NSMB - 2015 – Mountain Bike Thread (full suspension)

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Here is a pic of my new ride. Can someone help me make the picture visible without the link? Thanks

Here is a pic of my new ride. Can someone help me make the picture visible without the link? Thanks

Sure thing. And nice ride.

The lady's new rig. still a few tweeks to be done to it but she is away for a bit, so I am in no hurry. looks fun.

Is that a front derailleur? Didn't know they still made those ;)

Is that a front derailleur? Didn't know they still made those ;)

she hated the XX1, and even though she is strong enough to push a 1x10, which she has on her honzo, the 2x was a selling feature for sure, weird I know. ;)

^^^^^Where'd you find that?^^^^^

Bike Co in Whistler/Pemby is selling them.

Nowadays….all the bikes are so lust worthy.

yeah. most bikes in the trail/AM category are pretty similar these days: progressive geo, good pedallers, stiff chasis, decent graphic. designs that deviate from the formula are derided as flawed or outdated rather than evaluated on their merits. it's getting a bit boring

Is that a front derailleur? Didn't know they still made those ;)

not everyone is a slave to fashion of the day ;)

looks great.

The Reign has had a bit of a tweak. I finally got my Pikes sorted with the Fast Suspension cartridge [HTML_REMOVED] I ditched the Float X off the back - couldn't get it right. I was almost about to put a coil on it - but the Vivid Air swayed me from past experiences.

I'm itching for some carbon, if only they did the Team Advanced as a frame option, i'd be really struggling not to buy one.

yeah. most bikes in the trail/AM category are pretty similar these days: progressive geo, good pedallers, stiff chasis, decent graphic. designs that deviate from the formula are derided as flawed or outdated rather than evaluated on their merits. it's getting a bit boring

Yeah, as awesome as these plastic enduro bikes clearly are, they all leave me somewhat dead. I can never see myself dropping 8K on something that looked so sterile. Now this on the other hand :drool:

The Reign has had a bit of a tweak. I finally got my Pikes sorted with the Fast Suspension cartridge [HTML_REMOVED] I ditched the Float X off the back - couldn't get it right. I was almost about to put a coil on it - but the Vivid Air swayed me from past experiences.

I'm itching for some carbon, if only they did the Team Advanced as a frame option, i'd be really struggling not to buy one.

Very nice!

Can you tell us anything about the Fast Suspension cartridge? Did you go for the full cartridge option with pink adjusters or only for the internal rebound/compression tuning?

How does it feel? I've been about to send it off for the fast-suspension upgrade and a service, but it still works good, so I'll probably do it in June.

Cheers
Znarf

yeah. most bikes in the trail/AM category are pretty similar these days: progressive geo, good pedallers, stiff chasis, decent graphic. designs that deviate from the formula are derided as flawed or outdated rather than evaluated on their merits. it's getting a bit boring

I kinda concur. Though I'm an arbitrary contrarian. Chris porter's nicolais are pretty neat though, as are the btr's.

Chris porter's nicolais are pretty neat though

nice concept, not crazy about the execution

matt wragg's black plastic killing machine otoh

:drool:

edit: intense getting in on the "how long can you go?" action

26.25" top tube, 48" wheelbase

gross