Oh snap, I see a 575 amongst the CL ads. D may very well fall in love with you if you get a 575.

I love what it does and how it does it for sure. I realized, though, that if I sold it I could buy the Yeti DJ frame. It would just have to double as my burly trailbike for a while. Ultimate goal is to also own either a 575 or an AS-R 7.

John, let me think this through some more and do a bit of inventorying. Maybe between cannibalizing the DB and pulling out some other parts, I could flesh out the Blindside into a nearly-complete bike. Not to discourage you, but the large is most definitely large. My son bought it when he was a teen working at an LBS and was 6'-3" and nearly 190 lbs. - - big kid.

sounds like a plan with the Blindside! just let me know what you want to do, and before you do it come up with a price of corse lol. And yeah that DB definatly wont fit. Im a lil 'un at 5-8 150 lbs

ps- i wasnt discouraged :)

You guys got to watch this video! It is making me even more STOKED to move up there! i need to meet this guy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnEB-...eature=related

Most of that is from Sidewinder. Looks like he used most of the beginner ride-arounds. Which is cool - - that's what they are there for. Another perspective on the same trail:

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/24652/ That's one of the beauties of Beacon: many alternate lines depending on your skill/confidence level.

That would excite me more if he didn't miss out on everything that trail had to offer. It's cool though, I remember my first mountain bike ride..

HAHA dude! i was kidding. It was Epic music with pretty good editing and the guy was overly begginner.

I have seen some videos on youtube that are totaly sick and they are all right there in Spokane. I hope im not more excited about the biking then the education!

my brother goes to Moody Chicago and is doing the Pastoral Studies program...way harder than he thought it was going to be, don't go into it to lightly.

Thanks bro! i will defiantly have my classes higher on the priority ladder.. (i hope!)

And how is he liking it?