Just swapped the Slayer for a 2022 Trek Fuel ex9.8
I felt it'd suit my riding better than the Slayer. Lovely condition, Fox X2 on back, Fox 36 on front, CODE RSC stoppers. Nice.
Just waiting for the guy to get back as he'd forgotten the front axle 😀 😀 😀
Straight off to FoD then to play and get it dialled in.
Nice bike, I test rode one before I bought my Enduro, It was so good at everything.
Jeez again??? 'I love the Slayer, won't be getting shot of that'. Two mins later....... Do you work for the Government???? Only jealous, enjoy! Had my 3 bikes 7 years, 6 years and 4 years now
DPX2 rather than an X2?
Looks nice! And as you mention, probably a better all-rounder the slayer.
I've never considered a 'swap' with bikes before!
I give it 5 months 😀
I give it 5 months 😀
That's generous!
I'll give it six weeks.
I’ll give it six weeks
We all know weeksy is a nickname derived from how long he owns a bike right?
There's nobody quite like you weeksy 🙂
Health to ride.
I’ve never considered a ‘swap’ with bikes before!
I think it makes sense if you have an a bike and want something more gnarly.
I've been bitten before though buying an XC bike off someone who wanted to get a DH bike, you're getting an XC bike that's been ridden like a DH bike.
Out of interest - where do you find all these folks to swap things with, I find myself with a Shimano drive train for the first time in years and hoped I might find someone similarly displeased with their recent acquisition of a sram one 😂
where do you find all these folks to swap things with,
It's the shop in Carlisle that he got the slayer from in the first place. They resprayed the Trek Fuel he gave them in exchange a few months ago.
C'mon weeksy, scrape some of that paint off and I bet it's yellow/green tint in the background
In comparison the some serial bike swappers I know, trust me when I say that @weeksy is a mere amateur.
Out of interest – where do you find all these folks to swap things with, I find myself with a Shimano drive train for the first time in years and hoped I might find someone similarly displeased with their recent acquisition of a sram one 😂
Tell me more ........
I've got a 12s GX mech and shifter that came off a bike I almost immediately single speeded and I'd far rather swap for XT to upgrade my main bike.
There's cranks too, but they've been used.
And my nice wheelset is XD so I'm keeping the cassette.
I hope it satisfies you ... for a while at least 😀
How long before a Status puts in another appearance? 😉 Fence could do with painting and those weeds...
Oh, nice bike BTW 😁
What is the first upgrade?
I felt it’d suit my riding better than the Slayer
Today maybe... 😉
We all know weeksy is a nickname derived from how long he owns a bike right
I suspect he's hora under a different login
I suspect he’s hora under a different login
That *exact* thought occurred to me when I first opened this thread.
That or the tall RAFer who strugled no end to find a bike they were comfy on and who's name escapes me completely. Though I think they did eventually manage.
What is the first upgrade?
The previous owner already did the 150mm upgrade on front and with the DPX2 the rear is ace. So in truth I don't know.
The RSC brakes are great, the seat isn't bad
First run down was a bit meh, but it's quite different, after that it started to flow.
We're becoming friends
I felt it’d suit my riding better than the Slayer
Pretty sure I said, on that Slay the Trails thread, that the Slayer was a freeride bike 😀 You should take my advice on more purchases 😉
Rumour has it the treks already been swapped in the car park on the way home .
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So day 1 is done on the bike and we're most happy 🙂
It took a little while to get to grips with it being a VERY different ride on the trails and i'm still missing a few lines on corners due to needing to shift my weight differently. But i'd also set the pressures on both front and rear a bit too soft, having now gone up 10psi in the front and 20 in the rear to try and find my happy place with it, i was pretty much bottoming it out on the jumps at Dowies. But it handled them really nicely and rides lovely. As you'd expect of course.
It was missing the internal frame tool bag, which i've just bought, at £18 it was less than i expected.
The headset in it is a complete pile of crap, it's been neglected there, so in the car-park i threw a new set of bearings in the upper and lower and it's sweet again.
Other than that, it's as per the pics, a very nice, very clean 2022 EX9.8.
All week we've been exchanging mails and i really expected him to come back with "i want £500+ on top of the Slayer". His bike was up for £3000 and it wasn't massively optimistic in terms of price i thought when looking at Ebay and Pinkbike. I felt the Slayer was closer to £2000 on a good day, so was more than happy.
Pretty sure I said, on that Slay the Trails thread, that the Slayer was a freeride bike
A couple of people said similar, I think hob nob too. But life is about trying thing, experiencing things, so there's no such thing as a bad decision
Yeah, you definitely enjoyed it for a year. Fuel is a nice looking bike. Higher rise bars needed? (I got some 38mm Nukeproofs in the CRC sale, nice they are)
I've got some 38 Burgtec here in 35dia if I wanna try. But currently I'll just get it ridden both tomorrow and Sunday and see from there really
Nice. Good weekend for riding 😊
Talk about a proper baptism of fire.
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Out with stupid fast child and [smention u=84]crust[/smention] on his ebike. We did a load of trails, woods and fun, then some jumps and beers, chips and chats. Then more trails, but by this stage my legs were saying no and my HR and effort were maxed time and time again.
On road to pub 2 I tried to gap them, sitting at 19+ mph but I died in last 100m and they caught me. More beer, then Ridgeway and stupid flat out trails to home.
I'm a sweaty gibbering mess! My legs are soooo tired.
Trek was ace though
Sounds like a Zwift race but in the real world trying to gap them 🤣
Maybe you need an ebike 🤔
It was a Zwift race at times, but 6 hours out with 4 of them riding. We hit lots and lots of trails though so it was ace
It took a little while to get to grips with it being a VERY different ride on the trails and i’m still missing a few lines on corners due to needing to shift my weight differently
Cue, you don't really get on with it and will be changing it soon....
🤣
It’s most likely the change in reach from just sub 450mm to 475mm. Still much shorter than the Large Aether 7 that Weeksy didn’t get on with (reach was maybe 505mm on that?) so I reckon it’ll be fine after a few rides. Plus will feel a chunk quicker covering ground / uphill. The stability of the longer reach will probably make up for some of the loss of suspension travel on fast / rocky stuff I’d imagine.
Oh i'm more than happy. It cracks along at a fine pace and the geometry lends itself to covering ground better than the Slayer. You feel more 'on' instead of more 'in' .. But that was clearly apparently from the numbers of both. You can see that the knees are further away when sitting pedalling.
I hit plenty of tech trails yesterday, some fast, some tight and yeah it was golden. It's running 150mm on the front so not exactly lacking in terms of performance of bounce. I probably still need a little more air in the back but other than that, i'm more than happy.
I've got an internal frame bag thing ordered for tools/pump.
I've got the invoice for any warranty stuff, i've also registered it in my name and insured it.. So it's here and it's happy.
I can now get back to organising my trip to Morzine 🙂
I can now get back to organising my trip to Morzine
you'll be needing some kind of longer travel bike for that.......can I suggest a rocky mountain slayer?
You can... but i'll be taking the Fury for the days i need longer.
But mostly it'll be more XC/Enduro stuff for me and the old fellas rather than DH chaos with the kids... we're talking 3-4 of the Youths, so they'll be left to their own riding and me and the oldies will do our stuff more along with PPDS type riding.
Yeah we like this... it rides and goes welll 🙂
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Very much friends. I do need to find a decent/nice saddle i like... but that seems somewhat challenging at times.
It's now got some frame protection on it, along with a frame bag with tool/pump inside the frame.
Genuine question - have you never considered a HT in your serial quest for the right bike? Looks like you locality might suit one tbh
Hardtails are very hard work if you’re not used to them though - you spend a lot more time standing up and if you try and sit in places you would on a full suss it’s really annoying getting bounced about. I prefer using my hardtail on local trail centres where I’m riding like my hair is on fire.
Genuine question – have you never considered a HT in your serial quest for the right bike? Looks like you locality might suit one tbh
Owned several over the years and yes in some of my riding it'd be great and was at times. Owned a Giant XTC29 and an On-One Parkwood. Used them plenty, but i deffo prefer the comfort of the full-bouncer. The HT is obviously effective, but on the tractor ruts a bit teeth chattery.
I'm happy with this for what i need right now 🙂
in your serial quest for the right bike?
Missed this part.. I'm not looking for the right bike.. I don't see there ever being or me even wanting the right bike. There's just bikes, a bike today, a different one next month, or the month after, who knows. Life changes, priorities change, there's no right bike for every situation, so sometimes i end up with the right bike for XYZ and not ABC, then i want the ABC bike. I don't see this as a fault in the bikes, nor in myself.
Yeah I agree with that. Different things are interesting, so changing is fun; the new thing doesn’t have to be objectively ‘better’.
It’s just really expensive changing so I change every few years.
