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« on: Mar 20 12:43 »


Pick her up when i get off work this afternoon, I'll take pics this evening and maybe write up a bit about it.
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« Reply #1 on: Mar 20 12:47 »
Nice.  wooooo

If those are the same stock grips my bike had you'll want to replace them soon.  They like to twist and slide off the bars.
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« Reply #2 on: Mar 20 13:49 »
Nice work.
« Reply #3 on: Mar 20 17:48 »
Man I can't wait to ride this thing, first brand new bike I've ever bought for myself.

I got a medium frame again, arguably I should have gone for the large but I rode a large framed bike and didn't like not being able to toss it around so easily.

Deore shifters, front derailleur, slx rear derailleur, rockshox tora fork w/lockout, fox/specialized xfusion rear shock with dampening adjustment including lockout, avid rim brakes and levers (awesome that specialized put disk hubs on it, this will be the first upgrade more than likely) and a nice comfy saddle to top it off.

couple of quick snaps



« Reply #4 on: Mar 30 16:46 »
Looks sweet. I love the color. Do you mind me asking what you paid for it? I still haven't convinced myself to just wing it and buy a new bike because other priorities keep popping up, and it sucks.
« Reply #5 on: Mar 30 17:26 »
The color is actually the aluminum left raw, its pretty cool looking.

It was the base model as far as the fsrxc's go, I paid 1,450.

Through trek right now (even if you want a specialized) they will give you the bike for 0 down, 12 months no financing to pay it of.

Stopped by the bike shop today and picked up some Time ATAC pedals, kept reading and hearing great reviews so I decided to pick some up for myself.

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« Reply #6 on: Mar 30 18:11 »
Quote from: db on Mar 30 17:26





Good luck with these.
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« Reply #7 on: Mar 30 18:15 »
Quote from: 1.6t on Mar 30 18:11
Good luck with these.
Clipless in general, or that specific model? I love my Crank Bros and would probably buy a higher quality pair if I got a new bike. I use the same pair of pedals and MTB shoes on my road bike too because I'm ghetto like that.
« Reply #8 on: Mar 30 18:38 »
Just got done trying out the ATAC's, absolutely love them.  Great hold, I love that they have some left/right play when clipped in but at the same time there is absolutely no way you'll become accidentally unclipped. 

I got used to clipless riding shimano pedals and ended up outgrowing them fast, they had an easy in/out but way too many accidental unclips.

I was torn between these and a set of crank brothers platform/clipless type pedals, after reading enough reviews on mtbr about the crank bros bearings blowing out in under a year, and reading nothing but raving reviews for the ATAC's, thats what sold me.
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« Reply #9 on: Mar 30 20:48 »
Quote from: WashinMyGoat on Mar 30 18:15
Clipless in general, or that specific model? I love my Crank brahs and would probably buy a higher quality pair if I got a new bike. I use the same pair of pedals and MTB shoes on my road bike too because I'm ghetto like that.


Clipless in general.  It just seems really impractical to me for trail riding.  It might also be because everyone I have rode with that ride clipless fall at least once due to not being able to disengage.http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20080505/news/news1.html
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« Reply #10 on: Apr 04 14:04 »
Is your old bike listed in the classified ads of the paper?  My mom was telling me about a Specialized mountain bike in there, and I was wondering if it was yours.
« Reply #11 on: Apr 04 17:47 »
Nope, I'm keeping it for the time being.  There was a specialized on craiglist, it was the high model hardrock maybe its that one.
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