Thread: Mountain Bike

I went down the same path herbmiester, got my bike around 2 months ago. The 29ers do smooth out the ride very well, probably a good thing for someone who can't hold a good line down the tracks like me haha. I really like the specialized dual suspension design, it worked more efficiently than any other brand I tried before buying. I guess that doesn't matter too much though if you don't plan on riding a the bike up hills.. I looked at a few other bikes before getting the stumpy, including a giant trance advanced, anthem x0, avanti torrent, and scott spark and genius. The stumpjumper was the most versatile (most useful travel, best lockout, more relaxed geometry than the xc bikes) of all of them, as it suited the mix of riding I was planning on doing best (combo of xcountry and technical trail). It was more expensive in terms of the componentry you get for the money though.

Gimp.......
SPECIALIZED mate. I had one in a younger, slimmer previous existence