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07-31-2019, 11:49 PM #126
Heli drop shake down! Noice!
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08-01-2019, 09:47 AM #127
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08-01-2019, 01:30 PM #128Registered User
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It’s a 29er Slayer. My shop was trying to get me to wait to get one but it would of meant not having a bike this year. Should be definitely interesting. If it remains the great climbing ability and magic carpet on the way down of the currently Slayer with 29in wheels, it’s going to be a force to reckon with in the bike world.
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08-02-2019, 09:40 AM #129
This looks like a very solid option if your budget is limited.
It hits all of the right points with geo and suspension quality.
Gt has been quietly coming back, but I still don't know of any brick and mortar retailers to go see them.
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08-02-2019, 10:38 AM #130
Fanatik has gt demos
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08-02-2019, 09:44 PM #131
Welp. Pulled trigger. Sb165 raw, medium. Unreasonable, not logical, totally financially irresponsible and yet I’m so fucking pumped.
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08-02-2019, 09:48 PM #132Registered User
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sounds like the SB165 spoke to you, this is why we buy these bikes ... good on ya
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08-02-2019, 09:49 PM #133
Nice! You know the rules...lets see it!
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08-02-2019, 09:52 PM #134
^^ ordered through evo Seattle using some demo credits: hopefully in within the next week.
Honestly I love 29er, loved my 5.5 and the 150 was the rational move and it would have been totally badass but at the same time less exciting for me, just an evolution not a revolution. The 165 felt like what I wanted to jerk it to everyniggt.
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08-02-2019, 09:56 PM #135
Hell yeah. Lets link up a spin a lap when you get it.
Stoked to get out tomorrow. Installed a pnw components loam lever today. Looking forward to some testing.
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08-02-2019, 10:07 PM #136
Life is too short for always making the 100% rational move
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08-02-2019, 10:25 PM #137
Nice dude!^
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08-02-2019, 10:27 PM #138
Beauty bikes!! Chances are years from now youll remember that ride more than the $. 165 looks teh bidness
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08-03-2019, 08:20 AM #139
SB165 is sick, nice work. What an amazing time we live, with basically DH bikes that pedal better and are lighter than short travel bikes from 6 or 7 years ago.
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08-03-2019, 10:57 AM #140Rod9301
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I used to agonize between getting a bike that's good on the down, ie 170 mm travel, vs one that climbs well, maybe 140.
Now i have a 180 mm front and rear e bike, and there's no need to compromise anymore.
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08-03-2019, 11:55 AM #141
Which "New" Bike? Nomad/Patrol/Insurgent/?
Seeking advice from the collective. I got back into MTB last summer after a long hiatus, and I’m hooked. I’ve never owned anything but hardtails, never thought I would be interested in some bike park, etc but I caught the bug. Now feeling that riding lifts will really help improve my riding on trails and would be fun too. I live 1.5 hours from Highland in NH.
I have a vintage XC race bike that I’m continuing to build up, an entry level alu fat bike that I ride on the beach / in winter/mud and a Deore-spec plus hardtail I ride as a trail bike. Keeping the XC and fat bike.
Looking to upgrade the trail bike to full suspension that I can occasionally use at bike park. Local local trails are mostly XC, but can be rough (think the Fells, Breakheart, Lynn Woods etc) not a lot of sustained downhills. But I’ve recently fallen in love with real mountain-style trails which I will be traveling to as much as I can.
My brain says I should get something like this- Santa Cruz 5010 (130mm travel)
https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bi...942941322.html
But being a newb and a loser (slow learner) with the wrenches, I’m not confident in buying used bikes, so it would be a process to buy on CL.
Recently I’ve been demoing FS rides. I rode a 2018-19 Rocky Mountain Slayer 30 (170mm/165mm) on mountain-style trails and freaking loved it. Didn’t mind the way it climbed at all, was able to play a little on the downhills, etc. kind of wish it weren’t carbon, but it wouldn’t be as fun if it weren’t. I can get it for $2400 from a shop that has been awesome to me regarding the plus hardtail I bought used from them- they just fixed the fork and rear hub for the cost of parts almost a year later. So it’s a comfortable purchase, but is it too much bike? On one hand, I think it will make up for mistakes if I begin taking more risks in the Park/bigger more challenging trails. On the other hand, it might just be stupid. WWMD?Last edited by Self Jupiter; 08-03-2019 at 12:30 PM.
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08-03-2019, 11:58 AM #142
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08-03-2019, 12:23 PM #143Registered User
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Giggle ! I didn't see that crack coming at all !
isnt there an e-bike thread for that ?Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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08-03-2019, 12:56 PM #144Registered User
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Looking forward to hearing the reviews.
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08-03-2019, 01:26 PM #145
Honestly, I think for alloy, being someone who isn’t yet great with wrenches (so avoiding consumer direct) I’d be looking at Transition/Santa Cruz. They make awesome alloy versions. Edit: I think the scout alloy gx build is really good value at 3999. Depending on where you get it from you can probably get it tax free and maybe even with a discount as the season continues. (IMO it’s better value than the 5010 alloy R build at the same price)
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08-03-2019, 01:37 PM #146
So, I was perusing Pinkbike, looking at a used Ibis Ripmo. It is being sold by Jeff Weed.
I think that’s a red flag that the bike wasn’t ridden on Sundays to church.Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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08-03-2019, 02:43 PM #147
Damn.... looking forward to seeing that 165.... Looks super sick! thats right.... Sick....
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08-03-2019, 03:51 PM #148Registered User
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what color, the Turquoise koolaid is deadly ?
talk about irresponsible cha-ching I bought the last one the dealer had before they were going up in price the next year and then got shit from the GF for taking off and forgetting the anniversary
BTW, IME if you don't use carbon paste on the seat post when you put that new frame together it will creak like a mofo, my sons 5.5 creaked as well till we slathered on the carbon paste, it worked so well I been using carbon paste on non-carbon parts like seat rails and handlebars
I just had to redo mine when it started making noise again after a couple of yearsLast edited by XXX-er; 08-03-2019 at 04:21 PM.
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08-03-2019, 04:05 PM #149
Ha. The Yeti 165 frame alone is the same price as my bike. Looks so good though and more betterer.
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08-03-2019, 05:53 PM #150
I have a Pivot Trail 429 xt/xtr build that I use for xc and all mountain trails. It's a great bike for the type of riding that you're describing. IMO a RM Slayer on xc trails would dumb down the trail and be boring.
Also IMO carbon is overrated. Don't be skurrd of an alloy bike. If you liked the Slayer maybe see if you can find an alloy Altitude to take for a spin.
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