So my long time car buddy Zi finally decided to buy a bike. Yes buying a $2k bicycle initially seems like a ridiculous amount of cash, but it’s an investment! I hope he lives longer for it. It feels good to inspire people to get into riding, that means more riding buddies for me too which is a great thing. My recruitment skills are getting stronger!
Grant at MC Cycles looked after us and Zi walked out with a 2009 Trance X3. It’s got 5 inches of travel and some very sexy bits on it: Fox Float fork with the new 15mm axles and a Fox rear shock too, a Formula front hub, red spoke nipples, shadow SLX rear derailleur, Italian Fizik saddle and the exact same tyre set-up as my Reign (2.1 Nevegal Stick-e and DTC on the rear).
I missed the opportunity to get the new bike owner with bike photo but will take pics of Zi’s new beasty ASAP. In the meantime you can check the specs out here.