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I don’t think I would even count my first mountain bike as a REAL mountain bike (Huffy whocareswhatmodelitwas). I consider my first bike as the one I currently ride, a 2013 Trek 4700 hardtail. I take that bike everywhere, from xc to all mountain trails and it hasn’t broken yet. Although I love this bike, in the near future I plan to take the big plunge and hopefully get a carbon s bronson or 5010.
Totally agree; last year there was a lot of bikes specced with slx and xt, many of those models at those price points now come with gx eagle. Shimano is taking their sweet time.
Yesturday I installed my race face chester pedals for the first time on my bike (I used them a week prior in a Santa Cruz demo event in MA). I knew they gripped super well…too well. Anyways, I was riding yesturday at Case Mountain in CT. I went down a pretty decent sized roller. On the other side was a bunny hop. I hit the bunny hop but came down with the handlebars slightly turned and my feet shifted upwards (rookie mistake). I crashed sideways. The worst part wasn’t the crash itself, but when I fell down, the back of my leg snagged onto the pins in my pedals. Ripped my leg open. Those pins are sharp on the chester pedals.
