Returning to the MTB scene after long hiatus due to work, divorce, life etc. Have been out of scene and out of the touch with the new standards and such.
Spent the last few months researching every bike and changes that have happened since away the last few years. I have decided on the Megatrail. My frame is paid for and the build is in the works. I am taking time from work to drive to from Seattle to Denver and pick-up in person and hit some riding spots and camp along the way on drive back to Seattle.
I am older, and fatter, and have not been on bike in years, so this bike may be overkill, but it has everything I wanted 5 years ago and is burly. I am currently about 250 pounds and do not want carbon, creaky BB's, etc, and this bike has the geometry dead on for me. It was between this and the new Turner Burner. Burner is completely different bike and probably more realistic for me and my discipline, age, etc, but I could not find fault in the megatrail even though I have not been on one.
My last bike was a Turner RFX and I was going to go Turner as mentioned, but decided Megatrail and if it turns out to be too much bike or I suck too bad, then I can always switch to Turner. But for now, I am excited to get back, excited for this bike and excited to support an American Company that can hopefully help change the philosophy and approach of how buying and building a bike should be.
My build as ordered from the guys at Guerrilla Gravity and expected to be done in a few weeks is as follows:
Will post pics when I get the bike, but it is typical Raw/black build so nothing crazy.
Spent the last few months researching every bike and changes that have happened since away the last few years. I have decided on the Megatrail. My frame is paid for and the build is in the works. I am taking time from work to drive to from Seattle to Denver and pick-up in person and hit some riding spots and camp along the way on drive back to Seattle.
I am older, and fatter, and have not been on bike in years, so this bike may be overkill, but it has everything I wanted 5 years ago and is burly. I am currently about 250 pounds and do not want carbon, creaky BB's, etc, and this bike has the geometry dead on for me. It was between this and the new Turner Burner. Burner is completely different bike and probably more realistic for me and my discipline, age, etc, but I could not find fault in the megatrail even though I have not been on one.
My last bike was a Turner RFX and I was going to go Turner as mentioned, but decided Megatrail and if it turns out to be too much bike or I suck too bad, then I can always switch to Turner. But for now, I am excited to get back, excited for this bike and excited to support an American Company that can hopefully help change the philosophy and approach of how buying and building a bike should be.
My build as ordered from the guys at Guerrilla Gravity and expected to be done in a few weeks is as follows:
- Frame Size: Large - 27.5” Wheels
- Frame Color: Raw
- Decal Color: Black
- Fork - 160 mm Travel: Rock Shox Pike RC - Dual Position - Black
- Shock: CC DBAir
- Headset: Cane Creek 110 - Black
- Stem: Race Face Atlas 35 - 35 mm Long
- Handlebar: Race Face SIXc 35 - 800 mm Wide - 20 mm rise(black and trimmed to 760)
- Grips:EASTON Lock-on, Black, 33mm
- Brakeset - Includes 200F/180R Rotors: SRAM Guide RSC
- Crankset: Race Face NextSL CINCH
- Chainring: Race Face Narrow/Wide - CINCH - 30t - Black
- Drivetrain: SRAM X01 - 11 Speed
- Chainguide/Bash Guard: MRP AMg Carbon
- Pedals: DEITY Bladerunner, Black
- Saddle: WTB VOLT Team (ti rails and black on black)
- Seatpost: Rock Shox Reverb Stealth
- Front Tire: Maxxis High Roller II
- Rear Tire: Maxxis High Roller II
- Wheelset - Tubeless: NOX FARLOW with I9 silver hubs, black spokes, black nipples, NOX stealth black decals
Will post pics when I get the bike, but it is typical Raw/black build so nothing crazy.
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