Help, i’m in a quandry about what steel hardtail frame i’d like my for xmas, i’ve generous parents who are doing okay, luckily for me.
I liked my brothers 97 Kona Kindercone, and the Cotic Soul I tried reacently at Dales Bikes (lovely people) in the Yorkshire Dales seemed to combine the niceness of older steel frames with ‘confident angles’, but having slightly dodgy elbows, i’m wondering if the potential 160mm travel of a 456 could be a better option, with me being perhaps able to buy lighter weight wheels eventually to make up for a heavier frame. I’d have to contribute some of the money towards a Soul, but that’s no hardship.
The Rock Lobster seems like it’s a little bit more old school than a Soul or 456, in having reccomended travel for shorter forks, and being possibly more ‘stretched and flat’ maybe than the Soul and 456, and while i’m at it, what are 1010 Kona Explosifs like, what travel forks can they take?
Has anybody any thoughts to help me decide what frame i’d like for xmas?
Thanks,
Tim