Talk me out of this - PLEASE
05-17-05, 02:04 PM
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I did end up with NRS - I put 20 miles on it on the local trails this past weekend and loved it. I never noticed any bob while pedaling and the suspension let me keep the power on in the bumpy parts of the trail. The only comment I would make is the same as some other reviews - I'm not sure about the stock tires. The trails were really wet and slippery so that may have had something to do with it, but they did not appear to hold traction well - the tread kept getting packed with sand and wouldn't shed it. Hopefully I'll be out again this weekend to get some more time on it. Overall - I'd highly recommend it.
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05-17-05, 05:23 PM
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The two closest are some trails behind the University of South Alabama in Mobile and the Bethel trails in the bottom of the DeSoto Forrest north of Biloxi. Either way I'm riding 45min to an hour to get dirty - sucks but at least I can ride water front on my road bike out of my driveway.
05-19-05, 10:41 AM
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Did the wife get a Trance 3? If so, which one, NRS or Trance, do you prefer?
05-19-05, 02:40 PM
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She did get the Trance, but hasn't had a chance to get it dirty yet. Based soley on test riding it I prefer the NRS, but I started out intending to buy a hardtail anyway. My wife tends to like the full squishy a little more than me so she went with the Trance and definately prefered it over the NRS. Hopefully we'll ride this weekend so we'll have a little more experiance to evaluate the two.
05-19-05, 04:44 PM
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Talk you out of it... that would be enethical and immoral.
Like skydive69 I just dumped 4.2k on a TT bike and over 3.1k on my road bike... come on, you are talking small change here...
Like skydive69 I just dumped 4.2k on a TT bike and over 3.1k on my road bike... come on, you are talking small change here...
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Originally Posted by my58vw
Talk you out of it... that would be enethical and immoral.
Hi my name is Mark and I am addicted to bikes.
CHEERS
Mark
