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Gets easily stuck in my head.

Nobody asked you

Take a hike Tubby McGee.

Makes sense. How old were these frames that you're breaking? You can also try and buy one cheap enough that it doesn't matter, especially if the parts are worth more than the bike. I've gotten over 40% off by calling and negotiating. https://www.cambriabike.com/collections/mtb-bikes?page=1&rb_vendor=Niner https://www.jensonusa.com/Mountain-Bikes?brand=Niner

Have you considered buying a newer niner?

Couldn't agree more. It's a bicycle, not a house. The only bikes I bought/demo'd at an lbs was in 2012......20+ bikes ago. They're always going to feel odd or different when on a demo. It takes weeks to adjust to a new bike, but you adjust to it. Bikes are so good now, it's really hard to go wrong. As above, find what ticks the most boxes and click "buy".

Not sure yet. Wife is not down with camping

2 over here. stoked for this

This will definitely be the frame for my next 29er build. After spending just a little time on my current high pivot bike, I'm sold on the witchcraft. https://www.forbiddenbike.com/products/druid

So what's your excuse tubby?

He is the spoiler alert.

At least that's one thing you'll never have to worry about.

or click "buy".

Interesting to hear your thoughts on the steeper STA. With that being said, I'd suggest you take a look at one these and see what you think. I was pretty set on buying the 120mm frame and building it up but wanted a steeper STA than 74*. Gets some pretty good reviews, lightweight, takes a 51mm and the geo & price is right. https://intensecycles.com/collections/intense-sniper-trail https://intensecycles.com/collections/frames/products/sniper-sl-frame?variant=12281160761367

Hey, did you buy anything yet? Still waiting for: Shock 29 or 27.5 Wheels 42, 44, 46, 50t drivetrain Lefty rebuild Single speed conversion Wouldn't be a shitpost without your delusions of buying something made this decade. Better hurry.....tic tock

Can confirm this. Usually get 5% additional off for calling and using CC vs PP. Bought my wife's carbon frame for almost $1k off MSRP. Jenson is awesome to deal with.

Seriously, dont sweat the offset right now. Find the frame you want and go from there. The last 2-3 forks I built were basically from scratch buying steerers, legs, dampers, and airshafts separately. It's an easy swap to make if you ever decide to do so. Plus pike steerers are super cheap comparatively. I've had 100-135mm 29er trailbikes and IMHO, a 120ish mm is the sweet spot for around here. Anything less is tough to get the rear suspension dialed since there's such a small amount of travel, and more just feels like overkill for general use.

Maybe we could all pitch in and banish RA to his own website. It'd be an echo chamber of kankles and calf socks all to himself.

Crammed into a plane in Pittsburgh and that just made me LoL. Awesome

Worst case, you change the steerer to a 42mm and sell that one. It's super easy to do.

"Can" How is it optimized? I'd look at the geo numbers and see if anything vastly different than a modern bike with 51mm offset

Offset preferences are all subjective. I've run 51-37mm offsets and prefer the shorter stuff, but that's just me. IMHO, if you've never ridden one, I wouldn't sweat it. Stick with your 51mm. The frames are not specific to offset so you can do whatever.

Saw it at the syndicate truck during DH event this weekend. Also a lot of the SC support staff was also riding them. Should have taken some pics but there was a lot going on around them during the races. In CTX, i'd be down for one over a HT for sure.

Saw the new tallboy Saturday and it looks pretty freaking sweet.

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