Blury

I can concur, did they say " Lifetime service program" if it can make a season and I just send back every winter???

Just got a weekend of demo riding the rem 9.8 in 27.5, fuel and rem in 29, Stache8 29 and a few of other brands. One that stuck out was a Yeti ARC C Pro 29. I currently ride a 2012 26'' Fuel EX7 this bike is set up 1x10 wide bar.. blah.. blah and so on. I have never ridden any other wheel and or carbon frame before this weekend and was eager to try them on local trails instead of a dam parking lot. In short I'am a wide open type of rider and love to smash trough technical and high speed DH. Even if I have to climb for a Hour to do so. 29er wheel felt great and realistic on all the XC hard-tails tested, carbon or alum. It seemed to make up for the lack of travel on the bikes that had 100mm forks. As for FS 29er I started to feel the hype!. I don't recommended FS 29er for riders like my self as they are just to dull. 29er hardtail like the Yeti ARC or similar are so F...ing fast its stupid I could own such a bike. On to the 27.5 wheel the Remedy 9.8 took the cake. Treks pedaling platform is very good and the only other brand that I felt a bit better as with the Santa Cruz Bronson in 27.5. Open up the shocks on the Trek and no other brand had the performance. I feel the 140mm 9.8 Rem with its not so slacked head angle (compared to the Slash and other 160mm bikes, 27.5 wheel to help out it's none 160mm travel and bigger tire patch mite be the headshot for the 26in wheel in that travel range. In the mean time I'm not going to blow 55hundo on a new rig anytime soon... My $3,200 Fuel EX 7 build works very good for most of the trails around me and if I get into the shit well I guess i will just bounce through it.