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What full squish 29er's should I be looking at?
06/28/13 at 4:44pm
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Wants:

Carbon preferred, but aluminum will do
XC oriented, but Pisgah worthy (not groomed Bent creek Pisgah)
Light, but not fragile   

Not wants:

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I am way out of the loop on new bikes and the new goods, so I thought I would start my search by asking here. I will probably buy a complete bike off the shelf since my parts inventory has seen better days. My current bike is a 2007 Sultan and consider it the best frame that I ever owned. The new sultan leans slightly more all mountain than the 2007 version, so it's off the list for now.   

Niner is on the list. What else is there? Thanks.
  
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Re: What full squish 29er's should I be looking at?
Reply #1 - 06/28/13 at 5:26pm
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Santa Cruz Tallboy!

Got one last summer and love it.

I think the Tallboy LT would be good too, maybe a little better for big hits in the mountains. The Tallboy does great on trails to soak up the small stuff nicely, but suffers a little with rougher terrain. Overall though, it is a good climbing efficient ride.
  
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Reply #2 - 06/28/13 at 5:26pm
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Santa Cruz Tallboy Carbon
Santa Cruz Tallboy LT Carbon

Yeti SB-95 Carbon

Ibis Ripley
  
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why not spec or gf?  my gf is AMAZING but only squishes in the front
  
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If you can wait this thing sounds badass!
  
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Reply #6 - 06/28/13 at 9:06pm
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Ibis, Niner or Transition, that would be my focus
  
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Reply #7 - 06/28/13 at 9:13pm
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Bad Geo numbers for me, but you might could ride a XL

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Reply #8 - 06/28/13 at 9:13pm
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Well... I have  Trek Fuel Ex 8 and love it, so not sure where the hate comes from. But I understand sometimes, stylistically, you just don't like certain brands. 

The Santa Cruz Tallboy LT and Niner Jet 9 Carbon or RDO would be my first choices if I wanted to drink the Kool Aid (I've thought about it, but again stuck with the 26 inch Fuel ex). I've seen some nice Rocky Mountain 29ers as well (Element I think) and the Salsa Spearfish and Horse thief look sweet too. Just my .02.
  
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Reply #9 - 06/28/13 at 9:17pm
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Got a great Rocky MTN for sale.
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make me an offer on this bike.
  
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Pivot 429 Carbon
  
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Reply #11 - 06/28/13 at 9:44pm
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[quote author=5D7E61656B0E0 link=1372437845/0#0 date=1372437845]Wants:

The new sultan leans slightly more all mountain than the 2007 version, so it's off the list for now.  



All mtn. is the new "trail" Grin


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Reply #12 - 06/29/13 at 4:07am
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If you can wait this thing sounds badass!


I rode the 2013 Salsa HorseTheif at the First Flight Bikes - Salsa demo

At LNSP last year. This is a bike I'm not really interested in for my type of 

Riding I do but, I wanted to check it out for the hell of it, and I was really 

Impressed how well it climbed considering the amount of FS travel it has.

Going down hill I felt like Superman. The bike gives you a lot of confidence on

what it will handle. Cheesy
  
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Reply #13 - 06/29/13 at 10:57am
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+1 Tallboy or Tallboy LT, pedals like a dream uphill.  Plus SC carbon is bad ass, just check out Pinkbike for the video of them using a carbon frame like a baseball bat...
  
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Very nice suggestions up in here. Thanks for the replies. Now its time to do some homework.
  
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The New sc tallboy carbon. The tallboy LT if you want the xtra squish for the mtns.
  
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Reply #16 - 06/29/13 at 11:55am
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Spoke wrote on 06/28/13 at 4:44pm:
Wants:

...... My current bike is a 2007 Sultan and consider it the best frame that I ever owned. The new sultan leans slightly more all mountain than the 2007 version, so it's off the list for now. .....


If you like the Turner overall, except for more travel making it slower and harder to petal, I bet the DW suspension design has more than improved pedaling over the TNT design in 2007 even with more travel.  I felt like my 2011 DW spot petaled at least a gear better than my 2008 TNT.  Don't know about the weights and its effect.   

I got to believe that Czar will petal much better than a 2007.  Not even going to look at the price of that.
  
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Reply #17 - 06/29/13 at 8:59pm
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Sammy.....................you can't go wrong with Cyclepaths Large SJ comp he has on sale. Trust Me.
  
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Reply #19 - 07/01/13 at 12:06pm
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Got to look over a Niner RDO Jet. Seemed like a nice bike. I rode a friends Regular Jet and was pretty impressed.
  
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