It's a Foes.
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Your bike is sweet. I like the idea of trailbikes that can handle gnarly stuff, but you can still ride one all day. That's the direction I'm heading with a new ride in progress. Hopefully, it will hold up to all of the poor decisions I'll make on it, but still be able to keep up with my XC friends.
It's hard to balance it all out though. You'll never be faster overall on one of those all-day rides just because you descend faster, so you really have to choose carefully stuff that you can ride all day long that won't bog you down or take a toll on you after 5 or 6 hours. Thanks for the comment.
You're right, it definitely isn't faster, but I think it's funner. I can only afford to own one bike these days, so it's big trailbikes like your Foes that I daydream about.
hi James, first I gotta to say "very sweet bike". Now I gotta say
"what a single pivot!"
HAHA!
Anyway, I do like the Foes frames, local CA boy's that are into every type of offroad racing there is, very cool. The only reason I didnt consider one is only, and "only" the interupted seat tube. Im kinda doing the samething going with a Yeti 575, lighten up a bit on the frame, the only thing I dont know about yet is the 5th air shock, but Yeti does have a Float avalible.
"what a single pivot!"
HAHA! Anyway, I do like the Foes frames, local CA boy's that are into every type of offroad racing there is, very cool. The only reason I didnt consider one is only, and "only" the interupted seat tube. Im kinda doing the samething going with a Yeti 575, lighten up a bit on the frame, the only thing I dont know about yet is the 5th air shock, but Yeti does have a Float avalible.
Yeah, I thought about the 575, but for me it's a bigger unknown since it just came on the market. It still has a rear pivot (well....kind of) but it also has a stiffening-swing link. It was on my list for sure, but it's also one of THE lightest bikes in the class, if not the lightest, and that's too big of an unknown for me with it being so knew and "untested".Originally posted by BlackhillsBob
hi James, first I gotta to say "very sweet bike". Now I gotta say
"what a single pivot!"
Anyway, I do like the Foes frames, local CA boy's that are into every type of offroad racing there is, very cool. The only reason I didnt consider one is only, and "only" the interupted seat tube. Im kinda doing the samething going with a Yeti 575, lighten up a bit on the frame, the only thing I dont know about yet is the 5th air shock, but Yeti does have a Float avalible.
I got my pipe-cutter to cut my seat tube down tonight. As it stands, it looks like im going to have about 3" of ajustment up or down with the seat.
If you end up here this summer let me know. I can show you some not so mapped rides that your new toy would be perfect for. The downieville "not butcher ranch" routes are definately worth a day or two.
Yeah, i've done the big-boulder ride out there, it was quite a ride, and I was lugging like 34-35lbs of bike. That was a prep for the heavenly-to-TRT-to the top of the world-to toads ride, any time you survive that it's an excellent thing. I like Horse Canyon on the backside of Kirkwood, it is a pretty fun trail that doesn't see a lot of use (2000 feet in 5 miles, but you gotta work for it. I err.."built" the big ass log drop/jump thing on it.