Decided on the 5.5 with help from brian at Champion Cyclist ([email protected]). Awesome place to buy a bike, great guys. Anyway, the bike is fantastic and looks even better in person. Was hit with snow over the past several days so am now waiting for the studded tires so I can go back out. Bike seemed great for the little time I spent riding, will update later.
New 5.5...Awesome!
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This is the best picture of the midnight blue I've seen by FAR. Thanks for taking it outside. I just ordered an SC Nomad in their new 'liquid blue' color, which from what I can tell, is a copy of the Intense midnight blue - that's why I ordered it (because I like the color so much). It's suppose to get here next week and I'm REALLY hoping that the color will be similar to what you show here. Love it.cc2 said:
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Arione
That is a hot looking 5.5!!!
Yeah, it looks like a Fizik Arione. I've got a couple of buddies who run those on their mtb's as well and really like it. I tried it on my roadie and mtb but I didn't like it. I do run a Selle Italia SLR XP Gel Glow on all my bikes though - it's a 'roadie' saddle too but it's definitely my all-time favorite mtb saddle-peachy-B said:
That is a hot looking 5.5!!!
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The 5.5 weighs exactly 27.94lbs.jcdawes said:This is the best picture of the midnight blue I've seen by FAR. Thanks for taking it outside. I just ordered an SC Nomad in their new 'liquid blue' color, which from what I can tell, is a copy of the Intense midnight blue - that's why I ordered it (because I like the color so much). It's suppose to get here next week and I'm REALLY hoping that the color will be similar to what you show here. Love it.
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Not sure what pedals they are on the pic, maybe Shimano's 959's. I used Time Pedals for about 3 years and liked them a lot untill I bought a pair of egg beaters for my 5.5 and really loved them! No problems getting in/out and they're great in the mud. The only thing I didn't like about them was the too XC look. Check out the Candy egg beaters, they have a more trail riding look to them and come in cool color's. Hope that helps a bit.jcdawes said:
Pedals...
The pedals are Time Atac XS...I love them. I was actually using the egg beaters for a couple of years but always had trouble getting in and out, kind of opposite from the poster above. As soon as I switched back to the Times, I realized I like these the best. I would strongly recommend the Time Atac. Good luck!Cowboy-jeff said:Not sure what pedals they are on the pic, maybe Shimano's 959's. I used Time Pedals for about 3 years and liked them a lot untill I bought a pair of egg beaters for my 5.5 and really loved them! No problems getting in/out and they're great in the mud. The only thing I didn't like about them was the too XC look. Check out the Candy egg beaters, they have a more trail riding look to them and come in cool color's. Hope that helps a bit.
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That's interesting. The attack and eggbeater essentially use the same cleat. I worked at a shop last year and pro-dealed the candy ti's (originally a shimano guy for 10 yrs). I wanted something lighter that shed mud better. I bought the candies thinking the platform would come in handy for those situations where I didn't want to be clipped in. I found the platform made it tougher to clip in and really only makes them a two-sided pedal. After a half dozen rides on the candies I sent them back to Crank Brothers and exchanged them for the eggbeaters...which I love. They have a much better engagementcc2 said:
Both the attack and egg beaters are great pedals. The major advantage of the eggbeater is the four-sided engagement. IMO, If you want more of a platform I would go with the attack over the candy. For XC riding, the eggbeater is the cat's ass.
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