Book of Paul H
- Thread starter Paul H
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Very much so, it took maybe 6 months to really embrace it but I can’t see riding without it now, especially for hard cornering, descending and technical sections. Also when a trail has berms, jumps and rollers, there is really no comparison to riding that stuff with a lower seat. And my son likes it because he can ride my bike, haha. He recently got one and it is changing his riding too.
Paul H
Fearless OOS Poser
Lol.... nah.... the fire thing started way before my incident.
Ironically? Unfortunately? I think I was trying to sell the Talon at the time and wasn't riding it much. Hence, it was in storage which is why it survived.
Paul H
Fearless OOS Poser
Toon soon only because my insurance would prolly kick my ass out if there is another claim from me. lol
They paid out more than $30k and from what I understand, they were not able to go after the dude that started the fire. I don't really know the details but I couldn't get back my deductible.
i think you need to get details because going after the guy that started the fire should be no problem, he did something stupid and he (well probably his insurance) needs to make it right . . . . .
Paul H
Fearless OOS Poser
What I do know is that the dude was renting the unit and he (not the owner) did not have renters insurance.
When I asked about my deductible, the insurance said I would need to go after the renter via small claims but they could not, legally, release his information to me
I recently put on on the Scalpel (after having one on the RIP since last year) and I can't imagine going back. Six Mile was 200% better with this, funny enough. The Twisties are so much better now. And every jump, berm, anything - just so much more fun/enjoyable. The descending is obvious, but hadn't realized how much better everything else becomes. Was just curious what your experience was.
rick81721
Lothar
I guess I'm trying this dropper thing again with the Blur TR. Hopefully it doesn't break every 6 months like the one I had on the Horsethief
I personally didn’t have any issues with the reverb stealth over around 300 hours, however I did switch to a Fox.
rick81721
Lothar
qclabrat
Well-Known Member
How old is your son now? Haven't see your family pics for a while, but seems like they were little not too long ago
qclabrat
Well-Known Member
which dropper did you have on the horsethief? I just pulled all my reverbs for cable actuated ones
He is 12, girls are only 4
@rick81721 had a rock shock reverb. It is simply annoying that you have to deal with the hydraulic line. With the cable ones so easy to work on at home. The RS ones are also really affected by the cold, like takes forever to come back up, even if you have the gate full open. I got the fox transfer in January and the functionality was never affected by the cold
Victor I
aka Ridgehog
The crew I usually ride with tells me every ride to get a dropper. The dropper is important but so is the modern slack geometry. My Turner is a trail bike but with a cross country head angle and long chain stay which is the exact opposite of the modern bikes. I threw a leg over a Stump Jumper at Graham Hills this weekend and the geometry felt like a motocross dirt bike. Amazing how far bikes have progressed in the past 4-5 years.
rick81721
Lothar
Reverb stealth
Yeah, they pestered me for years. I was perfectly fine without it. I am now perfectly fine with it.
As opposed to the majority, I think what I am doing is good for me, at least today - but that may not be good for you, today. Tomorrow I may change my mind and @rick81721 does bring up a good point. They break a lot. Tomorrow you may buy my dropper.