Kjturley

I'm pretty sure anyone on Pinkbike would gladly give away their personal information in order to see Kaz' TikTok dance

I suspect that the more time you spend riding and testing high-end components, the more your tolerance for things that aren't as good goes down. Of course when you're familiar with the best the industry has to offer then the flaws of less expensive parts are going to be more obvious, and therefore maybe seem more serious than they are. I've spent the last 5+ years riding a Haro bike with Hayes mechanical disc brakes which I'm sure are absolute garbage, but the bike was given to me and I was stoked just to have disc brakes at all. I have ridden bikes with better brakes and felt the difference, but mine work just fine and I couldn't always afford or justify the upgrade, so when Levy says 'these Tektro brakes don't work at all!' to me that means 'these Tektro brakes aren't as good as other, more-expensive brakes', and my response to that is, "So what?"

I have a size large 29er pre-ordered. I'm 28 yrs old and it'll be my first new bike purchase after years of riding hand-me-downs. I think it'll be quite a step up from my current bike, a Haro X6 from '06 or '07. Ordered April 9th, estimated ship date June 16th.