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I hear that about the lenses. My favorite lens they make is the rose cromapop with no mirror at all which seems to only come on the full goggle these days. I'll ride it in almost any condition, including darker full forest days. It's too bad because while my friends are all wearing these, on the serious days I end up looking a but "full enduro".

Boourns for featuring the least obnoxious wildcat lens. I feel like anyone in wildcats or similar has a duty to get the brightest mirror lens that they can and maybe even try to get the sun to shine in other people's eyes. 

Many of my riding friends love wildcats or similar. That might explain the previous comment.

And huh. I've never thought of listening to a podcast while riding. That WOULD really improve some of the 1 hour plus climbs. I'm totally going to do that. Not sure I'll pick up the vistas right out of the gate, but thanks for the tip, Pete.

When the shop has been in the same location for over 30 years, you can still find some 5 bolt bash rings fresh in their packages down in the basement. 

COVID bike revival meant I actually "sold" one of these things to a kid on a freeride bike that was older than he was.

Interesting that a company would have a pretty different alloy and carbon model. I can't recall the last time I saw a different suspension design and substantially longer chainstays on a bike in the same model year. I can think of several examples within the same lineup, but they get different names. 

I do think this looks like a really sweet, possibly quite light trail bike. Too bad it doesn't have quiiite as much adjustability as the new Evo but I also understand there's lots of folks out there who don't care for that. 

Edit: Wow, an actual stumpjumper for sub-3k CAD. Not bad

Ah, the Blackburn One-hitter. When these came out I think the "hidden feature" was one of the first things mentioned about this guy. It's my go to tool for my DH bike where big torque can save the day. I like how I can chuck a drivers license and credit card in the pouch portion and simply run it as my wallet for ride days too. Fits really comfortably in a pocket, which is nice because there's lots of bike stuff in the no backpack future which fit pretty poorly in pockets these days, including many boy-I-wouldn't-want-to-crash-on-that shaped multi tools.'

I've actually also been a pretty big fan of Blackburn of late. They make a bunch of cool stuff like frame bags or bikepacking which can be hard to find at similar pricepoints. While the quality of these items isn't quite as good as some top of the line stuff, Blackburn's warranty policy is absolutely incredible: in my experience, it's just show up with broken stuff and a receipt and you're good to go. I won't say what specifically, but I've seen some pretty dubious stuff that Blackburn's covered without question. Right now, you'll usually see the small frame bag, multi tool, and tire plugger making regular appearances on my bike. In the shop is the tire pressure checker. My only gripe is that I'd like them to round out their catalogue a bit more so I can ride more of their stuff!

PS - for people actually looking to make a tool exactly like Andrew's, our shop has probably a hundred of those little SRAM tools. If you get the other Blackburn half, I can't see a shop in a similar poisition not throwing in the stuff to get you the rest of the way.

Your first point would make more sense if the seat tube length was smaller between sizes. You can't simply "choose your reach" if the seat tube length is going to be too long for you. 

And sure, the numbers don't need to line up perfectly. My second point is that their numbering system SHOULD stay the same between their lineup though. If you enjoy your medium optic, you'll probably be happy on a medium Sight. Are those bikes identical number wise? No. But being an S5 in one bike and an S2 in another creates needless confusion among the same lineup. To say a "large" usually has nothing to do with another "large" within the same brands lineup is moronic: they're both larges designed by the same company. Sure, you'll have variance from intent, YOY differences when one model is older than another, but it's still a general guide to who this bike is intended for. 

If you could truly just pick your desired geometry, we'd see a lot less variance in seat tube length and stand over heights. It's not bad, they've done a good job keeping it in relative check, but it's not perfect either. 

And sure, it's great for an enthusiast like yourself, but its going to be a mild pain for people selling these. Asking the average Specialized customer (even those who ride a lot, are pretty good riders, and are willing to drop some serious coin on carbon Stumpjumper) to pick their preferred reach isn't going to go well. They aren't going to put the work in. They'll grab the two sizes that the sales person hands to them and pick which feels better. They'll never know the reach number. Telling them they're riding an S3 and an S4 just makes their life a tiny bit harder then having them try an M and an M/L.

Man, I understood calling them S1, S2, S3 or so when they only did 2-3 sizes..... but now that there's six sizes, isn't the lettering system better? As Marc points out, the old numbers and new numbers don't at all line up. What if they release a demo or something next year with three sizes, s1,2,3 etc. Are they going to line up with this? Logically, they should make them line up. Which might read something like S2, s4, s5 or something. That would be nonsensical. 

I'm looking forward more to seeing the non-evo version of this. When the regular stumpjumper came out before, it was already very.... contemporary for a 2018 (MY 2019 because specialized is often an entire year ahead), and by the time 2019 actual rolled around, it was downright conservative.  

I'm willing to bet its not out at the same time because they already released the 2021 stumpjumper in May or April or whenever they did it this year. Now I bet the non-evo version is ready but they couldn't possibly release a 2022 in 2020.

It's a bit of a bummer that they don't come stock with a shock that can run the overtime pack.

Code R's are pretty pricy at the Canadian retail though! I don't think they're too out of place on a nice build. I mean they're not elixir r's!

Paul, I see you're a big fan of the O-chain device and say you'd use it everywhere except XC racing. With that in mind, would you recommend the O-chain for my Aurum HSP or my Druid?