Captain Brainstorm
Well-Known Member
What new bike are you considering, because I have have no idea! I need to demo, demo, demo.
Please tell me you were at the Festival last weekend....What new bike are you considering, because I have have no idea! I need to demo, demo, demo.
Please tell me you were at the Festival last weekend....
I want to demo the new Tallboy and Ripley. Since we are both fans of the DW link, interested to get your impression of the Ripmo?
Nope, but only because I was riding up in VT.
Definitely going to demo the Ibis. Still have the original rear shock on my Sultan and the DW design still works great. And trust me, it has taken lots of punishment. I think I also spoke with Dave Turner (at least it sounded like him) on the phone recently when I called. He was very helpful but did not give the impression of hope for new products in the lineup. If Turner makes a new Sultan, I’ll be the first in line to buy one.A friend of my has the Ripley and he loves it. I’m eager to really beat on the Ripmo because Ibis tunes their kinematics closer to what Turner does than Pivot. Now, I tried a Ripmo at last years fest, but it didn’t really count because it was a traffic jam on the demo loop, I got zero speed, and it had 2.6’s that felt like pillows. It climbed well on the fire road though, which means nothing to me. The Bronson I rode was with 2.6 minions that had zero feel, cornered no better than my 2.5’s, and dragged like crazy. The guys in VT don’t do the 2.6 tire thing, and I know the trails up there well so it will be a better comparison vs. my current ride.
Cool bike but @Captain Brainstorm rides tech.SantaCruz Blur 34.
So ill preface this with what I have first....
My scalpel race bike
my 2013 trigger 29er that has around 8000+ miles on it....still works perfectly and I still love it.
Im looking to replace my trigger with something all mountain/enduro....like my trigger, i want it to be awesome downhill, but I often to rides like TOS to ringwood and back with some fast guys for ~3hrs...so it cant be a complete battleship.
Tried a bronson for 3 days in kingdom and LOVED it....would like to try one in some rocks around here tho.
tried a mach 429 trail...great bike, but a little more towards the XC side than the enduro side for what im looking for. if I didnt have my scalpel already, id probably get this bike.
tried a megatower....awesome downhill, but too much bike to pedal around
tried a pivot firebird...felt very similar to the megatower to me. I dont get to DH parks or do enough enduro races to use something this big.
tried a TB4 at the festival....im thinking it was set up very incorrectly bc I swear it made my scalpel feel plush. I didnt have my shock pump on me for this test spin, so ill need to try this again sometime. set up really is EVERYTHING so
SC blur....great bike...if I was looking to replace my scalpel, this would be my first choice...but im not right now.
Hoping to get a ride on @jdogs demo hightower soon. So ill have to revisit after I give that a try.
I will say much to my disappointment....ALL of the bikes I have tried have had either fox 34, 36 or rockshox forks.....I have to be honest, I havent liked any of them as much as my 8000+ miles lefty supermax. Ill just have to put this lefty on my new bike I guess.
so far my favorite has been the bronson but I need to ride it on something like tiger blood....
so far my favorite has been the bronson but I need to ride it on something like tiger blood....
Definitely going to demo the Ibis. Still have the original rear shock on my Sultan and the DW design still works great. And trust me, it has taken lots of punishment. I think I also spoke with Dave Turner (at least it sounded like him) on the phone recently when I called. He was very helpful but did not give the impression of hope for new products in the lineup. If Turner makes a new Sultan, I’ll be the first in line to buy one.
Anyone know the list of DW link brands on the market?
So ill preface this with what I have first....
My scalpel race bike
my 2013 trigger 29er that has around 8000+ miles on it....still works perfectly and I still love it.
Im looking to replace my trigger with something all mountain/enduro....like my trigger, i want it to be awesome downhill, but I often to rides like TOS to ringwood and back with some fast guys for ~3hrs...so it cant be a complete battleship.
Tried a bronson for 3 days in kingdom and LOVED it....would like to try one in some rocks around here tho.
tried a mach 429 trail...great bike, but a little more towards the XC side than the enduro side for what im looking for. if I didnt have my scalpel already, id probably get this bike.
tried a megatower....awesome downhill, but too much bike to pedal around
tried a pivot firebird...felt very similar to the megatower to me. I dont get to DH parks or do enough enduro races to use something this big.
tried a TB4 at the festival....im thinking it was set up very incorrectly bc I swear it made my scalpel feel plush. I didnt have my shock pump on me for this test spin, so ill need to try this again sometime. set up really is EVERYTHING so
SC blur....great bike...if I was looking to replace my scalpel, this would be my first choice...but im not right now.
Hoping to get a ride on @jdogs demo hightower soon. So ill have to revisit after I give that a try.
I will say much to my disappointment....ALL of the bikes I have tried have had either fox 34, 36 or rockshox forks.....I have to be honest, I havent liked any of them as much as my 8000+ miles lefty supermax. Ill just have to put this lefty on my new bike I guess.
so far my favorite has been the bronson but I need to ride it on something like tiger blood....
So ill preface this with what I have first....
My scalpel race bike
my 2013 trigger 29er that has around 8000+ miles on it....still works perfectly and I still love it.
Im looking to replace my trigger with something all mountain/enduro....like my trigger, i want it to be awesome downhill, but I often to rides like TOS to ringwood and back with some fast guys for ~3hrs...so it cant be a complete battleship.
Tried a bronson for 3 days in kingdom and LOVED it....would like to try one in some rocks around here tho.
tried a mach 429 trail...great bike, but a little more towards the XC side than the enduro side for what im looking for. if I didnt have my scalpel already, id probably get this bike.
tried a megatower....awesome downhill, but too much bike to pedal around
tried a pivot firebird...felt very similar to the megatower to me. I dont get to DH parks or do enough enduro races to use something this big.
tried a TB4 at the festival....im thinking it was set up very incorrectly bc I swear it made my scalpel feel plush. I didnt have my shock pump on me for this test spin, so ill need to try this again sometime. set up really is EVERYTHING so
SC blur....great bike...if I was looking to replace my scalpel, this would be my first choice...but im not right now.
Hoping to get a ride on @jdogs demo hightower soon. So ill have to revisit after I give that a try.
I will say much to my disappointment....ALL of the bikes I have tried have had either fox 34, 36 or rockshox forks.....I have to be honest, I havent liked any of them as much as my 8000+ miles lefty supermax. Ill just have to put this lefty on my new bike I guess.
so far my favorite has been the bronson but I need to ride it on something like tiger blood....