I recently rode a friend's Pugsley, and a few day later built a Neck Romancer for a customer. I couldn't believe how good my friends Pugs felt. I almost looped out the first time I aired a little bump because I didn't expect the front end to be so light.
That said, I was extremely surprised when the Necro's front end felt completely different. I could barely pull the front end off the ground. My friend's is built up with a thompson stem, monkeylite carbon bar, and an old stock large marge wheelset. The Necro was a 2012 stock.
The Necro wheelset should be lighter. Do the weights of the handlebars and stem really make that much of a difference? Is it the Moonlander fork? I am 5'10" 150lbs, both pugs were 18"
I am trying to decide whether I should build a pug up or just buy a stock. I can do them both for about the same price.
With the stock i'll get a much lighter marge light wheelset but a mediocre cockpit with a 110mm stem. Building myself would mean Weinmann DHL65's redrilled with an offset, or the offset large marges on sale right now. Either way a heavier wheelset, but a lighter custom fit cockpit.
That said, I was extremely surprised when the Necro's front end felt completely different. I could barely pull the front end off the ground. My friend's is built up with a thompson stem, monkeylite carbon bar, and an old stock large marge wheelset. The Necro was a 2012 stock.
The Necro wheelset should be lighter. Do the weights of the handlebars and stem really make that much of a difference? Is it the Moonlander fork? I am 5'10" 150lbs, both pugs were 18"
I am trying to decide whether I should build a pug up or just buy a stock. I can do them both for about the same price.
With the stock i'll get a much lighter marge light wheelset but a mediocre cockpit with a 110mm stem. Building myself would mean Weinmann DHL65's redrilled with an offset, or the offset large marges on sale right now. Either way a heavier wheelset, but a lighter custom fit cockpit.