If you're thinking about the Balance, now is the time to buy as their 2017 frames are on sale.
Wow $1099 is a steal on a new Jedi frame.
Goddamnit! I was trying really hard not to buy a bike this week. $1000 for a Toir is a damn tempting proposition
Yes but also no. Helps put me at ease that it will be $1000 well spent, but doesn't help because it means I probably have to spend $1000. Should get a large chunk of that back selling my Carbine though, so there's that. Little's worried about weight, but the frame can't be that heavy, right?
I have two different rear shocks depending on where I ride. Boise is pretty mellow terrrain but I travel a lot and have family in Bozeman so the bike gets around. For Boise riding, I have a Monarch rt3 that is 7.88x2 so I preserve geo but have 125ish rear travel. For rough terrain I have a DVO Coil in 7.88x2.25 to get the full 140 in coil goodness. I have an XL running 1750g wheels, some xo cranks, e13 trsr cassette, guide brakes, Pike fork, aggressor 2.35 rear and hr2 front in 2.35, 9point8 170 dropper. Pretty standard build really, weight wise, and with the monarch is 30lbs 5 oz. Its about a pound heavier with the coil DVO. Honestly, feels very reasonable.
Sadly, I'm too big for a medium. I ended up getting a Patrol. Will have to see if the longer cs bothers me when compared to my Yelli.
no but if you send me a 29er frame I'll throw 26" wheels on it and report back.Anyone tried 27" wheels in a 29" frame?
It's a super stupid design but the leverage change early on is small so the upswing is very close to being linear. That's still bad but you can counter it by changing an air shock to a regular spring. It really seems like it wasn't designed around an air can which is strange.
