2008 Rocky Mountain Slayer SXC 70 Pricedrop

If this ad is up, the bike is still available! $960 or best offer! Buyer to pay for shipping if we can't find a reasonable meeting point. This is an 18" frame (medium) and fits me perfectly at 5'9" with a 32" inseam.
For sale is my Slayer SXC ("Super Cross Country") 70 from 2008. This bike is truly an all-mountain machine. I am the second owner, purchased in 2014, and have enjoyed every moment of ownership. This is the ride that made mountain biking a big part of my life. It can happily handle a 4 hr. epic ride, laps at the bike park or a day of lift served. It has that wonderful, slack Rocky Mountain feel...plush Fox DHX Air 4.0 rear and Fox Talus 36 fork factory serviced by Fox at the end of the 2015 season. Both the fork and shock are in good to excellent condition...stanchions are clean and scratch free. Reduce the fork travel to 100mm and engage the Fox ProPedal (flip of a switch) and it climbs like a goat. Point it downhill and it really shines, smoothing out brain-rattling trail. Smiling just thinking about it.

I have carefully cleaned and maintained the bike after every ride, but the bike has been enjoyed. The paint or clear-coat have a few chips which have been touched up. The cassette and chain are new in November 2016, new bottom bracket, seat and handlebars summer 2016, seat-post fall 2015, tires spring of 2016. It has what are widely thought to be the best brakes in the industry...Shimano XT with ICE pads on 180 mm rotors for crazy stopping power. All of the take-off parts are included in the sale (bars, seat-post, etc). I will also include Lezyne compact suspension pump in the sale, spare derailleur hanger (lived in my pack for rides) and an extra "just in case" front wheel.
I can meet at most major New England and NY cities to assist in delivery.

Pinkbike review of the next build level up (SXC 90, top of the line)

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Rocky-mountain-Slayer--sxc90-Test-2008.html

Frame Handmade in Canada...from back when people made the welds.
Frame Construction TIG-welded
Frame Tubing Material RMB FORM 7005 Aluminum w/carbon seatstays
Fork Brand & Model Fox 36 Talas R II, 160mm travel (adjustable 100, 130, 160mm)
Fork Material Magnesium/aluminum, single crown
Rear Shock Fox DHX Air 4.0, 150mm travel w/ProPedal

Components
Component Group SRAM X.9/mix
Brakeset Shimano Deore XT
Rotors 180 mm front and rear
Shift Levers SRAM X.9 Trigger
Front Derailleur Shimano SLX
Rear Derailleur SRAM XO w/carbon "Black Box"
Crankset Race Face Atlas AM X-Type, 2x w/ethirteen rock ring
Pedals NA
Bottom Bracket Race Face Atlas AM X-Type (replaced July 2016)
Rear Cogs 9-speed, 11 - 34 teeth
Chain SRAM PC-971
Seatpost Truvativ Husselfelt 30.9mm diameter
Saddle WTB Rocket V Race
Handlebar Spank Subrosa 747mm (new summer 2016,Easton EA70 40mm riser included)
Handlebar Stem Easton Havoc 31.8mm
Headset 1 1/8" FSA Orbit MX
Grips ODI Cult Vans Gum Rubber lock-ons

Wheels
Hubs Front: Rocky Mountain Carbon disc 20mm axle, Rear: Shimano XT disc
Rims Mavic XM317
Tires Front: 26 x 2.40" Schwalbe Nobby Nic, Rear: 26 x 2.40 Continental Trail King
Spoke Brand DT Swiss Competition
Spoke Nipples Unspecified