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The bike truly is in excellent condition. It is 100% serviced and ready to shred!  I take maintenance VERY seriously. Fork stanchions and shock body cleaned after every ride. Chain lubed (White Lightning Clean Ride) every 20 miles, full drivetrain cleaning every 60 miles. Freehub cleaned and greased every 200 miles. Hand washed as necessary (every 3-5 rides). Never pressure washed. No major scratches or dents. Mechanic owned. Garage Stored. The bike has many upgrades. I just bought a new bike, so it’s time to let this one go

RECENT SERVICE:

-Fork was fully serviced less than 1 month ago 
-Rear shock was fully serviced 5 months ago.
-Just replaced ALL 12 frame bearings for rear suspension linkage (one ride since replacement)
-Brand new Cane Creek Forty Headset (2-3 rides since replacement)

UPGRADES:

-Stan’s Arch 650b Wheelset (w/ 3.30 hubs) 
-Schwalbe Hans Dampf 2.35” Evo Snake Skin Front (tubeless) 
-Schwalbe Nobby Nic  2.25” Evo Snake Skin Rear (tubeless)
-12 x 142 DT Swiss QR Rear Axle Conversion Kit 
-Shimano XT M785 Brakes w/ Metal Ice Tech pads (installed ~5 months ago, recently bled)
-Shimano XT SM-RT86 Ice Tech Rotors 180 mm Front & Rear (installed ~5 months ago)
-Shimano XTR M980 Shifters Front & Rear i-spec B mount to brake levers *NEW
-Shimano XTR M986 Shadow+ Rear Derailleur 
-Shimano XTR Chain (shows no appreciable wear/stretch)
-Shimano XT CS-M771 Cassette 11-36 *NEW (5 rides since install)
-Full Lizard Skins Clear frame protection kit installed since day 1
-Lizard Skins black neoprene chain stay protector
-Cane Creek Forty Headset (ZS56 lower, ZS44 upper) *NEW
-Chromag Scarab Pedals in Red
-Race Face Turbine chain rings (36/24)
-C Guide v2.0 in Red (this thing NEVER drops a chain!)

THE REST (STOCK BUILD):
-Rockshox Recon Gold RL Solo Air (120 mm travel) w/ 15 mm thru axle
-Rockshox Monarch R Shock (100 mm rear wheel travel)
-Sram S1000 Crank (BB92 Bottom bracket-spins smooth)
-SLX direct mount front derailleur
-Giant brand bars, stem, seatpost, seat


Bicycle Blue Book Value (Excellent Cond.):
Stock Build: $1398
As built: $1909

Asking $1800 obo

It’s interesting that you say that. My previous bike was a Scott Scale 770. The Anthem definitely feels less “XC race” inspired in terms of geometry. There’s a good short write-up on it here:

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Additionally, I have removed the travel spacer from the fork which brings the travel in the front up to 120 mm (from the stock 100 mm). This effectively slackens the head tube angle by ~1 degree and increases the wheelbase by ~7 mm. This makes the bike feel more relaxed/slack than it would stock.

I’ve never ridden a Fuel, but based on the geometry I would say the Fuel and THIS Anthem are pretty close, with the Fuel being slightly slacker than the Anthem. Fuel has a 68 deg. head tube angle vs. 68.5 on (this) Anthem. Most of the geo looks pretty similar. They would both be considered XC/Trail bikes, with the Anthem being a little closer to the XC end of the spectrum, and the Fuel being more in the middle. 

All in all, this Anthem is an awesome singletrack shredding machine and I absolutely LOVE riding it. I'm just moving on because I want a bike that is capable of handling the occasional trip to Beech mountain without holding me back from attempting some of the more gnarly trails... And unfortunately, i'm not rich enough to justify having two bikes... 

If you’re in the charlotte area and would like to meet up some time next week for a ride you could test it out and see if you like it. I would say this weekend but I will be in Brevard this weekend. I typically ride Whitewater Center, Sherman Branch, Col. Francis Beatty, Backyard trail, Lake Norman State Park (weekends), etc. Just let me know. 

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