dieselcruiserhead
16 Years on ExPo. Whoa!!
If anyone is down for some intellectual drawling all about bicycles, I bought a 5" 650b bike from Ventana called the El Bastardo, and posted up a big ol' review. 650b is "yet another" wheel size more appropriately called 27.5", half way between 26" common tire size and 29er. Seems to have a little of both worlds, rolls over more, seems to have little drawbacks on the (currently, but this is changing) limited availability of product.
It is pretty sweet, what I really wanted but couldn't really afford at the time (and I also still have a Lenz Leviathan coming). I am hoping I can afford to keep both (how to go from zero to $10G in bikes in two weeks)... It has so far met me expectations and then some. I still have some transitioning from light hardtails and my super light single speed, to a close to 30 lb trail bike. But I am enjoying it a lot, 40 miles on it easily so far and nearly all types of terrain tested...
Full review/writeup here... (Very long/comprehensive).
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=432535
Cheers,
Andre
It is pretty sweet, what I really wanted but couldn't really afford at the time (and I also still have a Lenz Leviathan coming). I am hoping I can afford to keep both (how to go from zero to $10G in bikes in two weeks)... It has so far met me expectations and then some. I still have some transitioning from light hardtails and my super light single speed, to a close to 30 lb trail bike. But I am enjoying it a lot, 40 miles on it easily so far and nearly all types of terrain tested...
Full review/writeup here... (Very long/comprehensive).
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=432535
Cheers,
Andre