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Well that’s very new age of them.. If I knew what that meant

 

Ari still selling Fezzari on their outlet. Seems like the same company, no idea the real reason behind the name change.

 

It’s because it embodies their essence “To Be”. See my new age reference held true

 

I currently have a Guerrilla Gravity and a Reeb so obviously I’ll ride whatever named bike but Fezzari was pretty whack.

Not sure if Ari is much better. Reminds me of something a Bro from Arizona would say: “I’m from Nor Ari brah”

 

It always reminded me of the word fugazi.

 

Check out 1Up Ebike racks.

 

yeah...they're getting ripped a new one in the pinkbike comments. lol.

 

Fezzari looking good. Your buddy's Flaanimal even more so!

 

Which ironically is why they really changed their name lol… someone may be fired . Or maybe they will play it off as a bad April fools

 

https://youtu.be/IiTfnpgNkmI?si=YPEQbtCVOzhMub2P

Fugazi fugazi..

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/4rTf87HkZhM?si=dTlFUkMRciuH0OxT

 

lol. true. I'm sure I'll hear of something happening. Their hq is not too far from me. lol.

 

Yeah it's been the case for a while now. Any "aggressive" short travel trail bike is going to have a build kit very similar to the bigger bikes and there is just not much weight savings to be had. The extra length of suspension tubes really doesn't weigh much. The shorter travel does ride different but that's not necessarily a good or bad thing just some people prefer it.

 

I used to have a sub 30lb, 120mm travel trail bike and I was constantly destroying tires, rims, etc. also had to warranty a frame.

Now I have a 33.5lb, 140/120mm travel steel trail bike and it can be ridden hard without concern.

I also have 37lb 170/160mm travel enduro bike.

These two bikes ride way different. I did a 60 mile/12k ft elevation on the 120mm bike no problem (relative I suppose ). I would have be absolutely miserable doing that same ride on the enduro.

On anything less steep than -10% grade, the enduro bike is like dragging a cinder block through mud. 120mm trail bike rolls faster, is more responsive and has better geometry for flat/rolling terrain.

 

Post up that STT

 

I think there is less gap though between a 32 lb 140f/120r trail bike and a 33 lb 160f/140r trail bike both in weight and trail feel. But there is still a difference. I was torn between those two types last time I was buying a bike (Following vs Offering for instance) and went with the shorter travel option. It has always left me wondering if the "trail feel" difference is worth what I gave up capability. I've actually been thinking about swapping frames and likely keeping the entire build kit the same otherwise.

 

Agreed. Just swapping frames and all else being equal, I think the difference will be small in trail feel when riding. Those two frames are very close in geometry. My guess is that most of the ride difference would come when taking big hits, jumps drops etc or when on the gas, out of saddle.

The following is an awesome bike! One of my super fast friends had one and could smash people up and down.

 

I think most people fall into the trap of looking for something that climbs better but still descends like a big bike instead of getting fitter. Then when you do get some fitness and speed at the mid-end of the season you're beating the shit out of the small bike. It's easy to forget just 10 years ago we were riding trail bikes pushing 40LB that pedaled like garbage. Now a day EWS riders are doing 3000M on 170mm bikes near that weight so there's gotta be some room for improvement right? Even my 180mm Giga pedals pretty damn amazing for what basically a single crown downhill bike. I guess my point is.... buy an EMTB.

 

I think you are partially right. For me I was chasing a more engaging experience for flatter pedally "XC" type trails in my local system while balancing having a bike that still lets me push it on the more aggressive terrain. But to get that kind of bike it's going to be about the same weight as a longer travel version. If my local trails were more climb then descend I would have gone for a bigger travel bike for sure because seated climbing is pretty dang good on most bikes these days.