Update..Thank you for input. I struggled between several bikes but finally purchased a Gen 4 Trek Rail 9.7 at my local shop yesterday. The guys at the shop were really great with me. They could have easily tried to upsell me to the 9.8 AXS I was considering, but instead agreed to a significant...
Correct. Nice bike though. Looked at a Trek Rail 9.8 XT the other day. Nice. But really loved the YT Core 4 I rode a couple of weeks ago. Better options out there on paper and Trek very accessible, but the feel of the YT and the YT Mill community were quite nice.
New to the sport and ready to buy first full suspension EMTB. “reliving” my first rides in Bentonville recently, I believe autoshift/freeshift would have been very helpful to me and increased my fun factor while decreasing tension. It was a lot of sensory input to appreciate and try to account...
Was fortunate to ride Bentonville, AR several days on a YT Decoy Core 3 MX recently and am hooked on EMTB and NWA. Need help selecting first EMTB. New to cycling/sport but excited about it. Casual hybrid rider on roads and fire roads til now. 4 prior spine surgeries; 55 y/o, 5'10", 95 kg/209...