Hey everyone, after some advice, am thinking of getting back into riding on dirt as I have a bike park in my town, as well as lots of gnarly trails, and I kinda miss my pre kids MTB funtimes! I don’t think my 15 year old 100mm full suspension bike will cut the mustard in the bike park… But am going…

Imho there’s no reason why you shouldn’t go 29er. Wheel size seems to be a preference thing anyway. Either should be fine. If I could start over I’d buy a used MTB. You’ll fall down, you’ll scratch the frame, brake stuff etc. If you are in the northern hemisphere bike parks are probably about to cl…

[image] The "do-it-all" trail bike - options and opinions? Equipment I’ve been guilty of hijacking some XC MTB threads to talk about trail bikes, so I’m starting a dedicated thread for trail bikes. I currently own a 2017 Trek Fuel (130mm F/R, 67.7 HTA), and am starting to…

I ride a Rocky Mountain Altitude and next season will be on an Instinct. RM makes all bikes in AL so you can moderate price. YT bikes are hard to beat on price and spec and perform very well. M

One one hand, it’s a really great time to be looking at MTBs because there are tons of great ones out there. On the other, the bike biz has boomed during the pandemic and a lot of bikes are difficult to impossible to get. My suggestion is to check with a few local bike shops to see what brands they…

If you’re basing your understanding of the xc-trail-enduro spectrum on a 15yr old xc bike, you might be surprised how much a modern xc bike can handle. That’s not to say you should look at xc bikes, but you might find that trail bikes can handle so much that trying to step up to an enduro bike would…

Thanks everyone, I have looked closely at YT and Canyon but here in New Zealand theres absolutely no stock, currently looking at a 2020 Reign Advanced 2 which is at a really sharp price as my top contender, I’m fairly cautious on the steep stuff which is common around here which with the slacker geo…

FWIW I’ve been super happy with my 2021 FUEL EX AXS, Fox 34 rather than 36, 140/130 travel with a 29x2.4” tire I weigh 175lbs kitted up and it’s been good so far. 27lbs no pedals, quite good for what it is especially with the heftier AXS dropper

[image] jeremybnz: I have a bike park in my town, as well as lots of gnarly trails You might be better served on the Pinkbike Forums. The responses here will be more from the XCO crowd and will push towards climbing ability and less travel. I’m an XCO guy for racing but also own two longer …

[image] jeremybnz: I have a bike park in my town, as well as lots of gnarly trails The primary input to deciding what bike to get is what kind of trails are you are planning to ride. This will inform whether you go more enduro (eg Yeti SB150) or trail (ex Trek Fuel).

The Reign series is a pretty big hitting enduro bike, but I’m told that it padals better than an enduro bike has any business doing, so that’s a great thing. The Reign and the Fuel aren’t really in the same class though - the Fuel series is more of an all-around trail bike than an enduro machine. B…

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