What kind of mtb do you have?

[Pebble]

Wow, that bike looks pretty amazing. How would you say it compares to the Specialized or others you have ridden?

[mtnbikenmama]

I have ridden a Trek 4300, Specialized Enduro, my Stumpjumper FSR '03 edition, and I can say hands down this is the sweetest ride I have ever had (which includes multiple bike brands that I tired out at the L.A. Bike expo. The bike is so laterally ridged at high speed descent. The torsional rubber shock climbs better than my Stumpy in full lock out. The rear is rated at 4 to 41/2 inches of travel. The bike all around just seems to be easier to get up the mountain. The rear end has teflon lined swage locked spherical bearings that are used in fighter jets. The guy who created this bike is a mechanical engineer and really knows his stuff. I'm hoping and praying that he does come out with the cross country model for the public soon. I just love this bike.
Can you tell??????

[Kitsune06]

Specialized XC rockhopper, WSD for me... all the original components (so far) but the paint job is different. Since she's also my fun/commuter bike, I painted her flat black once upon a time, and just recently removed some of the black paint in tiger-stripes along the frame, so she's black with blue stripes... or blue with black stripes? I'll see if I can get a pic.

[horsemom]

I am a green bean newbie, but I just bought a Gary Fisher Cobia 29er. I bring it home at the end of the week. I have been riding my son's mongoose FS, but the Cobia has a huge difference in the power transfer and ability to flyyyy!!!

Laura

[Brandi]

There are some awsome bikes here. When my dh built my bike I had to girl it up a bit and found some cool hawiian flower stickers to put on it (drove him nut's that I did that, but it's my bike right?) anyone else do anything like that?

[ikkin]

no flower stickers, but i do have pink grips and a pink waterbottle holder on my new santa cruz juliana. there's another thread about this somewhere out there...

my bike is sooooo sweet! i built it up with a combo of new (avid juicy 7's, mavic crossride wheels), ebay used (fox talas RL), and old parts from my old hardtail (lx drivetrain, SRAM hollowpin chain, bontrager handlebars, etc) and it rocks! i will eventually upgrade the drivetrain and bars. but i'm already loving the fullie...a completely different (and in my opinion, better) experience than the HT. this bike rocks.

only minor problem is that i don't have much clearance on the medium, but the small frame was too small. anyone have any experience with 24inch wheels?

[snowtulip]

Ikkin ,
I run 24in wheels on all my bikes, I love them. The standover is great, but I am small (4'11). My husband is a frame builder so my last two frames were designed specifically with 24 in mind. I also run 24 on my Titus FS.

Some people will go into efficiency loss, etc. from running 24 in. but I feel my riding got so much better when I made the change (confidence is priceless).

[SalsaMTB]

I have ridden a Trek 4300, Specialized Enduro, my Stumpjumper FSR '03 edition, and I can say hands down this is the sweetest ride I have ever had (which includes multiple bike brands that I tired out at the L.A. Bike expo. The bike is so laterally ridged at high speed descent. The torsional rubber shock climbs better than my Stumpy in full lock out. The rear is rated at 4 to 41/2 inches of travel. The bike all around just seems to be easier to get up the mountain. The rear end has teflon lined swage locked spherical bearings that are used in fighter jets. The guy who created this bike is a mechanical engineer and really knows his stuff. I'm hoping and praying that he does come out with the cross country model for the public soon. I just love this bike.
Can you tell??????

Interesting. Can you post close up pictures of the shock?