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Good Article on the new Tallboy. Having ridden a 5010 and Bronson with VPP 2
and now making the change to the VPP3 there is a noticeable difference in
platform on all the bikes. It is small but makes a big difference after riding
for a week straight - the bike just handles better than they have in the past.
For a light XC Bike that can do things like BCBR, Single Track Six or even
riding more in the interior the Tallboy is a great bike. I am not at the level
of Seb Kemp but ride this bike and it def. punches above its weight class. I
run mine with 29er wheels and 130mm travel. When I am delving into the wet and
chunky stuff I run it with the 27.5″ and it rides like a mini- mini-DH bike.
Only thing I am not stoked on is the brakes. The Level Carbon on my bike work
well but I would prefer more of the adjust readily found on XT or XTR brakes.
I live on the east coast and having owned a Hightower earlier this year and
now changed onto a Tallboy I am happy I did. The HT is a great do everything
bike however on the slow, tight and twisty stuff i found it cumbersome at
times. The Tallboy 3 is a quick snappy and refreshing 29er to rip on. A lot of
feedback has been brought to light about how this is more of an XC trail bike
and not a light XC race bike and I would agree. Tallboy 3 isn't a Trek Top
Fuel XC machine but it can still handle rip the trails and for someone at 200
- 215 lb this bike is a lot stiffer and still feels very strong underneath you
when you are letting the bike ride underneath you.
Total blast to rip around on. (See pic attached)
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On the note of shifting. Eagle has been tough to dial in and the shifting into
the 50T was tricky. I ended up taking out one link more than I normally would
and not running the B Tension as much - works like a charm now!
Dec. 3, 2016, 10:27 p.m. - Matt Mowish
#!markdown Good Article on the new Tallboy. Having ridden a 5010 and Bronson with VPP 2 and now making the change to the VPP3 there is a noticeable difference in platform on all the bikes. It is small but makes a big difference after riding for a week straight - the bike just handles better than they have in the past. For a light XC Bike that can do things like BCBR, Single Track Six or even riding more in the interior the Tallboy is a great bike. I am not at the level of Seb Kemp but ride this bike and it def. punches above its weight class. I run mine with 29er wheels and 130mm travel. When I am delving into the wet and chunky stuff I run it with the 27.5″ and it rides like a mini- mini-DH bike. Only thing I am not stoked on is the brakes. The Level Carbon on my bike work well but I would prefer more of the adjust readily found on XT or XTR brakes. I live on the east coast and having owned a Hightower earlier this year and now changed onto a Tallboy I am happy I did. The HT is a great do everything bike however on the slow, tight and twisty stuff i found it cumbersome at times. The Tallboy 3 is a quick snappy and refreshing 29er to rip on. A lot of feedback has been brought to light about how this is more of an XC trail bike and not a light XC race bike and I would agree. Tallboy 3 isn't a Trek Top Fuel XC machine but it can still handle rip the trails and for someone at 200 - 215 lb this bike is a lot stiffer and still feels very strong underneath you when you are letting the bike ride underneath you. Total blast to rip around on. (See pic attached) <https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/63375b3debf1d2e2e1978d5878662f055e9e4b54864a18b721e82075c3e7f8e2.jpg> On the note of shifting. Eagle has been tough to dial in and the shifting into the 50T was tricky. I ended up taking out one link more than I normally would and not running the B Tension as much - works like a charm now!