NSMB - 2018 - Full Suspension Bike Thread

This thread is dedicated to the full suspension mountain bike. The bike you ride up and down the hills regardless of wheel size or width.

Use this thread to post up your bike regardless of wheel size, the number of chainrings, fatness or level of boostness.

Feel free to share some details on your set-up, weight or whatever makes it special to you.

26"…..is it dead?

27.5"…..the new standard?

27.5+…..the new koolaid?

29"…..tall dudes?

Boost….????

Post em and discuss em.  In 2009 these threads were started and got over 100K views and thousands of posts, in 2017 there were 30K views.  Let's keep the dream alive.

My Trail bike.

This is my trail/xc/enduro/park bike.

for park abuse I swap out the wheels, tires and drivetrain and it's good to go.

This is my ride for 2018

Large Hightower CC 135mm
DVO Jade shock set to 51mm stroke with SAR coil
DVO Diamond set to 160mm
We Are One Agent wheels with Project 321 hubs
XFusion manic post 125mm
XT drivetrain (cassette being replaced with a Garbaruk 11-48t)
Renthal 40mm stem
Joystick analog carbon bar 780mm
Saint brakes

It looks like it would be worth a try for sure.  It definitely wins on weight (25% lighter than equivalent XT Cassette) and range is similar.  Their website has a good comparison chart near the bottom.

https://garbaruk.com/11-speed.html

Im still going with an XT 11-42T + OneUp 47T, which is cheaper than a Garbaruk, but definitely heavier.

Let us know how it holds up?

Myself and a couple of friends are putting in an order soon.

It is 1 piece machined steel (with aluminum large cog), only sub 300g, and only $300usd. And it looks tits! Seems too good to be true, but worth a try imo.

I have an XT with a One Up Shark right now. While it works flawlessly, those XT cassettes are boat anchors. I have to save weight anyway, since I am running a coil shock, a heavy fork, post, and Saint brakes hahaha

Garbaruk is ligit. My brother has had his for a year and racked over 2000km and its still great 👍

Posted by: heathen

Garbaruk is ligit. My brother has had his for a year and racked over 2000km and its still great 👍

That's comforting to know. Thanks!

My 2013 Banshee Prime, have yet to ride a better bike. Also of note, I have never gone more than 2 years without breaking a frame...this bike is legit awesome!

Nice bike... not itching for an update yet?

Posted by: pedalhound

My 2013 Banshee Prime,

What's that sucker weigh? 

And where as per their http://bansheebikes.com/dealer-map/ ? Nearest dealer in Kelowna whose web page goes 404, shop in Kootenays whose website was last updated in fall '17 and a coffee shop in Cal who sells bikes on the side. Really?

Place in Ferndale don't even list Banshee.....

Posted by: GladePlayboy

Nice bike... not itching for an update yet?

Oh, I have been itching for 2 years! I test rode a few bikes last year and none were better than the Prime, I would love to ride a Orbea Rallon, Transition Sentinal and Marin Wolfridge. The Starling Murmur looks pretty friggin cool too...so many good bikes out there right now.

Posted by: tungsten

What's that sucker weigh?

And where as per their http://bansheebikes.com/dealer-map/ ? Nearest dealer in Kelowna whose web page goes 404, shop in Kootenays whose website was last updated in fall '17 and a coffee shop in Cal who sells bikes on the side. Really?

Place in Ferndale don't even list Banshee.....

It's around 32 pounds...not a lightweight, but neither am I...lol. CK hubs, LB rims, SixC bars and cranks....everything on this build has been bullitproof...so good!

I know there is a dealer in Nakusp...great shop called Shons, but other than that I do not know who is a dealer anymore. Banshee changed up their NA distribution a while back...maybe contact them to see what's up!