Results 301 to 325 of 440
Thread: $4K Trail Bike
-
06-30-2022, 05:00 PM #301User
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- Ogden
- Posts
- 9,158
Hell yeah, congrats! Prepare for your mind to be blown.
Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums
-
06-30-2022, 05:54 PM #302Registered User
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- SF & the Ho
- Posts
- 9,380
Congrats
-
06-30-2022, 08:50 PM #303
Yes dude! Congrats. It’s such a great bike.
Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums
-
07-01-2022, 07:48 AM #304
Welcome to the new age. Go get loose!
-
07-01-2022, 09:07 AM #305
That looks really fun, congrats man
-
07-01-2022, 09:08 AM #306
'Bout fkn time Danno, congrats!
You even have a enduro fender on it, how's your quiver of flatbrims looking?
-
07-01-2022, 12:35 PM #307
Looks flexy.
-
07-06-2022, 12:18 AM #308"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
-
07-10-2022, 09:16 AM #309Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2010
- Posts
- 1,958
Surprising find today:
https://www.jensonusa.com/Ibis-Ripmo...Coil-Bike-2021
Ripmo AF with DVO coil suspension and GX is 10% off, in stock in all sizes. Hard to find a more capable trail bike/light enduro for $4200. Yeah the coils are heavy but the DVO coils have some awesome reviews.
-
07-14-2022, 04:29 PM #310
-
07-14-2022, 04:32 PM #311
-
07-14-2022, 04:44 PM #312
A sale like that sounds like a revised ripmo AF will be dropping in a few weeks.
-
07-14-2022, 05:56 PM #313
-
07-15-2022, 12:29 PM #314
Jenson sent an email this morning saying they're doing a gift card sale / promotion - - depending on how much you spend on the frame or bike, they give you an e gift card in mid August. Messaged their customer service, and my Ripley order from yesterday qualifies!
So on top of that 25% sale, I get a $250 gift card. Excellent.
-
07-15-2022, 01:01 PM #315Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2022
- Posts
- 830
Other retailers are running it too--some builds have more sizes available at Backcountry.
Fanatik has some Ripley AFs left:
https://www.fanatikbike.com/products...39301195104302
(and a Large NGX)
-
07-15-2022, 02:36 PM #316Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2010
- Posts
- 1,958
$4K Trail Bike
That GX build is insane. Onyx fork, RSC brakes, Carbon bars, bikeyoke dropper for $3400?! Considering buying it, riding it for a year, then transferring everything to a carbon Sentinel frame once I have a little more in the bike fund. Damn.
-
07-16-2022, 09:09 AM #317
I saw a Kona Hei Hei for a pretty good deal in Squamish. Is this the thread in which to post it?
-
07-16-2022, 08:08 PM #318Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2010
- Posts
- 1,958
$4K Trail Bike
Well I pulled the trigger on a Ripmo AF with JadeX coil from the Jenson sale. Total delivered cost is under $3300 plus a $250 gift card to spend on consumables. She will be a heavy beast but I’m no featherweight easier and I like a little meat on my women.
I prefer Shimano stuff and already have most of an SLX/XT group with 4-pots so I’ll be taking off the RSCs, GX group, and BikeYoke and flipping them to bring the cost down even further.
Pretty stoked once I got over the anxiety of buying a new bike. My current (and first) MTB I bought in early 2019 as a used demo 2017 model, and I’ve upgraded/replaced every single component except the frame. But I think I’ve outgrown it and it never fit 100% anyway.
-
07-18-2022, 11:02 AM #319
Man I was waffling and now they're sold out at Jenson. Probably for the best though. I'm also not a SRAM guy, but also don't have another kit sitting around to swap. I was also looking for a large and a medium would have been a compromise. But damn was the price soooo sweet.
-
07-18-2022, 11:24 AM #320
-
07-18-2022, 11:27 AM #321
-
07-21-2022, 05:41 PM #322
-
07-25-2022, 02:49 PM #323
Is the Ripley AF SLX build that much better than the Deore build? I thought the main difference was weight, but it looks like there is less than a 1/4 lb difference? Is the SLX upgrade worth the extra $300 or so
-
07-25-2022, 02:58 PM #324Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2010
- Posts
- 1,958
$4K Trail Bike
Biggest difference is the dropper BikeYoke Revive on the SLX is pretty high end. Deore comes with the KS dropper which is like a $120 part. Groupset s are like 229g different so it should be closer to 1/2lb.
If you’re used to better shifting then the SLX is a better buy. $300 upgrade price for full SLX plus a dropper that costs $200 more isn’t bad.
But if you’re planning on eventually upgrading to XT or 4-piston brakes/longer dropper then the Deore is the way to go. Ride it til it breaks and then upgrade.
-
07-25-2022, 03:07 PM #325
I'm used to XT level shifting but from 2007ish with a 3x9, haven't been on a modern bike yet so have no real current frame of reference.
Bookmarks