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ive broken every Shimano xt derailleur on my bike, the middle plastic bit just cheese, however i have deore on my trail bike as i built it up and it was cheap and better than lower sram. - i also sell my bikes with shimano gear attached as for whatever reason people will pay for it lol.

more brands have been going back to a simple suspension pivot and through all the testing and racing enduro the Non-hp are faster...(minus dh as the bikes are so different) the downvotes on my comment are clearly the sheep of the HP squad

so, anther brand that moves suspension back to a stand up shock because its faster, wonder when they'll all realise and go back to 4 cogs instead of 5 in the drivetrain because its faster aswell... lol

looks like a $700NZD price hike on the reign, that will probably destroy the value points giant had. 4600nzd to 5300NZd for the base model and still the old geo. the base marin alpine with same spec as the base reign is about 4200nzd. in comparison a Full Ultimate rockshox(ult lyrik an ult coil), slx/xt/diety spec Marin alpine with modern...

if you guys dont know, the Latest iterations of all scott bikes were bought barring the gambler as the old design was horse poo. suppose you all love the twinloc on your bikes too.

That would be about the only designing scott themselves have done in years, dont they just buy better stuff from anther company(its a joke but its also true)

Yes the Marin Colours arnt lookers, we repainted our two XR's we did consider the Carbon versions but nah. For the sight just up the rear travel like the EWS riders did , brung it to around 160ish.(longer stroke shock) i rode both sizes of the META 21 and wasnt a fan, ones too long and ones too compact, their...

i went through this exact thing as realised many bikes are just getting too big even for thier discipline(EWS) which clearly the top guys are riding smaller bikes. Rocky Altitude, nukeproof mega(440cs) otherwise youll have to do what i did and im bang on 183cm aswell, wanted a bike that could plow with a slack HTA, comfy climb pos, short...