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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
The Spesh trifecta! Impressive. If I was ever gonna get a Mtn bike I'd definitely give a 10 year old Epic a good look.
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Thanks!
Aside from marketing / wheel sizes available - I’m not seeing a whole lot that’s ‘new’.
Seems like everybody is touting the “1x” driveline (which is great for my kid - never wants to shift the front rings...).
Disc brakes are just plain awesome.
Nothing new in driveline design aside from E shifting. I’m old fashioned - cables are good for me, and I never need to charge them.
That Stumpjumper seems like buying a motorcycle without a motor. Sure seems comfy!
I’ll be curious to see how his season progresses. I definitely need more miles - and hope that with those miles, I become less of an anchor.
Right now - any bikes seem like unobtanium. We drove 10 hours round trip to pick up my son’s bike on saturday. After the dealer that I like to work with basically told me that his “allocation” probably wasn’t going to happen until October or later (2022 model year). Could have bought one off the floor at a different shop 1 1/2 months back. At that time, my LBS told me that he’d have this bike in April / May.
I have never paid list price for a bike before. Hope the kid REALLY likes this one...