So I'm still relatively new to mountain biking, having been dragged in from the track world. My riding is almost entirely xc riding and my main mountain bike is a full carbon 2014 Jamis. Naturally I'm a bit anxious about crashing or damaging it, so It's pretty much only pulled out on quiet and dryish days.
With GT going "on pause", their inventory was being liquidated and I picked up an Avalanche as something I don't mind getting dinged up. The "nutt" brakes were horrid so those were quickly swapped out for some nonseries shimanos, and the rest was piecemealed with random parts lying around the shop. It's an easy 8-9lbs more than my jamis but its so fun to throw around with no regards to my own safety
by Spectrumthecyclist
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Hell yeah. Ride the shit out of it