an all-mountain bike? i think the popular belief here is that it is between a XC and freeride, but how much can it really take?
i ride a SantaCruz Blur LT, weighs 30.14 lbs (i weighed it )
i've gone roughly 5ft off jumps, chased a downhill rider down and so far my rear suspension hasnt bottomed-out, yet. Even so, my LBS says that the blur is mainly an all-mountain trail bike.
and what does that mean exactly? should i ride less aggressively or what?
i'd take it a bit easier if i were you -- the BLT is alot of bike, but it sounds like you're "trying" to bend it! if you can land those 5 ft drops light and easy, it won't be so bad.
AM or "trail" bike means pretty much what you think it does -- more rugged than XC, less so than FR/DH. that means OCCASIONAL air time, baby-head rocks, and a good dose of singletrack.
listen to lbs about this -- they want you to get the most out of your bike, and premature destruction puts a lot of people off the idea of perfectly good bikes. they won't want to spend much next time, because the last one puked. so they wind up getting one LESS capable, and break it even sooner.
don't ride it like it's your b---ch -- ride it like it's your sweetie!
an all-mountain bike? i think the popular belief here is that it is between a XC and freeride, but how much can it really take?
i ride a SantaCruz Blur LT, weighs 30.14 lbs (i weighed it )
i've gone roughly 5ft off jumps, chased a downhill rider down and so far my rear suspension hasnt bottomed-out, yet. Even so, my LBS says that the blur is mainly an all-mountain trail bike.
and what does that mean exactly? should i ride less aggressively or what?
I think that that's a hard question. Usually, only large bike companies offer lifetime warranties, smaller ones like Santa Cruz offer less, but I don't think that it's because they'll break sooner. It's just that it's harder for a smaller company to warranty for a long time some frames.
I also think that it's not just the frame, but how you build the whole bike. Take a Santa Cruz VP Free, but put a Scareb fork and some extremely light wheels and rims, and you'll break the thing in the first drop.
Some bikes and shocks are harder to bottom out than others, but it might be you have your rear shock too stiff. But if you like how it rides, then that's the main issue.
I've got a 5" travel trail bike (heavier in the XC / lighter on the AM). I'm a bigger guy, so I don't push mine quite as hard as you do yours. Mine will tip the scales in the upper 29lb range when in "summer" day riding trim, so it is a similar overall type of bike to yours.
I'd say you're right to back things off a bit on the Blur. It is a good bike but will only take so much.
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