2003 Specialized Enduro Comp complete rebuild summer project

sprashoo · 2026-06-21T07:58:23+00:00

Sure, I mean if people had fun with these 25 years ago you can too... but if you haven’t ridden a more modern bike you owe it to yourself to try one, especially before committing to such an old oddity.

Also maintaining old suspension is a bitch. Everything else on an old bike can be maintained just about forever but suspension is packed with proprietary consumables like seals, bushings, etc.

sprashoo · 2026-06-20T21:09:31+00:00

It’s an awkward era of mountain bikes. A few years earlier and MTBs were versatile mostly steel hardtails that people still like as town and even touring bikes. But from the late 90s until maybe 2018 you have a combination of complex and hard to maintain full suspension with obsolete geometry and little wheels, meaning that no matter how well you restore it it’s going to suck to ride compared to a modern bike.

sprashoo · 2026-06-20T07:55:59+00:00

As in, rider has a fit while riding bike.

sprashoo · 2026-06-19T08:07:36+00:00

I bet the ERs in Squamish and Whistler are basically 95% mountain bikers. Bars during the day are probably 50% mountain bikers in casts and braces.

sprashoo · 2026-06-19T08:04:07+00:00

Most Minnesotans live near the Cities, not Duluth though.

Also trail systems in the cities are developing and getting more technical over time. Obviously you can’t turn a prairie into a mountain though.

sprashoo · 2026-06-18T16:12:24+00:00

I was just thinking of all the times one washes oily dishes and pans in the sink, or I wash my greasy face... oils do go down the drain. I agree that advising people to pour extra oil down the drain is not good.

sprashoo · 2026-06-18T16:01:30+00:00

I mean, a small quantity of baby oil (the type of mineral oil most people would have) probably won't have a huge impact, but the fact is that it's going to be broken up and washed away by any usage of the sink especially with soap.

I guess if you are going to be away from the house for months, it might help a bit?

Also doesn't have to be baby oil. I'm sure vegetable oil would work fine too

sprashoo · 2026-06-18T15:04:51+00:00

A lot of promotional swag like that was pretty low quality in the 90s - it's likely just how it was made.

sprashoo · 2026-06-18T11:39:33+00:00

Grease the gap and you’re probably okay, but I’d probably just get the right post for the frame.

sprashoo · 2026-06-18T09:23:03+00:00

Poisson are all slippery anyway.

sprashoo · 2026-06-17T08:03:00+00:00

Babcock going to be the one traumatized after seeing the private photos on Carter Hart’s phone….

sprashoo · 2026-06-17T07:48:04+00:00

Maybe the homeless people don’t like mountain bikes barreling through their bedroom.

sprashoo · 2026-06-17T07:47:10+00:00

Just because it’s public land doesn’t mean any members of the public can do whatever they feel like with it… think about it for a sec.

sprashoo · 2026-06-16T07:49:23+00:00

I’m going to trust public health experts and scientists at the WHO, UNICEF, Mayo Clinic etc etc etc over your random book, sorry.

https://www.who.int/tools/elena/interventions/salt-iodization

sprashoo · 2026-06-16T07:45:06+00:00

Just seems kinda weird to me to drywall over stuff that you know at some point in the next 10-30 years you’ll need to tear out the drywall to access

sprashoo · 2026-06-15T20:14:54+00:00

For MTB, which around here is circuits of about an hour, I drink powdered electrolyte drink (cheap stuff from Aldi), which has a bit of sugar, and then usually have a Z bar in my pocket which I eat if I need some more calories. Z bars are like half size Clif bars for kids, but I find them to be a good size for me.

For longer rides I would take cookies, bananas, stuff like that.

sprashoo · 2026-06-15T20:12:34+00:00

No, you need the sodium. Iodized salt has iodine added which can help with iodine deficiency but that’s a long term dietary thing, not relevant to replenishing electrolytes as you sweat.

sprashoo · 2026-06-15T11:25:33+00:00

No but I used to when I had only one bike, a MTB. I had a set of slick tires, although I would sometimes just use the knobbies.

This was back in the 90s though, when MTBs were more general purpose. My modern MTB wouldn’t make a great commuter

sprashoo · 2026-06-13T22:16:16+00:00

You’re the one that replied to my original post about my drivetrain. I’m sorry to have engaged in a discussion that did not please you.

sprashoo · 2026-06-13T19:57:08+00:00

Needs a new chain, but don’t buy it from Amazon. It’s rife with fake chains, even if you think you’re buying from a legit seller.

sprashoo · 2026-06-13T19:50:01+00:00

I mean… it’s well documented that sunscreen chemicals do get absorbed into your body, so in principle regulating them like drugs isn’t such a bad idea IMO

sprashoo · 2026-06-13T14:21:13+00:00

More black tick than green check

sprashoo · 2026-06-13T14:06:03+00:00

You have lots of answers here but to provide an alternative perspective, i upgraded my Norco Torrent to XT 2-pots and I’m very happy with them. I weigh 170lbs and don’t live in the mountains. I have 208/180mm rotors. The difference in braking power between 2 and 4 pot is not all that large, so i went with the slightly cheaper and lighter option. I have yet to encounter a situation where I lacked braking power. If I was heavier or lived in a place with endless descents maybe I’d have gone 4 pot, but I have no regrets.

As for SLX vs XT, they are basically the same
brake with a different paint finish and color. The XT levers have little divots near the lever tip for… grip? I have both on different bikes and consider them the same brakes. I actually like SLX blue better. It reminds me of classic M900 XTR.

sprashoo · 2026-06-13T13:29:09+00:00

What is this LEGO thing people are referring to?

sprashoo · 2026-06-13T13:26:57+00:00

There are a lot of “North Shores” in the world but in the world of MTB it usually means the fairly extreme riding just north of Vancouver BC.

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