Which to buy? 2021 Stumpjumper or 2021 Stumpjumper Evo - From a non-sponsored perspective! 

I agree, but the paid reviewers also cannot say what they tink. It violates their contracts and they will stop getting bikes. This is why I stated my own thing. It also drove me crazy.

Thank you, the reason I started a channel was because I could not find good details. I am looking at a bike right now and the lack of info when reviewing other than what they read from a website is staggering.

Thank you for the feedback, and I agree!

Thank you Jamie, glad to help out with info! That is going to be one fun bike!!

Thank you, enjoy that awesome ripper of a bike!

See you there! Great choice

Awesome, they are great bikes!

That's awesome, so which are you getting?

@@LoamRoamer I am going with the 2023 S-Works Stumpjumper 29” wheelset. :)

Thank you for the feedback. That would be cool to grow to that!

That is a for sure. If I had an epic or an epic eco I would likely buy the Enduro, but the SJ evo is sweet. As a 1 bike quiver I would still go SJ.

I am glad the review could help you make a choice.

That is a killer sale, maybe the stumpy will go on sale soon?? Glad the video helped.

Much appreciated

Thank you!

Awesome!

For sure!!

I did not, both would work well. I do agree, the evo is the better likely option there. But if you only ride there once a year it is not worth it to buy the bigger bike.

I think this is exactly what I would do!

@@LoamRoamer so.. You are saying a fork 36/150mm, it would be OK??

I agree as a frame measurement, but when seated it does not reflect real world use. And I use a fixed point for the saddle and always 50mm stem. While it can be manipulates, mine compares them equally. And is why I call it effective, not fixed reach. Thank you for responding! It is all about the love of biking.

The Stumpy can be made the lightest from what I can tell and will have the best pedaling platform. The Tallboy will be a little softer going down with the vpp, but will not likely climb as well, and the SB130, which I had, is an amazing climber, and descender, but you need to like to be on all the time. It is a heavy handed bike and if you do not intentionally weight the front you find the ground from time to time. Of these three the Stumpy is my favorite of the trail bikes. based on the question you asked.

I would say the evo then, and when you trail rip set it up in high mode and steepest head angle except when doing dh. And to match the Kona high rear and slackest possible for DH.

@@LoamRoamer thanks👍

You could, but that will mean trail chatter and damping changes. Plus lack of travel use. So mid stroke will be higher in the travel. And the bike will never be as light to be as fast on climbs and rollers. So not sure I would see the benefit.

This is great feedback! Thank you.

I like it!

I would buy an Evo, especially SoCal and Big Bear. Alloy or carbon is really a cost preference. They ride so similarly it is weight. My bike is an alloy rear triangle and works awesome.

@@LoamRoamer great thanks so much for your comments and recommendations I want to make sure to do the correct investment since I m not that guy who change bike every 2 years so this help me a lot for correct decisions

I will ask! Thank you for the response.

What size are you looking for and where in TX? Closest Town.

@@LoamRoamer S5 seems to fit well. Frisco, Tx (just North of Dallas)

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@@LoamRoamer I’m picking up an S5 Evo comp today in Clay, but I may look to pick up a Stumpy Comp after looking into them further. With nothing close to me at the moment I may just ride the Evo for a while until the other pops up closer. Does your rep have insight into anything coming to a local shop near me?

Thank you

I think once the settings are done you will likely not change them, or just change between low and high. The settings lead to issues when people mess with their bike and it is not right, say leave the headset loose then a rough ride, will have a bad impact potentially.

Not really. I switch between slack, neutral, high and low depending on where I ride. I do about 6-7 park days a year and put dial it into low slack and rip turns. I when I shuttle rock trails like noble canyon I run slack and high because the rocky terrain and when I just do miles on my XC-ish ride I do neutral high. It take my around 15 minutes to make adjustments and I’ve done it 15 + times already

Same here!

If you are racing cross country I guess. Who cares if you are not.

This is why I started this channel, to share the things I wanted to know versus what the marketing says.

Should be just fine!

Yes

Mediums.

@@LoamRoamer thanks and thanks for the review excellent!

Thank you for replying. I agree it is the better overall purchase. I would think until it got Enduro like or bike park style riding the Stumpjumper is king here. My experience was it was better overall and only felt compromised when it got really rocky and you needed that extra squish.

also how tall are you and what size bikes did u test with this ??

@@MrTikdo Based on your ride description the Stumpjumper sounds like a good bike. Unless you are doing things over 6 ft drops the regular Stumpjumper will be really good for everything else. I am 5'8 or 172 CM. I rode an S3