Professional Tweaks, Tips & Reviews By "AJ" Picarello
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Are you one with your bike? This early in the season, many of you will relate to the following list. Be warned that you are riding too much and will burn out by mid season for sure.
You only buy black socks.
You can pedal up any hill in the big ring.
You aim your head to illuminate your path on your midnight stroll to the bathroom.
You pull up on your cars steering wheel when driving over speed bumps.
You find Hex wrenches in the wash.
You have pinch flatted a previously fixed pinch flat.
Your goggle strap is dry rotten.
You’ve eaten bicycle shaped pasta.
You own the Chris King salt and pepper Hub Shakers.
You have a Gravity Research sticker.
You have an Outland racing jersey.
You remember the year when suspension forks came out.
You own bicycle print boxer shorts.
You almost spelled the word boxer, boxxer.
You have a Scary Fast headband.
You have a Yo Eddy pint glass.
You named your first born after your favorite racer.
Professional Tweaks, Tips & Reviews By "AJ" Picarello
I hope you find my Tweaks and Tips section helpful. If there is something you want to know about, send me an email and I will try to add that to one of my upcoming articles.
Serious R & D has been invested into the new 2005 Sunday suspension design. Anyone reading this article already knows about the DW link. Dave Weagle has developed an innovative link system for the Sunday that has set a new standard. I am still in awe after riding this bike for the past three weeks!
What are we all looking for in a DH rig? My answer is confidence. Riding bicycles down mountains, through rocks and around trees is insane enough as it is. Riding these trails on a bike that feels foreign and sketchy is nerve racking and could force a rider into early retirement.
The Sunday is a stable machine. I must say, the most stable frame design I have ever owned. An 8” travel bike with a long 3” stroke shock combined with a low bottom bracket and a longer than normal top tube, make this bike perform. The geometry is spot on for all types of terrain. Watch out for the cranks! A 13.5” high bottom bracket can put a scare into anyone. Tag a pedal and it’s your fault not the bikes. Timing your pedals through tight sections is a must. I was actually not hitting my pedal at all. I bottomed out on the freakishly long crank arm. FSA cranks come on both the Team and the World Cup. It seems FSA has only one crank arm length (175mm) they just drill the arms for 165mm. This is a concern since running a 165mm arm with an extension defeats the purpose of running 165mm in the first place. I dislike the crank because of this and it will be replaced ASAP.
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