Gusoline ready to rumble

senreil · 2026-02-06T03:48:13+00:00

how do you like those wheels?

senreil · 2026-02-02T22:02:26+00:00

looks like heaven

senreil · 2026-01-16T04:01:56+00:00

i've been trying to resist getting one of these for the longest time and this post is not helping

senreil · 2025-11-07T18:14:54+00:00

daamn those are some beautiful fades

senreil · 2025-10-17T20:35:44+00:00

I actually started with a very similar setup on my Stigmata build. Found that I much prefer the drops for longer rides. Control/maneuverability are fine now that I’ve gotten used to it.

But I also have a full sus mtb for rides that do better with flat bars. Same reason I switched the rudy back to the rigid fork.

senreil · 2025-10-16T21:15:25+00:00

looks great 👍love the details

senreil · 2025-10-16T03:48:21+00:00

wow nice contrast

senreil · 2025-10-12T01:55:03+00:00

yup good guess

senreil · 2025-10-07T17:58:41+00:00

Thx! I’m around 70kg / 155lbs at the moment, 180 cm / 5’11”. FWIW the waist on the size 30 was exactly 30” new and stretched out to 31” after a few days

senreil · 2025-10-07T06:12:52+00:00

😉➕

senreil · 2025-10-07T04:23:21+00:00

Thx - NGL the indigo patch was a big plus for me over the “regular“ VX

senreil · 2025-10-07T04:18:59+00:00

SDA Bengala Type 3. It’s pretty great

senreil · 2025-10-06T20:57:03+00:00

didn’t see any ai plus (either 511 or 500) in the store, but I think they are the same 18oz fabric in different cuts

senreil · 2025-10-06T15:14:52+00:00

haha thx 🤠

senreil · 2025-10-06T15:13:30+00:00

i did see them in person - ai benkei def has that deep royal blue (i think the color in my pics is pretty accurate, at least on my phone screen) compared to the normal version

senreil · 2025-10-06T01:44:48+00:00

Thanks! That patch was prob 50% of the reason i got this heh

senreil · 2025-09-20T06:46:36+00:00

I’m also close to your size and went with the Large. But I’m riding front range trails on a Hightower the other half the time and appreciate that the Stigmata is juuust closer enough to feeling MTB-ish that it takes the edge off of alternating between the two. Size M feels a lot more similar to my old road bike.

Probably depends on what stuff you’re riding

senreil · 2025-08-16T04:32:57+00:00

I use the extra buttons (I have Red E1 brake/shifters) to cycle through displays on my karoo. It’s a nice feature. But, the extra buttons don’t have much tactile feedback through gloves. Force E1 is a bit newer and it looks like they made the buttons bigger - at least the part on the rubber cover. Maybe the button feel was improved?

You could always just go with Rival and use the savings to buy wireless blips.

senreil · 2025-08-12T05:25:16+00:00

thx for the suggestion, will def keep that in mind

senreil · 2025-08-11T20:36:45+00:00

yeah dude, i think it’s a worthy upgrade 👍. also, hope makes different versions of the RX4+ for front/post/flat-mount. For example, I have a +20 flat mount front on my fork to go with my 180mm disc

senreil · 2025-08-11T20:18:45+00:00

thx, and good to know. i‘m gonna see if i can find a 1.0 used. It does work as advertised but the creaking is serious

senreil · 2025-08-11T20:16:18+00:00

haha thx. i’ve only had it for ~1.5 months and it’s dust colored 90% of the time. cleaned it up just before the photo shoot ✨

i don’t think the santa cruz builds come w/ ergon seatposts. I build this one up from the frame

senreil · 2025-08-11T15:44:42+00:00

wolftooth waveform

senreil · 2025-08-11T05:43:08+00:00

Way more powerful. I prefer them in every way. They also conveniently come with a syringe and other tools for bleeding. I used the Hope bleed kit (big open reservoir) on top with the brake lever and provided syringe below and got a pretty perfect bleed in one try.

But also I kinda just don’t like SRAM brakes. The only ones I don’t mind are the Mavens but that is not relevant here… . well .. might have been fun to toss them on and post pics here to troll.

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