Time to ditch the road?

[moonoi]

So while I'll stick with the road, I also just dropped some notes on a Specialized StumpJumper Comp Evo FSR 29 ;-)

[moonoi]

Oh and I cancelled the TCX in favour of the SJ :-)

[chiangmaiexpat]

I think you will like it. The Stumpjumper has a well balanced geometry and you will be surprised how far you can get with 140mm suspension. This bike is going to want a bit more than Bangkok flat tracks, though. It won't be happy unless you give it plenty of roots and rocks to eat plus occasional jumps.

Cheers, CM-Expat

[moonoi]

I think you will like it. The Stumpjumper has a well balanced geometry and you will be surprised how far you can get with 140mm suspension. This bike is going to want a bit more than Bangkok flat tracks, though. It won't be happy unless you give it plenty of roots and rocks to eat plus occasional jumps.

Cheers, CM-Expat

I plan to get my skills in order around peppermint and club 11 and once I have more confidence start looking further afield.

[Sayonarax]

Are we really talking about cycling? Hope its a motorbike.

[chiangmaiexpat]

Doesn't look like a motorcycle to me.

[moonoi]

Here's the real thing, transferred my X0 and RaceFace kit from the old bike to the new one as well

[chiangmaiexpat]

Visit us in Chiang Mai to break her in.

Cheers, CM-Expat

[Tonto21]

"Off road boring compered to roading"............ YOU MUST BE DOING IT WRONG!

[moonoi]

"Off road boring compered to roading"............ YOU MUST BE DOING IT WRONG!

Clearly you didn't bother to read past the beginning of the thread........

[chiangmaiexpat]

How is the offroad riding going? Get's a bit muddy every now and then in the rainy season, doesn't it?

Cheers, CM-Expat

[Tonto21]

"Off road boring compered to roading"............ YOU MUST BE DOING IT WRONG!

Clearly you didn't bother to read past the beginning of the thread........

'moonnoi' I was clearly talking to the OP.... Who stated; "Problem for me is, I'm pure roadie, I have a hardtail MTB, but personally so far I've found it boring compared to the road. Maybe full sus would make it a different experience? I don't know, I'm not convinced."

when I reply to a topic if I simply make a statement it is aimed at the OP..... He, or she is the one that has posed the question..... right? If what I have to say is for someone else in the thread I will normally include a quote from there post.

Clearly you feel that hi-jacking a topic and taking it in the direction you feel it should go is OK......

Anyway...... Light-en-up! it wasn't meant to be taken as an attack on anyone...... Some of you people are rapped soooo tight!

[moonoi]

"Off road boring compered to roading"............ YOU MUST BE DOING IT WRONG!

Clearly you didn't bother to read past the beginning of the thread........

'moonnoi' I was clearly talking to the OP.... Who stated; "Problem for me is, I'm pure roadie, I have a hardtail MTB, but personally so far I've found it boring compared to the road. Maybe full sus would make it a different experience? I don't know, I'm not convinced."

when I reply to a topic if I simply make a statement it is aimed at the OP..... He, or she is the one that has posed the question..... right? If what I have to say is for someone else in the thread I will normally include a quote from there post.

Clearly you feel that hi-jacking a topic and taking it in the direction you feel it should go is OK......

Anyway...... Light-en-up! it wasn't meant to be taken as an attack on anyone...... Some of you people are rapped soooo tight!

I am the OP :-)

The reason I mentioned that you hadn't read the rest of the thread, is because you'll notice that a couple of the more hardcore MTBers pointed out a few things about why I might feel that way, and the end result is I've ended up with a new FS MTB which I think also has a geometry more suited to me and will let me go faster on the trails.

Interesting thing I found, ok Peppermint Park isn't hard, but it allows me to do a back to back comparison between my old HT and the new FS bike. I felt more confident but slower riding around on the new bike, but when I got home and uploaded the data, I was over 25 seconds faster over the same lap on the new bike over the old one., and had way more fun as well.

Edited July 22, 2015 by moonoi

[Tonto21]

"Off road boring compered to roading"............ YOU MUST BE DOING IT WRONG!

Clearly you didn't bother to read past the beginning of the thread........

'moonnoi' I was clearly talking to the OP.... Who stated; "Problem for me is, I'm pure roadie, I have a hardtail MTB, but personally so far I've found it boring compared to the road. Maybe full sus would make it a different experience? I don't know, I'm not convinced."

when I reply to a topic if I simply make a statement it is aimed at the OP..... He, or she is the one that has posed the question..... right? If what I have to say is for someone else in the thread I will normally include a quote from there post.

Clearly you feel that hi-jacking a topic and taking it in the direction you feel it should go is OK......

Anyway...... Light-en-up! it wasn't meant to be taken as an attack on anyone...... Some of you people are rapped soooo tight!

I am the OP :-)

The reason I mentioned that you hadn't read the rest of the thread, is because you'll notice that a couple of the more hardcore MTBers pointed out a few things about why I might feel that way, and the end result is I've ended up with a new FS MTB which I think also has a geometry more suited to me and will let me go faster on the trails.

Interesting thing I found, ok Peppermint Park isn't hard, but it allows me to do a back to back comparison between my old HT and the new FS bike. I felt more confident but slower riding around on the new bike, but when I got home and uploaded the data, I was over 25 seconds faster over the same lap on the new bike over the old one., and had way more fun as well.

Ha ha..... Good news, I don't know why but I've always found it hard to understand why anyone who rides bikes, doesn't take too and enjoy offroad riding.

Have a blast.