A Revelation Test
I spent a pleasent couple of hours this afternoon just pottering around on the Stiffee to see how the new forks and brakes coped. The best thing I can say about the forks is that I didn’t notice they were there. They did everything they were supposed to perfectly. The brakes were fine as well although I cooked the back brake on a long descent from the downs.
I need to fine tune the travel setting on the forks a bit, 110mm took a bit of getting used to, and I might need some slightly less bonkers bars to lower the front end a tad more.
February 18th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
BLAAAACK :)
what bars are they? the azonics?
February 18th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
Aye, the 2.5″ ones.
February 18th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
I removed mine and put some EA50’s on the surly and it’s a million times better, I’ll try the Azonics on something else.
February 18th, 2006 at 6:17 pm
I’m fitting my fat barsteward spring to my Pikes tomorrow then going for a test blast in the woods.
Should be fun.
February 18th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Stop braking so much - that way they won’t cook *and* you get to go faster :)
February 18th, 2006 at 9:31 pm
There is a lot of me to stop, hence 160mm rotors aren’t ideal :)
That’s the one downside of the old Stiffees, there is sod all clearance for a rear rotor, even 165mm is cutting it fine.
February 19th, 2006 at 4:12 pm
The back’s not so important though, 165 should be fine/
Are they the xt’s? threy look blacker than I thought they were, I might need a new brake for the surly, as the O2 is crapolla.
Maybe I’ll buy a deore, they should be pretty cheap.
I’m actually quite liking the Surly again, apart from the rear puncturing every ride… and I have to use metal levers to get the bloody tyres off the rim (they’re tighter than a choir boy)
February 19th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Yup, old XT brakes. T’other side is a bit more silvery.
February 19th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Ahh, that’s what confuddled me.
February 20th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Confuddled. What an ace word :)