Josh -- great pics. Those woods look a lot like what I ride with my father-in-law on the west coast, on Vancouver Island. I visit him once a year when I'm out there on business, and take at least three days for riding. Fun trails. Your terrain is definitely more challenging than the flowy singletrack we have here in my part of Ontario.
How are you liking the Giant? Sweet looking bike.
we have flowly singletrack as well, and I would argue that this tech looking stuff flows pretty damn well.
as for the Giant I honestly do feel its the one of the best XC bikes out there.
The geo is pretty much dialed and its feel great doing most anything you would find in any XC race. I wish it was lighter but that just takes money. The shimano shifting has been pretty good, the fox fork has been mearly ok and has gotten much better as the seals wore out and started leaking oil. with that said I still feel my rockshox I have had have been alot better in plushness and been more reliable. a SID RCT3 will see service here at some point in time.
climbs better than any hardtail, carry speeds better than any bike I have owned, and decends quicker than people on much bigger bikes. last year at a team 24 hour race i lent this bike to 2 of my teammates who both made huge improvement on their times on their 4th and final lap. both of them knew the course very well before the race as well so it was just not learning the course. proving that it may be about the bike.
Kent competive sport rider whos bike was a x0 level giant trance had a been running 1:40 laps for 3 laps in a row on his lap on my bike he got a 1:23
Justin who is national ranked expert Cat1 junior rider on a carbon hardtail jamis 29er went from a 1:30 to a 1:17
I had 2 1:11s a 1:15 and my final lap was a 1:09 at the time I was no where near as fit as I am now and I still ended up in the top 10 fastest laps out of some 220 riders team and solo. all on a 29lb bike could you imagine if it was 23lb like the carbon one with XX is now? Hopefully soon I own a 23lb giant anthem and do not have to imagine anymore.
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