Mountain Bike Advice

[tradertator]

Decided that I wanted 1 bike for the road (at a later date), and one bike for the trail (immediate). Picked up a Giant Fathom 1 29'er last night after riding it at BGI in Greenwood. I tested a ton of bikes from Scott, Specialized, Trek, and a few others, and kept coming back to the Giant being my favorite. The frame felt good, and I really liked the simplicity of the 1X center gear. Front fork seems surprisingly nice, and it's pretty cool how the cables all run through the frame. Just put 10 miles on it tonight on varied surfaces (mostly dirt / rock, little bit of mud) and it performed terrific. Kind of afraid I've found a new hobby, but at least this one is good for me. Even considering a bike for my commute to work. I guess I didn't realize how much I missed getting around on 2 wheels.

 

[gregkl]

Decided that I wanted 1 bike for the road (at a later date), and one bike for the trail (immediate). Picked up a Giant Fathom 1 29'er last night after riding it at BGI in Greenwood. I tested a ton of bikes from Scott, Specialized, Trek, and a few others, and kept coming back to the Giant being my favorite. The frame felt good, and I really liked the simplicity of the 1X center gear. Front fork seems surprisingly nice, and it's pretty cool how the cables all run through the frame. Just put 10 miles on it tonight on varied surfaces (mostly dirt / rock, little bit of mud) and it performed terrific. Kind of afraid I've found a new hobby, but at least this one is good for me. Even considering a bike for my commute to work. I guess I didn't realize how much I missed getting around on 2 wheels.

Nice!!!

 

[jkaetz]

Decided that I wanted 1 bike for the road (at a later date), and one bike for the trail (immediate). Picked up a Giant Fathom 1 29'er last night after riding it at BGI in Greenwood. I tested a ton of bikes from Scott, Specialized, Trek, and a few others, and kept coming back to the Giant being my favorite. The frame felt good, and I really liked the simplicity of the 1X center gear. Front fork seems surprisingly nice, and it's pretty cool how the cables all run through the frame. Just put 10 miles on it tonight on varied surfaces (mostly dirt / rock, little bit of mud) and it performed terrific. Kind of afraid I've found a new hobby, but at least this one is good for me. Even considering a bike for my commute to work. I guess I didn't realize how much I missed getting around on 2 wheels.

The 1 series giant bikes are pretty well loaded. You should be fine with the 1x, I rarely need the small ring anymore. If you haven't, now you'll want to start looking at some nice crank brothers pedals and shoes to go with.

 

[yeti rider]

If you want Crank Bros pedals, hit me up. I'm more than willing to donate some egg beaters. I switched back to spd a long time ago. I just finished assembling my new bike this weekend! I'm fairly pumped to ride, it just needs to quit raining!

 

[tradertator]

Yeah, I definitely want to try out some egg beaters, PM heading your way Yeti Rider.

Currently wearing a set of Giant pedals that look pretty similar to the Shimano Saints (to my untrained eye). A little intimidated by a clip in, but I know that I would get used to them with practice.

 

[yeti rider]

Turkey run is a great place for that. It's beautiful down there. Very open to nature

I'm pretty sure there are no trails in turkey run that are open to bikes. I believe they are hiking trails only.

 

[jkaetz]

Yeah, I definitely want to try out some egg beaters, PM heading your way Yeti Rider.

Currently wearing a set of Giant pedals that look pretty similar to the Shimano Saints (to my untrained eye). A little intimidated by a clip in, but I know that I would get used to them with practice.

It won't take long. At least with me I discovered that the crank brothers pedals release perfectly when I try to push my foot out to the side to stabilize after stopping. I have the mallet 3 as I wanted to be able to ride without the clips as well if I wasn't doing anything serious.