The Surly Karate Monkey is a fun bike. I have a 1st generation, that has older style geometry (steeper head angle, lower BB) and it's a fun bike for all around riding. For trails, I would prefer the new Karate Monkey, which has more modern MTB geometry (slack head angle, long front center). When I first test rode the earlier gen KM, I marveled at how confidence inspiring it was. The new gen KM inspires much more confidence for off-road riding.
On Monday, September 21, 2020 at 1:54:21 PM UTC-5 Michael Morrissey wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm thinking about buying myself a new mountain bike, to complement my > Rivendell and my vintage mtb commuter that is as old as I am. I was > wondering what people on here might recommend. I want to spend between $700 > and $1700. I want to be able to bunny-hop, hit trails, drop it in the > creek, go mud-bogging. I want a bike I can abuse without regret. I have > taken my Rivendell on trails, but I want to ride more aggressively. I am 6 > feet tall, 210 lbs. 86cm PBH. > > I'd like a steel hardtail, but I'd consider aluminum too I suppose. I was > thinking something like a Kona Unit X, a Kona Fire Mountain, a Surly > Wednesday. The Salsa Rangefinder looks good. Has anyone ridden one? > > In the past, I have owned a Gary Fisher steel mountain bike from 1997 that > I bought new, and a Spot single speed, which I built up from parts but was > a little small for me. > > What do you think? > > Thanks > > Michael > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f888e93a-df14-491a-8e0f-efe433bcf647n%40googlegroups.com.
