Hi all, I very recently just bought a base model Stumpy 15. We are planning to go up north this Labor Day weekend and I want to bring my bike and sneak away for the day and go to Boyne Highlands bike park here in Michigan. I want to know if my Stump can survive a day trip to the park?
It's got a 150mm Rockshox Psylo with 145mm rear travel with an X-Fusion shock. It's also got 200mm rotors with 4 piston calipers. So it's got decent travel and big rotors for a trail bike, but the rear shock is low end, from what I can tell the fork is decent but nothing to write home about. I'm not a crazy good rider so I don't expect to be sending and massive gaps and huge drops, but I do expect to hit some table tops and some moderate drops. Here's a video of the park, I'm nowhere near these guys in skill, but just to show you.
So think I'd be fine using it or I'm better of renting. For reference the nicest bike they rent is an Intense Premier Pro, which is a MUCH nicer bike, but has the same amount of travel and is also a trail bike.
by littleSquidwardLover
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You’re good. I’ve seen folks rocking some basic bikes at Highland NH, and I’ve taken my 140/130 trail bike to Loon NH, Mountain Creek NJ and Thunder MA and it was great. Am I sending double black jump lines? Heck no. Carrying speed down tech lines? Absolutely not. Those would shake the bike to pieces, and probably buck me off even before that. As long as you ride within the bike’s (and your) capabilities, and ride with some mechanical sympathy, you’ll be fine. If you want to ride park all day all season, it’s probably time to get a park rig that’s build to withstand the punishment.