My mamasita is sexier than ever. She was beautiful before of course, I never let her know she was a little chubby, at least not to her face, but at 27.4 lbs she was a heavier hardtail. Her she is before with the original Salsa Delgado wheel set and Kenda Karma 2.3s.
Then we had a heart to heart cause' 27+ lbs just isn't going to do for a hardtail in the comp class this year. After her diet of Mavic Crossmax wheelset, slightly small cassette (11-32), light ass rotors (Gene picked em out) and Hutchinson Python UST 2.1s, she lost over 2.5lbs! That is huge. Of course so was the bill, but hey its only money right? Here she is now trimmed down:
I can't wait to try the slimmed down mama on the dirt. I've just taken her around the block and the weight decrease and lower rolling resistance is immediately noticeable. I'm a little concern about the cornering stability and durability of these tires after reading several negative posts about them but I couldn't always tell the negatives were aimed at the 29er version or just the 26ers.
Thanks to Gene and the OneOnOne guys for getting me set up.
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