Ok MattB, you warned me!

Zilla said:

From 45 mins. down to 30 mins. did the same loop twice in
1 hour. I was more aggressive this time since I know the
bike was gonna hold up. I only stopped since the chain
kept popping off (I use an old rear der. for a chain
tensioner). I bought a Surly-like chain tensioner from
eBay to hopefully alleviate this issue.

3 days in a row now on the SS. So Matt am I hooked?

Sure sounds like it. Are you finding your thoughts during
the day turning to horizontal dropouts? Do you look at
trails differently (thinking: "I could milk some mo' in that
compression to power up that"😉. It's probably terminal.

Matt (but I still like the FS too!)

MattB said:

Zilla said:

From 45 mins. down to 30 mins. did the same loop twice in
1 hour. I was more aggressive this time since I know the
bike was gonna hold up. I only stopped since the chain
kept popping off (I use an old rear der. for a chain
tensioner). I bought a Surly-like chain tensioner from
eBay to hopefully alleviate this issue.

3 days in a row now on the SS. So Matt am I hooked?

Sure sounds like it. Are you finding your thoughts during
the day turning to horizontal dropouts? Do you look at
trails differently (thinking: "I could milk some mo' in
that compression to power up that"😉. It's probably
terminal.

Matt (but I still like the FS too!)

I'll stick with my m'fied SS for now. I'll ride the FS
Thurs though.

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