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Bike for N*

HRFRG

Chimp
Jul 12, 2007
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Just found out that the wife is surprising me with a trip out to Tahoe for a week next week.

In my stable I have my Morewood Izumu with 8.5" of travel, or my Nomad. The Izumu I think is more outfitted to the rigors of N*, but I wanted to run it by the big brains in the room.

We're also going to ride the trails at Sky Tavern, Geiger and Karpellis. Again, which bike if I can bring only one would you bring?
 

FREERDR4LF

Monkey
Feb 11, 2006
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FOLSOM, CA.
if you want to bomb down the trails than i would definitely go with the Izumu. Livewire and Gypsy have some nice 4 foot rock drops but they are sort of to flat. bring extra tubes!! lots of rocks
 

OGRipper

back alley ripper
Feb 3, 2004
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Not familiar with the other trails you mention but for the Star, bring the squishiest bike you have, with the toughest tires. In other words, your Moorewood. A buddy of mine rode his Nomad there last weekend and did ok, but he was definitely wishing for more squish, slacker angles, and bigger tires.