i got mine through price point back in June. they were blowing them out for almost 50% off.
if you were so impressed with the Ripley but want a bit more burl, why not look at the HD3? (if Woo was in a grave, he'd be spinning in it right about now!) From what I've read, it pedals almost as well as the Ripley... Of course, you might get confused with a dentist, but who cares what others think. Also, I just spent a couple of days with someone riding a proto Niner WFO 9. He said it pedaled well and held it's own on the downs...
Not a huge Ibis fan. It wasn't so much that specific bike, it was just a little eye-opening to ride something a little more XC than I'm used to. This was trading off for my 30+lb hard tail with a Lyric and Minions on it.
Considering a Spitty frame with a Fox shock is $2k, makes that deal pretty good, despite the lower end components. It would be a great place to start and if you hated it, you could probably get your money out of it.
Nice score, I think you will be happy with it.I lagged and thought about it too much and they didn't have any Spitfires left. I was so bummed. I was out with my boys riding locally on Saturday and stopped by Jenson on the way home. They had a Rune in a large and I pedaled it around. Felt pretty good in a large.
But they also had a pretty good (but still $4500) deal on a Darkside, so I thought about replacing my Legend. Buuuuut, today, went on the Jenson site and they had one Large Mint Spitfire listed back on there. I snapped it up. Should be here this week. Stoked. I've been wanting a solid FS trail bike for a while now and can't wait. Still want the Darkside too
Hell yes!
I suspect you will be pretty happy with the RC3+Debonair, no need to replace it from the get-go IMO; and if, then with a coiler (based on my experience with a different mini-link 4 bar bike). You could probably just get the better HLR damper for the fork and be happy with it, too (although the hate of XFusion runs strong here).
The FIRST thing that you need to do is put the slack flip chip things in and find the nearest hill to roll down!Yay x1000
Maybe second thing, after taking those Knobby Nics off and burning them.
I've ran the single ply DHF last summer mounted tubeless. Once you get passed the narrowness it's a great tire. Will use a DHR2 in the back come spring.
Michelin Wild Rock'r 2, at least up front. I'm a big fan of the High Roller 2 as a rear, at least up here, but I don't know how the smaller center knobs would hold up on all the concrete-like dirt you guys ride.
Pike. Spiity. Were going to need more info then that. You're going to need wheels.. Bikey posts need to be complete....
Ah wheels...As it turns out I am unable to get I9s at cost. Really bummed about it since I've wanted a set for many, many years. The discount I was offered didn't put them any where near my price range. Of course Jenson has them for $800, but only in 27.5. So it looks like I'll be using my clapped out miss matched wheels and drivetrain for now.
Have you checked how good tension they have? Detention / re-tension, de-stress, see if they feel any different.
Not yet, but I will. I've usually never had much luck with factory wheels being very good right out of the gate. I'll probably tension them and then run them until they explode.
