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The Milk Money would be a great bike for me to hold on to if I knew I'd be back in Iowa in the next couple of years living and riding. The terrain would be perfect for this bike. However, I'll probably stick around here in Boulder/Nederland for a while as my wife is more rooted here - and the riding is pretty sweet!
With that in mind, I feel like I might be in the market for more travel than even the MM 4.0. I fractured my C4 and C5 vertebra last April and am just really getting back on the bike for some good hard riding. The SS nature of the MM leaves my back wrenched and I need more time to recover between rides, so I'm thinking about gears more often. Longer than a two hour ride - even on the road, leaves my neck hurting more than I'd care to buffer with a bunch of Ibuprofen.
I also now only have room for one mountain bike at a time. My Vaya fills the bill for gravel and road duty. So, I've been thinking about the Sultan (on sale) and outfit it with a 140mm fork...but maybe if I got a 120mm fork for my current MM 3.0 and put on gears that would be enough? If I'm gonna be dedicated to gears for a while, maybe I should get a dedicated geared bike made for sitting and spinning? Other bikes I have on my mind are the Banshee Prime and the Ibis Ripley. I've thought about the Tallboy, but I guess if I get a different bike, I'd really like to move up to a 140mm fork. I've ridden the Sultan and enjoyed it, and it's available, but if I were to try to move the MM, I'd be out a mountain bike quite a while if I was waiting around for the Prime or Ripley.
Maybe those with similar injuries could chime in...has a sit and spin type of ride with gobs of travel helped you recover between rides faster?
With that in mind, I feel like I might be in the market for more travel than even the MM 4.0. I fractured my C4 and C5 vertebra last April and am just really getting back on the bike for some good hard riding. The SS nature of the MM leaves my back wrenched and I need more time to recover between rides, so I'm thinking about gears more often. Longer than a two hour ride - even on the road, leaves my neck hurting more than I'd care to buffer with a bunch of Ibuprofen.
I also now only have room for one mountain bike at a time. My Vaya fills the bill for gravel and road duty. So, I've been thinking about the Sultan (on sale) and outfit it with a 140mm fork...but maybe if I got a 120mm fork for my current MM 3.0 and put on gears that would be enough? If I'm gonna be dedicated to gears for a while, maybe I should get a dedicated geared bike made for sitting and spinning? Other bikes I have on my mind are the Banshee Prime and the Ibis Ripley. I've thought about the Tallboy, but I guess if I get a different bike, I'd really like to move up to a 140mm fork. I've ridden the Sultan and enjoyed it, and it's available, but if I were to try to move the MM, I'd be out a mountain bike quite a while if I was waiting around for the Prime or Ripley.
Maybe those with similar injuries could chime in...has a sit and spin type of ride with gobs of travel helped you recover between rides faster?