Been getting bored with Park and riding a lot more of the mountain side lately. Trying to decide on an only bike for 2013.
I lead XC rides for my shop, and will be doing that a lot, but I have more fun riding XC on my ss dirtjump bike than my XC bike. Playfulness is worth more to me than a cushy ride. I ride dirtjumps a lot during the winter. So here is my singleplan, build up a short travel-playful frame, possibly singlespeed, with two seatpost combos, one height adjust seatpost/seat to slap on for XC, another pivotal seatpost/seat to put on for jumping.
My riding for the next year will be as follows:
35% XC/Trail/AM/FR style riding
35% Dirt Jumping
15% Park Riding (box jumps and vert walls are what I stick to)
10% heading to the mountains for a few shuttle runs
5% goofing around street riding
My idea of the build is:
120mm-150mm travel adjust fork (higher setting only really for riding in the mountains)
Singlespeed for around here, 1x10 for mountains
Light weight, All mountain wheelset
So, who has built up a similar type of bike? Does it work?
Options I have put out of the equation:
Having 3 different bikes for all of my wants (trying to keep it to one for simplicity's sake)
Having an AM or mini DH bike and a DJ bike (tried it, AM/MiniDH bikes are just not that fun to me, unless they cost more than I am willing to spend)
I have narrowed it down to 3 frames I have access to getting at shop cost:
Specialized P.Slope (pro: low stand over, SS option, light. con: no maxle rear end, possibly won't hold a h/a seatpost i'd like 100mm of travel)
Black Market Killswitch (pro: nearly everything I want in a frame. con: the most expensive option, 1 1/8th headtube)
NS Soda Slope (pro: same as the killswitch. con: no maxle rear end)
I think too much. Help me obi-wan kanobi, you're my only hope.
I lead XC rides for my shop, and will be doing that a lot, but I have more fun riding XC on my ss dirtjump bike than my XC bike. Playfulness is worth more to me than a cushy ride. I ride dirtjumps a lot during the winter. So here is my singleplan, build up a short travel-playful frame, possibly singlespeed, with two seatpost combos, one height adjust seatpost/seat to slap on for XC, another pivotal seatpost/seat to put on for jumping.
My riding for the next year will be as follows:
35% XC/Trail/AM/FR style riding
35% Dirt Jumping
15% Park Riding (box jumps and vert walls are what I stick to)
10% heading to the mountains for a few shuttle runs
5% goofing around street riding
My idea of the build is:
120mm-150mm travel adjust fork (higher setting only really for riding in the mountains)
Singlespeed for around here, 1x10 for mountains
Light weight, All mountain wheelset
So, who has built up a similar type of bike? Does it work?
Options I have put out of the equation:
Having 3 different bikes for all of my wants (trying to keep it to one for simplicity's sake)
Having an AM or mini DH bike and a DJ bike (tried it, AM/MiniDH bikes are just not that fun to me, unless they cost more than I am willing to spend)
I have narrowed it down to 3 frames I have access to getting at shop cost:
Specialized P.Slope (pro: low stand over, SS option, light. con: no maxle rear end, possibly won't hold a h/a seatpost i'd like 100mm of travel)
Black Market Killswitch (pro: nearly everything I want in a frame. con: the most expensive option, 1 1/8th headtube)
NS Soda Slope (pro: same as the killswitch. con: no maxle rear end)
I think too much. Help me obi-wan kanobi, you're my only hope.