Got to take 2 of my bikes out today as I introduced my cousin Adam to mountain biking. I had plans to bring the Torrent hardtail out as he had been thinking about buying a hardtail, but I woke up this morning to a Facebook message from a guy who wanted the Torrent and was willing to come and pick it up at 12pm. I decided against taking it out for one more ride just in case, so brought the Starling Murmur out to play instead.
Adam is hooked. He’s got $1K to play with so the hunt is on for a duel suspension bike (probably a 2nd hand Polygon T6?). We both swapped bikes a lot today and man, nothing quite like having another bike to swap between to really identify the differences hey? The Murmur is just such a super plush and stable bike, it’s amazing. The Chisel really felt a lot smaller (it is a size smaller) and more rigid. It felt older/simpler/stiffer/snappy, more involved and most of all it felt fast.
All my thoughts about the 27.5″ wheelset feeling more playful, or the 29″ wheelset feeling more sluggish just kinda faded away today. Just enjoying both bikes for different reasons and happy they’re both so radically different to each other.