What’s everyone riding these days?

mike said:
I’m truly wondering if I will be able to ride a hardtail well enough to own one due to my back and plans for the year. Not ready to Classify it, but if one of you reprobates has been pondering a rad steel HT, it’s a medium Pedalhead 29/275+, frame only. For 120-140 fork. I’d say perfect for a 5’9”–5’10” rider with 0-2” ape index; I’m 5’10.5 with +3.5 ape index and rode it a bunch. Ping me if you’re in the imtbrohood and we can work it out.
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Cyclotourist said:
I pulled the trigger last night... and will have a Tallboy frame heading my way soon!

Backcountry/CC came up with a bunch of 2018 models out of somewhere for 35% off retail.
Plus another 10% rebate via Activejunky.
Then another 2% back from my CC.
I was pushing half off retail, and couldn't resist, even though I just spent a lot of money on bikes in the house.
I'm going to piece it together slowly in order to bring the family budget back into line, but hopefully soon this will be my answer to "What's everyone riding these days?"

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Geeez, sounds like they ended up paying you to take it. Good score! :cool:
 
Not sure when, but I'll probably be putting this 2018 Tallboy 3 CC up for sale in a few weeks. PM if interested. It'll be a sweet deal.
I've changed the saddle and tires since this image.
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Thank you everyone for sharing on my quest to figure out what to get. I made a decision and will have a new (to me) steed in about a week. While it is not a new (carbon, carbon, carbon, carbon) carbon chameleon or a new GG, it is a nice whip that should be perfect for everything i could think of throwing at it.

Thanks again and looking forward to throwing up a review and some pics when i can shake it down on the treacherous FLOOP.
 
noLungs said:
Thank you everyone for sharing on my quest to figure out what to get. I made a decision and will have a new (to me) steed in about a week. While it is not a new (carbon, carbon, carbon, carbon) carbon chameleon or a new GG, it is a nice whip that should be perfect for everything i could think of throwing at it.

Thanks again and looking forward to throwing up a review and some pics when i can shake it down on the treacherous FLOOP.
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Great to hear!

But...a little vapor spray humidifies this dry winter air. You gotta dish a little!!!!! :)
 
mountaingirl sara said:
This post may be a teeny bit off:whistling:, but I did my very first spin class ever tonight. A friend had been asking me to go for months so I finally gave it a go and.....I FREAKING HATED IT!!!!!! every minute was like an eternity! How do people do this and say it’s fun...sheet!:facepalm:
Anyways...carry on:D
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Jennifer got me a guest pass for her spin class Saturday morning. Should I pass?
 
I picked up a new to me Transition Sentinel carbon X01 build last week, and I’ve been out for a few short rides on it and thought I’d leave a quick short term review since I’ve seen that there are a couple people who have the bike on their short list. For those who don’t want to get into reading beyond a couple sentences, the TLDR version is that it’s a fun bike & I’m really pleased with my purchase.

My original shortlist was between the Sentinel, and Transition Smuggler, and a Santa Cruz Nomad. I realize that they are 3 very different bikes, so I thought long and hard about the type of riding that I like to do, as well as what kind of riding that I am most likely to do. Ideally, I knew that I wanted a 29er, so in reality the real choice was between the Transition’s unless I could find a screaming deal on the Santa Cruz. Ultimately, I decided on the long travel bike since even though most of my riding is in Riverside’s Sycamore, I’m not too far from either Greer or Hulda, and I’m very likely to put a significant number of park days on the bike between Skypark, Summit & Mammoth.

Onto the bike. My first impressions of the bike were that it was big, and that if felt heavier than my alloy Scout. The heavy feeling came as a surprise as the Sentinel is at least 3lb less than the Scout. After the 3rd ride I’ve since become accustomed to the bike and no longer feel the weight, but I’ve also noticed that I’ve been sitting and spinning up hills, and not really up in a sprinting position as much as I was on the Scout. If you’ve read any reviews, the press is definitely not lying when they say this bike is made to cruise to the top, and the magic doesn’t happen until you turn around to bomb to the bottom.

Getting the bike down the hill has been a lot of fun. My previous bike was a Transition Scout and I rode it everywhere. While it was capable, It would tend to get overwhelmed in places and I was bottoming it out on a lot of the drops on my everyday loop. Even though I still don’t have the suspension fully dialed, I’ve noticed the ride is incredibly composed. Additionally, I’m no longer blowing through all of my travel despite the fact that I’m hucking off everything. In fact, at this point the only reason I’m not going faster, is because I keep scrubbing speed because I think that I’m going to blow through corners. I’m not really sure why I’m not blowing through corners, the bike feels so much longer than the Scout, but it just finds a line, and it’s on a rail. It’s mind boggling to me how it corners better than the smaller bike, but somehow the Sentinel lays over and just crushes the turns. So far, my only perceived negative is that the Sentinel brakes a little more progressively than the Scout, which is taking some getting used to. Once I’ve grown accustomed to that, I’ll be interested to see what I can do with it.

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code3 said:
I picked up a new to me Transition Sentinel carbon X01 build last week, and I’ve been out for a few short rides on it and thought I’d leave a quick short term review since I’ve seen that there are a couple people who have the bike on their short list. For those who don’t want to get into reading beyond a couple sentences, the TLDR version is that it’s a fun bike & I’m really pleased with my purchase.

My original shortlist was between the Sentinel, and Transition Smuggler, and a Santa Cruz Nomad. I realize that they are 3 very different bikes, so I thought long and hard about the type of riding that I like to do, as well as what kind of riding that I am most likely to do. Ideally, I knew that I wanted a 29er, so in reality the real choice was between the Transition’s unless I could find a screaming deal on the Santa Cruz. Ultimately, I decided on the long travel bike since even though most of my riding is in Riverside’s Sycamore, I’m not too far from either Greer or Hulda, and I’m very likely to put a significant number of park days on the bike between Skypark, Summit & Mammoth.

Onto the bike. My first impressions of the bike were that it was big, and that if felt heavier than my alloy Scout. The heavy feeling came as a surprise as the Sentinel is at least 3lb less than the Scout. After the 3rd ride I’ve since become accustomed to the bike and no longer feel the weight, but I’ve also noticed that I’ve been sitting and spinning up hills, and not really up in a sprinting position as much as I was on the Scout. If you’ve read any reviews, the press is definitely not lying when they say this bike is made to cruise to the top, and the magic doesn’t happen until you turn around to bomb to the bottom.

Getting the bike down the hill has been a lot of fun. My previous bike was a Transition Scout and I rode it everywhere. While it was capable, It would tend to get overwhelmed in places and I was bottoming it out on a lot of the drops on my everyday loop. Even though I still don’t have the suspension fully dialed, I’ve noticed the ride is incredibly composed. Additionally, I’m no longer blowing through all of my travel despite the fact that I’m hucking off everything. In fact, at this point the only reason I’m not going faster, is because I keep scrubbing speed because I think that I’m going to blow through corners. I’m not really sure why I’m not blowing through corners, the bike feels so much longer than the Scout, but it just finds a line, and it’s on a rail. It’s mind boggling to me how it corners better than the smaller bike, but somehow the Sentinel lays over and just crushes the turns. So far, my only perceived negative is that the Sentinel brakes a little more progressively than the Scout, which is taking some getting used to. Once I’ve grown accustomed to that, I’ll be interested to see what I can do with it.

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code3 said:
I picked up a new to me Transition Sentinel carbon X01 build last week, and I’ve been out for a few short rides on it and thought I’d leave a quick short term review since I’ve seen that there are a couple people who have the bike on their short list. For those who don’t want to get into reading beyond a couple sentences, the TLDR version is that it’s a fun bike & I’m really pleased with my purchase.

My original shortlist was between the Sentinel, and Transition Smuggler, and a Santa Cruz Nomad. I realize that they are 3 very different bikes, so I thought long and hard about the type of riding that I like to do, as well as what kind of riding that I am most likely to do. Ideally, I knew that I wanted a 29er, so in reality the real choice was between the Transition’s unless I could find a screaming deal on the Santa Cruz. Ultimately, I decided on the long travel bike since even though most of my riding is in Riverside’s Sycamore, I’m not too far from either Greer or Hulda, and I’m very likely to put a significant number of park days on the bike between Skypark, Summit & Mammoth.

Onto the bike. My first impressions of the bike were that it was big, and that if felt heavier than my alloy Scout. The heavy feeling came as a surprise as the Sentinel is at least 3lb less than the Scout. After the 3rd ride I’ve since become accustomed to the bike and no longer feel the weight, but I’ve also noticed that I’ve been sitting and spinning up hills, and not really up in a sprinting position as much as I was on the Scout. If you’ve read any reviews, the press is definitely not lying when they say this bike is made to cruise to the top, and the magic doesn’t happen until you turn around to bomb to the bottom.

Getting the bike down the hill has been a lot of fun. My previous bike was a Transition Scout and I rode it everywhere. While it was capable, It would tend to get overwhelmed in places and I was bottoming it out on a lot of the drops on my everyday loop. Even though I still don’t have the suspension fully dialed, I’ve noticed the ride is incredibly composed. Additionally, I’m no longer blowing through all of my travel despite the fact that I’m hucking off everything. In fact, at this point the only reason I’m not going faster, is because I keep scrubbing speed because I think that I’m going to blow through corners. I’m not really sure why I’m not blowing through corners, the bike feels so much longer than the Scout, but it just finds a line, and it’s on a rail. It’s mind boggling to me how it corners better than the smaller bike, but somehow the Sentinel lays over and just crushes the turns. So far, my only perceived negative is that the Sentinel brakes a little more progressively than the Scout, which is taking some getting used to. Once I’ve grown accustomed to that, I’ll be interested to see what I can do with it.

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Great looking bike. Sounds like fun now, and it will only get funnerer as you get more familiar with it! :thumbsup:
 
code3 said:
I picked up a new to me Transition Sentinel carbon X01 build last week, and I’ve been out for a few short rides on it and thought I’d leave a quick short term review since I’ve seen that there are a couple people who have the bike on their short list. For those who don’t want to get into reading beyond a couple sentences, the TLDR version is that it’s a fun bike & I’m really pleased with my purchase.

My original shortlist was between the Sentinel, and Transition Smuggler, and a Santa Cruz Nomad. I realize that they are 3 very different bikes, so I thought long and hard about the type of riding that I like to do, as well as what kind of riding that I am most likely to do. Ideally, I knew that I wanted a 29er, so in reality the real choice was between the Transition’s unless I could find a screaming deal on the Santa Cruz. Ultimately, I decided on the long travel bike since even though most of my riding is in Riverside’s Sycamore, I’m not too far from either Greer or Hulda, and I’m very likely to put a significant number of park days on the bike between Skypark, Summit & Mammoth.

Onto the bike. My first impressions of the bike were that it was big, and that if felt heavier than my alloy Scout. The heavy feeling came as a surprise as the Sentinel is at least 3lb less than the Scout. After the 3rd ride I’ve since become accustomed to the bike and no longer feel the weight, but I’ve also noticed that I’ve been sitting and spinning up hills, and not really up in a sprinting position as much as I was on the Scout. If you’ve read any reviews, the press is definitely not lying when they say this bike is made to cruise to the top, and the magic doesn’t happen until you turn around to bomb to the bottom.

Getting the bike down the hill has been a lot of fun. My previous bike was a Transition Scout and I rode it everywhere. While it was capable, It would tend to get overwhelmed in places and I was bottoming it out on a lot of the drops on my everyday loop. Even though I still don’t have the suspension fully dialed, I’ve noticed the ride is incredibly composed. Additionally, I’m no longer blowing through all of my travel despite the fact that I’m hucking off everything. In fact, at this point the only reason I’m not going faster, is because I keep scrubbing speed because I think that I’m going to blow through corners. I’m not really sure why I’m not blowing through corners, the bike feels so much longer than the Scout, but it just finds a line, and it’s on a rail. It’s mind boggling to me how it corners better than the smaller bike, but somehow the Sentinel lays over and just crushes the turns. So far, my only perceived negative is that the Sentinel brakes a little more progressively than the Scout, which is taking some getting used to. Once I’ve grown accustomed to that, I’ll be interested to see what I can do with it.

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Bee-You-Tee-Full! :thumbsup:
 
code3 said:
I picked up a new to me Transition Sentinel carbon X01 build last week, and I’ve been out for a few short rides on it and thought I’d leave a quick short term review since I’ve seen that there are a couple people who have the bike on their short list. For those who don’t want to get into reading beyond a couple sentences, the TLDR version is that it’s a fun bike & I’m really pleased with my purchase.

My original shortlist was between the Sentinel, and Transition Smuggler, and a Santa Cruz Nomad. I realize that they are 3 very different bikes, so I thought long and hard about the type of riding that I like to do, as well as what kind of riding that I am most likely to do. Ideally, I knew that I wanted a 29er, so in reality the real choice was between the Transition’s unless I could find a screaming deal on the Santa Cruz. Ultimately, I decided on the long travel bike since even though most of my riding is in Riverside’s Sycamore, I’m not too far from either Greer or Hulda, and I’m very likely to put a significant number of park days on the bike between Skypark, Summit & Mammoth.

Onto the bike. My first impressions of the bike were that it was big, and that if felt heavier than my alloy Scout. The heavy feeling came as a surprise as the Sentinel is at least 3lb less than the Scout. After the 3rd ride I’ve since become accustomed to the bike and no longer feel the weight, but I’ve also noticed that I’ve been sitting and spinning up hills, and not really up in a sprinting position as much as I was on the Scout. If you’ve read any reviews, the press is definitely not lying when they say this bike is made to cruise to the top, and the magic doesn’t happen until you turn around to bomb to the bottom.

Getting the bike down the hill has been a lot of fun. My previous bike was a Transition Scout and I rode it everywhere. While it was capable, It would tend to get overwhelmed in places and I was bottoming it out on a lot of the drops on my everyday loop. Even though I still don’t have the suspension fully dialed, I’ve noticed the ride is incredibly composed. Additionally, I’m no longer blowing through all of my travel despite the fact that I’m hucking off everything. In fact, at this point the only reason I’m not going faster, is because I keep scrubbing speed because I think that I’m going to blow through corners. I’m not really sure why I’m not blowing through corners, the bike feels so much longer than the Scout, but it just finds a line, and it’s on a rail. It’s mind boggling to me how it corners better than the smaller bike, but somehow the Sentinel lays over and just crushes the turns. So far, my only perceived negative is that the Sentinel brakes a little more progressively than the Scout, which is taking some getting used to. Once I’ve grown accustomed to that, I’ll be interested to see what I can do with it.

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Congrats!! Nice write up, it’s amazing how a different bike can change your riding experience!
 
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