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The test I would like to read about will never happen. That would be to build
this bike and several similar others (Banshee Rune, Orbea Rallon, Trek Slash,
etc.) with virtually the same base level components. No carbon wheels or other
"Halo" component nonsense. Spend 3 months on them in as many different
conditions available in BC/WA. Ride them like most riders do. Most N American
riders will not be in Chile anytime soon. I am not really a conspiracy
theorist, but this kind of test would expose flaws bikes companies don't want
most to know about prior to purchase.
April 28, 2014, 5:43 a.m. - Raymond Epstein
#!markdown The test I would like to read about will never happen. That would be to build this bike and several similar others (Banshee Rune, Orbea Rallon, Trek Slash, etc.) with virtually the same base level components. No carbon wheels or other "Halo" component nonsense. Spend 3 months on them in as many different conditions available in BC/WA. Ride them like most riders do. Most N American riders will not be in Chile anytime soon. I am not really a conspiracy theorist, but this kind of test would expose flaws bikes companies don't want most to know about prior to purchase.