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The Steed!

Lets get this started then with my bike! I ride a 2013 medium carbon Bronson and I might as well bore you all with the spec seeing as most people reading this blog will be bikers and therefore know what on earth I'm blathering about! I only have one bike, I'm not like some people and have lots of different bikes for different occasions and different areas, my bike must cope everywhere even though this sometimes means I'm over biked or even under biked.

 Frame : Santa Cruz Bronson Carbon Medium
Wheels : Chris King Pink Hubs/Stans Arch, Magic Mary supergravity trailstar tyres.
Brakes : Hope Tech 3 E4 purple
Forks : Pike RCT3 150mm
Bars : Raceface Sixc Carbon Bars 760mm
Drivetrain : XT rear mech, XTR shifter, Race face sixc cranks, race face N/W 30T chainring, hope 40t-rex adapter, xt cassette, superstar nano pedals, Chris King BB.
Seat post : Stealth Rock shock Reverb.
I hear a lot of mixed reviews over santa cruz bikes, people seem to have both misconceptions and stereotyping when it comes to santa cruz bikes. I'm not going to attempt to remove these 'theories' or defend them, I'll just be sharing my own experiences. I've ridden Specialised, Santa Cruz and Lapierre and can only comment on those particular models within those brands. I will NEVER pass judgement on a bike I've not tried as its unfair and its like trying to explain to someone what chicken tastes like, its all personal! I was pretty happy with my zesty 314L and found it climbed better than any bike I've tried, the majority of the time you didnt need to bother locking the rear shock out as the bob was so minimal,however I found it lacked the ability to go downhill the way other bikes did and so I returned to the santa cruz fold. I've always liked how santa cruz bikes ride and always like the general styling and thats why I return time and time again.
I've owned the Bronson since October 2011 and since then have covered just shy of 500 miles, all off road. According to my local shop of choice I'm their first user to wear through the fox shock bushes and they shift a lot of santa cruz bikes! I also use my Bronson twice as much as any other user... their words not mine! You may have noticed that my Bronson looks a little bit different to other models from the year. It should have orange and blue decals but I've never been a fan of them and I like to try and stamp my personal mark on frames so I had these custom decals made up from a company in Canada, it looks a bit different now! I'm really happy with how it looks and Ive since added a hope purple seat clamp and custom purple stans stickers. I just need to pick some new pedals as I've had the superstar pedals for a good few years now and the colour is really fading on them but its a toss up between which pedals I pick and in fact which colour I pick. Then that'll be it with the colour scheme..... honest!
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  1. Unknown27 January 2015 at 05:03

    Beautiful... I would definitely crash by staring at you if you pass me by on that rig.

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  2. GolfChick14 May 2015 at 13:37

    Haha cheers, I love it quite a lot!

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