Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

I am the biggest Manitou fan, but that Axel is a cheap piece of junk

Thanks for clarification. I have regressed to riding PoS bmx bikes out the scrap pile, so I have no intelligence or authority with mtb choice.

Size?

Medium

I'm looking for some riser bars.

Carbon, trail use, 720-740ish width, 20mmish rise. Kinda reluctant to chop anything down TBH.

Renthal FatBar Lite sounds OK but the graphics...ugh.

Any suggestions?

Schmolke

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/race-face-next-carbon-riser-bar/rp-prod106590

That's a contender. @TvH Schmolke are a bit rich for me!

kinda want to try these too

https://nsmb.com/articles/defying-convention-sqlab-12%C2%BA-and-16%C2%BA-sweep-bars/

I was thinking of getting these Nukeproof. 780mm though so need the chop.

Yeah. I just CBA to chop. Someone has made the bars I want!

Someone has made the bars I want!

Yeah, but they made them about 10 years ago ;-)

What rear hub does the Deviate come with? I'm curious as to how much lag there is in the gearbox freehub, and it appears to bother some more than others

It comes with a Stan's Neo hub. Lag is slightly more pronounced than standard freehubs alone but I have found no disadvantage in either technical climbs or descents.

There is some discernable drag when riding more groomed trails but the bike was built for steep tech and gnar so it handles that beautifully.

Schmolke

Pretty much the only option here.

Pro Tharsis looks alreet

There is some discernable drag when riding more groomed trails

If it's anything like the Rohloff, that should lessen over time. I presume it's pedalling drag, rather than when freewheeling?

There appears to be a bit of both, really. There are two freewheels so perhaps that promotes some extra drag?

When riding the kind of terrain the bike was built for the rear wheel tracking is so good any drag is negated.

Mad bargain alert

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/manitou-mattoc-pro-forks-boost/rp-prod185732

Dang...

Also 170mm Lyrics in 27.5 Boost for £297.

@Dogs ^ suspension forks that aren't borked?

Also bargainous. Do you think the misspelling of Lyrik affects the performance...?

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/rockshox-lyric-rtc3-solo-air-forks-boost-2018/rp-prod183269

'c' is more plush than k. true fax.

More ChuCkable too.

I sent them back to be unborked, and they came back with new lowers, and work the way they're supposed to, even the first 10%!