Nice, thanksstoney wrote:The Race King/Cross King should be a fast, capable combination.
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Nice, thanksstoney wrote:The Race King/Cross King should be a fast, capable combination.
How often does the rear brain need servicing?Hexsense wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 2:48 pm1) You can set the brain fade down to the min for xc race. And then dial up brain fade for a more challenging trail ride. I usually set brain fade 1 click down from firmest setting for riding normal trail.
2) With brain fade set to max, the rear shock perform similar to regular RockShox Sidluxe shock. You just carry extra weight of the brain mechanism vs an epic evo.
3) rear travel is more vertical. Fork travel at a more slacker angle than rear end of the Bike. If you consider vertical travel height only, 120mm front and 100mm rear travel have quite a balanced suspension behavior, unless you run a lot more sag at the back than the front.
Thanks!Hexsense wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:30 pmbrain shock officially should be service every 200 hours of ride time. But people go way pass that. It doesn't have much to go wrong.
Fork has 50 hour (lower leg only) and 200 hour (lower leg and damper) procedure also. But Fit4 damper slowly ingest fluid from lower leg into damper and can bust the damper bladder if you neglect it for far too long. So, you can stretch service interval but try not to go too long.
I guess this is my biggest issue with the Brain. It's been 20'ish years they've had it on bikes, and every time they update it, there are so many reviews to say how much it's improved over the last iteration, which still felt clunky. Piecing nearly two decades of those reviews together, you're given the sense that it was always a significant compromise, and that many reviewers just want to be positive about new things.
The supercaliber is definitely the more efficient climber and probably faster heading uphill but the geometry on the evo should make it more confident on the downhill with its significantly slacker head tube angle. Sounds like maybe the evo is a better choice for your skillset.LedZeppelin007 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:13 pmJust out of curiosity: all things being nearly equal (adding a dropper post to the Supercaliber) and knowing that I won’t be the best bike handler on descents, which might be faster for me for Tahoe Trail 100/Leadville: Epic EVO or Supercaliber?
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Sid brain fork service is similar but can't do it yourself.
Leadville is likely the only MTB race in the world I would consider a Supercaliber over an Evo, lol.. The Evo is a bit of a unicorn and the efficiency gain that the Supercaliber may achieve over the Evo in a race like Leadville isn’t likely enough to make too much a difference unless you are at the pointiest end of the race or looking for all marginal gains. If you're financially doing well and have money for a larger stable, then sure, maybe there is a place in that stable for a Supercaliber in race like Leadville. The Evo is just a more versatile bike though and would be better for Tahoo Trail as well as much funner on non-race days. Just my opinion however, everyone has their own preference.LedZeppelin007 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:13 pmJust out of curiosity: all things being nearly equal (adding a dropper post to the Supercaliber) and knowing that I won’t be the best bike handler on descents, which might be faster for me for Tahoe Trail 100/Leadville: Epic EVO or Supercaliber?
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