pistonbroke
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I think Ninja is a young man on a tight budget. No way could he afford any Yeti.
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ninjasstolemytv
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But I can always dream.
pistonbroke
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I've been dreaming about Yeti bikes for years. In the meantime I bought 2 Giants and a Cannondale.
What you'll pay for a Yeti frame you'll get a whole Giant bike. And the Giant warranty is light years ahead.
ninjasstolemytv
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Nothing special about a Giant though. I'll get a Santa Cruz one day. You can't help but stare when you see one of them yellow Bronsons and I'll be sure to if I ever see a Nomad.
What do you guys think of the Trek Superfly 5? Been thinking either this or a giant xtc 27.5, whichever one would be the better performer at Lysterfield kinda trails. Gonna demo the giant soon, should be good.
What do you guys think of the Trek Superfly 5? Been thinking either this or a giant xtc 27.5, whichever one would be the better performer at Lysterfield kinda trails. Gonna demo the giant soon, should be good.
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redbruce
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+1. Santa Cruz (5010) will be my next bike (if I dont get an ASR5c first).
They are different bikes though. The Yeti (non SB) really suits the HT rider that seeks a tad more forgiveness without performance compromise.
The SC is articulate with more compliance and all around capability.
Both (too much) $$$ though really.
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ninjasstolemytv
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Yeah, it's kinda insane how expensive many bikes are and the fact that people buy them. 4k is the max I'll ever spend on a bike unless I magically started racing elite XC. Even then, it's really just diminishing returns from around a 3k price point
It's pretty perplexing whenever I see people who buy race bikes and only ride casually. I don't mean to judge, you can spend your money how you want, but for fun you can get the same for a whole lot less. If you ever want a first hand example just hop over to Lysty on a busy day. And then those people generally don't service their own bikes either and spend loads an LBS every time they need a tune-up or to change a flat.
I take back what I said before, I'll never buy a Santa Cruz. Might stay being a reasonably priced bike owner/pleb.
It's pretty perplexing whenever I see people who buy race bikes and only ride casually. I don't mean to judge, you can spend your money how you want, but for fun you can get the same for a whole lot less. If you ever want a first hand example just hop over to Lysty on a busy day. And then those people generally don't service their own bikes either and spend loads an LBS every time they need a tune-up or to change a flat.
I take back what I said before, I'll never buy a Santa Cruz. Might stay being a reasonably priced bike owner/pleb.
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Was Matt Callum and Harry actually
Matt told me they were giving someone a hand out there today
CharlieDontSurf
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I'm shocking with names. At least I got two of them right. They must have done some big k's today. Top day for it though
I know that aesthetic, im 6ft 3" 95kg , my giant trance xl 29er looks quite small. Then i see 'average' sized people on 29ers and they look like clown bikes
Big JD
Wheel size expert
the Yarra Big Blokes Club
not exclusive to men- would welcome any mountain biking women over 6.4 and 100kgs
What should we call our gang, club, posse............ have my designer (Rapha clothing) standing by for details.
BBBBB or Bx5
Big Beautiful Beefie Blokes on Bikes
or
YCU
Yarra Clydes United
or
YEBBA
Yarra Elite Big Beefie Alliance
not exclusive to men- would welcome any mountain biking women over 6.4 and 100kgs
What should we call our gang, club, posse............ have my designer (Rapha clothing) standing by for details.
BBBBB or Bx5
Big Beautiful Beefie Blokes on Bikes
or
YCU
Yarra Clydes United
or
YEBBA
Yarra Elite Big Beefie Alliance
Big AC
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I know that aesthetic, im 6ft 3" 95kg , my giant trance xl 29er looks quite small. Then i see 'average' sized people on 29ers and they look like clown bikes
Will one of the missions of YEBBA be to promote the 36er wheel size so that us big blokes can have the same 29er experience as the little people?
My bad maths makes me on a 29er the same proportion as someone ~177cm (5’9.5”) on a 26er.
Big JD
Wheel size expert
Stand tall and united we fall
Membership in the group is a forward step to equality and respect for big beefie blokes and babes on bikes.
yes AC- we will agitate for equality and acceptance for the big people. 36ers, minimum height for trail features, 750mm wide bars, XXlong riding apparel, long effective top tubes and non wollowing suspesion design and vehicles with additional leg/head room.
Membership in the group is a forward step to equality and respect for big beefie blokes and babes on bikes.
gnarly_rider
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;P I was most upset that mtb101 didn't actually include a screen grab of them...
So I went looking, and instead found (just to go off topic a little):
[video=youtube;YhvZRfiQrJE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhvZRfiQrJE[/video]
ninjasstolemytv
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Totally staged but still cool. Did anyone go riding today?
Yes, bit hot though, had to have a swim and a few beers afterwards...
Hahahaha ya !
Yeah ditto. (Might be in Cairns not Melbourne though)
CharlieDontSurf
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Will the members of WEBBA be members of ABBA( annulus billabong bike association). Your the pres, sorry Dicktator of that group aren't you JD
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