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

it's the ol lady saying "wat?"

 

Paying with cash always helps. If all else fails, you'll save 3-5% with no credit card fees. But unlikely right now - these guys are preselling bikes into April 2021

 

The bike feels like a Xc race bike not a svelt trail machine. Ibis makes badass bikes but this was made when they were still hanging on to old ways of thinking. It has a 67 degree head angle compared to the new specialized epic’s 66.5 degree HA. That’s their Xc race whip and the mojo 3 is not designed for anything like that.

 

lol I was just confused how to feel "in" a bike...am I riding wrong? or were you making a joke that you like the bike to be "in you"? giggity.

 

No no, I was just browsing on what can be found readily available.

One of the only bikes I’m interested in as of right now would be a Ripmo Carbon or AF.

I like ibis way of spec a bike with the best suspension parts and going cheaper on drivetrain.

Closest Ibis dealer is in Chattanooga which is 2.5 hours away.

 

Removes seat

 

Ride a bike that is too small or has a really high bottom bracket and it'll be really apparent really quickly.

 

Currently how I feel with my gen 1 Django with a 68 degree HA. But it works for me in tight and twitchy New England trails.

Edit: But obviously dropping the seat removes that "on top" feeling and allows me to shred a bit.

 

only time I've felt really badly on a bike was after getting used to my stumpy then rode on my buddy's Airborne Guardian and I felt like I could've kissed the front tire. XC bike, but holy moly I was so far forward

 

Yep, that's what "on the bike" feels like. Body + Bike = Totally disconnected

 

@jjones.yota this is probably what you were thinking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bmyGI6qQwc

 

so in that situation, are you in or on the bike?

 

The bike is in YOU!

 

Do you guys remember Mr. Garrisons bike he invented?

That's how you really feel as 1 with the bike.

 

+1 to this advice. Relationship with your LBS is key. And you get to talk bikes with them.

 

Since the previous owner cut the steerer tube pretty short, I decided to order a DMR Defy since it has a low stack height. Then I can be rid of this ridiculous riser stem. Shipped from the UK and already arriving here tomorrow.

 

Proof positive that we pay too much for bikes: Hangar 15 sponsors a desert race team. Great bunch of guys but it makes me cry a little bit.

 

Jenson has an AF in XL??? Do it!

 

yeah. bikes are overpriced, unfortunately. I mean, most of them are just made at the factory by Giant. lol

 

At around 5’11” id definitely feel in the bike.

Bikes should never cost as much as High performance street and dirt motorcycles.

They even sell more bikes than they do dirt bikes I’d imagine so it’s not a volume issue. It’s the consumer has proved we aren’t good with money so now we are stuck paying if we want to play.