Teamsloan Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Yeah, I used your tool, it is very cool. Have some definite UI points that we should talk about over a beer some Tuesday night. https://cyclingbuilder.com/user/AustinBike/saved/#view=968TwP Since I have a Pike boost and pedals, It looks like I could build up a Ripley for ~$1600-2000 + frame cost. Considering my budget is ~$4K this could be a real good option. Heading down to talk to Wes today about the bike, might even demo one. I think Abrams is right that the Ripmo is more bike than I can handle, it's just not me.I’m definitely interested in the feedback! Y’all are kind of the guinea pigs for this.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentb Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 If the 429 Trail is on your radar, have you considered the Pivot switchblade? Or is that more suspension than you'd prefer to have? If you could build a Ripley for <$2k that'd be a great deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AustinBike Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 7 hours ago, brentb said: If the 429 Trail is on your radar, have you considered the Pivot switchblade? Or is that more suspension than you'd prefer to have? If you could build a Ripley for <$2k that'd be a great deal. The Trail 429 would be a consideration, I have a friend with one and I might borrow it in the next week or two. The switchblade has 160mm of travel, far more than I need. 130 is the sweet spot, 140 is acceptable, but comes with some tradeoffs. What turned me off about the Pivots is the price. Looking at a Ripley, the baseline lowest config is $4100. The Switchblade is $6,699. I realize that those are list prices and that it comes down to the discount, but I am thinking that I am in the $4-4,500 range and $5K if something REEEEEEAAAAALLLLYYY sweet happened to fall into my lap. Looking at the price of Pivots, I'd rather look at the Ibis, which is a very respectable bike and put the rest into my next vacation. If this were the only bike I owned and would ever own, I could make the argument for spending a little more because of the amount of riding that I do. But I already have an (expensive) steel single speed, a hardtail (that I will be selling) and an urban bike, so it is harder to justify the big price tag. Especially for a guy that does not need a big air 160mm bike. I have a friend that rides one, they are sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentb Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 28 minutes ago, AustinBike said: Looking at the price of Pivots, I'd rather look at the Ibis, which is a very respectable bike ... I would too! I guess I was remembering too much of the aluminum Switchblade, which was sub-$4k. When I was trying different bikes back in March or so, I have always liked the Pivots but they seem to start right at $5k, and I'm just not doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 1 hour ago, brentb said: I would too! I guess I was remembering too much of the aluminum Switchblade, which was sub-$4k. When I was trying different bikes back in March or so, I have always liked the Pivots but they seem to start right at $5k, and I'm just not doing that. Yeah, I had a Hammerhead (the old Titus) and that was a killer bike, loved the rear linkage. Pivot is the legacy of Titus, but they just are not as affordable as some of the other competitive bikes in the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seths Pool Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I most definitely have a 10 speed king hub that started as 135QR, converted to 142 x 12 thru axle, that uses the original 10spd Shimano free hub that came on the 135 king hub and it worked great with 11 speed and even 12 speed eagle. so I doubt that is your issue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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