>>1149121>You've gotta direct an award winning movie to be able to criticise other people's filmsThey're only opinions bud, feel free to disagree with them as much as you want.
If I was willing to spend the money and effort I could make my bike look a lot better if I wanted (not that it actually looks that bad, I'm aware you're trolling).
>>1149119If that's actually your bike then it's dope, I'm a big fan of murdered out bikes with a splash of colour and that bronze-gold is one of my favourites. E4 or V4? What dropper?
>>1149161It could be worse. Like the other guy said you should've got a hardtail but honestly if you get a decent second hand air shock that'll probably perform fairly well for not a lot of money. Next upgrades would be some better pedals, a hydraulic disc on the front, and once you've saved up a bit a better fork.
>>1149171If he's someone that buys such an expensive bike but never cleans it then sure it might make those pivot bearings last a little bit longer, but not everything else that it doesn't protect. It's not stopping crap from going up his back and hitting the dropper and it's not protecting the shock because the seat tube is in the way of that.
>>1149177Also dope, except for the green pedals. I would be so worried about those cables running under the bottom bracket. Can you not run them to the side and over the lower pivot?
>>1149186Dirty slut. That's a 29er right? Long travel 29ers look so strange in smaller sizes.
>>1149210Do the pedals at home, last thing you want is to get all the way to the trail and then cross thread a crank arm and not be able to ride (unlikely, but there's no reason to take the risk).
