Asha'man

See, I meant to do that. Gave you an out and made it look un-lame.

AuburnRunner

wow... paddlenbike that is a smooth rocky mtn

hmmwv15

haha...wait....

phorunninduke

Bastards will take anything..... I had a $50 wall mart bike stolen from me in undergrad...

I like these bike threads... They have gotten sooo freaking cool in last few years.

drunberg

I have 99 Klein Attitude Race with Disc front and back, 2006 Sid, XTR, Race Face cranks, USE shocking seatpost. It is a singletrack fiend. It is my race bike, been doing the Winter Park series for the past 10 years. Racing MTB for the last 21 years.

Looking at getting a Santa Cruz Blur.

I also have a Klein Quantum road bike, and a Redline cyclocross bike for night riding and winter riding.

get a beater for riding at school. Buy a good $1000 bike for trail riding. When I sold bikes for off road use I always suggested Deore or higher, as they will last much better than the lower level stuff. For racing the minimum that I will go is XT, but I prefer XTR as it holds up well. Course it is expensive as all get out, but I have 10 year old XTR gear that still works well.

Don't know what you ride with on the road, but I use ultegra or Dura Ace.

Look for a local sporting goods consignment shop, and buy from there for the beater bike.

paddlenbike

iTrader: (1)

Thanks! It is sort of an odd bike. Seems that many people want either the lightest hardtail they can build or they want a serious downhill bike that has 8" of travel. I was hoping to end up with one bike that was light enough to hang with the hardtails but smooth enough I could ride it all day. It's all a compromise, but I really like this bike.

"AuburnRunner"--any chance you live in Auburn, CA, home of the great singletrack?