
A new bike for the stable. The Scaffold has been retired and this is filling its place as a day to day hack trainer to support the Anthem X. It's a 2012 Cannondale Trail SL2 and, of course, a 29er.
It was supposed to be a Fuji Nevada 1.0 but the local distributor appears to have had 'issues' and the order was not fulfilled despite two weeks of waiting. So the LBS sold me this one for $900...which, given the fact that I haven't seen one for under $1,500, seemed to be a good deal. Rockshox Recon Silver fork, SRAM X5 driveline, Avid Juicy 1 brakes...
I've already swapped the back wheel for the Giant Anthem rear wheel with its DT Swiss DT350 rear hub and dropped 200 gm off the weight....