Dammit’s adventures in mountain biking

Wasn’t sure where to post this.

I recently bought a mountain bike and have been out on 5-6 rides. I’m finding I have a lot of pressure on the outside of my hands. What should I adjust/change to help with this?

Rolling handlebars fore/aft until the bar gives you even pressure across your palm.
Or different grips.
Or lever position. I run my nearly flat and that helped with a lot of hand/wrist related pain

There is a dedicated MTB thread here.. The water is lovely

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/129612/?offset=26275#comment16928106

@TooTallTim thank you, I will have a play around with the bar set up.

@hurricane_run cheers, I promise I did try and search for it!

I’m in Cairns, Queensland at the moment riding my Raaw Madonna, for the first time since I left the UK. Probably for the first time this year - I’d need to check.

I have been riding my Raaw Jibb most weekends, and it’s really interesting to me how different the character of two objectively so similar bikes can be. I find I have a lot more confidence on the Madonna, although the speed and terrain that make it start to really come alive simply doesn’t exist in Singapore so the Jibb is a better choice there.

I have missed riding this bike, I shall have to find opportunities to ride it more often - we’re coming into the window of time where Chiang Mai will be neither on fire or soaked, but apparently some of the best trails have not been rebuilt since they collapsed during heavy rains a couple of years ago, so it’ll be interesting to see what trails are running.

Has anyone else got the latest generation Fox Transfer post and found that it creaks like a bastard?

Is/was there some sort of shuttle service in Chiang Mai?

Yeah, the guides will take you up in one of their vehicles or you get a red taxi.

Has anyone else got the latest generation Fox Transfer post and found that it creaks like a bastard?

Yup, I swapped it for a one-up immediately.

That’s certainly an option. And that would (if it fits) get me a bit more drop, also.

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^Thats a 200mm Fox Transfer post, IIRC one-up does a 230/240?

Also, also, the creaking Transfer post definitely highlights just how short an AXS Reverb is these days.

I have the 210 actually, could do with the 230/40 but they didn't make it when I purchased, not sure it would fit in the yeti with all that switch infinity linkage going on down there

According to this review the 240mm won’t fit in the size large, I have the extra-large so maybe I’m in luck. I’ll measure before ordering anything.

https://theloamwolf.com/2023/09/02/review-raaw-madonna-v2-2/

L max insertion is 250mm but the XL is 275mm.

ooo you mucky bugger.

This would be more useful knowledge if OneUp included the max insertion length of their posts in their product description.

They almost do, just requires some simple maths...

True. The 210 would work but the 240 wouldn’t in that case.

Cairns is fun, although it’s confirmed my theory that Australia is a big, hot Essex with marsupials and intimidating spiders.

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Well.

Cairns airport is doing a good job of making me not want to come here again.

What has happened?

They’re just extremely disorganised, and the food is both expensive and truly, epically awful

You've just described all of Australia, no?

No, I'd disagree. I'm always impressed by the generally high level of quality of the food when in Australia, which does serve to highlight when it's both bad and expensive - stand up, Hudson's Coffee in Cairns airport.

One thing that is kind of charming is that Australians are really proud of their coffee and it's, well, just coffee - as we've come to know it in London.

The riding was good in and around Cairns but Australians are (in general, there were notable exceptions) just plain dangerous when driving around cyclists - hard to tell whether they deliberately choose to close pass or whether they feel that 45cm is adequate separation between a motor vehicle and a vulnerable road user.

That they behave like entitled 5 year olds when called out for it does suggest that they sincerely believe that cyclists should be on the pavement, not on the road. Maybe self-driving cars would make Australia a more equitable place for all road users, that or massive education and enforcement.