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Chain Suck… Sucks!

Jan 12th, 2009 by Mickey | 0

Chain Suck… Sucks!
I have a Ventana El Padrino an within weeks of building her up I started getting chain suck. I checked it out, run through the gears, it had no issues and shifted perfectly on the bike stand. Back out on the trail I got the chain suck again.
Most of my chain suck happened [...]

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Fox F-29

Jan 26th, 2008 by Mickey | 0

Well, I picked up a Fox F29 and installed it on the El Rey. I’m glad I dropped the cash on it too! The F29 really does handle everything I through at it. It tracks great, goes exactly where I point it, rails through corners and holds it’s line perfectly, there’s no flex that I’ve [...]

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RST M-29 29er Fork

Jan 6th, 2008 by Mickey | 0

I have drop $600 - $700 on Fox forks before and as expected I had a really great fork. Fox is the benchmark I compare all forks to. I had a Reba on my El Rey to begin with, but hated it… it was so flexy that I didn’t trust it not to fold up [...]

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