frenchman
Eats cheese. Sells crack.
Your base level forester is comparable to a Giant Talon.
The market prices what the dentists will pay.
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
Apparently the entire Nukeproof Scout range will be shades of silver.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
I hope there is 50 options!
ashes_mtb
Has preferences
I think Empire Cycles have done really well in Perth - seem to have created a massive following which is driving Specialized sales to an extent. Specialized seem to have more cred here than they do elsewhere.
Wembley Cycles have also driven it a bit, but not to the same extent as Empire.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Oh it's a cult.
frenchman
Eats cheese. Sells crack.
It's a tribe actually
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Yet I thought otherwise
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
The new bike fear is coming over me. What if I order my 2020 bike only to find tangible and worthwhile updates to 2021 bikes for a little more outlay?
The Reverend
Likes Bikes and Dirt
That has to be worth a 30 day ban.
For the 20 to 30% you'd be wanting a sizable improvement. Maybe a new wheel size, heard 26 is what many pros are riding? Connor smoked it on his.
HamboCairns
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Fair point, I think price rises will be around 10-15% so $150 - $225 difference. That's a decent amount of change for me!
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
You'd miss my firm and forceful touch...
You just need to realise and accept some truths...
1) there is always going to be a better more appealing bike. Always. Without fail. Always.
2) a life without bikes sucks the bags. Big hairy sweaty stinky bags.
So it seems pretty obvious that you need to just start spending! Bike now, some upgrades, another bike, an alternative now, more bikes, and just keep rolling with it. Your wife should be happy with this course of action. There is a well established inverse relationship between liking bikes and getting laid, plus it gets you off her back a bit. What would she prefer? You go to gym? That's riskier than a strip club! This fleet of bikes is an investment in the stability and longevity of your relationship.
HamboCairns
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pink poodle
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The happy home sales pitch is a tricky one. You need a reliable wing team to throw the pitch.
Oh Jenny, I used to have so much trouble keeping Ronald away from other women. It was so stressful knowing that everytime he went to the gym he might be about to fuck another of those hot fit sluts...
How did you solve the problem Kara?
Well I did 2 things. One was expensive but worth it for our marriage. I got him into mountain biking...now he spends all his time surrounded by men in a world most women find so boring they want to die everytime he owns his mouth. He is so obsessed with riding, buying parts, finding places to ride, maintaining his bikes, and some stupid forum chat groups that he barely had time for anything else.
And what was the other thing?
I learnt how to give a decent head job. I suck him off once a month so damn good he nearly blows him eyeballs out.
cokeonspecialtwodollars
Fartes of Portingale
That's it, no more 50 Shades for you after midnight.
I think we now all know what @pink poodle was reading during isolation.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
His palm. Eyes too blind to read books.
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
QFT.
@HamboCairns your budget and determination to buy new will always be your biggest obstacle. If you wait for all the 2021 bikes to come out, then you'll also have to wait longer to buy. Then you'll buy your bike and 3 months later the 2022 ranges will start getting leaked and you'll still hate yourself.
The sooner you buy a bike and get riding it the better, then you can finally start wasting your time worrying about important things like tyre pressure and how many clicks of compression damping and where the fuck is that creaking noise coming from?
pink poodle
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That fucking creak!!! Been trying to resolve a seat post creak for the last couple of days. This morning I went all out and greased the post again, but also got the rag down that seat tube good and deep, popped the collar, and then it all went back together with way too much grease and...finally no noise. In the process I managed to get the seat so tight in the clamp it is never coming out easily.
Just buy a bike @HamboCairns and get rolling towards buying another bike.