Seem to be plenty of 100mm and 140mm but a shortage of 120mm. Or am I imagining it?

Thanks. 🙂

Yes.

Camber for one.

Turner Flux are going cheap on CRC at the mo. 120mm up front make them an awesome singletrack machine.

Commencal meta SL

Scott spark

Kona Tanuki

But maybe not bling enough for you though 😉

Check March edition of MBR. £2000 test on Trek Fuel, Specialized Camber, Giant Trance and Ghost something-or-other.

Buy the Specialized.

Thanks for the replies!

juan – are you insinuating that I’m a bike tart? 😉 How are you?

Loving my Spark at the moment!

That Yeti looks cool though!

I went up 10mm and got the Transition Bandit.

Big fan of the Yeti (had a 100mm ASR-SL) and nearly bought that, but went with the Bandit as a better all-rounder (downhill particularly).

Trek EX8

I didn’t like the Camber. enjoyed riding the fuel-ex though. Good bike.
The yeti for the bling factor, the flux for the best ride.

Missus has a Camber and loves it – as do I. So much so that I sold my Trance.

my missus has a camber as well, and she loves it! it is lots of fun and a lot easier to pedal than my heckler. i keep trying to borrow it.

That Yeti is rather nice and black too. 8)

Cannondale Rize

That Yeti is rather nice and black too.

Mmm… carbon..

Santa cruz nickel ?

Whyte T-120?

buy my flux in the classifieds… it’s super-bling and set up with 120mm at the front… rides like a dream!

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/34675/Yeti-ASR-5-Alloy-2011—Full-Suspension-MTB-Frame–Various-Colours-.html

They have a small in Blue for £1250

or the Bike Chain do 10% for all Premier types.

voting for own bike content…

Ghost AMR

+1 for the Ghost AMR.

I’ve got a 2012 5900. Not quite as good spec as last year’s model, but a helluva lot of fun descending.

Camber pro 2011 – £1500 from Specialized Concept Store Birmingham. Love it.

Remind me why you sold your Superlight, CG….. 🙂

juan – are you insinuating that I’m a bike tart? How are you?

No just insinuating you like bling light and efficient stuff 😉
As good as someone who lost his job 🙁

Ghost AMR 5900 +1

CRC got one of the better spec 2011 miss AMRs reduced:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=55135&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=UnitedKingdom

Lol @ Mr Poddy and who said I was buying? Just like to know what’s around, should the need arise. 😆

Superlight had a short top tube but it was the right colour. 😉

The meta SL is a light 120 mm trail bike going down like a FR bike due to it’s system and it’s geometry. It will need some adjustment though, specially to get use to ride on the front of the bike. But once you get use to it, IT’S AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what about a 29er hard tail instead?

I’ve been looking into this though I agree with CG. There seem to be very few 120mm front & back FS frames out there. So I’d be interested to hear peoples ideas…

Don’t bother with new. Get yourself a lovely Nicolai Helius CC. Can be run anywhere between 100-140mm ish front and rear. There’s been a few on the classifieds recently and, with a 5 year transferrable warranty 2nd hand is a viable option. I love mine.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-nicolai-helius-cc-2009-medium-frame-1

Yeti is 130mm travel but love the paintwork of that Nicholai. 8)

29er is no good for me, just want to know what XC options there are and it would need to be frame only.

juan – yes, light and efficient sounds much kinder. 🙂 Still no luck on the job front then, you might just have to come back to the UK cos we know you miss us. 😀

Thanks for suggestions so far.

ps – Intense Spider 2 and (probably) Intense Carbine SL are both around 120mm front and rear.

Trek EX8 as above awesome.Great in the silver and red.

i run a 2012 Cannondale RZ120 – 120 front and rear was £1,500 new and i love it!!

although i wish i had gone longer travel and second hand – serves me right for being so impatient

If you want light and efficient 120mm, Its the ASR-5, Dale RZ120, or Trek ex IMO. I tested them all 6 months ago.

Again IMO, the Yeti blew the others of the water for balance and ride. I would have the Trek otherwise, although this years fork (with DRCV) is a bit marmite so I’ve heard.

Mondraker Factor?

There’s a lovely 2011 Trek EX9 15.5″ frame on the classifieds now!