I feel you on the short travel trail bikes. So much fun and capability or efficiency can be adjusted with tyre choice. Radial Alberts on a SB120; so good!
I have the Stumpy 15 Expert in gunmetal grey and I love it. Very fun. I have some videos riding down some trails in Wanaka, NZ on my channel. Not a review, just riding.
That high shock placement in the frame keeps the weight low on the board when inverted. Standard 15mm axel is convenient for your sturdy fork mount. 👌🏻
Nice ride, I'd love to pick up one of these to replace my Status. Unfortunately had my first serious crash injury last month, broken wrist and ribs....dying for the second surgery to be done so I can start slowly getting back on the bike. Bummed I'm missing fall riding, living through videos like this right now lol
Man, sorry to hear that. How did you go down? This is a super dangerous sport honestly. I have friends going down left and right. Alot of dudes getting blown up on jumps.
@@SpencerAstraPOV yeah it was going off a jump. I'm used to mtb jumps on trail...was trying some bmx style dirt jumps and waaay overshot the landing into an otb
New RM Element dropped today. That is hopefully building off of the rocket ship the outgoing model was. Hopefully get to see you ride that in the coming months.
Too many negs w mandatory electronic shifting and a very expensive shock in its first year of production for me. I have ridden Stumpys and Enduros for years and been burned by too many times by Spesh w proprietary stuff. Moved to Rocky Mountain and bought a 2023 Instinct. I hope you can demo a 2024 model with a killer build on your channel or Freehub.
@@SpencerAstraPOV "Innovate or die!" 😎 They will have cable routing on the alloy launch and lesser spec shock selections. They gotta hook those Stumpy guys w $ for awhile first. That sucks a carbon version seems to be not in their plans. I think Rocky Mtn. bikes are better sorted out bikes anyway. I really like having all the main pivots in suspension design under my body and in front of the seat tube. It makes the rear triangle stiffer. No engineer, just based on feel.
What are your thoughts on the bike not having cable derailleur compatibility? I have the stumpy15 expert and sometimes wonder if I’d want to go back to a cable. Otherwise it’s a really good bike
It's pretty concerning. You're pretty locked into the wireless setup. That does make the alloy version more attractive! The last gen stumpy alloy was incredible.
Yeah, the stumpy is more tight feeling - like a shorter travel bike. But in a similar vane with the wheel base and chainstay. The Firebird feels much softer and ready to plow.
I'd be interesting in how this rides with something like a super deluxe ultimate or even vivid with the hydraulic bottom out. seems like that is seeking to solve a similar problem to the genie. ie linear with more support at the very end.
I've ridden it with a Vivid and it preformed really well; can be tuned to feel very similar to the ride quality the Genie provides depending on how many volume spacers you run. Honestly, the ride feel between the Vivid and Genie were more similar than I was initially expecting. The kinematics of the SJ15 make for a great bike regardless of which of those two shocks you opt for.
