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07-03-2020, 11:41 PM #551Registered User
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https://m.pinkbike.com/news/ns-bikes...r1-review.html
You can get this frame factory direct.
Very very similar to what Transition just launched.
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07-03-2020, 11:48 PM #552
Ahhhh. Thanks.
I actually bought a a new RM Thunderbolt 2016 frame for $1000 still with warranty. The large size is roughly the same dimensions as this.medium NS1.
Funny though that the newer short travel geos are so slack and with such long wheelbases. Everything I don't want in a short travel bike. It's good there choices but I had to hunt for an older style frame.to get what I wanted
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07-04-2020, 07:04 AM #553Registered User
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07-05-2020, 10:11 AM #554
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07-05-2020, 10:34 AM #555
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07-06-2020, 08:12 PM #556
Please correct thyself on Oakridge: we have some shitty tight switchbacks on most trails! Not endless switchbacks, just a few sections, but some are very tight and exposed. It’s just the new bike specific trails that are made to handle with a 50” wheelbase!
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07-07-2020, 01:29 PM #557
This is...odd: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/the-fr...aluminium.html
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07-07-2020, 01:42 PM #558
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07-07-2020, 01:57 PM #559
The rare twofer of heavy and expensive.
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07-07-2020, 01:59 PM #560
That thing definitely falls in to the category of "Cool... but why?"
There's been a bunch of bikes that have come out this year that are kind of interesting in a materials / engineering kind of way. They'd make sense if they were just little one-off experiments, but quite a few of these companies are planning on offering their goofy contraptions for sale to the public, usually for exorbitant prices. I'd be curious to see who would actually be willing to pay $5,600 for that frame.
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07-07-2020, 02:11 PM #561
Why?
Doesn't buying a concept bike from a guy that has never designed bikes before sound like a good idea?
The Blister-guys had a discussion about which ski manufacturer would be best suited to make a ski for a sex party a la Eyes Wide Shut. Guess this is the bike best suited
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07-07-2020, 03:36 PM #562
Pfffffttt. $5600 is peanuts. You need this bad boy:
https://www.goldgenie.com/2015-world...e-racing-bike/
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07-07-2020, 09:48 PM #563
I like how it is ‘embellished’ in 24 ct gold.
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07-08-2020, 07:02 AM #564
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07-11-2020, 02:40 PM #565King potato
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Anyone have a finger on the pulse of SC?
Will there be a new nomad this year? Or will it be killed all together.
I want one, but would love a steeper seat tube.
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07-11-2020, 08:18 PM #566
I certainly have no insider knowledge but didn’t they just release new colours for the 2021 model? It could have been another model I was thinking of tho...
id certainly like to compare the nomad to the Bronson in terms of climbing tho.... both on my radar for my next bike.
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07-11-2020, 09:17 PM #567Registered User
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I have no knowledge.
But I would guess we won’t see another 27.5 Nomad Soon... I think it will either be a mullet bike, replace the Megatower as a 29’er, or remain the same.
The reasoning being that the long travel 27.5 niche isn’t seeing much investment these days and the Megatower could be improved and is due for an update.
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07-11-2020, 10:02 PM #568
I dunno, I am seeing renewed interest in long travel 27.5 among the “ride for the party, not for the speed” crowd.
See:
RM Slayer 27.5, SB165, etc...Last edited by rideit; 07-11-2020 at 10:37 PM.
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07-11-2020, 10:11 PM #569
I think I’m in the minority but I’m forsure Interested in a 27.5” party machine.... when you look at the SC lineup I do see that the nomad is probably the odd man out at this point tho... might be able to grab a good deal on one at some point
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07-11-2020, 11:55 PM #570Registered User
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Could be.
I think it’s geographically based as well. When I lived in Washington I liked small wheels. Now that I’m in Colorado I like big wheels.
Without a lot of research my gut is that the long travel 29’er segment is seeing more investment and generating more sales. For example, I see way more sb150’s floating around than 165’s but then again, That could be that I live in an area where a lot of people lean 29’er.
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07-12-2020, 12:35 AM #571
I’m considering a new Slayer for ‘21, and I am not totally sure which way to go. It would be primarily for Targhee Bike Park, Pass laps, Monarch Crest laps, TWE, that sort of thing.
I might just stick to 29 so I don’t need a new carbon wheelset. I am hoping I can demo them back to back at Wydaho Rendezvous, if that even happens.
Man, I wish the Slayer just had a flip chip or some alternate rockers to run either...Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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07-12-2020, 09:18 AM #572
Partying is for the birds!
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07-12-2020, 12:39 PM #573
Silly rabbit
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07-13-2020, 01:07 PM #574
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08-04-2020, 09:47 AM #575
Both Yeti and Spot announced carbon hardtails today. Only one is single speed compatible
https://spotbikes.com/collections/bi...32140479889442
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