Which do you prefer

Willow
Willow Posts: 11,273
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Ok, seeing all of our life's most important questions get answered on this forum.

I'm trying to decide whether to leave my MTB fork in the OEM grey or black it out. I already have the Stealth Black Decals on hand.

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So far around here it's a 3 for blackout and 2 for OEM.

Thanks a bunch guys.

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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,816
    Stealth Black
    Black it out!

    I went back to blacked out on my Cane Creek Helm MKII, looks amazing.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,273
    Stealth Black
    Upstatemax wrote: »
    Black it out!

    I went back to blacked out on my Cane Creek Helm MKII, looks amazing.

    That's my thought too. I even have a stealth decal for my shock
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,970
    Stealth Black
    "Ok, seeing all of our life's most important questions get answered on this forum."

    Lol so true :D

    Yeah man, black it out!! Sweet bike by the way. Fox, good stuff!! I ran a Fox twin clicker rear on my '91 750. That 750 was so beat up when it was all said and done, I'm sure you could beat me with your trail bike :D

    The burnt orange is pretty sexy, and a nitrogen charged rear shock??? Pretty nice man. Is that also a Fox shock?
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 20,133
    I honestly do not see any difference here. One has a sticker, the other does not.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,273
    Stealth Black
    Geoff4rfc wrote: »
    "Ok, seeing all of our life's most important questions get answered on this forum."

    Lol so true :D

    Yeah man, black it out!! Sweet bike by the way. Fox, good stuff!! I ran a Fox twin clicker rear on my '91 750. That 750 was so beat up when it was all said and done, I'm sure you could beat me with your trail bike :D

    The burnt orange is pretty sexy, and a nitrogen charged rear shock??? Pretty nice man. Is that also a Fox shock?

    A beat up bike is a bike that's been used. I'd rather see that over princess bikes. Mine had scratches and scuffs. Yes I do touch some of them up if they are deep.
    These days there are do many categories of bikes. Mine now is a mullet long travel trail. I actually use it primarily as a park bike. I have 140 in the rear and 160 up front. I'm still playing around with my coil. Trying to figure out my number. I'm using the adjustable Sprindex.
    That Pennyflake really stands out in sea of black. Grey, blue bikes. But in a tasteful way. Which is what I'm going for, focus on the Pennyflake.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,273
    Stealth Black
    treitz3 wrote: »
    I honestly do not see any difference here. One has a sticker, the other does not.

    Tom

    They both have decals. They are there just a Stealth Black decal on black lower legs.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,816
    Stealth Black
    Willow wrote: »
    I'm still playing around with my coil. Trying to figure out my number. I'm using the adjustable Sprindex.

    I went full coil last year.

    So, so much better for my riding.

    Yeah, it's heavier, but the ability of the bike to just chew up chunk is amazing. IMO, the dirty little secret in the MTB industry is that unless you're sending massive jumps all the time, coil suspension is simply a much better performing option for most riders. The exception is going to be high level XC racing, where every gram counts.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,273
    Stealth Black
    I'm not a weight weenie. I do lift assisted bike parks, the extra couple hundred grams for the coil I don't care. Actually the pros are adding weights to their DH bikes. Mind you strategically placed but I'll take it lol.
    I wish we lived closer, I think think between audio and bikes, our significant others would never see us.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,816
    Stealth Black
    I don't do anything lift assisted and I still find the weight penalty to be well worth it.

    You've inspired me to start getting bikes ready for the season. My daughter outgrew her bike last season, so I'm rebuilding up a Salsa Timberjack for her.

    As I went through all the parts inventory I also realized that I'm dangerously close to having enough parts kicking around to essentially rebuild my Stumpjumper, if I share a wheelset with the Transition TransAm.

    Now it just needs to dry out a bit.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,273
    Stealth Black
    I hear you there. My daughter outgrew her Norco Storm. She's getting my wife's Liv Tempt which is almost ready to go. My wife moved up to my son's Polygon Sisku. My son is on his final season riding his Giant Trance. The debate will come up as. Do I give him my Trek and get myself something new to me or get him something new to him and use many of the upgrades currently on his Trance. Still good problem to have. Either way I'm tinkering with bikes so I'm very happy.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,816
    Stealth Black
    When I "get a new bike" it realistically is me just buying a new frame and mostly moving parts around.

    If needed, I'll also splurge for something big to go with the frame if needed/desired.

    When I purchased my Smuggler, I also grabbed a X01 Transmission groupset for it. I did need to freshen a few parts up anyway and it allowed me to move some other parts around and have the start of my TransAm build.

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,273
    Stealth Black
    Been thinking about buying just a frame too. Then swapping parts over. It would be a great (dare I say the word) winter project.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,816
    Stealth Black
    Actually got out today!

    No trails, but able to start breaking in the legs (and taint).

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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 2,096
    edited April 16
    Stealth Black
    Sore taint sucks.
    Road biker here for years, never did the mountain bike gig but interested.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,273
    Stealth Black
    I don't get that with lift assisted bike parks. Heck I've stopped wearing shamois. If I do local trails then yes.
    @skipshot12 careful, you'll get hooked. There's something about biking in nature away from vehicles.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,816
    Stealth Black
    Willow wrote: »
    I don't get that with lift assisted bike parks. Heck I've stopped wearing shamois. If I do local trails then yes.
    @skipshot12 careful, you'll get hooked. There's something about biking in nature away from vehicles.


    Yeah, lift assist allows you some extra freedom. I haven't done lift assist, but I have done some shuttling while riding in Pisgah, NC. It was pretty nice!

    I remember starting to ride down the mountain and thinking, "this is what it feels like to descend with fresh legs? This is NICE!" :D

    I don't really love riding road, but if I suffer a few times a week on the road, it makes trail riding all that sweeter since I'm in better overall riding shape.
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