we introduced the Tallboy LT eleven months ago. CG and Nathan Riddle (and others) raced enduros and super D with it.I almost wonder if they're stealing some of SCB's thunder if in fact their rumoured new bike is a 29er enduro rig.
maybe i'm seriously out of the loop, but how else do you propose the chain stay on the front ring?...EDIT - interesting that they're running a chain guide with the new XX1 set up.
blt 650bi almost wonder if they're stealing some of scb's thunder if in fact their rumoured new bike is a 29er enduro rig.
XX1 supposedly doesn't 'need' a guide due to ring profile.maybe i'm seriously out of the loop, but how else do you propose the chain stay on the front ring?
Yup, why people are still messing w/ 15mm makes me scratch my head.no 20mm front axle, no buy
because most of the people that'll be buying it have a scale fetishYup, why people are still messing w/ 15mm makes me scratch my head.
Weird, but whatever works I guess...because most of the people that'll be buying it have a scale fetish
For a 30-40 gram platform difference? This isn't pro XC.because most of the people that'll be buying it have a scale fetish
Until you watch them trying to sprint itmo'sex
stoaked that somebody finally figured out how to get the rear end tight on a long travel niner. It looks like a bike you could buy a spare dorado for, and sell every other mountain bike you own. ffun
My Enduro and Reign X have had never had notable problems. Once had to re-ziptie the rear brake line as it wasn't staying put.can anybody with a specialized bike tell me how the cables under the bb hold up? it looks terrible, but they keep doing it, so it must work, right?
I personally think it's pretty damn stupid. I have lots of issues with it. The cables take a beating. Are they running the shift cable down the underside of the chainstay? That's my biggest gripe, I'm constantly having my chain eat through the housing.can anybody with a specialized bike tell me how the cables under the bb hold up? it looks terrible, but they keep doing it, so it must work, right?
Giant and others have routed it through the chainstay to the RD.I personally think it's pretty damn stupid. I have lots of issues with it. The cables take a beating. Are they running the shift cable down the underside of the chainstay? That's my biggest gripe, I'm constantly having my chain eat through the housing.
Agreed. Bike looks awesome and like it would be a blast, but the cable routing is atrocious.I personally think it's pretty damn stupid. I have lots of issues with it. The cables take a beating. Are they running the shift cable down the underside of the chainstay? That's my biggest gripe, I'm constantly having my chain eat through the housing.
theres a ton of awesome bikes on the market with stupid cable routing. the Glory is another example w/ its cables/hoses under the BBAgreed. Bike looks awesome and like it would be a blast, but the cable routing is atrocious.
They have the internal chainstay routing on the Stumpjumper but I guess they didn't make any changes from the 26 Enduro - its still external. It has more circuitous path than Giant'sAgreed. Bike looks awesome and like it would be a blast, but the cable routing is atrocious.
Yeah, that's the line that a lot of people seem to be repeating, but it doesn't make sense to me. I don't want to sit here and get into an argument over stupid stuff, but the reason people are getting hung up (as you say) is that if indeed you were looking to replace a 9mm qr w/ a through axle qr type thing, there's no real reason to not use the existing 20mm standard. If given a choice, particularly among the dh/50mm stem crowd, people would just opt for 20mm and enjoy the peace of mind and compatibility rather than a new standard to save 30g and create some new thing to think about. Instead a new tweener size was created that looks a lot like a new way to make the new stuff incompatible with your existing.I don't get why people are so hung up on 15mm... its not there to replace 20mm, its there to replace 9mm, and that its done. Its pretty damn stiff, its a way more secure setup then 9mm, and I have no problems hucking my meat on a bike with a 15mm axle. People who get hung up on it are nutterbutters
Been on a stumpjumper for a year now. In that time, my front der. housing got smashed by a rock and my rear brake hose was torn loose and kinked pretty badly when a stick went into the loop and then into the rear wheel.can anybody with a specialized bike tell me how the cables under the bb hold up? it looks terrible, but they keep doing it, so it must work, right?
Such a good point!!!!! 29ers on smaller sizes look plain wrong (although I'm sure they ride good)Looks like they've avoided the short rider/ wagon-wheel atrocity by not even making a size small!
You are in luck, the Enduro 29 has an even lower BB than your bike - 335mm - same as the EVO SJ 29 but with more travel. The Enduro 26 is actually over a half incher higher (351mm).Been on a stumpjumper for a year now. In that time, my front der. housing got smashed by a rock and my rear brake hose was torn loose and kinked pretty badly when a stick went into the loop and then into the rear wheel.
As a Prime owner, I've also been wondering how similar the two bikes are. The wheelbase actually seems very similar between the two (1184mm L Prime, 1183mm L Enduro). BB height is also similar. So, imho, these are the 'pros' for each bike (again, just my opinion):Would this be in a "similar" league?? HA is slack (67.5), but the wheelbase is significantly longer (448 in slack mode)... Nice bike the Prime is but the spesh seems like a killing machine