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The best thing is to try to find an LBS or a buddy to let you get some demo seat time on a SCC VP bike. VPP isn't for everyone, but a lot of people love em including myself. There seems to be an equal amount of converts that go DW to VPP or VPP to DW(and everything in between) so it's all in what you expect out of your bike. Seat time will help you decide.

I've demo'd plenty DW bikes but always felt they didn't fit my riding style. They rode plush as hell though! I tend to ride some sloppy lines sometimes and I feel the VPP is more forgiving on big hits involving crap/flat landings. I'd say climbing is damn near identical from dw to VPP. As for small bump compliance, from my experience the DW is more sensitive than the VPP---but in the way that I feel more chatter on the DW. Landing from big jumps is similar on both DW VPP but I get more "pop" from VPP preloading right before the jump. Berms feel better for me with the VPP as well.

If you don't think there's a big enough difference between the LT and the EX 8....you can always chuck up another Benjamin to get the $1000 SC aluminum Nomad frames SC has for sale rt now haha.

 

whos gona be out at the fontana DH or Super D race this weekend (southern CA)? i saw a shit tone of LT and tricked out tacomas out there at series #3 two weekes ago, alot of DMZ tacomas too, ill be out there if anyone on here is going and wants to do some practice runs on the DH track hit me up!

 

i think there is a shop up in northern VA that has SC bikes i might have to stop by some time. Ill have to try and demo an Ibis Mojo, my local shop has a few to demo too

 

There you go! I see tons of Mojo HD's on the trails I ride, heard nothing but good things about em.



Went out for an afternoon ride today, climbing was a beeeyatch on this particular ride even though it's my usual trail lol----I blame the 2 helpings of homemade clam chowder the gf made that I inhaled an hour before haha.

Obligatory "top of ride" pic:



PS- did I mention I facking LOVE the High Roller II in the back?!?!

 

Looks like a great day for a ride!

 

Damn it....I love and Hate this thread. Just last spring I bought a Norco Bigfoot to get back into riding and now I am staring at it wanting to ride so badly and mod the hell out it hahaha

I just brought back my Norco VPS Drop which makes this even harder.

Love the bikes in here!!!!

 

Do any of you guys happen to have some cheap mechanical disk brakes for sale? like avid bb5s or something. They are for a school project so I'm trying to find some used to keep costs down. I checked pinkbike but i'm just trying to ask around to make sure i find some haha

 

craigslist

what about MTBR?

 

i didnt think about either of those. i just found some from a guy in a local club though. i think he said $30 for front and back bb7. i need to ask if he meant each or 30 for both

 

just found out that there is gonna be a new mountain bike park that should hopefully open in June like 45 minutes from school. looks like im gonna need to scoop up a DH bike or atleast get an actual AM bike

 

Ebay as well. I saw a heap set of brakes a few days ago on Craigslist.

Post an ad on cl, many people just look for people buying what they have instead of taking the initiative to create an ad for their item.

 

Their servers need a boost or something. Whether I'm on a corporate LAN or at home with my lowly 8mbps throughput, it sucks like I'm on some POS dial-up connection. Irritating fucking site. Pretty much just stopped using it. Anyone else have that kinda nonsense on MTBR?

 

ill check there if this other deal falls through. it should work though, i just need to make sure there is no problem with my school going used....

ive never had any problems. i just check and its fine, i dont use it as much anymore though, i did notice they changed it up so maybe thats why

 

im going to be working for Specialized in july for the 2014 product launch in CO, its gona be a sick bike i know what it is, ill im gona say is i want one haha

 

Obligatory "top of ride" pic:



Nice bike and I like the pic too

 

Awesome pic! My new Desktop background and its got me going stir crazy.
The riding in the Chicago area is nothing like that and being winter right now is even worse..

 

Thanks guys...I'm SO blessed to have this and many other trails literally less than 10 minutes from my house.

That picture is from my usual 3-4 times a week trail ride: Hazards Peak in Montana de Oro.

Has a good mix of everything to practice on: decent(none of that annoying "get off the bike and push") pedal climbing, minor loose rock sections, s-berms section, slope jumps, off/on camber turns, rutted turns, and great Pacific Ocean backdrop.


Not my video, but a video of Hazards. I ride this around 3-4 times a week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GckrzZh84j0

 

pic from the wayback machine
One of my hand-painted bikes, and me contemplating my next mission

 

I'm of that terrain

 

you gona be working there too?