hey guys,
this saturday, i got "lucky" when i arrived at nerang for a ride "specialized" was having a demo day... Well i wouldn't say lucky, because now i don't even want to ride my old bike, i toke a few bikes for a demo on the track, i know specialized are almost double the price as the giants...
i tried the stump juper s-works, top of the line and the epic comp...
both had the brain on it, i was quite impressed with both of them, but believe it or not, i loved the epic more than the stump jumper... maybe because the stump was set to my friends weight and he is about 8kg lighter than me so i felt it was quite soft and big too... i don't know, the impression i had was that i was riding a lot bigger bike even tho we have both M sizes, the epic felt a lot tighter and quicker on turns...
after the ride, i was talking to a local shop owner that sells both giant and specialized, he mentioned that the stomp will have the same ride feel as the trance, and the anthem similar to the epic...
Unfortunately the guy on the shop mentioned that giants don't do demo days and he wouldn't have a bike to let me take it to the track... only around the shop carpark... that sucks because i'd love to be able to try both of the giants like i did with the specialized... because this weekend i definitely for the first time felt how different a bike can feel between models, and it would be pretty disappointing to spend $2+k on a bike to find out later that i like the other model better...
Again, it might be the settings on the suspension of the stump that weren't setup correctly for me, but can anyone that have ridden both do a comparison between the stump and the trance...
cheers,
dan