This is the bike I am looking for.Are you looking for a fun Competent-comfortable bike that you'll be grinning so much while riding that you don't care whether you finished 10th or 12th in the local C grade race?
XCO is Olympic format - a lap-based race on a course typically between 4-6km, but sometimes using longer laps. An Elite race would generally have a target time of 1:30-2:00, with lower grades targeting slightly shorter races. So if you're expecting 15 minute laps, 6 to 7 laps would be set.Now to find out what XCO is, never really looked at the different types of races before.
There's quite a lot of speculation that Giant will be bringing a revised Anthem & XTC in for 2016. Suggestions are they are trying to get them handling similar to the 27.5's that a lot of people have enjoyed.I was looking at a 2015 giant xtr advanced 29er 1 this morning full XT with giant carbon wheel set marked down to $2.4k
I think he means 29ers coming back into the full anthem range?Huh? Anthem is already 27.5 in 2015. They revised the frame in 2015 from 2014 so I doubt if 2016 will see any major revision.
Thanks for this. Clears up a lot for me.XCO is Olympic format - a lap-based race on a course typically between 4-6km, but sometimes using longer laps. An Elite race would generally have a target time of 1:30-2:00, with lower grades targeting slightly shorter races. So if you're expecting 15 minute laps, 6 to 7 laps would be set.
XCM is Marathon - 60 to 160km in either a point-to-point or long-lap format, with not more than 3 laps. So it might be 100km of trail you only ride once, or maybe 3 laps of a 35km course.
XCC is Shorttrack. Intended to be short, fast, bunch racing, a reduction on the emphasis of technical trail features and a short course - generally a 90 to 120 second lap. Club XCC events might be closer to 20 minutes, UCI listed events would be 30-60 minutes.
XCEN is Endurance cross country - typically a set time, and you do as many laps as you can in that set time. 6 hours is common in Victoria with 3 hour being incredibly popular, other states tend to use 4 hour. Depending on the event it might be solo or teams. In its longest format you have 24 hour racing.
XCE is eliminator. A 500-1000m course, with everyone doing a TT/XCT run to set a seeding time. Then you're grouped in to brackets designed so the fastest seeded riders meet the slowest ones, in heats of 4 or 6, with the top few going through to the next round. Repeat until there's only 4 or 6 riders left for your final.
Then there's minor formats like XCP (basically a short marathon), XCT (Time Trial), XCS (Stage race).
Sorry guys, was a bit premature in my posting.I think he means 29ers coming back into the full anthem range?
I quoted the fella above who was talking about the 29er, I thought it would have made sense. Sorry TimHuh? Anthem is already 27.5 in 2015. They revised the frame in 2015 from 2014 so I doubt if 2016 will see any major revision.
A) What we've been saying (seriously the Tallboy is a good XC'er)A) So looks like im in the market for a Dual Sus short travel 29er.
b) Hardtail for my fun short rides and 29er for training/racing. The Turner Czar looks quite tasty
Thanks, ive done exactly that and got myself a trek fs 9,I know you want something a bit less field and less mass market, but with some of the deals around on end of season bikes at the moment, you could pick up a lot of bike for a lot less money than normal. Trek have Superfly and Fuel EX models for 20% off at the moment, bringing some nice bikes well within your budget. Bit more boring, but they'll do the job, with change to spare for customisation if you want.
Fixed for youNow time for a decent saddle, seatpost, bars, grips and new wheels.
The new vs used argument. It's a tough one!Fixed for you
Can't say that I don't think that you ignored a lot of good advice...
The Tallboy would have been lighter, faster and better looking....
Hope you at least nabbed the FS 9.7SL rather than the FS 9