New Bike Day!

Fueledbyex8 said:
After trying out the new Remedy and
the new Fuel ex, I wasnt feeling comfortable on either one. I then focused on the Spectral cf pro from Canyon since they opened up a showroom in Carlsbad I was able to demo bike there, same thing as the previous 2 bikes felt like my head was over the bars and these where Large size frames. I was in for more demos, I then visited BP bikes which is a local shop I wanted to try out the Hightower Lt. "WoW" first time on a 29er. and I actually dug it! geometry of the bike felt like a really good fit.

I wanted to ride the LT on a trail, so I strated to look on SC website for demo dates. To my surprise they where coming to Trabuco end of March to the Path bike shop and this was my chance. I showed up late the day of and Mike one of the SC reps said they where just waiting for one more guy and they where done, bummer.
He asked me what bike I was intrested in and what was my riding style, I explained
XC/ Trail some techy downhill but nothing
to crazy! He replied the LT might be to much travel for you, he was right. Mike then suggested the regular Hightower all his bikes where all packed up that's when he told me to go into the Path and check them out!

I test road the Large size reg. Hightower mango orange nice color! I instantly felt this bikes geometry was perfect for me those 29er. tires just roll over stuff really good. I told the sales person I'll take it in gloss canary/grey he said they where having a 15% discount off msrp. only that day as a promotion for SC being there.
I told him if I can pay him cash at the end of April and still get the discount he
replied he will honor it, plus he dropped it down a bit more. There was no way I was not gonna buy this bike. Only problem SC sent the wrong color they sent the mango orange, they where notified they sent the canary/ grey early this week, now they sent the wrong colored graphics on the fork fox stickers are orange? they shld. be blue/ black those will arrive prob. next week.

I settled on the XE build kit.
XT brakes.
XT shifter.
XT derailleur.
Race Face Turbine 30t.
E-thirteen cassette 9-46t.
Fox fork 36 performance elite.
Fox shock performance elite float DPS.
Race Face AR27 29er. Wheels.
Santa Cruz carbon handlebar 780mm.
Rockshox reverb stealth. 150mm.
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It's not a Santa Cruz I originally had in mind to buy, but I did make a great choice
in my opinion, Lifetime warranty on the frame and pivots at a great price. Im glad I showed up late to the demo.
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Congrats Albert and great choice, great backstory, and sounds like a great deal too boot. Welcome to the brotherhood. Good job on taking your time and demoing so you know you made the right choice.

Funny to hear how you felt on the other bikes and how the HT instantly felt right. That’s exactly how I felt.

The Hightower is such a fun & versatile bike. The long & super low geometry is very comfy and confidence inspiring. Hit the dropper & lean back and let the bike do the work. So far I really like the fluffy 27.5 plus setup for just plain having fun. I do have a light set of 29er wheels I just picked up and have tried it with 2.5 minions(beast) and now 2.25 rocket rons(xc rocket).

You know there’s enough of us now I think we could be the #HightowerHooligans...
 
one of us, one of us, one of us....

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Stkx66 said:
Nice bike! I wish I had put frame protection on mine right when I got it...
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That's exactly what I've been doing since about 7pm. till right about now, I ordered some (InvisiFrame) prior to getting my bike. It' a pain in the but to do it, but what the heck it'll give it a lil extra protection. I wanted to do this before taking the bike on it's first ride! It sucks cause I'm itching to go ride, I dreaded doing this today but it'll all be worth the wait.
 
With the departure of my road bike, N was hovering at 3. Since the deal with the jefe is that N+1 is acceptable as long as N <= 4... Something had to give.

Giant Toughroad - Large

Highlights:
-24 lbs with pedals and wire bead tires (tubeless)
-Clearance for 29x2.2 and 650x2.35
-Composite fork
-Internal cable routing
-Hydro-ish, brakes
-Tiagra stuff
-Very under 1500

I'll end up with multiple wheelsets for this bike and it will handle road duties, bike packing, climbing PR duties, fire roading, wandering, commuting, etc etc. Very happy with the purchase. This thing rides excellently and it's a mountain bike in a road bike costume. Giant's website does not do this thing justice.

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hydroish brakes and integrated garmin mounted
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Internal routing on the fork to ensure no snags on panniers
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Ebruner said:
With the departure of my road bike, N was hovering at 3. Since the deal with the jefe is that N+1 is acceptable as long as N < 4... Something had to give.

Giant Toughroad - Large

Highlights:
-24 lbs with pedals and wire bead tires (tubeless)
-Clearance for 29x2.2 and 650x2.35
-Composite fork
-Internal cable routing
-Hydro-ish, brakes
-Tiagra stuff
-Very under 1500

I'll end up with multiple wheelsets for this bike and it will handle road duties, bike packing, climbing PR duties, fire roading, wandering, commuting, etc etc. Very happy with the purchase. This thing rides excellently and it's a mountain bike in a road bike costume. Giant's website does not do this thing justice.

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hydroish brakes and integrated garmin mounted
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Internal routing on the fork to ensure no snags on panniers
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stoked

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Very nice!!!!
 
Ebruner said:
With the departure of my road bike, N was hovering at 3. Since the deal with the jefe is that N+1 is acceptable as long as N <= 4... Something had to give.

Giant Toughroad - Large

Highlights:
-24 lbs with pedals and wire bead tires (tubeless)
-Clearance for 29x2.2 and 650x2.35
-Composite fork
-Internal cable routing
-Hydro-ish, brakes
-Tiagra stuff
-Very under 1500

I'll end up with multiple wheelsets for this bike and it will handle road duties, bike packing, climbing PR duties, fire roading, wandering, commuting, etc etc. Very happy with the purchase. This thing rides excellently and it's a mountain bike in a road bike costume. Giant's website does not do this thing justice.

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hydroish brakes and integrated garmin mounted
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Internal routing on the fork to ensure no snags on panniers
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stoked

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Very nice.....looks like a fun rig.
 
Ebruner said:
With the departure of my road bike, N was hovering at 3. Since the deal with the jefe is that N+1 is acceptable as long as N <= 4... Something had to give.

Giant Toughroad - Large

Highlights:
-24 lbs with pedals and wire bead tires (tubeless)
-Clearance for 29x2.2 and 650x2.35
-Composite fork
-Internal cable routing
-Hydro-ish, brakes
-Tiagra stuff
-Very under 1500

I'll end up with multiple wheelsets for this bike and it will handle road duties, bike packing, climbing PR duties, fire roading, wandering, commuting, etc etc. Very happy with the purchase. This thing rides excellently and it's a mountain bike in a road bike costume. Giant's website does not do this thing justice.

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hydroish brakes and integrated garmin mounted
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Internal routing on the fork to ensure no snags on panniers
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stoked

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This is awesome! I LOVE bikes like this... monstercross/drop-bar MTB... just great! And multiple wheelsets are awesome. They really let the bike change underneath you.
 
Pulled the trigger on an Enduro 27.5. Stumpy is a great bike but felt I needed more junk in the trunk. 170mm should do it. Not sure if the red rocket with be sent packin yet.
This is the Elite model, carbon front and aluminum rear. GX eagle, Swat box, Code R brakes, ESI chunky grips, Butcher F&R(may change those), fabric seat(will change color soon). Removed tubes and set it up for a maiden voyage at Skypark. Had a great time building it up with my friends at the shop. Lots of funnin and S talkin.

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LLPoolJ said:
Pulled the trigger on an Enduro 27.5. Stumpy is a great bike but felt I needed more junk in the trunk. 170mm should do it. Not sure if the red rocket with be sent packin yet.
This is the Elite model, carbon front and aluminum rear. GX eagle, Swat box, Code R brakes, ESI chunky grips, Butcher F&R(may change those), fabric seat(will change color soon). Removed tubes and set it up for a maiden voyage at Skypark. Had a great time building it up with my friends at the shop. Lots of funnin and S talkin.

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'Grats!

What a beast! :thumbsup:
 
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LLPoolJ said:
Pulled the trigger on an Enduro 27.5. Stumpy is a great bike but felt I needed more junk in the trunk. 170mm should do it. Not sure if the red rocket with be sent packin yet.
This is the Elite model, carbon front and aluminum rear. GX eagle, Swat box, Code R brakes, ESI chunky grips, Butcher F&R(may change those), fabric seat(will change color soon). Removed tubes and set it up for a maiden voyage at Skypark. Had a great time building it up with my friends at the shop. Lots of funnin and S talkin.

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Great it came in and you got it together fast! HNBD!

Andy said:
Christmas has come early this year. Still 3 weeks before I can open it though... :gag: :cry: :cautious: :Roflmao


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HNB0xD!!!
 
LLPoolJ said:
Pulled the trigger on an Enduro 27.5. Stumpy is a great bike but felt I needed more junk in the trunk. 170mm should do it. Not sure if the red rocket with be sent packin yet.
This is the Elite model, carbon front and aluminum rear. GX eagle, Swat box, Code R brakes, ESI chunky grips, Butcher F&R(may change those), fabric seat(will change color soon). Removed tubes and set it up for a maiden voyage at Skypark. Had a great time building it up with my friends at the shop. Lots of funnin and S talkin.

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Bigger, farther, longer air is what I see coming from this.

Video anticipated!!!
 
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LLPoolJ said:
Pulled the trigger on an Enduro 27.5. Stumpy is a great bike but felt I needed more junk in the trunk. 170mm should do it. Not sure if the red rocket with be sent packin yet.
This is the Elite model, carbon front and aluminum rear. GX eagle, Swat box, Code R brakes, ESI chunky grips, Butcher F&R(may change those), fabric seat(will change color soon). Removed tubes and set it up for a maiden voyage at Skypark. Had a great time building it up with my friends at the shop. Lots of funnin and S talkin.

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Oh she’s pretty!:inlove:
 
Fueledbyex8 said:
After trying out the new Remedy and
the new Fuel ex, I wasnt feeling comfortable on either one. I then focused on the Spectral cf pro from Canyon since they opened up a showroom in Carlsbad I was able to demo bike there, same thing as the previous 2 bikes felt like my head was over the bars and these where Large size frames. I was in for more demos, I then visited BP bikes which is a local shop I wanted to try out the Hightower Lt. "WoW" first time on a 29er. and I actually dug it! geometry of the bike felt like a really good fit.

I wanted to ride the LT on a trail, so I strated to look on SC website for demo dates. To my surprise they where coming to Trabuco end of March to the Path bike shop and this was my chance. I showed up late the day of and Mike one of the SC reps said they where just waiting for one more guy and they where done, bummer.
He asked me what bike I was intrested in and what was my riding style, I explained
XC/ Trail some techy downhill but nothing
to crazy! He replied the LT might be to much travel for you, he was right. Mike then suggested the regular Hightower all his bikes where all packed up that's when he told me to go into the Path and check them out!

I test road the Large size reg. Hightower mango orange nice color! I instantly felt this bikes geometry was perfect for me those 29er. tires just roll over stuff really good. I told the sales person I'll take it in gloss canary/grey he said they where having a 15% discount off msrp. only that day as a promotion for SC being there.
I told him if I can pay him cash at the end of April and still get the discount he
replied he will honor it, plus he dropped it down a bit more. There was no way I was not gonna buy this bike. Only problem SC sent the wrong color they sent the mango orange, they where notified they sent the canary/ grey early this week, now they sent the wrong colored graphics on the fork fox stickers are orange? they shld. be blue/ black those will arrive prob. next week.

I settled on the XE build kit.
XT brakes.
XT shifter.
XT derailleur.
Race Face Turbine 30t.
E-thirteen cassette 9-46t.
Fox fork 36 performance elite.
Fox shock performance elite float DPS.
Race Face AR27 29er. Wheels.
Santa Cruz carbon handlebar 780mm.
Rockshox reverb stealth. 150mm.
View attachment 39105
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View attachment 39107
It's not a Santa Cruz I originally had in mind to buy, but I did make a great choice
in my opinion, Lifetime warranty on the frame and pivots at a great price. Im glad I showed up late to the demo.
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:eek: I am assuming we need to create a new screen name for you! :thumbsup:
Congrats on a very wise choice of bike, brand and color my Cruz Brothah!
 
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