Indeed, but that's not it. So V2, presumably. The supposed back story to this pic, and the series that it comes from, is the poster/photographer spotted a reviewer testing the bike, and chatted with him/her about the bike. There a couple other tighter shots, but nothing close to a shot of the full frame.
The Smuggler is well overdue for an update.
How tall are you?
5' 10.5"
And you feel you need an XL? Interesting. With today's long top tube (and reach) I'm quite surprised.
21 pounds! Maybe you can crack that 5,000’ ceiling!
You get full credit!
So, have you ridden this thing yet?
Yes I’ve ridden it twice just haven’t posted here or on Strava. Not gonna lie it feels like I’m dragging an anchor with two flat tires. I think I’ve got it setup way too soft. Didn’t bother measuring sag just pumped it up to what felt good in the driveway. That and it’s got 170mm cranks and while I may be in the minority I can absolutely tell the difference and I hate em. Feels really great pointed downward though. Fit seems great. It’s not a light bike but I rode the wifey’s Ripley LS this morning and it weighs a bit more but pedaled way better. I’ll take any setup pointers you have cause I really want this bike to work.
No wonder it feels like a chopper.
I've only recently got mine set up to where it's near perfect. Mostly because I'm lazy and 80% was good enough for me. Anyways, I started to want a little more small bump compliance so I did a little internet surfing. Turns out there's not much you can do with a Fox Step-Cast fork. It came with one token installed so I added another and that was no better. I removed both tokens and there was a noticeable improvement. So, no tokens. I then started fine-tuning my sag. I generally run my suspension soft, but as it turns out, the SC fork likes minimal sag. Like 10-15% sag. I'm actually in the middle of Fox's recommended pressures. I adjusted my rebound accordingly after that and that's it.
So what is the recommended pressure and/or sag? Guessing 25% ? I'm 170 ish and I've got 175 psi in the shock but clearly that ain't enough.
I have the seats set way back on my bikes. It’s what feels good to me when riding. The Ibis Ripley was sized small in their range. I believe I’ve made the right choice in this case. Look at my chosen seat position in the pics. The Ibis Ripley I had to run a 75mm stem for reach comfort.
Rebound is probably set a bit slow. Tires are Rekon rear and Dissector front both 2.4. Strange cause my Hightower would pedal circles around the Ranger right now. Gonna lower the stem (has 20mm of spacers under it and I normally run basically slammed) and bump up the shock psi and hope for a major improvement.
My fork has a recommended air pressure sticker on it. The shock settings I got off of Fox's website.
New ironing board
Wrong shape to be an ironing board.
Well, I was going to wait until after the first ride, but you guys won’t give up on that ebike thread.