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Yea I know you've gotta ride the bikes before you can decide but that's not always possible especially in canuckistan. Also some bikes I'm potentially interested in dont even have dealers within 1500 miles of where I live so it'll be like choosing a mail order bride.
The Terrain: I do 99% of my riding in the province of Saskatchewan. Our trails would be best described as tight xc single track with some pitchy and technical short descents and climbs that follow river valley's. No booters, no huge gaps, drops etc just some fun fast single track with some little hits. Our terrain would be considered on the smoother side mostly dirt, some sand. They arent choppy and rocky so they only require a bike with "modern xc" travel as a maximum so anything else is just added weight and slows you down.
The rider: Experienced trail rider that spends a few thousand KM in the trails 12 months a year whether it's on a fat bike at -40C or summer on my xc/trail bikes and I'm not interested in racing.
Bike history: Over the last few years I've ridden Giant Talons, Reigns, 27.5 anthem sx and just sold my 2019 advanced anthem 29er to move onto something new. I found the anthem 29er to be the fastest bike I've ridden on our trails to date but when riding the anthem I just found myself riding it more like a race bike and it was less fun than trail bike if that makes sense to anyone but i loved the move to 29er wheels.
The current bike: Riding the trails with my winter bike, a 2019 Farley 9.6 in summer mode with a bluto and some 3.8 hodags(bought fork and tires solely to ride it before I choose a new FS bike) and I hate to say but I'm having more fun on it than I ever did my anthem 29er. Its just more playful, I'm more interested in all the little hits and therefore it's making the trails alot more fun to ride VS just going fast which I felt all the anthem did well.
My initial thoughts were to wait for the 2020 treks and pick up the "new" top fuel model but now I'm leaning towards ordering something entirely different or even having my shop build something up for me.
After reading my brief history what else would you suggest for me? I'm pretty open and would love to try something new or even build a bike from one of the smaller companys. I'm sure theres some options I'm not even aware of as I'm not always on here or pinkbike to stay up to date.
I would prefer to stick to a carbon frame, the only thing I miss about the anthem was that it weighed 27 pounds.
My budget is about 6000 Canadian so $4500 usd
Thanks.
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The Terrain: I do 99% of my riding in the province of Saskatchewan. Our trails would be best described as tight xc single track with some pitchy and technical short descents and climbs that follow river valley's. No booters, no huge gaps, drops etc just some fun fast single track with some little hits. Our terrain would be considered on the smoother side mostly dirt, some sand. They arent choppy and rocky so they only require a bike with "modern xc" travel as a maximum so anything else is just added weight and slows you down.
The rider: Experienced trail rider that spends a few thousand KM in the trails 12 months a year whether it's on a fat bike at -40C or summer on my xc/trail bikes and I'm not interested in racing.
Bike history: Over the last few years I've ridden Giant Talons, Reigns, 27.5 anthem sx and just sold my 2019 advanced anthem 29er to move onto something new. I found the anthem 29er to be the fastest bike I've ridden on our trails to date but when riding the anthem I just found myself riding it more like a race bike and it was less fun than trail bike if that makes sense to anyone but i loved the move to 29er wheels.
The current bike: Riding the trails with my winter bike, a 2019 Farley 9.6 in summer mode with a bluto and some 3.8 hodags(bought fork and tires solely to ride it before I choose a new FS bike) and I hate to say but I'm having more fun on it than I ever did my anthem 29er. Its just more playful, I'm more interested in all the little hits and therefore it's making the trails alot more fun to ride VS just going fast which I felt all the anthem did well.
My initial thoughts were to wait for the 2020 treks and pick up the "new" top fuel model but now I'm leaning towards ordering something entirely different or even having my shop build something up for me.
After reading my brief history what else would you suggest for me? I'm pretty open and would love to try something new or even build a bike from one of the smaller companys. I'm sure theres some options I'm not even aware of as I'm not always on here or pinkbike to stay up to date.
I would prefer to stick to a carbon frame, the only thing I miss about the anthem was that it weighed 27 pounds.
My budget is about 6000 Canadian so $4500 usd
Thanks.
