So many Monkey threads, I forget which I update in! :skep:
What a difference a few weeks make! I did my SS > XTR 11spd on me Minkey and got a few rides in on it and then stumbled into the Monkey that I really wanted to add/build all along so I scooped it. Brand new from the dealer, ridden maybe 1 hour on a test ride on a marbly fireroad climb, then listed on my local craigslist that saved me a few hundred bucks. Turned out, I'm familiar with the past owner so it was a great transaction.
Being a factory build, it was laden in NX so I stripped my Minty Green of it's new gears and returned it to SS as it should be and will remain. Stripped the NX and replaced it with XTR, put a brand new LEV Integra 150 on it, and took the lead filled Dirt Wizards w/tubes off and went tubeless with Nobby Nic 3.0's. MUCH BETTER! for my local haunts. And true to form, after riding it a number of times, I thought "dang, these SRAM Level brakes are 'alright after-all', I'll keep 'em!" 5 rides in the rear is in need of a significant bleed and stopping power in the front with the 180 is a little anemic so they're out of here and XT's are going on with Ice Tech rotors. Maybe a fork in the future, probably a Pike RCT3 if I do.
I'm loving this new sled!