So the wife was the first one to get a new bike.\u00a0 We had been riding for while and it was becoming clear to us that her old 2008 Trance 4 was a bit cumbersome for her to wield around. We weren’t too serious about shopping but as it happened we found ourselves in the perfect situation to browse.<\/p>\n
Santos, our favorite riding spot was having it’s annual Fat Tire Festival.\u00a0 And of course, one of the main features of the event is Demo bikes.\u00a0 A lot of manufacturers show up to pimp their goods.\u00a0 One of those was Liv.<\/p>\n
She hadn’t ridden a women’s specific bike before and was even a little skeptical if there was anything to it.\u00a0 With a little bit of nudging, she took one out for a test ride.<\/p>\n
She tested out the Pique and it was instant love.\u00a0 Not too long after that, we had one in the garage.\u00a0 We bought her the Pique Advanced 2.\u00a0 And to be honest, I was a little jealous.\u00a0 I had been riding a 2004 Litespeed Niota, which wasn’t a bad bike…\u00a0 but it’s 2017, and I was getting tired of getting comments like, “Oldschool, cool man” and “Nice Retro…”\u00a0 So yeah, when I hopped on her new bike, I had some bike-envy.<\/p>\n
It was about 2 months later that I purchase my Trance Advanced 2. And yeah, I love it.\u00a0 We’ve been on these bikes a little over a year, and we have been serious about riding.\u00a0 So serious in-fact, that she’s been researching everything to do with mountain biking.\u00a0 So it came as no surprise when she said, “I want more travel. Your bike has more travel than mine, and now that we’re riding harder trails, I need something a little more beefy.”<\/p>\n
What could I say?\u00a0 I couldn’t argue the fact.\u00a0 She had a 120mm of travel and that was fine for almost all riding conditions, but she was starting to notice things.\u00a0 And she was curious if the slacker head tube and extra travel would be more suited to our riding style.<\/p>\n
But Liv didn’t have anything between the Pique and Hail (their Enduro bike) and she had test rode one of those and wasn’t too sure she liked it.\u00a0 She had almost talked herself into the Hail when along came the Liv Intrigue.\u00a0 New for 2019 line. Perfect! This may be the answer she’s looking for.\u00a0 It’s more without being too much.<\/p>\n
We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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