To touch on your original bike considerations I can say that I owned a trail pistol and loved the geometry. In my opinion the leverage ratio was best in plush mode (higher initial leverage rate) than in crush. This meant I frequently rode it in the steeper ... more »

I'd be interested in hearing peoples opinion on steeper seat tube angles. I have tried up to 78 deg and liked it, but I'm in Colorado, so straight up, straight down type of trails. Are people with more flat/rolling terrain finding the steep seat angles ... more »

Richie may have just responded to stir the pot, but I would be interested to see it happen.

To clarify, I am currently running EXO front and DD rear with Cuscore and have run DH casing no inserts in the past. I haven't tried EXO+ yet, but they are next up. The feeling is somewhat similar, but I do feel like Cushcore has the edge here and has ... more »

Being lighter weight (150lbs) I have found I can get away with a lighter tire as long as I run inserts. I still punch the random hole in the top of the tread once or twice a year, but nothing an automotive patch won't fix. Cushcore front and rear has ... more »

To help a little with TRex's speculation. Here are some frame stats that I borrowed from andrextr on youtube. Many of these frames are older models, but this was the quickest table I could find. I can update some of these values later on after I analyze

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If he is going back to a former team, my guess would be Mondraker. Seems like they would have some funds available if all the Hart/Saracen rumors are true.