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I often find myself looking through the buy/sell section for another specialized pitch, I always thought the bike rode really well, and for its age the geo is still pretty decent, especially on the later models (2010 onwards), it's just a shame they only made it with the straight 1 1/8th steerer rather than a tapered one as they did on the later bighits as this limits the upgrade options.

I've been riding my ripmo af for 18 months and whilst it's a heavier bike than my last few it's by far and away the most comfortable to ride, for any type of riding, and I believe this makes it an easier bike to ride on climbs. I've had more pb's on this bike than any other. 

In this time I haven't trained or exercised any differently either so I'm attributing this to the bike.

For me if I enjoy riding a bike I'm more than happy to pedal it anywhere.

Great article. I came very close to buying a 2nd hand corsair but it fell through in the end. My friend did have a maelstrom which seemed to have never ending idler issues causing the chain to jam. I still have the go-pro footage of him losing his temper with the bike out in morzine and throwing it into some bushes!

First pedalable FS bike for me, and still one of my favourites, was the cannondale prophet, although I think the pitch was a better bike. Geo wise it just seemed way ahead of the times.