Assegai on rear wheel, while Hans Dampf on front... hmm

Lol ya that's backwards.

 Ya I'm going to start looking at some fenders. the best option would be to buy one from a bike company that has one on their bikes such as Santa Cruz. Edit: don't think they will work.

 I bought one of their hightower ribbed chainstay protectors and it fits pretty well. Had to trim off a little bit but that wasn't hard like 5 sec with a hacksaw.

 I got mine built up mostly waiting on cash to have my Chris Kings built into some lb carbon 29 hoops.

 I went with the clear gloss and I have to recommend it. It comes off as almost black with a little grey you don't see all the carbon layup like matte it's deep with the carbon visible when the light hits it right. I've got a dyedbro.com wrap/protection kit on it and it is beautiful.

 Ordered 29 lowers for my 27.5 mrp ribbon coil which will give me a 44mm offset fork. I'll run it 160mm to slack it a bit.

 Got a fox performance 165x45 with a Rwc needle bearing in the top. It is very supple in decend mode it is as sensitive as my DB inline coil on my Recluse was. No joke not exaggerating. Say that though I'm sending it to Avalanche for tuning so I can have that sensitivity and pedal well.

 Here's the wrap I got https://dyedbro.com/product/guadalupe-color/

 Word of warning to anybody buying this frame LOCTITE YOUR TRUNNION BOLTS. They will loosen otherwise. I loctite  mine and now no problem.

 I have the 27.5+ version and it is indeed 165x38 traditional mount.
 That being said I would buy the Lightcarbon version.

 Ya I like the gloss. Feel like the matte just makes them look more generic.

Quote from: offrhodes on February 13, 2019, 07:26:53 AM

I am looking for reputable sources for carbon integrated handlebars. Looking for stem length of 70 and bar width of 720 or 740. Anyone using these long term without issues?

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32858526315.html?pid=808_0000_0101&spm=a2g0n.search-amp.list.32858526315&aff_trace_key=4eb585832b88498ba318c9581f2f4764-1564940659816-09793-UneMJZVf&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=692amp-u3ervOtJ2VWWXI03zxhqTg1565278195838

These have over 300 buyers and excellent color options basically the same bar just better looking

Sorry to one up you but these are better unless you want an xc bar.
 Cost more though.https://www.diycarbonbikes.com/collections/stem-bars/products/dcb-syncros-hixon

 I wonder if you could go with a 200x57 and lower that bb. That's got to be part of the reason the handling is so much different. That's like 40mm higher then I like it. It's gotta have very teetering feeling to it.

The bottom mounts are 8mm. Trunnion bolts are 10mm.
Modification is nessary to make it work.

You are stuck with 165/38.

I still have my fs027 and plan on trying to make it work by enlarging the mount holes just waiting on a cheaper shock.

 You can get the McLeod at bike24 for 170$  shipped now. The fox 165/45 trunnion for 450$. Fox may fit with 8mm thread reducers. Looking at pictures of the dvo opal it looks like the air valve is on the drive side which means no way in hell the trunnion version will fit unless they make a spark specific version. And they may.
 That dbinline will not fit by the way. But I took a grinder to it and made it fit.
 One more thing this frame needs a very progressive shock to make it work right. What ever shock you are using put some volume reducers in it and you will see what I mean.