Originally Posted by Crast

Are you challenging the no-name brand bike, or telling me I'm a wussy because I bought a high-tech magic bike instead of an old steel rigid Real Man(tm) mountain bike? =P

I've been chasing after my friends on the trail on my cross bike mashing with insufficient gearing the last few months, so I think it's high time I got a real XC bike with a granny.

(PS: I am a wussy anyway, and I need all the help I can get. And XTR is soooo blingy.)