Is that an off the shelf stock size?
Sort of. It's a stock large, just with the seat tube cut down to 15"
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Posted 5 months ago #
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Another Nicolai fan here. "only" a Helius CC in my case (approx 140 travel f+r) but more than capable of what I get up to.
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If you dont mind me asking how tall are you?
looking to get one myself .
thanks
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Who, me?
6' 1" and ride a large. If anything I could do with it being slightly longer in the top tube but stand over height is about spot on. They are similar in dimensions to a Heckler, if that's any use.
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Sorry i meant - geetee1972
Posted 5 months ago # -
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.
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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.
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on of thems,
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Get over to France and buy one of these, thats what Im considering
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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 1x10 or 1x9, 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.
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