[Closed] Dear god, it's an XC bike! 😱

mboy · 2020-06-21T20:08:31Z

My new short travel "Downcountry", "BC-XC", "Marathon" (god I hate marketing terms!), short travel XC/Trail bike... Finished building it last night, then out for a 40km spin on it today! First impressions are very favourable, and though I won't be selling my Evil Offering any time soon, I will reserve it for rides more deserving of its travel and attitude going forward... (And yes, I know about the weeds on my driveway, I not only haven't been furloughed, but have been very busy working, and it has taken me two weeks to build this bike where normally I'd just smash it out in 3-4hrs of an evening the moment I had it all ready!) Yes... I really do live at number 29, and have exclusively ridden 29ers since 2013! 😂 Anyway... So far, so good... Really impressed with it! I was expecting the 69deg HA to feel like a massive step backwards, but au contraire, it didn't really pose a problem at all. I may still pop an angleset in at some point, but the bike is a more capable descender than its geometry and travel suggests it would seem! What a climber though... Stood up or seated, it just surges forward and finds traction. Looking forward to logging some more miles on it, and experimenting with the geometry and setup a little more. 👍🏻

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rockandrollmark

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That looks like a bit of a riot. Really like the idea of a capable climber that can get a bit rowdy.

...and the tan-walls are spot on.

Posted : 06/07/2020 11:41 pm

6079smithw

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Looks good. Tan walls are nice but tyres are so dour these days. Tioga Psycho IIs in grey or butterscotch were the bomb

Posted : 07/07/2020 12:02 am

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