duir – Member
@ duir
the ha of the 5spot with the revelation is 68.5, do you consider this steep for a trail bike?
On paper and visually yes but no offence intended I am just investigating several 5"ish frames with a view to building up a new bike and wanted some real world feedback on the ride. Have to travel a long way round here to get a demo bike to ride.
When you say "Trail Bike" what does that mean?
no offense taken, sorry if it came across that way.
i also did a lot of research on 5'ish bikes. i was looking for 68 ha 13.5 bb. the spot is .5 out on the ha and .2 on the bb. my last bike (canfield balance) had a 66 ha 13.5 bb. so to be honest the first time down the steep shoot on the spot i was pouting a bit 😀 but i came out smiling. this may have a lot to do with the fork also, as it doesn't dive through its travel. i was very happy at speed (not gone that fast since last summer) didn't feel twitchy at all.
trail bike: something that can be ridden up, down, under, over or through anything. well nearly, i have ridden
rock garden on a downhill bike that made me more than pout! 😯
@fd
nice build. are you running your float at 150 or 140?