2012 bikes/bits, whats caught your eye?

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2012 bikes/bits, whats caught your eye?
tang
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Esp all you 29er riders, but anything else coz its all good!

Posted 12 years ago

will
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Giant xtc 29er in carbon!

Posted 12 years ago

RustySpanner
Full Member

Trek.

Only company that appears to have dropped their prices.

Had a quick look at some of the 2012 models in my LBS this afternoon, they look very nice indeed.

Posted 12 years ago

roddi18
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Scott spark, normal wheels though!

Posted 12 years ago

tang
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Any lighter weight 100mm 29 fs out this year, pref frame only? Hope the Ibis turns up at eurobike, should be good for a drool.

Posted 12 years ago

tazzymtb
Full Member

the new niner carbon full boingy looks pant wettingly good

Posted 12 years ago

tang
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Sure does….looking at a bit lower down the price scale.

Posted 12 years ago

Rorschach
Free Member

and this

Posted 12 years ago

tazzymtb
Full Member

salsa are rubbish, you’d never catch me owning one of them

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
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I’m looking forwards to the exploding 29er wheels.

Posted 12 years ago

tazzymtb
Full Member

the carbon ‘zocchi looks ace as well

and the RM carbon hardtail

Posted 12 years ago

tang
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What’s the raw fs? Looks purposeful.

Posted 12 years ago

tazzymtb
Full Member

I’m looking forwards to the exploding 29er wheels.

😆

Posted 12 years ago

tang
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Come on stu bet you have your eye on something.

Posted 12 years ago

tazzymtb
Full Member

What’s the raw fs? Looks purposeful.

salsa horsethief, it’s the replacement for the big mama

Posted 12 years ago

tang
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Horsethief? What a marvelous name.

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
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tang – Member

Come on stu bet you have your eye on something.

TBH.I’m trying not to look at any new stuff as i’m trying to save some cash for a custom built Nicolai tandem frame.

Though some of the 140mm full suss 29ers that are due out look kind of tempting as an alternative to my last remaining 26er. 😕

Posted 12 years ago

tang
Free Member

dont fancy the veinetta on classifieds? have nic done a tandem before?

Posted 12 years ago

uplink
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Horsethief? What a marvelous name.

Maybe named after the Horsethief Bench trail near Fruita?

I struggled to walk down this bit that drops you into it 🙂

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi6leReJEM0[/video]

Posted 12 years ago

Garry_Lager
Full Member

In 29er land:

Posted 12 years ago

backcountrybiking
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Kona Honzo ?

Posted 12 years ago

tang
Free Member

Are they the US version of tons northern ‘can you ride this’ posse?

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
Full Member

The veinatta’s the wrong size for us.

Nic sent me a few drawing of custom tandems.
One of them was a 180mm rear travel that was built to take a Boxxer fork 😯

We’re looking at a more sensible 150mm rear for a 170 fork.

Posted 12 years ago

tang
Free Member

Nothing sensible about that, but sounds like great fun!

Posted 12 years ago

doof_doof
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Posted 12 years ago

uplink
Free Member

Does that need the long cage mech?

Looks good apart from that

Posted 12 years ago

bjj.andy.w
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The 9-36 tooth hope cassette looks interesting.

Posted 12 years ago

simon_g
Full Member

Stumpjumper FSR Comp Evo is looking pretty good if it ships as previewed with a dropper post, wide bars, 20mm Revs, 2×10 with bash, etc and hits the sub-28lb mark and sub-£2k price. One of the few bikes I’ve seen for next year that I don’t think I’d want to change anything on straight out of the box. Colours are a bit more subdued for next year too:

http://www.vitalmtb.com/product/feature/2012-Specialized-Stumpjumper-FSR-Expert-Carbon-EVO,66

Could tempt me back on to a full sus for the first time in over a decade.

Posted 12 years ago

Rorschach
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Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
Full Member

Rorschach.

Were you sat on the pan when you took that picture? 😯

Posted 12 years ago

OCB
Free Member

Quite keen to see how that new Genesis (Solitude) 29er turns out, once they’ve finished fiddling with it.

Lots of (subjective) appeal – black, skinny steel tubed 29er – what’s not to like?

Tho’ with the next batch of Gryphon’s having rack eyes, the short-list for the 2012 bike-build is getting longer …

Posted 12 years ago

ahwiles
Free Member

camber 29er.

(if speccy decide to let me buy one)

Posted 12 years ago

chakaping
Free Member

Trek slash looks good, full carbon Spicy with normal BB shell could be my ideal bike if I had a spare £5k kicking around

think I’ll be getting a discounted 2011 bike instead though!

Posted 12 years ago

tang
Free Member

http://forums.mtbr.com/29er-bikes/29er-news-thread-724642.html

this thread has some great lookers. the ktm looks good.

Posted 12 years ago

tomaso
Free Member

Just got some 2012 Deore brakes, not posh at all but at £43 each end they offer great power and Shimano reliability. Have to get used to how strong the initial bite is and stop locking up but one finger braking is a doddle.

Posted 12 years ago

coastkid
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Surly Moonlander, even more fat than the pugsley, this will fly on the dunes 😀
Got ma pre order in… 😉

[/url] Fat6 by coastkid71, on Flickr[/img]

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeeddan
Free Member

This has caught my eye, particularly if a singlespeed/alfine version was available. Also liking the look of that genesis 29er.

Posted 12 years ago

OCB
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tang
http://forums.mtbr.com/29er-bikes/29er-news-thread-724642.html
this thread has some great lookers. the ktm looks good.

Thanks for posting that.
There are some interesting looking bikes over on that thread and some right ole’ horrors of course too! 😛

(Subjectively) Most usefully … there’s more Genesis pictures linked from it – an’ I’m liking the classic simplicity of it the more I see it.

Posted 12 years ago