{"id":3413,"date":"2011-05-07T22:06:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T02:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2011-05-07T22:06:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T02:06:25","slug":"michigan-bike-demo-at-island-lake-recreation-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/07\/michigan-bike-demo-at-island-lake-recreation-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Bike Demo at Island Lake Recreation Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s a photo of a Slingshot Ripper<\/a> at the Trail’s Edge<\/a> booth at this year’s Michigan Bike Demo<\/a>. Unfortunately, this bike arrived at the demo too late for it to be ridden as a demo unit. This is disappointing to me, as I would have loved to try this modern piece of retro tech.<\/p>\n

Unlike last year<\/a> the weather was nice, with cool temperatures, sun, and a breeze making it a great day to be outside. Like last year I was able to try a suite of bikes on the demo loop, many of which I was surprisingly happy with. The bikes I tried were:<\/p>\n

· Salsa Muklua<\/a>
\n· Niner Jet 9<\/a>
\n· Giant XtC 29er 1<\/a>
\n· Specialized Stumpjumper Comp 29er
\n· Specialized FSR 29er (of some sort, with a Brain shock)
\n· Niner Air 9<\/a>
\n· Surly Pugsley<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of these, the medium Specialized FSR fit me the best, and was a surprisingly comfortable bike to ride. I also really liked both Niners, although the Air 9 was a bit too stiff for me. The fat tire bikes (Mukluk and Pugsley) were also both a lot of fun, but by their design I had to constantly pedal, as simply coasting slowed me down. I think that throughout most of the ILRA demo loop I didn’t even have to bother braking on these two bikes as I could just time my coasting so that I was never feeling that I was moving too quickly.<\/p>\n

Danielle came along today specifically to try out some of Specialized’s woman-specific<\/a> bikes. These tend to have a shorter top tube for the typical woman shape, and of these she found herself very comfortable on a medium Safire Expert<\/a>. This is a very nice trail bike which would do her well, but unfortunately it’s $4700 MSRP. I’m hoping that we’ll be able to use the geometry info from this bike to find something more suitable for her and either pick up or build a new bike that she’s quite happy riding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a photo of a Slingshot Ripper at the Trail’s Edge booth at this year’s Michigan Bike Demo. Unfortunately, this bike arrived at the demo…<\/p>\n

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