I waited 12-Months for this... 

You bet!

Rock on!

@tipntrn

Thank you!

lol, thanks.

Coming soon

Stuff like that all comes down to preference really

Thank you!

@@Jamesthebikeguy 👍🙏🇩🇪

LOL, just buy the same color and your significant other won't know...

Thanks, I appreciate it!

Thank you

Sweet. When I ordered it, it was the 2021 in Red, and I was looking forward to that bright color.

Interesting, I'll see how that works. The isospeed on my Checkpoint was awesome, even off road.

Cool bike you have. The Praxis crank is great, but the size is not. 175mm on a modern medium bike is way too big. Should be 170mm and around here that extra clearance would make a difference.

@@Jamesthebikeguy In that case, I'm happy they're 175mm. The dropper I got is quite short (345mm long), since I'm 1.75mt tall, so the extra centimeter, 0.5 when cranks is up and other 0.5 when is down, allows me to pedal in a more comfortable way. Again, thank you for the video.

Sure is, fun bike

Agreed!

Not sure exactly but shouldn't be much. Typically you lose 3-4mm of reach for every 10mm of additional stack

Nice hope you get a sweet bike

100% More rowdy and better performance

Maxxis Minion DHR.

I think it would probably require eliminating the dropper post, unfortunately.

Yeah, its not the best. Functional, but not the best

If you don't ride very hard why did you go up 20mm in travel??

@@Iggy52 Just for fun, never felt like 130 was enough and I couldnt buy a spacer kit at a decent price to make it 140 so I said screw it and went up all the way

23.56lbs with the parts in this video. I didn't include that in the video as I have several more changes until it is "done" and I'll make a bike check video with the final weight.

You can travel adjust to 120mm on the Recon.

The bike costs $2,999

Hi Jon, I think it depends on what if anything you plan to change/upgrade. I spent a ton of time thinking about it since I knew I was going to upgrade the bike, but also wanted to get the best value. The 9.5 nd 9.6 are comparble, but the 9.7 seems expensive compared to the two. Anyway, here were my thoughts. - Rockshox Judy is an OK fork for a true MTB rider that is just getting in to it. It lacks a lot of adjustment and refinement and the Recon is much nicer. I knew out of the gate I was going to remove the fork, and the Recon while much nicer than the Judy, also has a way higher resale value and demand. - XT/SLX vs. Deore is not as big of a deal, but also money well spend. The groupset will save nearly 3/4 a pound off of the bike between the two specs and cranks. Something you might not miss if you didn't have it, but you will appreciate that you do. - Wheels, this is where the Procaliber 9.6 really wins. The 9.5 has generic hubs and the basic Kovee rims. This is where you will find the other 1lbs of weight savings with the 9.6, you will also get way more durability with the Kovee Comp 23 rim and the Rapid drive hubs are ones you want to keep. This wheelset was the deal maker between the two. So the obvious and likely expected answer is spend the extra, sorry :-)

@@Jamesthebikeguy awesome, thank you for the in depth reply!

23.56lbs with the parts in this video. I didn't include that in the video as I have several more changes until it is "done" and I'll make a bike check video with the final weight.

I've never seen in person or ridden a Nukeproof, so I don't really have an opinion on them

@@Jamesthebikeguy appreciate you replying mate.. love from the UK.

23.56lbs with the parts in this video. I didn't include that in the video as I have several more changes until it is "done" and I'll make a bike check video with the final weight.

This is not a "trend". Personally have been running 170 cranks for clearance for at least a decade. Many brands for a long time have not spec'd 175 on a medium frame. The 175 on this bike is no doubt a supply chain solution.

@@Jamesthebikeguy trek has been putting 175 cranks on medium frames since before the pandemic

It went on another bike of mine.

After having personally ridden over 10k miles on carbon bikes, I have yet to have an issue. All frames can break or have issues and at this point carbon is well sorted.

@@Jamesthebikeguy 10K miles is a year of riding. All my carbon bikes have cracked at or around the 20K miles mark ( 2 years and some months ) and I take extremely care of my bikes. Then when it cracks, you have to deal with the BS you get from the warranty if they even approve the claim in warranty. Riding Ti now and is way better, feels better, last forever and again it feels better.

I'm glad it works for you

I do have a TF frame, just has not been built yet

@@Jamesthebikeguy Nice. I inquired about one a few months back and the shop said they were a year out! Ok I’ll watch the video now.

SHOOT *facepalm*

lol, it got worse after making this video...