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Originally Posted by macker
Just my experience but I haven't had a problem with a 4 inch travel bike on anything in the local area including Prairie View, Prospector, Baldy, Razors Edge, Seeya, Toothless, Billy Dog, SHAFT etc. I guess part of it is I started on a hardtail at Moose Mountain and was forced to learn to ride without relying on travel.
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Baldy with a 4" bike? You're definitely a few skill levels above + iron thighs if you did that and had fun. I brought 4" (bike!) to baldy last season and baldy bent me over and gave me 12" back. Took the salsa spearfish (gen 1, with the flexy seat-stay design, long wheelbase bike) and couldn't make half the switchbacks going up. Almost put on the armor going up. Coming down, I hiked-a-bike through all the loose stuff (useless Maxxis Crossmarks didn't help) and heat-warped a rotor the rest of the way. I don't even know if I want to try that again with a 140mm ibis.
Slots - do you build wheels at that shop? Got the wife a new set of WTB KOM that I need to get laced up. Have the hope hub and the rim, don't have spokes or nipples.