madskundal

A sweet Santa Cruz Bullit. Powered by my legs.

Straight up motivation for doing something stupid on my bike. Surgeon, here i come!

This is the best photo session i've ever seen and with a killer Freerider. Artwork

^What he said. Z-line is like a motorway and not that challenging. Good for beginners though.

I got the same goggles. Maybe I'm as fast as him?

I understand your point. I almost bought the Spesh Enduro 29 because of the 150mm travel. But one of my criteria was a AM machine as versatile as possible going up or down. I have never tried the Enduro 29, but i choose the Trigger because of the DYAD shock actually and haven't regretted it one bit. Must say that if i was competing in Enduro races i would go for the Enduro 29 or the Cannondale Jekyll. I would love to see Cannondale make a 150-165mm 27,5 or 29 bike. I love my 26 wheels on the DH rigs, but for AM/Enduro i think 29 and 27,5 is justified.

I own the 2013 C'dale Trigger 1 29. I also have a Spesh Demo 8 and a SC v10. My main focus is free ride/DH. I must say that i my experience with my own bike is quite similar to Mikes review. I am extremely surprised how well it tracks. Its possible to plow over anything. It is almost boring to ride, because you don't have to pick your line that carefully because it will shred the living hell out of the trail. I have also done 6-7 foot drops on the thing and fairly large jumps with no problems. Of course its easier on my DH bikes, but i am surprised how well the Trigger holds up on relative freeride/DH oriented features. I you have your technique sorted, its possible to ride some pretty gnarly stuff on it. Regarding the Lefty... i have a Fox 40 on my SC and a Boxxer on my Demo. I can't feel any difference between the forks regarding stiffness. All people who hate Leftys i have only one thing to say; Try one! Yes it is extremely expensive, but if you can afford it you will not be disappointed. The DYAD shock works fairly well too, not much to say about that. Personally i like the difference between the two modes, and it gives the bike this dual personality feel. Anything bad to say about the bike then? It depends on what sort of riding you want to do of course, but for an AM bike i think they nailed it. I know the review says that its XC'ish which i will agree upon but its also capable of some gravity riding. It came with Crest rims which me and my sometimes short landings have destroyed and thereby replaced with Flow instead. My last two cents: Buy the bike and Send it!