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I highly recommend it. If you ignore the hate it never goes away, it just festers in a small corner somewhere deep down inside. I also recommend hate riding bikes that suck, are too heavy, etc. You travel through the hate, and on the other side you're more appreciative. For instance, I actually appreciate riding Sandy Ridge now.
I had to craft my words lightly,as Ive got a bit of a migraine going and not really up to the task of going toe to toe with you today
Really feel a properly designed downhill bike with compromises for climbing can work as a quiver killer
Maybe not for everyone particulaly those of smaller stature since there isn't any way to get around the high stack height.
I think your answering exactly why there arn't more long travel/freeride/enduro whatever you call it bikes. The largest group of people in our sport who are spending money on bikes is the new rider or intermediate class rider. People who only have been in the sport for under five years.
Same reason why the most ridden trail at Whistler is Crank it up. The average rider is barely able to clear a 10 foot perfectly constructed table. They arn't interested in tech of ANY difficulty level.
So I think a lot of tech has gone that way. Making bikes more fun for the masses and less for the small section of people who are freeriding. I think this is why you see most people who are riding rowdy stuff on DH bikes these days.
I could spend the better part of the hour showing everyone who reads your conspiracy theorist victim based rant fest how ill founded your facts are. You really ought to start a tin foil hat thread somewhere else lol.
You aren't a victim of an industry that is somehow forcing you into riding worse product with less choices. That's not how markets work. I'm guessing economics have never been a strong suit for you.
While there will always be room for improvement, or some sort of pivot in any space, the idea that "the industry" somehow gathers behind closed doors and decides what to ram down our throats is hilarious at best.
I'm very confident when I say "its a hell of a time to be a bike rider; you get so much performance for so little money its amazing".
I'm even willing to put my money where my mouth is. I'd happily take a $3K Nukeproof and ride it in any enduro race in the world. The kicker? I know I wouldn't be able to blame my bike if (when) my results suck. The bike industry is realizing the Pareto principle on steroids.
Have you owned something like the CanyoneTorque? Santa Cruz Nomad? Specialized Enduro (new one)? Any of the 170-180mm "super enduro" bikes? You still think you need more travel?
Are you secretly Josh Bender sans 15 years?
The poster asked a question. "Why don't we have 200mm enduro bikes". The answer, clearly, is they don't work as well for enduro purpose as the bikes we have. Racing is really good at vetting ideas and seeing what works. Sometimes the wheels of R&D turn too slowly, sometimes ideas are just plain bad and sometimes they are just too niche. I'd say this one is just too niche.
If you want to ride a 200mm "enduro" bike, go for it. For a certain type of rider, it makes total sense! But it won't be faster, and it won't be all that more capable. It might be more comfortable however, and it might be a pile of fun! The best part is there really isn't anything in the way of you doing this. There are frames that you could buy that'd totally work!
That isn't the bike industry oppressing you. Its just how the industry has evolved to better serve a market (of more riders, riding more trails...)
Canfield just released the one.2. They're marketing it as a pedalable downhill bike. Seat angle looks great for seated pedaling hopefully not too much kickback on a wide range cassette.
Climbed with the bike again today to get to the trail head and it felt great. Didn't Bob at all when seated.
I predict we'll be seeing more bikes like the Canfield one.2 this year. A 29er Jedi would be awesome and not too disimilar to my bike.
Nicolai allow you to customize their G1 to have more travel if you want it.
Paul Aston has big wheeled 200mm G1 and loves it!
https://www.instagram.com/astonmtb/
I do agree that if you don't have the terrain for it then it is too much bike but then so is a 180mm or 160mm bike depending on where you ride!
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I am not the biggest fan of pedaling up hill, but if I had to dismount when riding up steep switchback because my turn radius is to big because I was running a dual crown fork, I would probably swap them out for a single crown option.
I don't really find more than 150/160mm useful outside huge jumps and bikeparks with brake bumps...
Hello, I have just come across your enduro mountain bike. Do you have the capacity to make 3 of these and to skip them to the UK, one in extra large S6, two in large S5, and one in medium S3? s = specialized specification
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