A buddy up in VT is looking to sell his Cannonade Habit and I want to point him to the best marketplace. What's the local MTB website/group up there?
Try VMBA.org Be warned though, VT is not Cannondale country.
Is there a background to this?
Last year in VT my car was parked outside with my bike on the rack. Worker came out, saw the Lefty and freaked about it like it was alien technology. Said he's never seen one in VT.
Most of the locals up in VT have always favored their long-travel burly bikes. Everyone up there also likes to think of themselves as non-corporate, more fringe. Cannondale was always looked at as more of a "mainstream" cross-country type of company, plus they have the "crack and fail" reputation (fair or not). Its rare to see someone with the "Vermont Strong" license plate or "802" sticker with a Cannondale on the hitch. They were hucking big things up where I ride on "secret" trails and features since the late 90's, early 2000's while we were all still wearing lycra. That mentality has carried over, even though most of the trails are professionally built, organized, and maintained. Most of the brands of choice seem to be Transition, Rocky Mountain, and Santa Cruz. Most folks are on 150-160mm bikes because while the climbs are long, the descents are also long and fast. Most of the trails I ride are built around the easy up, rip it down philosophy (which I like BTW). No one is riding around looking for epic technical climbs, they want the epic technical descents.
Most of the locals up in VT have always favored their long-travel burly bikes. Everyone up there also likes to think of themselves as non-corporate, more fringe. Cannondale was always looked at as more of a "mainstream" cross-country type of company, plus they have the "crack and fail" reputation (fair or not). Its rare to see someone with the "Vermont Strong" license plate or "802" sticker with a Cannondale on the hitch. They were hucking big things up where I ride on "secret" trails and features since the late 90's, early 2000's while we were all still wearing lycra. That mentality has carried over, even though most of the trails are professionally built, organized, and maintained. Most of the brands of choice seem to be Transition, Rocky Mountain, and Santa Cruz. Most folks are on 150-160mm bikes because while the climbs are long, the descents are also long and fast. Most of the trails I ride are built around the easy up, rip it down philosophy (which I like BTW). No one is riding around looking for epic technical climbs, they want the epic technical descents.
I like easy non tech uphills and long tech downhills anything up there you can recommend?
No real plans i guess southern or central vt would be best. Just looking for some longer downhills.