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

Of course.

Had the headtube looked at by a proper mechanic at lunch, burring removed, cups pressed back in properly, and so far it's totally silent again 👍

Great success!

Also, if anyone wants an XL trail bike frame (and maybe fork) hit me up.

Thank fuck 😂 even I was getting frustrated.

Do you feel like you’ll do most of your riding on the big bike now? You won’t have a short travel mtb once the pace is gone?

Edit: realise you’ve got the hardtail

You won’t have a short travel mtb once the pace is gone?

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16605236/

I feel stupid now

Jibb takes a 31.6mm seat post, the Reverb from the Pace is a 30.9, would it be insane to run a shim?

For example.

Better to get a new frame.

Very helpful.

Can you fit a longer dropper in the frame than the Reverb?

There lies your answer

I can, the Madonna has a 200mm Fox Transfer, but £ - I'd prefer to use what I have on the Pace for now, a) until I've moved on from the purchase price of the frame and fork and b) there's no 200mm Reverb AXS anyway.

Ah well, if you're waiting for a longer AXS, then I'd just bung a shim in for now

I ordered the USE one.

Stack, Reach and stem length - the reach on the Jibb and the 295 is basically the same.

Reach on the Jibb is 495, the Pace is 503.

Pace has a 32mm stem, for 535 total reach, which suggests that a 40mm stem would be ideal for the Jibb?

Might as well try what you already have first

You could keep the Jibb a touch shorter, for more ch***ability

That feels like a backwards step

You have a big bike, keep the trail bike shorter definitely.

Also shims are fine, just remember to apply assembly grease to all interfaces.

This ^

Have some difference between the two bikes, other than the travel

Maybe fit drop bars to one of them...

I agree that you don't need to have the reach numbers/fit as an identical match.
I love that you really are getting the Jibb, I thought it was just banter. Have you ordered one yet?

Yesterday

Amazing.
Raw or black? Air rear shock?

Black, so I can tell the difference, and an air shock, again because I wanted to differentiate, and much as I love the Madonna it's a heavy old thing - which doesn't matter when you're using uplift, or spinning up a fire road to drop into the trail, but I'd like to make the trail bike a bit leaner.

Ohlins TTX2Air and an Ohlins 36 fork.