trimix en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:09:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-sram-x9-rear-mech-9spd-medium#post-3440564 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:25:24 +0000 Trimix 3440564@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Any takers before I stick it on fleabay ? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-lock-on-grips-5#post-3440562 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:24:30 +0000 Trimix 3440562@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Any takers, or do I take them to the bay of fleas ? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-lock-on-grips-5#post-3434623 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:26:26 +0000 Trimix 3434623@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Brand new, still in packaging. They are Kona lock on grips in a sort of natural rubber colour. Basically they are just like ODI ones. I dont like the colour. £15 posted. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-sram-x9-rear-mech-9spd-medium#post-3434134 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:19:16 +0000 Trimix 3434134@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Good conditions, some marks from use, but it shifts perfectly and is not bent. Jockey wheels spin free and are not obviously worn.</p> <p>I dont need it as Im now 1x10. £40 including postage. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3421946 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:13:54 +0000 jambalaya 3421946@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Enjoy the bike, let us know how you find it (fwiw that's the choice I'd have made between those two) </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3421572 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:37:46 +0000 wilko1999 3421572@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i426/wilko1999/IMG_0649.jpg"></p> <p><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i426/wilko1999/IMG_0645.jpg"></p> <p>Both great bikes, can't go wrong wither way to be fair. But here's my El Guapo before first ride last weekend. Awesome, pedals great and is fantastic on the way down, soaking up drops, jumps and cornering brilliantly. Built up to exactly 31 lb</p> <p>Have fun with the Covert, post up when its finished</p> <p>PS hope the photos come out, my first attempt at attaching photos on here... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3421544 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:32:15 +0000 honourablegeorge 3421544@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>dafoxster - Member<br /> Thanks for the comments. I took the plunge and went for a Large Black Transition Covert frame at £999.</p> <p>Now for the fork.</blockquote></p> <p>£999 is a good deal.... that makes for a whole different argument. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3421522 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:26:26 +0000 jimjam 3421522@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>dafoxster </p> <p>I'm tending towards the Transition. Thoughts? </blockquote></p> <p>Heavy and overpriced for what it is.</p> <p><blockquote>dafoxster I took the plunge and went for a Large Black Transition Covert frame at £999.</blockquote> </p> <p>Edit: Enjoy your new frame, <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> I'm sure it'll be great, that's a good price. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3421472 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:14:00 +0000 alfabus 3421472@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Marzocchi 55 RC3 Ti</p> <p>You knows it!</p> <p>Dave </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3421467 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:13:28 +0000 dafoxster 3421467@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the comments. I took the plunge and went for a Large Black Transition Covert frame at £999. </p> <p>Now for the fork. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3421277 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:29:04 +0000 chakaping 3421277@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Sancho +1.</p> <p>Resale value probably better on Covert too as Transition is a cool brand, Titus not. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3421259 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:22:45 +0000 honourablegeorge 3421259@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>brant - Member<br /> I think they're quite nice looking.</p> <p><a href="http://www.shedfire.com/2011/11/11/titus-el-guapo-x9-1999/" rel="nofollow">http://www.shedfire.com/2011/11/11/titus-el-guapo-x9-1999/</a></blockquote></p> <p>It's every bit as good-looking as the Covert. Which is kind of damnign with faint praise, but regardless, I don' think there's much to choose looks-wise.</p> <p><img src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/shedfire/9btugAmI0gVOzE6Vw0xaTfUvlwsMCS1SR2yF3dEEG8CJM7yOy3wQdKe15Itj/El_Guapo_X9.jpeg.scaled.500.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3421141 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:45:56 +0000 toys19 3421141@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Playing devil's advocate here (I liked the Covert myself when I demoed one) - what are the differences?</blockquote></p> <p>I chose the covert because I liked the look of it. If I did a blind test riding (if you could) I doubt I could tell the difference between it and the guapo. In the end it comes down to what you fancy..</p> <p>I wonder if the price difference is down to the shock? The rp23 is adored in these parts, I don't know anything about the monarch, but doesn't that tell you enough about what it's perceived worth is?<br /> (note you can get the covert cheap so I dunno if price comes into it) </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3421034 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:21:07 +0000 Sancho 3421034@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The Covert isn't a good looking bike, but it looks like its right, as though it is meant to look that way for the type of riding it's capable of.</p> <p>The El Guapo, which is a crap name anyway, just looks a mismatch of styles and angles,<br /> the cable routing is messy, the lines are all over the place and its just wrong.</p> <p>Don't mean to offend its just a personal opinion. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420985 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:06:35 +0000 alfabus 3420985@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Above all else, the EG is 899, the Covert is ~1400</blockquote></p> <p>I paid £900 for mine. Pretty sure you can still find the 2011 model at that price - only thing different is the lack of bolt through rear - can't say that has bothered me yet.</p> <p>Dave </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420974 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:04:01 +0000 brant 3420974@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I think they're quite nice looking. </p> <p><a href="http://www.shedfire.com/2011/11/11/titus-el-guapo-x9-1999/" rel="nofollow">http://www.shedfire.com/2011/11/11/titus-el-guapo-x9-1999/</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420964 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:56 +0000 alfabus 3420964@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>that Guapo just looks like a pile of sh*t.</blockquote></p> <p>haha, don't hold back, will you <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> say what you really mean.</p> <p>Dave </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420925 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:51:55 +0000 Sancho 3420925@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I know it's a personal thing and I have a Covert myself, but that Guapo just looks like a pile of sh*t.</p> <p>Its just butt ugly and wrong in so many ways.</p> <p>Its probably why its so cheap they can't give them away by the looks of it. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420924 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:51:52 +0000 honourablegeorge 3420924@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><img src="http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1056/ccdb3.gif"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420923 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:51:49 +0000 wrecker 3420923@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The EG is nice and cheap but will never get admiring glances like the covert will (if that's important to you!). Sometimes it's nice to be smitten with your bike rather than happy that you have saved some money. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420877 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:38:24 +0000 honourablegeorge 3420877@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>brant - Member</p> <p>Eg=£799</blockquote></p> <p>Right - so an EG with CCDB, two hundred quid in your pocket and a hundred for me.</p> <p>Where are you going to get a deal like that? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420864 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:37:02 +0000 brant 3420864@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Eg=£799 </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420852 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:33:44 +0000 wrecker 3420852@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>She rides better than she looks </blockquote><br /> Gizzago <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420847 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:32:08 +0000 honourablegeorge 3420847@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Playing devil's advocate here (I liked the Covert myself when I demoed one) - what are the differences?</p> <p>Travel and geometry are very similar, I think the EG looks every bit as good, suspension wise the EG is a proper 4-bar (IIRC) while the Covert is single pivot/linkage, the Covert comes with a Fox, the EG with a Monarch.....</p> <p>Above all else, the EG is 899, the Covert is ~1400. Are you at all tempted by an EG with a CCDB and two hundred quid in your pocket? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420815 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:22:51 +0000 dafoxster 3420815@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p> <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> I used google as well. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420811 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:22:08 +0000 honourablegeorge 3420811@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>dafoxster - Member<br /> So I think looking at the bikes here it's got to be the Covert.</p> <p>Black or Polished?</blockquote></p> <p>Not sure on your conclusion, given that nobody's posted an El Guapo... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420800 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:19:33 +0000 dafoxster 3420800@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>So I think looking at the bikes here it's got to be the Covert.</p> <p>Black or Polished? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420681 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:59:23 +0000 Trimix 3420681@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I have a 2011 covert frame for sale if you want. Medium in size. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420680 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:59:11 +0000 tops 5 3420680@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Loving my Covert <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p><img src="http://lp1.pinkbike.org/p4pb6779087/p4pb6779087.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420627 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:49:02 +0000 bol 3420627@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Bikes don't come any more right looking than that. Always going to play a part in the decision. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420596 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:43:51 +0000 alfabus 3420596@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Oh my, alfabus. She is a beauty.</blockquote></p> <p>She rides better than she looks <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420590 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:42:32 +0000 IA 3420590@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Just got an EG, only one ride so far but liking it a lot... rides more like the socom it's replacing DH than I expected it to*</p> <p>*a good thing. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420568 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:38:45 +0000 toys19 3420568@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>me also, and there are last years covert frames available for a [s]grand/[s] 1100.<br /> <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Transition-Covert-2011-Frame-Orange-Small-Fox-rp23-Rear-Shock-150mm-Travel-/260905048053">here</a> and <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Transition-Covert-6-Travel-Enduro-2011-/260884066728#ht_1819wt_956">here.</a><br /> Could also ask <a href="http://www.flyingfoxbikes.com/">pete moulding at flying fox</a> my mate bought a cheap one off them recently. </p> <p>Love mine, best bike ever.</p> <p><img src="http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r446/lukeandbeth/IMAG0322.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420565 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:38:26 +0000 wrecker 3420565@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Oh my, alfabus. She is a beauty. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420538 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:33:19 +0000 Bregante 3420538@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Not ridden either but if I was taking the plunge, I'd find the el guapo hard to resist at £800! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420381 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:03:53 +0000 PJM1974 3420381@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>There needs to be a wallet warning next to alfabus' photo.</p> <p>I want that bike... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420371 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:17 +0000 Kryton57 3420371@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Read the STW review of the Transition over there *points* </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420365 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:58:36 +0000 tallgavin 3420365@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Both great looking bikes. I know people who ride both and love 'em. Would seem that the Transition is a bit harder to peddle. I'd go El Guapo. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420360 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:57:46 +0000 alfabus 3420360@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eTjQ06MwNms/Tuh6aGsVvNI/AAAAAAAAId8/7Q0NZaKxH54/s800/2011-12-14%25252010%25253A27%25253A48%252520%25252B0000.jpg"></p> <p>Now with a Reverb and some orange pedals <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>Dave </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/narrowed-it-down-all-mountain-bike-decision#post-3420353 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:56:08 +0000 dafoxster 3420353@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I'm wavering between the following frames:</p> <p>Transition Covert<br /> Titus El Guapo</p> <p>I'm tending towards the Transition. Thoughts? </p>