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Front brake sorted. Possibly could have left the hose a tiny bit longer, but shouldn't be an issue functionally.

I followed this video, and seems like I got a good result both times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMRk916qJTg

I've been putting off working on hydraulic brakes after some less successful previous attempts, but possibly it's not as much of a dark art as I thought. Maybe I should finally service the Bullitt as well.

I was thinking of routing the front brake hose under the fork crown. For one, it wouldn't rub on the head tube when the fork compresses—any reason why this might be a bad idea?

Other than that, there's just the dropper post cabling left, plus all the random finishing touches. Hope to be out riding this weekend 😍

Honestly I would have been surprised if my frame was a one off in this regard, but I really didn't mean to deter from the awesomeness I'm experiencing.

Slight detour, but I have this custom made piece of audio equipment that has a rattle canned enclosure and legends written with a magic marker, and I think it's great. It's a nice tool that does its thing well with minimal fuss. So that's kind of the vibe I get with this frame, and that's something I wasn't really even expecting beforehand. And maybe that's part of the reason why I personally don't mind the less than perfect paint job.

Yeah, I'm sure you (and @Howard ) make a reasonable point. What I meant was that at least looking at Starling bikes online gives the impression that most of their frames are painted in one of the optional colours they are offering, and they obviously aren't a very high volume builder. So the £125 upcharge over the basic grey felt a bit cheeky, but that was OK by me regardless. And in all honesty, the upcharge let's you pick swing arm colour as well, and obviously I may be wrong about their cost structure. Anyway, in hindsight I probably shouldn't have said anything *shrug*.

Yeah, maybe. I kinda feel it'd be disingenuous to complain as I really am happy with the frame as is. At the same time I don't think it was unfair to point this out, a minor criticism in a positive context. They choose to charge extra for the non-default colours, and I chose to pay for it.

On a related note, paint quality isn't great—there are a few fairly obvious blemishes. It doesn't really bother me, somewhat surprisingly even, except maybe it makes paying extra for "custom" colour a bit meh (or more meh if that's a thing).

That's very good, the Fox stuff adds nice subtle accents. Actually the default light grey was my second option, I think that'd been ace as well.

interested in how you find the coil shock

Yeah, definitely, although I'm not sure how meaningful opinion I can give.

Thanks for the affirmation. I read all I could find on the fork before I took the leap, but given that there were relatively few real-world experiences out there, the good feedback on the Mezzer with similar tech gave me some extra confidence on the choice.

I used the self-amalgamating tape partly in the hope that I'd look neater than an inner tube, but I'd say it's more of less a tie. Heli tape might not dampen noise much, dunno if that'd really be an issue. Some people apparently use Scotch 2228 tape, but availability/price kept me from trying that.

Trimmed the rear brake hose and bled the brake. I don't have too much experience working with hydraulic brakes, but seems like it worked out fine. I'm pleased with the curve of the shifter cable and brake hose coming from the levers, less so with my chain slap guard solution. I wrapped half a roll of self-amalgamating tape around the chainstay, and it ended up looking a bit crap. But it'll have to do for now.

Right. I don't think I'll be able to accommondate 🙂

Well I've got the mandatory Fidlock bottle in this colourway, close enough? 🙃

what prompted the Mattoc

Honestly, given that the frame choice is a bit left field, I was sort of following a theme here. But it also seemed like the new Mezzer that's been out longer is pretty well liked, so that was another factor.

I already posted these photos in the current projects chat, but here goes anyway.

At some point earlier this year I decided that I need a full suspension MTB. I have what seems like a decent range of natural trails starting almost from my doorstep, and given that I'm actually doing cycling workout these days, I figured MTBing could be a nice way to add an "adventures close to home" sorta component to the mix.

I've had a few single-speed MTBs over the years, but never the whole 29er / rear suspension / gears / dropper post shebang. My previous offroading experiences could be largely summarised as "keeling over from standstill", so the only way is up I hope. On the flip side my concern is that this folly doesn't stick, and I end up blowing up a silly amount of euros for nothing *shrug*. I'm also not completely unfazed by the prospect of ending up hurting myself. So this thread may (or might not) end up documenting these secondary outcomes as well.

Looking back, I can't reliably reconstruct my thought process of deciding on the Murmur specifically. Broadly speaking though, I spent loads of time looking at a bunch of different OTP bikes, and failing to purchase one on two separate occasions (in both cases the specific models were sold out while I fretted over my decision) was kind of a "fuck it" tipping point leading to building up my own.

Frame came from Starling with the shock installed. The other stuff I amassed while waiting for the frame. I've built all of my own wheels for the past, dunno, decade or so? but I succumbed to the convenience of getting ready-made wheels. They do feel decent—still, might end up replacing them later, out of a principle if nothing else.

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A bit of progress.

Classy!

Nice, I'd missed your swoop before for some reason. Six months on, how you're liking it?

I'm also between sizes, L and XL. I went for the smaller size, so that's another point to worry about, but let's see.

First full sus & first geared MTB. Desperate autosuggestion going on along the lines of "Yes, I'm definitely going to ride this thing loads".

I guess apart from any overall impressions, one specific thing I was curious about was whether the garmin strap (or pod for that matter) would automatically fill in when GPS is struggling. But having a separate data field for instantaneous pod pace + normal GPS track for auto laps / whole run would be fine. Strap would be convenient because I anyway wear a hrm, but if pace accuracy from chest strap is bound to be poor then it's probably not worth it.

Anyone using Garmin hrm pro / pro plus? GPS on my watch (Fenix 6S) seems to be pretty easily disturbed e.g. by trees even on just one side, and momentary pace ends up being off quite frequently. So I'm wondering how well does pace from the strap work together with GPS tracking on the watch, or is it more like one or the other for the entire workout?

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Anyone have a Topping?

I have a DX3 pro and a DX7 pro, both prev gen versions. No complaints, I've been totally satisfied with both.

I'm actually missing a trick running my "mid-sized" Genelecs from the DX7 analogue out since this means extra DA/AD conversion (the speakers have built-in room correction), but honestly, my ears are happy as is.

#easy access

My photo got a vote from iamlono (comment #13464), I edited it back while giving my own vote.