PhilNorton

Two bikes would simplify this process! ; )

Awesome! Feeling a lot more prepared for my purchase this time round. Thanks guys!!

Ya... The hard yards of learning a new sport! Still remember the first surf board I was ever sold as being completely inappropriate as well ( not that my Epic is that though)

Morewood eh? Sounds awesome. Will do a bit of research on it

Great. Thanks all. Some very helpful thoughts. Like the drop post idea. Think maybe Camber ultimately maybe more suited rather than stumpy.... And to answer an earlier comment - I like specialized, but not against looking at other bikes - just don't know much about other brands and their various models. Cheers guys, P

Thanks guys. Some helpful responses. Am keen to ideally convert to more to a bike more trail orientated by design. Pity that Camber maybe not that different from the Epic, as was thinking that may be best conversion for me. Will need to investigate that further, and maybe try for the stump jumper if Camber does not work. Cheers. Phil

thanks bud. Will have a look! : )

Hi, I am relatively new to the sport and last year bought my a Specialised Epic Comp to compete in a multi-day event. The bike was great, but more and more I am finding that for doing downhill trail riding (not hectic jumps or anything though) that I seem slightly less well configured for this type of riding than my buddies who are on Tall Boys and Stump Jumpers (?) and that sort of thing. Going forward this kind of riding rather than long day multi events is more the kind of riding I expect to do. So one or two related questions: - Would I expect to see noticeable benefit if I changed to one of these kinds of bikes? - what might be a good option to change to (I saw something a bike called a Specialised Camber which looked pretty awesome) if I changed bikes which would not result in me having to put in too much new cash? - by just buying new components such as new shocks etc, could I get my bike 90% there? Cheers Phil