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I love bikes! All of them. Every type. Every discipline.
The issue is I am swayed constantly by magazines, the latest newest fads but luckily I am a tight a%$£ when it comes to spending money on my self so only have one bike!!! (I know!). Albeit a good'n.
I had a trail bike 140mm full suss and it was to rad for my style of riding and decided to give a full blown XC bike a go (Scale 920) and love it. When things get a bit tricky I bottle it, I have now realised that this is my skill level and swapping to another trail (HT or f/suss) bike will not solve this. I will be getting some skills coaching!
But I have paid for my bike soon and obviously need another one.
Is there anything out there worth swapping the Scale for? I have looked at the 2016 versions of the Scale and frankly its the same bike (2x11 v's 3x10 - but thats about it).
The n+1 first offering is a fatty to completment the Scale when things get sloppy / fancy more of an adventure off piste.
The next thing I am contemplating is a road bike as well as the Scale. To vary how i get my mileage in. I also would like to join a road club for the social aspect.
Not sure there is a question in that load of tripe. But your thoughts would be appreciated.
If a scale does well for most of your riding, then a slightly more capable short-travel full suss may do for all/more of it. Maybe demo some ranging from xc through to slightly more trail types.
Be an even tighter arse and stop buying magazines
yes buy another bike. Why would you expect any other response?
Should I buy a new / different bike
Generally speaking, there is no need. So don't.
You understand that the bike isn't what's holding you back, and you understand that you only want a new one because you read too many magazines. And it sounds like you buy on credit.
So yeah, you could buy a fatbike. Or you could save the cash, or go on a holiday, or upgrade your winter riding gear so you get more miles in over the next few months.
Not getting at you btw, it's your money. But (a) having just one bike is great, (b) money doesn't necessarily buy fun, (c) controlling the urge to buy things can become a highly-profitable habit. Just to add to the tripe!
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Spend some money on an STW subscription, support this magazine.
Buying another bike so you can follow a different discipline is a good idea, if that's a roadie then so be it. From what I see good-ish road bikes seems a lot cheaper than equivalent mtb's so really what you are considering makes total financial sense 🙂
The OP wants a road bike and to join a club for the [b][u][i]social aspect[/i][/u][/b]! 🙄
Don't you know that all roadies treat each other with contemptuous disdain?
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Join a road club for the social aspect? Good luck with that one, mate
Buy a road bike.
And join a climbing club.
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They generally have a great social side, loads of mtb'ers and roadies, but the clincher is that many have access to a hut.