All Things Bikes and Tacos! (...and every vehicle imaginable)

Yall are a bad influence

 

NBD!!

Didn’t have time to swing by the shop, so the guys sent me this janky picture. Hope to have time to get over there tomorrow or Friday to get my own hands on it.

 

Love that color. Looks like it's tailor made to go with the gold shock

 

That’s pretty sick man!

 

Agreed! It’ll look even better with a CC inline that’s likely inevitable. Gonna have to rock the air can for now.

 

Let’s get that dork disk off.

 

Well, looks like I'm in the market for a new bike. I ride in new england and do a large variety of riding from regular trail days, to enduro and park several times a season. I'm not super concerned about being the fastest climber, skew more towards downhill performance. Im looking at bikes with 150-160 rear travel like the mojo HD5 or kona process 153. any one have experience with these or have a bike they would suggest I look at? having the ability to mount a water bottle is pretty important to me as well.

 

27.5 or 29er?

 

I prefer 27.5

 

Do those fit with a helmet?

 

Sure do

 

i ride a newer Santa Cruz Bronson. It’s great for all the things you described. You can run 27.5 tires up to 2.6” in the rear. Not the most amazing climber but gets the job done and it’s amazing on the downs

 

I second the Bronson or even the Nomad. The newer Yeti SB140 looks appealing or even a Pivot Mach 6. I ride a Rocky Mountain Altitude and it can handle moderate levels of gnar. I have my eye on a 2020 Transition Scout but I can't justify it right now budget wise. I cannot speak to the Kona Process but I have ridden the HD5 and I was not a fan. The geometry on the bike felt old school. It had quality components but I just felt positioned over the bars and I was uncomfortable on the downhills.

 

good points. I would say a Transition Patrol too, but it has to be on the edge of a redesign like the scout and sentinel. If you’re patient, you can probably snag a good deal on the older model patrol when the new ones are released.

 

More importantly, they match the frame color of the bike behind you..............

 

Which way izzup?