The Sithlord Story - A cry for help....
- Thread starter Sithlord
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Sorry to hear about your back, wish you all the best. There's some good avice here already regarding medical options and second opinions. FWIW I feel that I benefit massively today from a contested decision not to have surgery on my lower back some 5-6 years ago.
I'm going to suggest that you do lot's of test riding too, feel what works for your back will be the main thing. A few ideas that come to mind:
- I'd stay away from minimal suspension snappy race-day designs but instead go with a designer that is a leader in fully active magic carpet rides.
- The magic carpet desings work best with proper platform dampers to get a responsive ride. And in my book the daddy of all platform dampers is the Curnutt as used by Brent FOES. Check em out, awesome bikes.
- But really, think out of the box, and I've said it before on this forum: for a sore back go 29er.
The bigger wheels and lower pressures offer very real benefits in the ride. they make for a distinct plus in comfort and the front end is nice and high by default. And now plenty options are availabe including proper full sussers. I've been on a Lenz leviathan 29er with 3" rear travel for 5 months now and it is the best XC bike I've owned. Plus it feels as smooth as my 5" Foes FXR, but faster. And I rode it up and down some nice technical stuff in the Harz in Germany no problems at all.
Take care
I'm going to suggest that you do lot's of test riding too, feel what works for your back will be the main thing. A few ideas that come to mind:
- I'd stay away from minimal suspension snappy race-day designs but instead go with a designer that is a leader in fully active magic carpet rides.
- The magic carpet desings work best with proper platform dampers to get a responsive ride. And in my book the daddy of all platform dampers is the Curnutt as used by Brent FOES. Check em out, awesome bikes.
- But really, think out of the box, and I've said it before on this forum: for a sore back go 29er.
The bigger wheels and lower pressures offer very real benefits in the ride. they make for a distinct plus in comfort and the front end is nice and high by default. And now plenty options are availabe including proper full sussers. I've been on a Lenz leviathan 29er with 3" rear travel for 5 months now and it is the best XC bike I've owned. Plus it feels as smooth as my 5" Foes FXR, but faster. And I rode it up and down some nice technical stuff in the Harz in Germany no problems at all.
Take care
