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The head is saying sell the Five, but I've just found this photo of it. I know the 'filing cabinet haters' won't appreciate it, but I think it looks the business (and just for comparison, there's a pic of the Zesty)
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p.s. take no notice of the 'lady saddle' on the Zesty - the wife had borrowed the bike for a bit 🙄 (shock horror - she's actually bought her own bike now)
You've got better forks on the lapierre. If you had like for like would it swing it towards the five?
If itd make the five a better experience? Sell the zesty and spend the money on bling 36 kashima talas forks for the five.
Yep, sound advice. TBH, I've had tons of bikes, and I never thought I'd ever get so attached to a bike. It's bloomin' daft, but I guess as a Five owner, you know that they really are good. For years I wouldn't buy a Five based upon its looks, but after someone lent me one for a long weekend, I was converted - I kept sessioning the same set of bermed corners 'cos I loved the way it kind of squatted in and railed 'em. (that ripping sound as the tyres bite into the corner.....phwoarrr!) S'pose the 'squatiness' is just something more common to single pivot bikes, or maybe it's just that I haven't had the bottle to chuck the Zesty into any berms hard and fast enough yet:wink:From reading your posts it seems that your head says keep the zesty but your heart is having a little difficulty giving up the five.
You seem to have a lot more pro's for keeping the zesty..so go with that ( and I'm a five owner!)
the 5 - people will be willing to pay over the odds for it! haha
With all the bikes available that specialise is such different terrain or to do different jobs, how did you manage to end up owning two with such an overlap (two medium/long travel full sussers) when you could have extended you riding pleasure in so many differing directions instead?
Oh strewth, don't tempt me! I ran the Five with Vans on for a few months, and OMG, it felt like a complete monster truck (in a good way) - quite funny the way you could just plough through things 🙂 (I put the Revs back on to force myself to use a bit more technique, oh, and they took about 2lbs off the front end! TBH, the Revs that are on it are one of the blackbox damped jobs, so they're way better than other Revs I've had)spend the money on bling 36 kashima talas forks for the five.
With all the bikes available that specialise is such different terrain or to do different jobs, how did you manage to end up owning two with such an overlap (two medium/long travel full sussers) when you could have extended you riding pleasure in so many differing directions instead?
I don't want to brag or advertise my 'fleet' on here, else it tempts the robbers - but err...shall we say, I do have other less overlappy bikes at my disposal. As I'd mentioned earlier, the problem of ending up with two such similar bikes is all my wifes fault 😉
I want your wife - and possibly in [i]that[/i] way too! Photo?
edit - and with such an understanding wife at your disposal maybe the answer is the middle way - sell both and buy something new to fill the void.
haha the very worst of singletrack, right here.
i've got 2 of the top 5 trail bikes (as voted for by what mountain bike and mbr) I can't decide which to sell
on a lighter note, [s]i'd try losing a grand or so[/s] selling the 5 as the zesty doesn't want to go.
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-zesty-514-2011-model
or try selling it for a decent price.
oo..meeoww, she's got her claws out.or try selling it for a decent price
there is a certain irony in that 😆haha the very worst of singletrack, right here
Looking at the pictures on that thread, have you ever actually ridden the Zesty?
haha..you ain't met her!understanding wife
Sell them both then buy and build up a new 2012 very high spec 5.
I've ridden it more than when those pics were taken, but (apart from tyres) its appearance hasn't really changed.Looking at the pictures on that thread, have you ever actually ridden the Zesty?