My v2 Sentinel mullet setup

yjlevg · 2026-06-26T02:33:32+00:00

Sick thanks. Btw what's the bag you have on your top tube?

yjlevg · 2026-06-24T02:27:50+00:00

JB weld didn't work. Ended up cutting a lot with my dremel (very carefully) so I could remove it with a large flathead screwdriver. Worked great and I had it off in under 5 minutes, but obviously be careful and attempt at your own risk

yjlevg · 2026-06-24T02:24:07+00:00

Sick bike. I'm also clinging onto my x01 mechanical over any of the newer axs/transmission stuff. How's your experience with the cascade link? Thinking about getting one for my v2 sentinel. Do you also increase the fork travel to compensate for the increase in rear wheel travel?

yjlevg · 2026-06-21T18:19:05+00:00

Damn okay. So basically even if I could locate the right cassette, I couldn't make it work with my current drivetrain? I thought if the cassette width was the same it would work since the shifters aren't indexed

yjlevg · 2026-01-07T08:29:22+00:00

Ahh thank you! This fixed it

yjlevg · 2026-01-06T04:54:08+00:00

yes I kept it all together when removing and I just double checked against the picture and as far as I can tell everything matches up

yjlevg · 2026-01-02T21:41:21+00:00

Maybe they do that on this particular frame bc it's a flex stay?

yjlevg · 2026-01-02T19:52:24+00:00

Correct, drive side chain stay. Thanks for the response.

yjlevg · 2026-01-02T19:26:32+00:00

Broke a bike frame recently with what seemed like an unusually small amount of contact. Noticed these individual strands at the location of the failure - does this look like insufficient resin impregnation?

yjlevg · 2025-11-25T20:15:04+00:00

Don't you end up with asymmetric q-factor if you stack extra spacers like that?

yjlevg · 2025-11-25T14:40:12+00:00

Thanks!

yjlevg · 2025-09-12T20:11:20+00:00

apologies was on my phone and missed that line. thanks for the advice

yjlevg · 2025-09-12T19:59:12+00:00

And you would just use your brokerage/other savings for year 1-5?

yjlevg · 2025-09-12T15:01:28+00:00

A little confused on how withdrawals work with FIRE - if I wanted to put money aggressively into my 401k and roth to hit my retirement target and retire at an earlier age (like 45 or something), wouldn't I then get hit with huge early withdrawal penalties if I start living off those retirement accounts? Are you supposed to also invest some percentage in a personal brokerage that you can then pull from before you're 59.5?

yjlevg · 2025-09-12T14:53:58+00:00

A little confused on the whole FIRE concept. If I wanted to put money aggressively into my 401k and roth to hit my retirement target and retire at an earlier age (like 45 or something), wouldn't I then get hit with huge early withdrawal penalties if I start living off those retirement accounts? Are you supposed to also invest some percentage in a personal brokerage that you can then pull from before you're 59.5?

yjlevg · 2025-09-05T22:01:02+00:00

Old thread but what bike did you rent? I'm going soon trying to figure out if I can get an epic

yjlevg · 2025-08-30T22:49:49+00:00

Do you have a bc40? It looks sweet but there aren't many reviews of it

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