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37 posts & 31 voices | Started 2 years ago by iamsporticus | Latest reply from qwerty

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iamsporticus - Member

After years away from the fun and scariness of HT's Ive decided that the pain of proper full suss maintenance just isnt for me so I want a new frame to build up

The thing is theres loads of choice and I cant decide

All I know is that I will be sticking a 130-140mm fork on it and going for a light-ish XC build
Im not doing the Alps and Im too chicken for mahoosive drops these days

So guys and gals give me your best pub talk prejudice and flannel
Six words max only per bike please
And if anyone actually knows what I should buy all the better LMAO

Soul (looks perfect)
Ragley's (look like tractors - sorry Brant)
Hummer
456 (love the Ti but prob more hardcore then I need)
Chameleon

Etc etc etc

Posted 2 years ago #
slowrider - Member

i just sold a marin rocky ridge frame but id heartily recommend one. it felt almost identical geo wise to my old chameleon but had a bit more give at the back and no faffy ebb/slidey dropout.

i love my sovereign, with 130/140 fork it has near perfect trail geo IMO, 68 h/a, decent reach etc but is built to handle far more. its not the lightest frame though so could well be overkill really.

Posted 2 years ago #
Jolly Green Giant - Member

If you`re not doing massive drops and want lightweight do you really need 130-140mm forks........?

Posted 2 years ago #
danti - Member

You know you need a Soul (6 words)

Posted 2 years ago #
whippersnapper - Member

i have a ti456 and a chameleon

chameleon - fun, quick, confidence inspiring, direct, (a tad) harsh
ti456 - fun, quick, confidence inspiring, direct, forgiving

Posted 2 years ago #
slowrider - Member

lol i ignored the rules, beer allows me to do this: FACT

Posted 2 years ago #
xc-steve - Member

I have a Chameleon would highly recommend one, done 60mile races to a week downhilling in the alps... wouldn't say that getting 140mm forks is pointless buuuuut, I have uturn pikes and the bike handles better at 120mm (bike is warrentied up to 150mm)... so would suggest getting 120mm reba's... over heavier 140mm ones.

Posted 2 years ago #
thomthumb - Member

connect to the trail
real biking
hone those skills

Posted 2 years ago #
rb - Member

Cove stiffee stunning perfect a quailty ride

Posted 2 years ago #
crispedwheel - Member

Orange P7 (rides perfect) - 4 words

Posted 2 years ago #
stonemonkey - Member

genesis alptitude- mine might be for sale

Posted 2 years ago #
TheSwede - Member

Chameleon. Pay attention you c@*t. Chameleon.

Posted 2 years ago #
b r - Member

For general riding I run 120mm maxle reba's on my 456Ti, great ride, but just try a steel 456 to see how it goes - cheap enough.

Posted 2 years ago #
bobster - Member

130-140mm and lightish XC????

If you want 130-140mm, from your list:

2008 Hummer - Best bike I've owned (Until)
2010 Hummer - Blows the 08 away

If 120mm will do - Genesis Altitude - very impressive, somewhere between above 2

Custom? - Curtis

Posted 2 years ago #
topangarider - Member

If you're running 130-140 forks up front, I reckon you need a steel frame (sweeping enough?!)

Soul
Whyte 19 steel (can you this as a frame? - 6 words)
Altitude

Posted 2 years ago #
Jezkidd - Member

Kinesis maxlight xc120 (Probably my most posted 3 words)

Posted 2 years ago #
mwleeds - Member

Simple, anything made by dialled bikes

Posted 2 years ago #
thatscold - Member

What wrong with Pace? I have a rc303 and love it.

Posted 2 years ago #
RRD - Member

Cove Stiffee - Childish name: Childish grin!

Posted 2 years ago #
RRD - Member

Bobster
2010 Hummer really that much better? I thought it was pretty much the same geometry, only asking as I'm tempted

Posted 2 years ago #
Northwind - Member

Soul- trail perfection, doesn't come cheap

Posted 2 years ago #
downgrade - Member

P7, not light but good. [Blank]

Posted 2 years ago #
topangarider - Member

What about that new steel pace number?

Posted 2 years ago #
scott_mcavennie2 - Member

Go and ride them and see which you prefer the feel of. Then go and buy a Prince Albert.

More than 6 words but who cares.

Posted 2 years ago #
iamsporticus - Member

All good advice
Particularly those who keep to the 6 word rule LOL

Current dilemmas:

There are too many choices to test ride them all

Why is a Soda over £1000 more than a Soul?

Whats the difference between all those Ragleys?

How badly do I want a Lynskey?

OT: Peak or Cannock tomorrow ??

Posted 2 years ago #
wors - Member

Ragley's (look like tractors - sorry Brant)

don't agree.

and ride like a dream

Posted 2 years ago #
boxelder - Member

Impulse buy then
It's made of unobtanium
about 457 Brant brain cells
Not badly enough
Macc/Three Shires Head area of Peak (ever been?)

Go for steel (853 is worth it), 100-120mm corrected and stick an adj travel fork on (sounds like you'll rarely need 130mm). Pick a nice colour.

Posted 2 years ago #
bullheart - Member

Whyte 19: Because you've balls like a horse (6 words)

Posted 2 years ago #
t-p 26 - Member

mwleeds, he is talking the truth (there you go 6 words)

Posted 2 years ago #
alexpalacefan - Member

456-Best bike I ever had

A

Posted 2 years ago #
djglover - Member

Whyte 19 Cos if you dont your gay

Posted 2 years ago #
seth-enslow666 - Member

Where is the mandatory Inbred reccomendation?

Posted 2 years ago #
seth-enslow666 - Member

UM someone said 456 while I was typing thats close enough!

Posted 2 years ago #
simonfbarnes - Member

ride a bike soon

Posted 2 years ago #
Northwind - Member

"Where is the mandatory Inbred reccomendation? "

"Not strong enough any more- official"

Posted 2 years ago #

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