Nathan-A

Absolute stunner of a sled. Love it.

Pretty much this. My SC 5010 doesn't feel like it's spending too much time bobbing around underneath me on climbs. I've had bikes in the past that really feel like they're sucking the power out of every pedal stroke, but so far so good with this one.

I have no prior experience with this brand, but I could absolutely see grabbing one of these as my next bike. I love the attention to all the details I care about. The kinematics look great and predictable. The external routing makes servicing & swaps a breeze. A raw finish option means the bike will look almost new forever. Enclosed bearings and CNC’d rocker are really nice touches that make it feel like a premium product. I dig it.

Hopefully they’re addressed in future revisions of the design and become ex-cons.

@b824:

I recently overhauled and nominally updated my original Voodoo D-Jab that I built up as a teenager. Joe Murray's designs were so far ahead of their time. In an era of Ritchey P-21s that felt like fat tire road bikes, Joe was making longer reach, lower slung, more progressive geometry bikes. My first "real bike" was a custom Kona Kula. Lost it to a head on collision with a car. Joe had left Kona to start Voodoo, and coincidentally I had started working for an LBS that carried them, so I was able to build up my dream bike. Years ago I rode it across Spain and all the way down the Oregon coast. I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it, but I felt bad that it was partially dismantled collecting dust in my garage. So, I gussied it all up, and now it's a display piece in my home office that still goes out on an old school undulating XC trail ride when I'm out with my kids. https://m.pinkbike.com/photo/23548105/