Well, this winter was great for my bikes, bad for my wallet! Last year I bought an 08 Stumpjumper even though Toby told me to get an Enduro. To make a long story short, he was right. So I decided to try and find a 2nd bike for cheap on the used market and that would be heavier rig for the knarly stuff, and my Stumpy would stay the same for my lightweight more XC oriented rides. I ended up picking up a used VP Free and swapping some heavier duty parts since it was setup for more light weight AM. The end result is one fun and capable machine! At 40lbs it's ready for anything I'm willing to through at it. The pics on my Smugmug give more details.
Shortly after buying the VP Free I came across an amazing deal on a used S-Works Enduro SL frame, Fox Talas fork, and RP23 shock. I was able to sell my Stumpy frame, fork, and shock for only about $200 less than the cost of the new components, meanwhile increasing the value of my bike about $1,500 dollars!!! Can't beat that. Now I have one really sweet bike, one that many fellow riders will drool over : )
Here she is:
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