I have the grey 9.5 coming in three weeks. The suspension, bars, stem, wheels, brakes and drive train will all be going in the bin, and I’ll build it up to what I want.
The bike will have 2022 orange Fox factory 36 grip 2 160mm travel forks, Fox factory float x shock, xtr brakes, same wheels as the 9.8xt, GX AXS drive train, Raceface Turbine R 40mm stem, Deity sky wire carbon bars,Deity supracrush grips and probably a few other things I cant think of at the moment.
should look pretty good with the orange forks. It will cost a bit more than a 9.8XT but will be much better spec.
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