The Selma is light. And quick. And more agile than my On One Inbred. The Inbred is certainly a stable ride & set-up rigid, a confident & predictable bike even when pointed down hill. The Selma is a bit more twitchy in descents but easily makes up for this in faster cornering and nimble climbing. I'm able to drop a cog in the rear & top off the same climbs that I struggle with on the Inbred. The Reynolds carbon wheelset doesn't hurt either - I ran this set occasionaly on the Inbred and ran a smaller cog vs the stock set without added suffering on the climbs. The Selma has a nice finish that is not easily down-played, so I thought I might as well try to bling it up. I added the Sella San Marco saddle, the hope head set, and the Gamut bash guard in blue to pimp it out a bit. I went with a carbon bar, carbon rigid fork, & carbon seat post to match the seat stays, for the light weight & to soak up some up trail - I'm too old for an aluminum hardtail without these added items. I added the woodman carbon cages because they look so clean, they may be overkill and switched to the roadbike soon, but for now they look good. I'll see if they function on the trail.
All this carbon comes at a price - I won't roll the bigger drops that I will on the Inbred, but that's ok, I built this up to keep up with fast friends and to compensate for the fact that I'm just not all that quick.
