Opinions required: Pyga Slakline & Trek Slash

[Scott roy]

Just now, madmarc said:

TREK lifetime warranty on frame should take care of that 

Agreed but the issue is if you break it, you may break yourself at the same time. 

[Shebeen]

On 10/17/2024 at 7:35 AM, Scott roy said:

Morning all, so I’ve just built up a pyga slackline, it’s well specced with brand new fox factory 38, 4 pot XT brakes and wheels on a second hand frame. I haven’t even gotten to ride it yet as the wheels only arrive today. 
 

I was a trek last night and they are having some insane deals. I can get an alloy slash (previous gen) for 40k with gx groupset, code brakes and ZEB select fork. Claiming VAT back and it’s 35k which is mind boggling. I’m going this morning to purchase one for my dad, but the question is, should I get myself one too? If I do I will probably go for the carbon one as that’s all they have left in stock in my size. 
 

I love the pyga but the warranty is very attractive on the treks and I would be paying less for a brand new bike than I can sell my pyga for. I may want to keep my fox 38 for the trek if I go that option though as I in anycase have warranty on that. 
 

Trail/enduro people of the hub, what’s your recommendations? 

You can claim the VAT back on your n+1 bike purchases? Awesome!

[Scott roy]

1 hour ago, Shebeen said:

You can claim the VAT back on your n+1 bike purchases? Awesome!

Yep

[Michael S]

How does this claiming back of VAT work? Our engineering firm might just need a few enduro bikes for business purposes. 

[Robbie Stewart]

That Pyga looks good. The Slash a little less so. I'm also a Slash fanboy and just didn't pull the trigger when Trek had the sale last year. Ended up getting the Stumpy EVO later in the year. I don't regret the buy, but secretly I really wanted a Slakline, but the price was out of my bracket at the time.

[Scott roy]

43 minutes ago, Michael S said:

How does this claiming back of VAT work? Our engineering firm might just need a few enduro bikes for business purposes. 

Not sure what you’re asking, are you familiar with claiming VAT back on items though a company or are you just asking bike related?

[Bike Dewing]

46 minutes ago, Michael S said:

How does this claiming back of VAT work? Our engineering firm might just need a few enduro bikes for business purposes. 

Yeah up that RnD budget quick

buy it on the company and have the shop invoice your company with its details and vat number..

even if you paying the money back into the company account yourself. Its something you can do. also come tax time again you can claim its depreciation against your companies profit 😉👍🏻.. 

Edited October 26 by Bike Dewing

[Scott roy]

23 minutes ago, Robbie Stewart said:

That Pyga looks good. The Slash a little less so. I'm also a Slash fanboy and just didn't pull the trigger when Trek had the sale last year. Ended up getting the Stumpy EVO later in the year. I don't regret the buy, but secretly I really wanted a Slakline, but the price was out of my bracket at the time.

They are all nice bikes. I really wanted a spez enduro but then I ended up on this path. The warranty from trek and the weight benefit of being full carbon are definitely the main attractions. The uniqueness of pyga and the fact that’s it’s local is awesome. I haven’t properly back to back tested them yet but they both were nice so far 

[Scott roy]

Just now, Scott roy said:

They are all nice bikes. I really wanted a spez enduro but then I ended up on this path. The warranty from trek and the weight benefit of being full carbon are definitely the main attractions. Oh and the inframe storage. The uniqueness of pyga and the fact that’s it’s local is awesome. I haven’t properly back to back tested them yet but they both were nice so far 

 

[MORNE]

I’ll ride the pyga purely because its not a ‘cookie cutter’ bike. I hate having the same things as other people and thats also the reason why i like buying weird sh!t. That does of course come with its own baggage…but hey, if you want nice things right?

Why drive a white corolla if you can drive something a bit more….exotic😊😁. 

just my opinion, based on 0 facts, formulated by emotion rather than critical thinking, with a healthy dose of validation bias too.

both are nice bikes. I literally know 3 ppl who bought that full carbon slash for R50k  in the last month…thats giving them away compared to full retail (R120k). The wheelset alone id worth 20k. Makes you wonder what the markup is lol…they for sure aren't selling them at a loss..or a very minor one if so. But all that means…there are 3 (x XXX) more in the wild. You’ll see everyone on them soon😅

PS, I built my wife a 2023 hyrax in raw alloy and if it weren't a medium (i ride XL’s)…i’d be riding that thing too. Such a nice bike.

[Chadvdw67]

On 10/25/2024 at 6:15 PM, madmarc said:

TREK lifetime warranty on frame should take care of that 

Yes great, but can they fix a possible injury sustained from a fall caused by a frame braking when landing a big jump?

 

Oops, saw someone already brought this uo

Edited October 27 by Chadvdw67

[madmarc]

On 10/25/2024 at 6:16 PM, Scott roy said:

Agreed but the issue is if you break it, you may break yourself at the same time. 

 

45 minutes ago, Chadvdw67 said:

Yes great, but can they fix a possible injury sustained from a fall caused by a frame braking when landing a big jump?

 

Oops, saw someone already brought this uo

They say there are only 2 types of cyclists - those who have fallen and those who will fall 

[MORNE]

1 hour ago, madmarc said:

 

They say there are only 2 types of cyclists - those who have fallen and those who will fall 

3.
 

Will fall, Have fallen, and will fall again.

The N+1 version of falling. The amount of times you have fallen + 1

😁

Edited October 27 by MORNE