Interesting on the framed. I was going to post the exact same thread before I found this. What's the deal with the carbon frames? Are they extremely fragile, take a beating? I'm used to Pivot's carbon frames. Also size wise, I ride large 27.5 bikes and medium 29ers. Would I suspect a framed 19", I am 5'-11". I was looking for something lighter than the mukluk and have a fork. I was looking at the Farley 5 and then throw a fork, but maybe this is better.
Sorry to jump on to the same thread.
I've been beating on my Carbon Alaskan for a year. Got some good chips and scratches, but has taken some hits without failing.
With 5"x26 tires and carbon nextie rims / tubeless it is around 26.5 lbs, when i threw 3"x29 on there (with al rims) it was just over 24lbs.
this is significantly different than a tubed al muk. i'm running a gx drivetrain/sram tlm brakes/thomson carbon stem+bars/china-carbon seatpost,
so not stock, but things that could be had.
I'm 5'10"+ and the 17" frame is a bit small, probably will replace with 19" when i finally break it.