Good to see this still on track, think it will be an excellent help to many looking for their first good bike and maybe give other, more experienced riders some ideas for a 2nd bike to keep things spicy, on trails that might be feeling a bit "old".
Was going to question the 1200-2k budget, but guess I haven't kept up with the exchange rates and realised how far the Canadian dollar had dropped since last I needed any, 960-1600 US sounds about right.
Another nice one that should right at the top of that budget is the Trek Rosco, was going to say 7, but just checked and that's had a nice 150-200 price bump since I was looking at it for a friend back in February, so it would have to be the 6. Also of course, if you can get the Marin Pine Mtn1, it's at the top of the budget and no dropper, but think it's deservant of a place, if you can get one.
on the -2 angleset, to me, it's a very region specific thing and as mentioned, also depends on the fork offset on the bike you're going to be trying it on, not sure it'd be so nice on a bike with a say stock 66HTA and 51mm offset fork, but with a 44/46 offset probably nice if you live in a place like you guys do. For me, the ideal all around HT HTA is about 65-66 with a 130mm fork, something that can "handle" most anything going down and not ride/pedal like a pig on the climbs and rollier terrain and feel floppy as hell. Now if you had an older bike with a 68-69 HTA, then for sure, a -2 angleset would definitely bring it more into the all around Trail bike category, no question.
Side note...cool to see you're daughter's so into bikes and likes to help Daddy in the shop fixing and tinkering. Guessing you don't want to be installing an angleset using the ol' 2x4" method then? LOL
April 4, 2022, 4:54 a.m. - Lynx .
Good to see this still on track, think it will be an excellent help to many looking for their first good bike and maybe give other, more experienced riders some ideas for a 2nd bike to keep things spicy, on trails that might be feeling a bit "old". Was going to question the 1200-2k budget, but guess I haven't kept up with the exchange rates and realised how far the Canadian dollar had dropped since last I needed any, 960-1600 US sounds about right. Another nice one that should right at the top of that budget is the Trek Rosco, was going to say 7, but just checked and that's had a nice 150-200 price bump since I was looking at it for a friend back in February, so it would have to be the 6. Also of course, if you can get the Marin Pine Mtn1, it's at the top of the budget and no dropper, but think it's deservant of a place, if you can get one. on the -2 angleset, to me, it's a very region specific thing and as mentioned, also depends on the fork offset on the bike you're going to be trying it on, not sure it'd be so nice on a bike with a say stock 66HTA and 51mm offset fork, but with a 44/46 offset probably nice if you live in a place like you guys do. For me, the ideal all around HT HTA is about 65-66 with a 130mm fork, something that can "handle" most anything going down and not ride/pedal like a pig on the climbs and rollier terrain and feel floppy as hell. Now if you had an older bike with a 68-69 HTA, then for sure, a -2 angleset would definitely bring it more into the all around Trail bike category, no question. Side note...cool to see you're daughter's so into bikes and likes to help Daddy in the shop fixing and tinkering. Guessing you don't want to be installing an angleset using the ol' 2x4" method then? LOL