Pitches have always had 150mm travel and 140mm Pikes. I have sized down with my pitch because it is a larking about kind of bike. I'm 6' so should be on a large (and would be if I were buying a stumpy or indeed a mount vision) but I ride a medium and its fine even for long days out.

And as for putting 36s on one they are fantastic. The bike rides much better with the floats than it did with the Pikes.

Grum from here has 36 vans on his Flamejob has 36 talas and you will probably find they both say the same about the forks as I am.

Shouldnt it be the Specialized 'Mondeo'? 😉

I test rode the enduro they were based on, the large is veryyyyyyyyy long (I'm 6ft with stumpy legs), even the medium felt more like a DH race bike than the freeride bike people keep claiming it is.

Yours must be lighter than that. My KHS is 31lbs and after lifting your bike to put it on the roof of the car it was a lot lighter than the KHS and having that little ride a medium would do me and im 6' 2"ish.

I bought a 2008 pitch and spent a lot of time deciding between medium and large. Eventually went for a large (I'm 6 foot) and dropped to a 40mm stem. Its a great bike. If I have one disappointment it's that the wheelbase is so long that I think a set of Fox 36 would probably ruin the bike by making the wheelbase even longer. l_ache is right, the wheels are crap and mine lasted 6 months before I put a nice set of pro2 \ ZTR arch on it

I run 150 revs on mine, which I keep wound down to 140 most of the time. I'm sure it rides fine with a 160 fork, but I find it a bit to imprecise for the riding I do most of the time on it.

As others have said, they are about 31lbs stock, but I've got my large down under 30lbs without going too mad, and it's still prety burley.

I'd echo what others have said about sizing. I 6ft4 and happy on a size large.

Seems like a reasonable excuse to post a pic 🙂

Oi that was my wikkid awsum skillz not the bike! 😉

Yup some decent forks will make a massive difference – they looked pretty basic.

st are those 66s set at 170?

I never got round to trying mine with that much travel because I need to ride uphill on it too.

How does it ride now?

Ohh, just had a look at the pic of STs Comp – I see you have a coil shock – What shock is it, a DHX or a Vanilla? Does it make a big difference to the ride? I've been thinking of one of those myself… 🙂

l_ache, they are 66s at 180mm, headtube hasn't snapped off yet ;o0

PeterPoddy, I fitted the DHX4 before going mad with the single ring and big forks, did a Lakes ride and a few shorter local rides on it and it was ok. I bought it thinking I could upgrade to a Ti spring when money allowed. The feel was great albeit a bit bobby on climbs but it was like that with the X-Fusion shock it came with originally. I prefer the feel of coil shocks to air having tried the same on a Heckler I had a while back. Worth the extra weight on a bike like this I reckon.

I've no reason to think the stock Alex rimmed wheels where likely to fail but I had some wheels with Sun SAS rims from another bike and went off Shimano cup and cone hubs a long while back so swapped the wheels over.

It's had 710mm bas since I got the bike and they are ace, 50mm stem fitted from new too which is a bit short for longer rides but not for having fun on.

I like the Pitch a lot. It's great fun built up as pictured but I now know that if (when) I have a change of heart I can swap some stuff around and turn it back into a more regular riding bike. Versatile is the way I'd describe it, compromised is what other STW users might say.