But you were not clear about whether the idea of a re-review came from NSMB or Trek.
And the general premise of this re-review -- 'now that I changed out half the parts, I realize how wrong I was about the frame' -- is strange. Have you ever done that for any other brand's bike? I read a lot of MTB media and I don't remember ever seeing anything similar (and by similar I mean a re-do of a published review, not swapping parts during an initial review.)
So when you go from describing the seat-stay design in the original review as "certainly ... a deal breaker for me" to describing the same design in the re-review as "not enough of a concern to reduce my love for the Stache," it reinforces the impression that NSMB was pressured by Trek here.
And, finally, when you go from before saying that "on steeper terrain ... it is the least pleasing bike I've ridden in years," to now saying "the heart of the fastest descending hardtail I've ridden is Trek's 29+ chassis," I lack confidence in the independence of your revised conclusion.
Aug. 9, 2017, 7:53 a.m. - OldManBike
But you were not clear about whether the idea of a re-review came from NSMB or Trek. And the general premise of this re-review -- 'now that I changed out half the parts, I realize how wrong I was about the frame' -- is strange. Have you ever done that for any other brand's bike? I read a lot of MTB media and I don't remember ever seeing anything similar (and by similar I mean a re-do of a published review, not swapping parts during an initial review.) So when you go from describing the seat-stay design in the original review as "certainly ... a deal breaker for me" to describing the same design in the re-review as "not enough of a concern to reduce my love for the Stache," it reinforces the impression that NSMB was pressured by Trek here. And, finally, when you go from before saying that "on steeper terrain ... it is the least pleasing bike I've ridden in years," to now saying "the heart of the fastest descending hardtail I've ridden is Trek's 29+ chassis," I lack confidence in the independence of your revised conclusion.