I am in one heck of a debate with myself on this one. I have decided on a Trek Slash as my "go-to-bike" for the front range of Colorado. I feel that 6.3"/36 TALAS/~30ish lbs is manageable for my fitness and ability levels as well as the terrain here. I am subscribing to the Weir school of thought that going up sucks no matter what, why make going down suck, too.
Issues come up in that the resorts are a couple hours away and I am going to be making several multiday trips seasonally not to mention shuttling the few localish spots there are when available.I am not too much man to admit that I will need the 2x10 setup on the slash for normal day to day trail riding around here (if you dont at 5000'+, good on ya-your a stud for sure) and also do not want to be continuously switching between a single and a double front setup (to include guide, further complicating a swap).
My question is to to those who own both a capable AM bike (6"ish) and a mini dh (7"ish) or even big bike dh (8x8). Do you find yourself at a conundrum when choosing a park bike? The Trek Slash has some pretty lax geometry but it is still designed to be a 100% ridable (to include climbing) trailbike with dual air whereas a TR-250 is purely a playbike from the ground up and is coil f/r. My biggest concern is that despite the vastly different nature of the bikes they will be almost too similar just based on them both being close in travel and based on fairly beefy frames. I almost wish that the reviews on the Slash werent as good, everyone is saying it is a shredder when pointed down ie: a mini Session 88 with an air shock.
Thank you all very much for your insights
Issues come up in that the resorts are a couple hours away and I am going to be making several multiday trips seasonally not to mention shuttling the few localish spots there are when available.I am not too much man to admit that I will need the 2x10 setup on the slash for normal day to day trail riding around here (if you dont at 5000'+, good on ya-your a stud for sure) and also do not want to be continuously switching between a single and a double front setup (to include guide, further complicating a swap).
My question is to to those who own both a capable AM bike (6"ish) and a mini dh (7"ish) or even big bike dh (8x8). Do you find yourself at a conundrum when choosing a park bike? The Trek Slash has some pretty lax geometry but it is still designed to be a 100% ridable (to include climbing) trailbike with dual air whereas a TR-250 is purely a playbike from the ground up and is coil f/r. My biggest concern is that despite the vastly different nature of the bikes they will be almost too similar just based on them both being close in travel and based on fairly beefy frames. I almost wish that the reviews on the Slash werent as good, everyone is saying it is a shredder when pointed down ie: a mini Session 88 with an air shock.
Thank you all very much for your insights
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