Cannondale Trigger? Bargain

Here is my brake/dropper/suspension arrangement. Works fine, although don’t think it would fit if I was using a front shifter.

Fair point Hairy. I worry the arse out of most things though. It’s about the only thing I excel at 🙂 No doubt when it arrives I’ll worry that the lefty will collapse under my weight and send me to a painful death. Via nettles.

I thought that with the lefty, but went out in it yesterday for the first time, rode some steep steps, and never gave it a second thought, they do feel very stiff, unlike a normal fork, I was surprised

Cheers Jason, that is the plan. Love my current 1×10 set up and this keeps the controls neat and out of the way.

When in elevate mode, does the fork lockout also or do you have to flick the CTD knob separately?

Fork is a separate lock out.

With so many triggers and Jekyls a Singletrack pauls bargain bike meet could be a laugh.

I converted front wheel to tubeless. Wolverines a bit tough to get loose. Took tube out added Stans, tyres put back in place and pumped like mad! Seems good! Was quite a bit of effort so rear tyre remains with tube!

I set mine up tubeless and they were fine for the first ride but then left the bike in the car all day and by the time I took it out they were deflated. Now the front one stays inflated for about 10 mins before being completely flat again having leaked at the valve and at the beads . Might use a Co2 inflator to get the beads properly seated or just go back to tubes.

On another note, would I be crazy to swap all of the 10spd slx and deore for my 9spd xtr? I like the double down shift of xtr and the 10spd stuff might be easier to sell off I decide to split my old bike. I assume the freewheel is still the same for 9 and 10spd.

I’d sell the 9spd and buy a 10spd xtr shifter.

Just bumping my question:

Just wondering has anyone fitted a 385mm lev? Will I be able to mount the post fully inserted in the frame?

I don’t see why not. For shipping the Carbon 2 is supplied with the KS Lev post fully inserted in the frame, I didn’t check the length but I am sure it will be 385mm or more. That is on a large frame, not sure what it is like on the smaller ones.

Mine is a small. I think the 385 is the total length extended.

It is 201mm insertion, there must be at least that right?

Edit, actually I want the integra which is 216mm but theres 29mm of mechanism on the bottom so that might be ok near the bed in the seat tube.

Mine arrived this morning. First thing that struck me when i looked in the box was how bloody solid the thing is built.

Next I was worried that it was too big but after a quick bit of measuring on my current bikes and roughly positioning crank to saddle etc I can just about squeeze a reverb with a 5″ drop in there. phew!

It’s not light though. Maybe I should have gone for the carbon with lefty but I wanted to spend the money on better wheels so held off.

Jesus! Its become like a women’s institute coffee morning, this bloody thread.

For gods sake just get out and ride the bloody things, will you? 😀

Here’s mine with some mud on…..

Mines a decaf, where’s the mud?

Another major bonus of the black paint job is that it doesn’t seem to show the mud up. That pic was taken after we’d been grinding through the black boggy slime up on’t moors, yet it looks spotless. It wasn’t. So I have to clean it even less. I’m liking this bike more and more all the time 😀

It does look nice in black.

Has anyone tried changing the dust caps? Mine are transparent, but I was thinking of running with some black ones*. Also my brake levers are 4mm longer than on my other bike so I’m thinking of swapping everything other than the seat post bolt.

*or green.
Damn…
Hadn’t considered green.

LOL.

Here you go Harry, don’t go green man. 😉

Those grenades are the same colour as the frame, they will go nicely with the spokedokeys.

I have the carbon trigger 2 and fancy replacing the double chainrings with a single chainring, putting 11 speed off another bike on at the same time. Are the cranks GXP or PF30 (0mm or 6mm offset?) for a direct mount chainring.
I know they have a PF30 BB, but it seems you can get a PF 30 chainset that is also GXP somehow? This is all new to me, only used Shimano HTII & raceface cranksets in the past..

You’ll need a long wrench for some leverage to get tbe crank off the Carbon 2….

Got a 1/2 drive budge bar & 8mm hex socket that will hopefully shift it!

Takes a fair bit of force to snap through the loctite

First ride on my 4 today. Climbs really well in the short travel setting and doesn’t wallow like my old Zesty. Got some fiddling to do such as getting rid of the plastic disc behind the cassette, but what a bargain for a grand! I’m glad I didn’t dither any longer on making my mind up!

I’m 6’1″ and I bought a large. It’s a right length but the frame is quite small in standover height so there’s quite a bit of post sticking out. Not sure I’d have been happier with the XL though as it’s quite a bit longer

They’ve still got them in stock. They must have got absolutely shed loads of the things 😯

Looks like they have got more in as XL 4’s now back in stock

Anyone about 5’7” and can advise on the sizing of these?

Just changed my order from a large to xl before it was dispatched. I’m right on the border of sizes and think the xl will be better, maybe with a shorter stem. Thanks for the heads up on that. I’m afraid I think it was the last one, a previous customer had changed from xl to L before theirs was shipped.

If a large 3 comes back into stock I’ll grab it

On the Carbon 2 you will need a GXP direct mount chain ring. A BB30 one would fit, but the chainline would be slightly out. It is a BB30 crankset with a long spindle. Absolute Black have a nice illustration on their website : http://www.absoluteblack.cc/mtb-chainrings/ (2nd box down on the right)

To agree with above the cranks took alot of force to remove. I thought something was going to break before the bolt finally moved!

Slimjim mine is a 4 not 3. Pauls did say they may get more 3’s in a few months time but couldn’t give a date.

On the Carbon 2 you will need a GXP direct mount chain ring. A BB30 one would fit, but the chainline would be slightly out. It is a BB30 crankset with a long spindle. Absolute Black have a nice illustration on their website : http://www.absoluteblack.cc/mtb-chainrings/ (2nd box down on the right)

To agree with above the cranks took alot of force to remove. I thought something was going to break before the bolt finally moved!

Demm. But on the bright side I suppose I can get one of those super cheap steel X-Sync rings that sram did.. Anyone need a short spindle direct mount oval ring?

Anyone about 5’7” and can advise on the sizing of these?

I am 5ft 9 with a 30″ inside leg and I was worried when the medium turned up but after setting up the axle centre to saddle height the same as my other bikes I have just over the minimum seatpost showing for a 125mm drop reverb.

It depends on your upper body though and if you want a dropper. You should get away with a 100mm drop post on a medium assuming a leg height of 29″ and the reach should be fine as it has a set back post and I could do with a bit more length in the TT but wider bars on the stock length stem should help open up the cockpit a bit.

I would be tempted to say air on the side of caution and got for a medium but best thing to do would be measure the dimensions of your current bike, assuming you are happy with the fit, and compare them.

can anyone advise me…. a friend is looking to get his short-arsed GF a bike for next year.

the problem is, she really is a short-arse. about 155cm short.

would a small still be too big?

Arse! Thought an xl was on the cards again!

Interesting dust cap discussion up there. I noticed that one of the caps on my Dyad has fallen off.

Mine in it’s natural environment while I laid on the ground gasping for air in my terribly unfit state.

Update….So my Trigger 4 turned up yesterday after only ordering it Monday night. It does have the clutch mech fitted so 1×10 will be coming.

Size wise I’m 6’1 and ride an 18″ Stanton Slackline. Ordered a large which feels fine although the seatpost needs to cut down as it doesn’t drop enough due to the frame design.

Lightweight she isn’t…around 33lbs with nylon pedals in 3×10 guise, although for £999 I’m not complaining. My Slackline is 31lbs so I’m used to a heavy rig.

pics to follow…