Stuff What I Made

One of the consequences of getting the one shift lever per side shift system what that it displaced the dropper seat post actuation lever. On option would be to use an ODI lock-on grip style lever, but I had used them in the past and didn’t really like them. I did have a lever of a suitable size, 9point8 brand I think, but its mount left it sitting in an awkward spot that didn’t interact well with the new shift levers. [Read More]

The Cinq Shift:R trigger shifting system was for the most part very good, but the shift levers themselves were not to my taste. [Read More]

The Pinion gearbox on my Deviate Guide originally came with grip shifting as its gear change mechanism. I’ve never really been a fan of grip shift, it feels awkward as a movement, disrupts braking and makes your bars/grips asymmetric. There is no real upside to it for me, besides having the ability to dump a bunch of gears at once. [Read More]

Having ruined the Haro, in 2018 I bought my first ever completely new mountain bike, a Deviate Guide. I’ve always had a thing for gearbox based mountain bikes, but this was the first one that was equipped with a Pinion. [Read More]

Towards the end of 2018, with the Corrado still sitting idle, I started to think that maybe I should get a van. This was because basically the only time I ever drive anywhere is to go mountain biking and a van makes sense from a convenience, security and having a place to change point of view. I hopped on Facebook marketplace and found a Renault Kangoo literally 3 minutes walk from my flat, on sale for a grand. [Read More]