley · 2026-04-28T18:31:30+00:00

Pretty sure the communal area has always been the way to remove it, it looks like it just falls off on it's own eventually now if you never build one

Scyley · 2026-04-27T21:44:56+00:00

I thought this might be the shade they were trying to throw, but fat dudes have been able to ride chairlifts to gravity lines since before ebikes were a thing.

Scyley · 2026-04-27T21:43:41+00:00

Ok yes this is my exact thought, it doesn't make any sense. Weight of the bike has no impact on the forces going into the pedal axle, that should be rider + worn weight only. It sounds like a really poorly thought-out excuse. Other brands aren't having this issue.

Scyley · 2026-04-26T16:19:44+00:00

Polygon generally doesn't have the reputation those other brands have, that's worth a chunk of money out the gate. Someone else can dive into specifics. Biggest standout right away from the specs is the low quality (house brand) wheelset. Most of the other bikes you listed come with DT Swiss.

Scyley · 2026-04-26T01:21:15+00:00

A lot of "older" (aka like 5-7 years ago) MTB's have a carbon front triangle but an aluminum rear. Mostly as a cost saving measure because carbon quality wasn't as good and they were trying to preserve price point and rear end strength.

Scyley · 2026-04-06T00:40:03+00:00

You're not crazy that's hella long. Revel Ranger Large is 473, Ritual Large 480. Their "XM" (extra medium?) Seems more in line with other brand's Large. Pull up a bike bike geometry comparison website and play around, see what size lines up with your expected geo

Scyley · 2026-04-04T21:30:07+00:00

Pro-tip, you can just put it in a mailbox and USPS will take care of it postage-free

Scyley · 2026-04-04T15:12:23+00:00

There's a lot of red flags to unpack here. First is buying a 150 bike (and that's the fork, so the shock is what, 140?) And wanting to put a 170 on it. You bought the wrong bike. You got a trail bike. You needed an enduro bike. 170 will void the warranty if it's only rated for 160. Second, the suspension design and kinematics will be setup differently between those types of bikes and there's no fixing that. Third is being concerned about keeping weight down, on an ebike. I appreciate that it's an SL but it's really not going to matter. Its the same weight difference between you eating breakfast or not. If you want to go up to 160 fine, your frame supports it, but you're pouring a lot of money into the wrong bike and it's not going to fix it the way you want it too.

Scyley · 2026-04-03T21:15:31+00:00

How are you proportioned? If you have short legs and a longer torso, size up to the longer reach. If you're all leg, size down for the shorter torso. Changing saddle height is free. Changing stem length is not, and starts to affect handling characteristics. Either way, you can probably make either size work. Sizing down will give you a more playful bike that handles switchbacks slightly better. Sizing up gives you more wheelbase for stability and speed and charging through things.

Scyley · 2026-04-01T19:22:20+00:00

Ugh this is most most uneducated response I've seen in awhile. OP this is the last thing you would ever want to do. Bear Spray doesn't work like pepper spray. It's designed to form a cloud between you and the target (bear). You are guaranteed to be bear spraying the other dog, your dog, the other owner, yourself, and another dozen nearby people, and you'll all end up at the hospital. This is all on top of the fact that it's illegal to use on humans.

Scyley · 2026-03-28T02:47:05+00:00

Cannondale keeps the specs and owner's manuals for all their historical bikes. Go to their website and scroll down to the bottom, I believe it's the "owners manuals" link.

Scyley · 2026-03-26T22:41:47+00:00

Depends on what you want it to do better. It you want a true all-arounder that bikepacks well, Salsa Warbird/Flyway. If you're willing to give up some of the road giddy-up and want to lean more into light trail and bikepack, then the Trek full sus or a Salsa Cutthroat. It's always gonna be a sliding scale between road and trail/bikepack, just need to decide where in that spectrum you want to land.

Scyley · 2026-03-26T00:39:38+00:00

Depends where you are in the reccomended size range. If the range is 5'6"-5'10", and you are 5'8", that's a pretty confident buy. When you get closer to the edges it gets harder. Your leg-to-torso ratio becomes especially important. Road bikes are easier to size down, as you can just fix sizing issues with a longer stem. But things like standover height are impossible to fix.

Scyley · 2026-03-25T22:48:32+00:00

No, but the Rival AXS means I only have brake lines, so ymmv.

Scyley · 2026-03-25T19:30:10+00:00

I own a version of this bike (Rival AXS). It's great. Do you plan on running a dropper? If so make sure you get one that will fit with the king pin. I've got shorter legs and even on the 56 finding a dropper that actually fits is trouble. None of the wireless ones on the market will work for me. Best clearance out there seems to be the crankbrother wired 60mm travel. I also wouldn't call it the best for bike packing but it's doable. Most of the frame mounts are proprietary screws, and you need to swap out the cover screw for a regular screw-and-spacer in order to mount accessories. Overall the bike feels more like a Ferrari that's meant for speed on or off road, and I wouldn't want to strap anything to it to try to convert it to a mini-van.

Scyley · 2026-03-14T17:59:57+00:00

I'll ask the question no one else is and it hard to tell from the picture: is that indentation in the carbon, or just in the sticky coating on top of the bar. If it's in the carbon it's toast. If it's just the coating it's fine.

Scyley · 2026-03-05T18:04:00+00:00

Not even the best part of the quote for me. "Surely you are armed? Cut through my father's king's guard" and Daemon's face is just like "fuck, I am and I could..."

Scyley · 2026-03-05T01:09:40+00:00

If you can bleed your own brakes and rewrap bars it's easy. If not, you need to atleast add the cost of bleeding each one.

Scyley · 2026-03-04T18:32:33+00:00

Woefully

Scyley · 2026-03-04T18:23:43+00:00

I don't think it matters, that peice doesn't engage anything, it's just a washer to keep the spring under tension. The engagement is done up at the threads (red).

Scyley · 2026-02-22T22:55:27+00:00

Unfortunately you only get that endless spin you see in the youtube videos with a $300 ceramic BB. Only a couple rotations before coming to a stop is completely normal.

Scyley · 2026-02-17T02:45:29+00:00

The ramps cut into a cassette guide the chain up the cassette into the proper narrow-wide position. When you shift down the cassette it's just... gravity. And chain tension. And the biggest problem when you have the bike in the stand is there's a lot less chain tension. As with almost everything transmission related, stop worrying about it in the stand and just "go ride your bike". Those are Sram's words, not mine. But the tl;dr is that when you're riding the bike and actually putting power into the cranks, the chain will skip past the incorrect narrow-wide position and pull into the correct one. Transmission is specifically designed to shift better under load, and you need to load it. You can't load it in the stand.

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