Just finished my new Ragley mmmbop last night and took it out today for a test ride. Pedaled up a huge road climb and took it down a proper downhill track. I was impressed with the climbing when the fork was wound down to 100mm. I found it just as comfortable as my trek fuel for the climb, but the big tires dragged it down a bit. Within the first 5 minutes of the descent, I proceeded to blow out brake fluid from a brand new avid elixer caliper (lever straight to the bar), pinch flat a 2.5" front tire on a flow rim, and break something inside my rockshox rev. The fork now dives through the first 40mm of travel and makes a clanking noise each time it passes this point in the travel. Mind you, I've been riding these same trails on an older Trek fuel ex for a couple years with no serious issues, and then first time out on a so called "hardcore hardtail" and all this happens... WTF??? I think the slack head angle and longer fork than what I'm used to gave me the balls to go bigger and faster than normal and that's why I ****ed it up. definetely regret not stepping up the the lyric which at the time I had the oppurtunity to get for 30 quid more. So far, I'm not overly impressed with the mmmbop, I think the shyte test ride and all the damage left me with a bad first impression, but I'm hoping it will grow on me!
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First ride on MMMbop (first impressions)
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Posted 1 year ago #
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So your riding style on a HT and component failures = bad frame?
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"So your riding style on a HT and component failures = bad frame?"
Absolutely not, It's a great frame actually, but a crap first ride and and if there's anything I have to blame it would be the revelation fork which took a Sh=*& in the first five minutes of use. Also, it was the first time on a hardtail with a long fork and it just felt a little wierd coming from riding full suspension bikes!
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Don't blame the components, blame the rider.
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yeah agreeing with chunky here. Seems as though it did what it says on the tin though?
I think the slack head angle and longer fork than what I'm used to gave me the balls to go bigger and faster than normal
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It took me a couple of weeks and some frustration to get used to my mmmbop. But now i love it, but some people don't and thats fair enough. You need to ride the fork more.
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Possibly slightly optimistic to ride a dh run to shake down your bike build. Hope it gets better.
Posted 1 year ago #
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