What’s everyone riding these days?

Geeez, sounds like they ended up paying you to take it. Good score!

 

Someone has not been paying very close attention!!!

I was hoping to put it off, but when I saw their stock get down to five larges left, knew I had to put up or shut up!

 

Not sure when, but I'll probably be putting this 2018 Tallboy 3 CC up for sale in a few weeks. PM if interested. It'll be a sweet deal.
I've changed the saddle and tires since this image.

 

2018 Trek Fuel Ex 8 with 2.5's front and rear. stock. she's heavy but i love her.

 

Thank you everyone for sharing on my quest to figure out what to get. I made a decision and will have a new (to me) steed in about a week. While it is not a new (carbon, carbon, carbon, carbon) carbon chameleon or a new GG, it is a nice whip that should be perfect for everything i could think of throwing at it.

Thanks again and looking forward to throwing up a review and some pics when i can shake it down on the treacherous FLOOP.

 

Great to hear!

But...a little vapor spray humidifies this dry winter air. You gotta dish a little!!!!!

 

Just make sure you stay outta the hobo mud trap. It'll be in rare form the next week or so.

 

Oh I’ll be avoiding it. Bike hasn’t even shipped yet so I’m hoping for sun next week to dry the trails out in time.

 

I’m sure the people in Bellingham have no clue about this dry SoCal winter air.

 

Carbon or alum?

 

Aluminum with a solid build kit. Would have loved the carbon but just didn’t want to drop that kind of coin.

 

Sounds like that coin was flipped!!!

 

Can't wait to see what you chose!

 

This post may be a teeny bit off, but I did my very first spin class ever tonight. A friend had been asking me to go for months so I finally gave it a go and.....I FREAKING HATED IT!!!!!! every minute was like an eternity! How do people do this and say it’s fun...sheet!
Anyways...carry on

 

Al FTW, stoked for you!! Prepare to crush...keep us posted.

 

They lie.

 

You wouldn't do well in south OC.

 

Jennifer got me a guest pass for her spin class Saturday morning. Should I pass?

 

You'll love it! Pulsing EDM/BPM music, laser light show, really bad pedaling form and a sadistic "leader" shouting insults masquerading as encouragement!

I went to one about 10 years ago. NEVER again. YMMV.

 

It’s horrible and does not feel like riding a bike at all.

 

BMXn it around a lot still...

 

I picked up a new to me Transition Sentinel carbon X01 build last week, and I’ve been out for a few short rides on it and thought I’d leave a quick short term review since I’ve seen that there are a couple people who have the bike on their short list. For those who don’t want to get into reading beyond a couple sentences, the TLDR version is that it’s a fun bike & I’m really pleased with my purchase.

My original shortlist was between the Sentinel, and Transition Smuggler, and a Santa Cruz Nomad. I realize that they are 3 very different bikes, so I thought long and hard about the type of riding that I like to do, as well as what kind of riding that I am most likely to do. Ideally, I knew that I wanted a 29er, so in reality the real choice was between the Transition’s unless I could find a screaming deal on the Santa Cruz. Ultimately, I decided on the long travel bike since even though most of my riding is in Riverside’s Sycamore, I’m not too far from either Greer or Hulda, and I’m very likely to put a significant number of park days on the bike between Skypark, Summit & Mammoth.

Onto the bike. My first impressions of the bike were that it was big, and that if felt heavier than my alloy Scout. The heavy feeling came as a surprise as the Sentinel is at least 3lb less than the Scout. After the 3rd ride I’ve since become accustomed to the bike and no longer feel the weight, but I’ve also noticed that I’ve been sitting and spinning up hills, and not really up in a sprinting position as much as I was on the Scout. If you’ve read any reviews, the press is definitely not lying when they say this bike is made to cruise to the top, and the magic doesn’t happen until you turn around to bomb to the bottom.

Getting the bike down the hill has been a lot of fun. My previous bike was a Transition Scout and I rode it everywhere. While it was capable, It would tend to get overwhelmed in places and I was bottoming it out on a lot of the drops on my everyday loop. Even though I still don’t have the suspension fully dialed, I’ve noticed the ride is incredibly composed. Additionally, I’m no longer blowing through all of my travel despite the fact that I’m hucking off everything. In fact, at this point the only reason I’m not going faster, is because I keep scrubbing speed because I think that I’m going to blow through corners. I’m not really sure why I’m not blowing through corners, the bike feels so much longer than the Scout, but it just finds a line, and it’s on a rail. It’s mind boggling to me how it corners better than the smaller bike, but somehow the Sentinel lays over and just crushes the turns. So far, my only perceived negative is that the Sentinel brakes a little more progressively than the Scout, which is taking some getting used to. Once I’ve grown accustomed to that, I’ll be interested to see what I can do with it.

 

Great looking bike. Sounds like fun now, and it will only get funnerer as you get more familiar with it!

 

No I wouldn’t..too many people and too many malls

 

Bee-You-Tee-Full!

 

IMO you should absolutely PASS! @littlewave @herzalot are spot on, it is NOT like riding a bike!
That was an hour of my life I’ll never get back..seriously the word hate is not strong enough to describe my experience!
PS No disrespect to the instructor..it’s just not my jam

 

Congrats!! Nice write up, it’s amazing how a different bike can change your riding experience!

 

It is cycling for gym rats. You know, those that don’t venture outside.