I need a new bike, mostly to ride some trails a few dj's mostly it needs to be able to pedal to the top of stuff. This pretty much eliminates most companies Dj frames. As much as I would like to just build a bike for pumptrack dj dual slalom action it just isn't in the cards at this point. That being said I sold my TransAm last year, it seemed to fit the bill and I kinda regret selling the thing although a bit long for dj's with the right fork it did ok for my hack status jumping. I was also thinking of picking up a Commencal Meta 4x but I think pedalling it to the top of stuff might be the suck. I know this has been beaten to death but I still am having trouble coming up with solid options that don't cost as much as a decent fs frame would.
What do you guys think? Should I just suffer on the xc rides to have a sweet bike on the djs or just keep saving for that Stumpy Evo and build a hardtail later on?
What do you guys think? Should I just suffer on the xc rides to have a sweet bike on the djs or just keep saving for that Stumpy Evo and build a hardtail later on?