and so it begins...

After much teeth gnashing, humming, hawing and pestering some guy named Andrew Major who apparently knows a thing or two about thrillcrafts, I finally arrived at a decision about a new two-wheeled mountain riding apparatus.

Parts are on the way and I will start building things up in the next week or so. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">I ended up going full squish and 27.5 wheels. By the time it's said and done build price should come in at $2k.</span>

What I chose came down a lot to price and it fit the type of bike I was looking for -  it's a strong pedal up and smash down kind of bike. It's also metal and not plastic which mattered as I don't like the idea of smashing a plastic bike off of sharp pointy rocks on some of the trails I like to ride. I had the opportunity to get a good deal on a plastic wonderbike - carbon Reign with carbon wheels and all the goodies - but it was more than I wanted to spend. I could have had the Reign for $3K, which I agree is worth the extra $1000 over what I'll be spending, but I'll be using that $1K for other things. At the end of the day the bike I build up will perform just as good for me as the more expensive bike so I didn't see any point in spending another $1K for what would basically be trail side high fives at how awesome the new rig is.

As to what it is exactly why spoil the surprise - I'll just leave a few clues. It will also be running one of these strange devices:

Luddite.

Is that one of those things that goes in your butt?

Posted by: ReductiMat

Is that one of those things that goes in your butt?

It converts $7 into $700 worth of functionality

After seeing the butt plug I'm already a little disappointed.

Posted by: FLATCH

After seeing the butt plug I'm already a little disappointed.

Yeah, sorry it's not one of those giant fist sized things that Reductimat uses

Posted by: syncro

It converts $7 into $700 worth of functionality

So it's crypto currency? Nice.

Love it. Can't wait to see it

Posted by: tungsten

Luddite.

OK so Luddite has 2 d's

tires - what's good?

ardent? high roller?

Minion front/high roller rear

Posted by: FLATCH

Minion front/high roller rear

This a joke?

Posted by: Endur-Bro

This a joke?

if they're good enough for Ice-T

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT7Bpfgpu0A