midlifebike

Great to see this year’s Pinkbike Trail Bike Field Tests. Production quality always seems to be getting better and better. I hope that Pocket Outdoor Media are coughing up $ to all the folks that are putting these videos together, and that paywalls are never a thing. Kaz and Levy are super entertaining as well, they are like the Siskel and Ebert of MTB... Hopefully they remain with Pinkbike and don’t get traded off to Red Bull or Velo News. I was looking to purchase a SC HT V3 C S build, $6799 MSRP. After pricing all the S build components at MSRP, the remaining balance for the frame and shock alone came out to $4,260 USD. That’s about $160 more than SC quotes the HT CC frame and shock, $4099 USD. My math was likely off a bit here and there, so please don’t kills me. It appears that frame only builds are the way to go with this model. However, SC currently does not have an ETA on frames, and dealers have also been left in the dark. I received the following note from SC when inquiring about a frame only purchase, “ …So no we do not sell the bike as a frame only. It is potentially possible but not guaranteed that your local dealer can add it to their order from us and then sell it to you…”. I’ve tried about 6 dealers, they have all told me that they cannot order the frame alone from SC, and there is no ETA on the frame. I’ll likely keep trying to source this frame. I’ve had amazing service with SC on other bikes, and really enjoy the HT platform. If I can find a frame, I’ll be able to say that the bike is worth 5 times the value of my 2004 Lexus ES 330 with 188K on it. Priorities.