Bike Check: Dylan Lamb’s fully custom Commencal Clash

Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
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Dylan Lamb lives in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs area and started mountain biking at the age of 12. After a short period of racing, he shifted focus to ‘riding for the stoke’ in the world of freeriding. Dylan is best known for boosting higher than most on any jump line and for insane dirt jump attempts – most of which he lands. His performances at shuttle and dirt jump days have placed him in the upper echelon of the genre. Dylan is lucky enough to earn a living through trail building and helping riders progress their skills with coaching. This is Dylan’s fully custom Commencal Clash:

Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash

What’s your favorite component or feature on the bike? The electronic AXS shifting is ‘next level’. It’s super responsive with no cabling so I can do bar-spins which brings in the whole BMX and dirt jump style of riding to bigger bikes.

If you sold the bike, what component would you keep for your next bike? Everything! Ok, if I could only choose one it would be the Zeb – it’s just amazing in any conditions.

What surprises you the most about this bike? It’s just such a strong and beefy trail bike that takes in anything from a Downhill track to a techy line to fun flow lines. It’s even good for jibs. I thought it would be really horrible to climb but it’s actually not that bad.

Any imminent component upgrades and why? I think I want to try an air shock again as the coil lags a little bit.

What do you enjoy the most about this bike? It’s just a slopestyle bike that rips corners, does tricks well and rides like a dirt jump bike with a lot of suspension.

Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
Dylan is 1.61m tall and rides a size medium Clash.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
The 170mm Zeb runs 3 tokens and Dylan ‘runs it hard’ at around 65psi so the bike behaves more like his dirt jump bike.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
The Truvativ Descendant bars are trimmed to 750mm which is about 10mm wider than on his dirt jump bike.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
The SRAM Code RSC levers are tilted very far down which is a pre-requisite for dirt jumping.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
40mm Descendant stem, a few spacers under the stem and the front brake cable is fed through the steerer for bar spins and the like.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
The Clash is a 170mm travel bike and Dylan has swapped out the air shock for a RockShox Super Deluxe Coil ‘to try it out’.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
SRAM’s GX AXS wireless electronic shifter means there’s no shifter cable to get tangled up in when flipping et al.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
RockShox wireless dropper control lever is set inward from the grip.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
Just in case he accidentally toggles the AXS dropper when airborne, Dylan removes the battery on the 120mm AXS Reverb dropper when shuttling big jump lines. Saddle by the German brand, Reverse.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
SRAM XO1 AXS wireless electronic derailleur with a 10-50t Eagle cassette and carbon XO1 cranks.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
Big air riding puts rims and wheels through quite a pounding – Dylan uses the all-alloy and notoriously robust Alex Rims.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb's fully custom Commencal Clash
Pirelli M 27,5 x 2.6″ tyres front and rear offer good rolling speed between the trannies and the Enduro casing is burly so there’s very little collapsing in high speed turns and takeoffs. Dylan runs around 25 to 30psi front and rear.

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