i ride one,its awesome!!
anyone else post pics if you've kitted it out!
anyone else post pics if you've kitted it out!
I'm 6'3", 210 geared up and I'm sure it's sturdy enough. It sure climbs well for such a heavy bike too. Slaying singletrack is what this bike is made for (see dw's post earlier in thread). $300 difference? Where are you looking?:willmh said:Hi, I'm looking to get the Bakuta really soon. I want to ride this as more of an all mountain bike, my main buying guidelines:
-slay singletrack
-sturdy (hold up to a 6'1, 185 lb rider taking it off some launchers)
-hardtail
How well does this bike perform for A.M.? Climbing?
Also, are the upgrades from 05 to 06 critical? (worth paying an extra $300)
I know they changed the fork from a splice to a Marzocchi DropOff. Big deal?
Thanks y'all, hopefully I'll get some pictures of me with my bakuto taking on porcupine rim soon.
Me?willmh said:Right now I'm leaning towards that 05 model and upgrading the forks right away
your ride looks pretty sweet, did you start with the 05 or 06?
You could probably take the Marz fork off the 06 and sell it brand new on ebay and get more than I did for the Splice on ebay. Mine's an 05. Will be descending Porc Rim in about 2 weeks :thumbsup:willmh said:Thanks for the info--
I was looking between a new 05 on ebay for about $450 and one at performance bike for $750. Thanks for your listing on RS too.
I agree that the spec list on the 06 is mostly better, but the Travativ Ruktion cranks got terrible reviews, worse than the cranks on the 05 bakuto. The main boost is the fork, which I plan on upgrading immediately anyway (too a sweet Marzocchi 66 probably)
Right now I'm leaning towards that 05 model and upgrading the forks right away
your ride looks pretty sweet, did you start with the 05 or 06?
**lol, yeah I already took on porcupine rim on a trek hardtail rental and the downhill rock gardens beat the crap out of me But I love the singletrack portion of that ride.