I used an FSA Orbit Z R 1.5 on my Prophet – zero stack reducer

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I’d’ve thought Psylos if it weren’t for the post mounts. Maybe older low-end Marzo or more niche, like White Brothers?

do you mean the spacers to move the caliper outboard? I used a bunch of washers before I tracked down the official Marz ones – you need 5mm of offset

98kg
firm spring
4 LSC
0 HSC
Lots of rebound

2011 Lyrik DH

Suspect it’s still breaking in (or was before I had to send it back under warranty) – so settings may well change + I suspect they’ll change anyways as the seasons change.

binned my RQ 2.2s in favour of Minion DHFs. The Minions roll faster, have better cornering grip – feel slightly more sketchy in the wet over roots, but I get on with them a lot better.

FYI, the RQs were Black Chili and the Minions are 60a 2.35s.

I think Gotama (and others) have it bang on.

I prefer Minion DHFs front and rear – roll quicker, work well in dry conditions & wet mud, clog a bit in sticky mud. Don’t seem to let go as quickly as HRs, but as already said, riding style, pressures, conditions all play a part.

The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary

Rocky Horror seems to have been a particular focus of the Stickman recently – logs, rocks and the jump at the top taken down. He/they seemed busy a couple of months ago, less so now?

Defy user here – you can switch data roaming off (think it’s off by default?) by toggling tick box; Settings – Data Manager – Data Delivery – Data Roaming

The new quarry section is ace fun – a great addition to the trails in Brizzle. Nice one Architrail dudes!

Having suffered a fairly saggy mid-stroke on the RP23 BV with XV can that came on my 2011 Blood, I swapped the XV can out for a standard volume can yesterday. A vast improvement – I was previously having to ride with the ProPedal on all the time to try and firm up the rear. No need for PP anymore, it feels a lot better and I can tell from the o-ring that I’m using “appropriate” amounts of travel instead of nearly bottoming on every hit.

i have a 2011 Blood – standard BB shell (can’t remember if it’s 68mm or 73mm, but deffo not 83mm) & 135mm hub spacing. Previous model years had the 83mm shell IIRC.

+1 on cheesecake, nom nom nom!! :-)

I’ve got one – excellently solid piece of kit :-)

I paid for the guys to assemble, took them about 1.5hrs from memeory, including installing ground anchors – I’d already built the concrete base

double post

I’m in :-)

Given what you’re describing, you need a Blood ;-)

Sunline stems have a low stack height

Badgers, deer around Brizzle
Boar in the FoD
**** massive goanna (lace monitor) in Ourimbah, N of Sydney. Like a bloody dinosaur it was!

Did you get any of the cable-guide “hoops” from Orange when you bought the frame? I use these and no problems with shifting/kinking of my rear mech cable. They allow the cable to slide freely.

Cable routed along top tube and down chainstay on ’11 Blood FYI.

+1 for Rubber Queens

i’ve had one running 1×9 for 18 months. Faultless

+1 for the Sombrio Wildcard

Orange Blood?

as above, head for the FoD

Had a bad off a few years ago – went OTB headfirst into ground at a rate of knots. Helmet peak shattered and took a 1cm wide gouge out of the bridge of my nose that couldn’t be stitched. But the rest of my head was OK, so I guess the helmet did (most) of it’s job very well.
Giro Xen BTW.

I’m running a Gamut P20 on my Blood – v little drag and never loses the chain

I run SRAM on my Blood (X0), no shifting problems here.

Orange Blood? Similar idea to the Spitfire – 127mm rear travel matched with a 160mm fork up front with slack HA and low BB. Rocketship!

I’m 6’1″ and have a 17″ Blood – test rode a 15″ and it was way too small for me (too short). At 5’9″, a 15″ may be the way forward for you. A demo may the way forward if you can organize one – any Orange dealer can get a demo shipped down for you I think.

yeah, lovely morning ;-) just hope the rain calms down a bit for the journey home!

+1 for Timbuk2

will do, thanks! :-)

Never been before, but need to sell some crap excellent stuff – is it turn up @ 12 or turn up beforehand ready to start selling at 12? Cheers

"…water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend"

34t front, 11-32 out back. I use a Gamut P20 to keep everything together and an X0 short cage rear mech

I run 160mm Fox 36 VAN RC2s – I demoed a Blood with 140 Vanillas but it wasn't great

I have one – it is light and has good coverage, but as said previously the retention isn't a patch on Giro, Fox etc. Would recommend a Fox Flux or Giro Xen instead.

Thanks all. Looks good Brycey :-) Any idea of built-up weight?

Thanks Brycey, that's great feedback.