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Nice Anthem! I've been thinking about going clipless for awhile but I feel so much more free on the platforms if I didn't have a backflip id do something just like this! I saw a guy that mounted the fork mount on the bed rails so that the cover can still be closed, idk if you've ever thought about that!
Thanks!
That Anthem is my baby. Best part are the Mavic wheels...stiff and light. Well worth the coin. Go clipless...now. You won't regret it. 15 degrees of float makes it feel like you aren't clipped, but the power transfer you get on the upward stroke is by far worth the chance.
Anyhow, I have seen the fork mount on the bedrail that you speak off. I considered it, however it leaves the bikes further outward than I'd like.
Here's what I did just drilled and tapped it into the bed rail up against the back window. Thule low rider mount with the true thule 15mm adapter. Looks pretty clean to me. Am happy about 75 bucks all together.
Thanks!
That Anthem is my baby. Best part are the Mavic wheels...stiff and light. Well worth the coin. Go clipless...now. You won't regret it. 15 degrees of float makes it feel like you aren't clipped, but the power transfer you get on the upward stroke is by far worth the chance.
Anyhow, I have seen the fork mount on the bedrail that you speak off. I considered it, however it leaves the bikes further outward than I'd like.
i agree, it took a little time to get used to being locked in but I dont think i would ever go back now.
Finally a thread with bikes! You guys sure do have some fancy bikes! Hope to upgrade to a nice setup someday, for now, my crosstrail disk does what I need.
Finally a thread with bikes! You guys sure do have some fancy bikes! Hope to upgrade to a nice setup someday, for now, my crosstrail disk does what I need.
Somethings in life are more about WANT than NEED.
Do I need a top-ish tier 29er with a $1k wheelset? Not one bit. But as a former shop employee it's VERY difficult to not want those extra little bits that make the bike better, and sometimes more "fancy" and cool.
My prior ride was a pieced together build.
Gary Fisher Paragon Frame (2002)
SID XC dual air fork
Hand built Chris King wheelset
XTR drivetrain, minus the crank..XT for that.
Easton carbon bars and seatpost
Thomson stem
She was a beauty, and sickly light for a hardtail large frame mtb. It's easy to piece things together when the order catalogs are at your fingertips all...day...long.
I prefer the good 'ol tailgate method. Of course, 20mm thru axles and all that don't lend themselves to an easy wheel removal solution.
Yeah bolt-on 20mm thru's definitely make the process more labor intensive.
I'm really enjoying the 15mm thru with quick release on my Anthem. So rigid and still relatively simple to remove.
Yeah, the Enduro has definitely been all it was cracked up to be. Awesome bike. Lots of great bikes in this category, but I'm sure the E29 is a great ride. Mine is an '11.
My bike has the QR20 system, so it isn't too bad to remove the front wheel, but it is still kind of a pain. Actually, I've never been one for removing wheels for transporting at all, even when I had regular quick releases. That is one thing I like about having a truck! Sometimes I'd do the motorcycle tie-down style when I had a longer bed, but I've traveled easily over 10k miles w/ a bike over the gate and haven't had a single issue.
Not to get too off topic, but clipless pedals ... no thanks, at least not on the trails for me. I rode them for about 7 years, switched back to flats about 8 yrs ago and I haven't looked back. A nice pair of wide thin flats and Five Ten shoes works great for me. But most of my mtb riding is downhill oriented -- I ride clipless on the road and if I rode long distance XC, I'd probably use it there, too.
Platforms for downhill for sure.
Clipless for XC and road no doubt...climbing on platforms only gets you a 50% effective pedal stroke as you're only applying power on the downstroke. Clipless lets you just wail away.
09-11-2014, 08:27 PM
if I didn't have a backflip id do something just like this! I saw a guy that mounted the fork mount on the bed rails so that the cover can still be closed, idk if you've ever thought about that!
wheelset? Not one bit. 
But as a former shop employee it's VERY difficult to not want those extra little bits that make the bike better, and sometimes more "fancy" and cool. 
