It's the peened finish on all the new handlebars that make the grips spin. You can sand the grip area down to a smooth finish and then the rubber will stop squirming around. There is so much air space between the little bumps, that only a little of the grip actually contacts the bar. The only grip I've found that sticks to this kind of surface are ESI's. They're also some of the most comfy grips I've ridden, which is a major plus!,,,,BD

Still waiting to Ride 2012 Trek Wahoo 29er
 

I did a couple of rides down will on steep grass slopes and local bike path when I got this last week. It was fun but haven't been able to commute to work. It's been raining alot.

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How does the bike ride? Is that a 26er or 29er. What is your take on that bike?

Well, when it factory spec i found it was good for xc, but maybe a little heavy, so i transferred all the parts over to a rock lobster frame, which i have been very pleased with. Then i had the bugging feeling that i had a dawes frame that i had only used for one year, and with the EBB screaming out for a single speed conversion, and a spare set of wheels, i thought i gotta do it. It took a few months to get enough parts together to build the dawes up but i am so glad i did. It is light, the tubing is reynolds 520, and putting the rigid forks on the bike made it so precise and responsive. The rear triangle is suprisingly stiff, stiffer than the rock lobster. Fitting a more heavy duty stem and handlebar (to compensate for the lack of shock absorber up front) has made it a lot stiffer than the xc set-up that was originally on the bike. I prefer the feel of the dawes better than the rock lobster, but mostly due to the rigid fork, and the single speed set up, but obviously this has its limitations, and the lobster is still my favourite. If its long distance xc... i go for the lobster every time, but if its a couple of hours knock about fun, its the dawes ss. Sorry, the bikes a 26er, with a 32-19 drivechain.

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Sweet Lynskey! Bare ti frames make choosing bling colors easy. Grey ti goes with everything.

Awesome titanium bike.

Those twisted tubes are terribly ugly. but a lovely bike none the less.

what kind of rotors are those?

Sweet bike. I have never seen a twisted frame. I like it. I bet you get double looks at that bike.

I sold my hybrid bike and purchased a 1995 Trek 9900 Carbon mountain bike, it handles quite nice and accelerates pretty quick.
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Time to get a cyclocross bike to fill out your stable haha. Seems like a nice ride. Vintage carbon is quite cool looking.

In the future I might get a cyclocross bike.

My new home build.

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^Nice build, i like the murdered-out look on the bike.

Not sure what you mean by the "murdered-out look".

I think he's referring to it being all black, which it isn't fwiw. So in reality, it's not murdered out.

All black is murdered out then. Black is the only color the frame and fork came in. It's my first build, mostly SRAM X7 components except the crank and BB.

Black gets dirty really fast.

FINALLY all put back together. No pretty outdoor shots yet; just got finished last night:

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dminor, I know nothing about gravity bikes but this thing looks class.
Love the look of Yeti bikes.

Thanks for the comments on the Lynskey...even on the terribly ugly tubes. Not sure that I'm a huge fan either, but my brother is stoked with it, so that's all that matters. The helix tubes seem more subtle in person.

The rotors are Hope floating rotors with black carrier. Running Hope Tech X2 Evo brakes.

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Get a turquoise stem d

That Lynskey is sweet!
That Carbon TRek is classic premium style.
And that Yeti is just drop dead gorgeous. (I don't even see where there is a stem to match)

Thanks! I do too :). My last one was black - - which just made me want a turq. one all the more.

Haha. Maybe I'll repaint the cap turquoise. I do have turq. rollers rollers for the MRP; might change one out so there's one white, one turq.

It's a direct-mount, bolted to the top crown.

Word. Why have we never seen pictures of it when it is dirty? Or are you a spray down right after the ride hotshot?