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Heck yeah. Thanks for the intel. Will be going up that direction soon so will look for it.

hmm yeah, i think you gota stay right at the split. NEver gone left at the split which i assume will take you below the slabs.

Thanks @thebigoutsidemtb You should try and make it out to next years event! Even just to watch as the trails would be very eye opening for you. I’d love to see you shred on these trails.

@@Vincentspeedworks I'm going to try and make it in next year. We will see though. How easy is it to get in? I would love to shred those sick trails, it would also be a great place to get some inspiration for my trails!

No KDSS on this exact model. All sway bars still on too.

@@Vincentspeedworks Oh cool. Thanks

na no service at all. good to ride out there with buddies.

I keep going back to their suggestions, but I always go less. They recommend 48.5 // 75.5 for me at 155lbs. I'm currently running at 42.5 // 76, and that's after racing the Trans BC enduro through Squamish, Pemberton, Whistler finishing 16th/160. I still rarely bottomed out.

​@thegratefulflow-mtb also got a alloy spire and just installed a +1 headers angle. Did a quick test ride and should've installed it earlier!

@thegratefulflow-mtb I'm abit heavier at 88kg 170mm but decided to follow the manitou recommendations and drop the main like yourself. Fork is feeling great right now. Thanks for the tips!

Oh dude, it’s been closed all year from the storms. They’re (SCMTS) already building it back better and flowier than ever.

Good call. Names aren't needed--just say that it's Santa Cruz!

did you get that sub 20 yet?

I've just seen this. Thank you for sharing. It wasn't making much sense to me either, but that's what an engineer recommended me. I'm going to give what you said a try. I've got a spare damper ready for a fluid swap too.

@@Vincentspeedworks Great If You have the Damper for Spare,Just send IT to NSR and at least let someone callibrate the bushings of the Castings. Best,of course,would BE,Sendung hin the while Fork as He will lower the friction immensely. Or Just send the Rest of the fork to beides the Damper DZ SUSPENSION. He does this Wole friction reduction Thing,burnishing and polishing for the best price by far.

@@paul.p.smellthetruth2667 heard good things about nsrtuning and dougal from shockcraft

The damper is still a Manitou product. I do the work myself but you or someone with a little bit of know how, can dissemble the fork and make changes to the shims and refill with oil. It’s a bit messy because of oil, but it’s a very simple procedure that can be done at home.

Hey Brandon, i came off a fox 38, 36, and this fork is lighter than both of those forks and is equally as stiff as the 38. The fork is probably better suited for heavyer riders (the stock damping is targeted around aggressive riding for probably around 170-200lb riders) So i think that this form would suit you very well and should be pretty damn smooth. With the super adjustable air spring you should find the support and smoothness you need.

That part sucked so bad. I’m glad it wasn’t any worse and the rest of the tracks were pretty decent condition.

Thanks man. Just happy i kept it clean. Need to commit more to some corners to carry more speed out so i don’t have to pedal so damn hard.

So good to see you you guys out there. Eduardo, you were on fire until that pesky rock. Excited to see how the next one goes for you.

lol I’m not that good.

Thanks man. Good to hear from you and your motivating words. Maybe I’ll post the full race runs separately. 🤔

Haha it was pretty brutal. You know, i think the Epic would have been pretty damn good for most of it. But it would have been a a bit scary in the rougher stuff. I think a 130/150 kind of bike would have been best. Saw someone an Norco optic who probably beat me. 😂

Thanks brosive!

Glad you enjoyed it dude. It’s never perfect, but it’s the exploration of what works and what doesn’t thats the fun part.

@@Vincentspeedworks Yup! Exactly!

hey man. Oh the Mezzer has been working for me so well. I'm not going to say it's better than Fox or RS but it allows you a much larger range of setup so can get the fork to do what you want really easily. Being able to swap travel length with spacers has been very handy, instead of having to buy a new air spring assembly for Fox/RS. The mezzer air spring is very good, with the 3 chambers like the EXT fork. you can precisely dial in ride height and then how you want it to ramp up or not with precise air adjust. Compared to RS/Fox with the volume tokens, i found the ramp up to sometimes be too much or not enough. Then there's the damper that is very easily serviced and tuned with shim changes. not complex but very high quality product throughout. you just have to service a little more often because of the semiopen bath lowers. But you don't need crush washers so swapping lower oil is very simple.

Na no cushcores, here I’m on a Assegai dd maxgrip front, Vittoria mazza enduro tire rear. Both 2.4. Didn’t run this setup too long. As much as i love the mazza it seemed to rim out more than i expected. Never had that issue with a 27.5 mazza. I’ve moved to kryptotals Fr/re ss/s dh. Zero issues now and no cushies. 19/21psi

@@Vincentspeedworks Good stuff! The reason I ask is because the bike is sounding really quiet

Thanks man 🤙🏾

It’s crazy how much effort it takes to get over all the rocks.

Hey man, thanks. Have you ridden up there? yeah, those rocks especially in the lower section take a lot of focus and effort. There's not that much elevation on your side so pumping and loads of microburst pedals will help keep things rolling.

@@Vincentspeedworks No I have not, It looks cool though! Yeah it seemed like you did a lot of that, still a lot of pedaling effort 😅

@@thebigoutsidemtb A lot of pedalling 😅

Weirdly that bottom section was much the same as everywhere else. Find a rhythm and just get used to it. I really think the big bike helped on the rough stuff, but i think a trail bike would be faster and allow for quicker accelerations to maintain momentum. The pre ride before i nailed that corner knowing it was super loose, i think i just placed my front wheel to far out on the corner. I’m starting to learn to point the front wheel towards the apex of a corner rather than running it around d the outside, as the length of the wheelbase starts to push the front. Ready to hit this trail with you again when the snow melts and on a maybe faster setup. I think with some fitness in me to attack the flats and climbs and faster tires i could go sub 20min.

Heck yeah it is 🤙🏾

Oh man, so many good questions here that would take a lot of words to answer. In short. As soon as you change the rear shock to something more capable, the Sid fork then becomes the next limiting point. I know my bars and brakes are next haha Sounds like i should do a video on this stuff. I have an interesting fork addition that im hoping might work, but it might be too much fork 😄 talking about that plus a bike setup review might be a good option.

@@Vincentspeedworks Yeah it'd be really cool to hear your thoughts on your bike setup and what you've tried, liked and didn't like. I do think the elephant in the room is whether you feel like you'll need to just move up to a burlier frame to keep up with the suspension upgrades. The Epic Evo is by far the lightest modern short travel bike, but it's not as long and low as some downcountry picks. I noticed your bars are pretty short too -- which ones are you going with next? I think I'm going to snag a Oneup bar since they're doing 20% off right now. One of the next bigger upgrades I'm making is shorter cranks, my stock 175 ones strike all the time. If you're interested in the short crank trend, I found the Samox M7j is the only carbon 155mm crankset on the market. Cheers man

Yes dude! so stoked for you. I miss my tracer as it was such a fun bike.

We missed you up there man.

Good times are coming 🤘🏾