69er's feel damn good 6

Greetings guys and gals! Finished building up my MC Peacemaker and I couldn't be happier.. 

I wanted a single pivot with no linkages and no chain idlers since I planned to run an O'Chain. From my experience, there isn't a suspension platform that's more active than a single pivot and there's also less bearings to replace. On top of that, I was assured that I wouldn't need to replace the needle bearings on the frame and that kinda closed the deal. Too many times have I blown out roller bearings and having one less thing to worry about maintaining was music to my ears. I'd also rather rely on getting the kinematics out of the shock as opposed to the linkages, and with how adjustable the Tigon Coil is, I was able to achieve that goal. 

My other caveat was I wanted an Aluminum frame. I've had horrible experiences cracking Carbon frames and though there are plenty Steel single pivot frame options, I prefer having the strength to weight ratio of Aluminum. 

Living in Boise enabled me to meet and ride with one of the founders and after demoing a bike, I was completely blown away with how stable and natural the bike felt. But I wanted more travel since I planned on mostly riding DH and jumps. Their suggestion was to run a 29" front wheel with a 2.35 tire and a 26" rear with a 3.0 tire since the taller sidewall of a 3.0 tire makes up in height for the diameter lost on going with a 27.5" rear wheel. It also gave the rear end a bit more travel from the bigger tire acting as a shock while also giving me better rear wheel traction and stopping power. We went with a dual crown fork and reduced the travel down to 180mm. Though the bike is slightly over-forked it really isn't noticeable on big hits.

After taking it to my local bike park and on some primitive shuttle trails, I'm completely in love. The bike is extremely controllable in the air and fast AF when pointed down. In my opinion it also looks like sexy black lingerie haha. I wanted it to look as black and stealth as possible and I'm floored with how it came out. Looking forward to bringing it to Whistler for my yearly trips and plan to enter some Northwest Cup races. Thanks for checking out my bike!