well actually its been about 3 rides on the new bike, but yesterday was my first "good" ride on the new bike. Thanks to Sputter for finding this bike for me btw.
Anyways, just getting the bike took a while. I just got a '03 Specialized Enduro from a shop up in Seattle. You can't mail order a specialized so I have to have my boss's buddy go into the shop and pay for it. That takes a week to happen. Then they send me the wrong sized frame! They send me a medium and im 6' 1" and no way can I ride a medium. SO I send it back, and then they finally get me the correct size bike two weeks later. But I saved about a grand so it was well worth it.
So I'm upgrading from a GT I-Drive. Don't get me wrong, the GT is a fine ride. It's solid, handles well and can take a serious beating. My only issue with it is that its a bit heavy.
So my first ride on my bike I'm following DerekBob up the hill (he's a freakin mountain goat btw) and I immediately notice how much easier it is to pedal up the hill. I also notice the BB is way lower than the i-drive cuz im clackin my pedals over all kinds of rocks. It was a good ride nonetheless.
Then my shock pump shows up and I set the pressure on the shock according to how fox recommends and it turns out to be super super stiff. So my second ride is kinda frusterating. I'm bouncing around all over the place, clipping out and tri-poddin over sections I normally clean and just rattling myself in general. So yesterday I set my shock to the universally recommended setting of %90 percent of my bodyweight (only about 10 pounds less than before) and man did it ride smooth. It took about 3 rides to get dialed in, but I'm used to the new ride and I'm lookin forward to lots of pedaling this summer!!!!
Sorry if this post seems useless but I'm just stoked on the new bike!
Anyways, just getting the bike took a while. I just got a '03 Specialized Enduro from a shop up in Seattle. You can't mail order a specialized so I have to have my boss's buddy go into the shop and pay for it. That takes a week to happen. Then they send me the wrong sized frame! They send me a medium and im 6' 1" and no way can I ride a medium. SO I send it back, and then they finally get me the correct size bike two weeks later. But I saved about a grand so it was well worth it.
So I'm upgrading from a GT I-Drive. Don't get me wrong, the GT is a fine ride. It's solid, handles well and can take a serious beating. My only issue with it is that its a bit heavy.
So my first ride on my bike I'm following DerekBob up the hill (he's a freakin mountain goat btw) and I immediately notice how much easier it is to pedal up the hill. I also notice the BB is way lower than the i-drive cuz im clackin my pedals over all kinds of rocks. It was a good ride nonetheless.
Then my shock pump shows up and I set the pressure on the shock according to how fox recommends and it turns out to be super super stiff. So my second ride is kinda frusterating. I'm bouncing around all over the place, clipping out and tri-poddin over sections I normally clean and just rattling myself in general. So yesterday I set my shock to the universally recommended setting of %90 percent of my bodyweight (only about 10 pounds less than before) and man did it ride smooth. It took about 3 rides to get dialed in, but I'm used to the new ride and I'm lookin forward to lots of pedaling this summer!!!!
Sorry if this post seems useless but I'm just stoked on the new bike!
I used to have the same problem with pedal clearance on my 2000 Enduro.. I never got used to it. Just be carefull 
