{"id":31,"date":"2009-10-09T09:16:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T09:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=30"},"modified":"2013-08-19T09:11:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T09:11:52","slug":"ewr-project-phase-six-dial-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"EWR Project – Phase Six…Dial Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another week, another configuration and I’m back in that pine forest again for some more shakedown time, it’s a shame the place is a 100 mile round trip from my house else I’d be blasting round there all weekend….sadly I only get to go once a week and after work as it’s near my office <\/span>\"\"

Last week was the first ever ride on my EWR and it highlighted some ‘handling weirdness’ that needed ironing out….and fast, so last weekend I pulled the front end apart, switched from a 0\u00b0 rise 135mm stem to a 10\u00b0 rise stem, lost the 1″ rise Club Roost bars in favour of some Race Face Air Alloy in 1.5″ rise flavour, moved one poker chip above the stem (leaving 20mm of spacing below), dropped the saddle height by 20mm, nudged the rails back and bled the back brake so it’s now ultra vicious <\/span>\"\"

As much as hunting down elusive bike parts is a whole lotta fun, there’s nothing more satisfying than dialling a bike in so the ride is El Perfecto. Plenty of bikes look good in pictures but ride like a wheelbarrow full of runny shit…<\/span>

So, it got blasted round the woods in the pitch black and wet and gnarly tree roots hidden by freshly fallen leaves focussed the brain <\/span>\"\"\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

That aside, my OWB rides 100% better than it did last week but I think these bars are a bit too Cowhorn for my liking. Since 1988 I’ve ridden flat bars and bar ends so this whole riser bar thing is a little freaky to me full stop and these Race Face bars are about a mile wide \"\"……<\/span><\/p>\n

I suspect that if they stay on the bike they will be saying hello to my little friend….the Sandvik Hacksaw for some ‘amputational correctness’\"\"<\/p>\n

Cowhorns in the pines<\/span>
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Good job the trail was wide here…
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Cowhorns in the pines Part II
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Another week, another configuration and I’m back in that pine forest again for some more shakedown time, it’s a shame the place is a 100 mile round trip from my house else I’d be blasting round there all weekend….sadly I …<\/p>\n

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