If you dont mind me asking how tall are you?

looking to get one myself .

thanks

Not a problem – I am just under 6ft tall, but I am really long in the, ahem, torso and have short legs. I have a mate who is about an inch shorter than me and every time we swap bikes I still have to put his saddle down.

For that reason I ride the large with the short seat tube but other people around the 5ft 10″ to 6ft mark might well prefer a medium.

Where are you located? I always like to offer a test ride if possible and could arrange this if you were either in the Peak or SE.

I recommend the bike I own, obviously.

Though, if I was to take this seriously, I really would- love my Hemlock, it’s a kind of archetypal AM bike- race downhill, ride XC, feel good doing both.

Closest equivalents I’ve found are the Alpine- which achieves similiar descending with more travel but loses out a wee bit everywhere else- and the Helius AM, which felt better on silly rough stuff but didn’t climb that well, as the one I rode didn’t have a rear mech or chain. But, might be better at that stuff if it did.

Wouldn’t mind a shot of a Covert and a Reign X.

on of thems,

Get over to France and buy one of these, thats what Im considering

In relation to the Nicolai’s, which I would also recommend. I have a medium, but I I was speccing or looking now I’d get a large. In fact if speccing new I’d go large top tube, med seat tube. The reasoning is I like to run 760 bars and a 50mm stem. The TT on a med is just shy of 23″, the large just over 23″.

On my med I have to have the saddle further back on a layback post than I’d prefer, I’m 5’10.5″

Either fits fine, the large has about 0.5″ higher seat tube, same stand over.

I echo other comments on the bike, just works, great, love it, mashing gnarr of pedalling. mine is 31lbs with a hammerschmidt, 12mm Maxle rear and dropper post. Easy 29lbs 1×10 or 1×9, 30lbs without a

I’ve raced mine in a number of SuperEnduros and done 75mile a day hikes across the lakes, takes it all in it’s stride.

Speak to Rich at gravity sports if you want to look for one s/h or new.