Petey44

And here we go again. The numbers, all about the numbers. This is how the bike industry makes money off most of us overpaying a few grand for a bike that is simply useless to the average consumer and trails available. Like some mentioned above highend bikes with high travel actually hurt ones riding as they baby you on the hard stuff. It's the rider not the bike, try doing down hill or enduro trail on a 130 to 140mm travel hardtail without soiling your big boy paints or crashing then talk about numbers. I have over 20 years of mtb experimence all on hard tails till my recent fs. The hardtails have made me a far better rider, I have a grin on my face when I outride other riders on my hardtail or mid level fs while guys on 6 grand plus huge travel carbons don't know what to do with the bike or themselves on the trails. I never in my life fell for the bikes industries numbers game and handle myself just fine on all kinds of trails. So I actually praise Devinchi for making a bike for 85% of the consumers out there. We are not all seminuks or reeders, or magazzys. Not even close, so let's not kid ourselves here that we need top end bikes to Huck and thrash. We don't. My $2500 fs and 10 year old 26er hardtail sure keep up with the big boys riding there expensive toys. I always buy mid range aluminum frames and do just fine. I don't believe in the benefits of carbon, high travel and I have riden a few to know the great benefits argument are marginal at best.