good evening to you all, im a bit stuck on a new frame. I’m looking for something which i can throw about but also take on long rides, 160mm travel is what id like, i’ve been looking at a few and these have caught my eye; corsair marque, orange alpine 160, spesh sx trail, norco fluid. But truthfully theres just too many out there.

Can anyone recommend anything which may suit my needs 🙂

cheers joe

Go down to 150mm and buy a heckler – like my old prophet but better 🙂

How much are you looking to spend? I am guessing around £1500 ish

possibly Upto 1500, but may look at picking the frame up ‘used’

never really though of a heckler but will definatly look into that! thanks!

See if you can get a used trek remedy or a spesh enduro. Good bikes, good value. If you want boutique shiney, maybe a turner 5 spot or the new knolly chilcotin.

goog is selling a trek remedy frame in large with a boost valve shock for £500

Robs right..

Get a Heckler.

Great bit of kit..

Ragley blue pig should sort you out, bloomin good dh and just fine for all day missions climbs well too. Full bike builds coming out soon.

awww heckler love in 🙂

Loving mine Nick

remendy’s and hecklers decisions decisions 🙂 thanks guys giving me more options now rather than just going out and blowing money on rubbish!

If you want a bike for long rides I’d rule out the SX Trail. I have one, it’s a great bike for messing about on, but a real slog up any noteworthy hill!

I am completely biased, but these are killer
http://www.tamedearth.com/shop/2010-knolly-endorphin-sale/
If it’s your size just buy it.

meta 5

Another vote for Heckler. Run mine with Talas 160/120. A bike for all occasions.

Transition Covert?

Tracer.

I get all gushy on the subject but I can’t recommend the Cotic Hemlock too highly, absolutely superb machine.

Santa Cruz Nomad, great all rounder, and can be built up fairly light,

I preferrd mine to the Heckler, climbs better and is quicker to ride,

and not as flexy at the rear, the Alpine 160 felt heavy/ sluggish to me

compared to the Nomad. I have an Orange 5 at the moment , great bike

but the Nomad is better, IMHO. 😀

If I had the money I would change back to the Nomad without

hesitation.

5 Spot with a coil shock is well worth a good look too. I’d say that as I have one of course. Just go try as many as you can really, plenty of choice out there.

jeffus

i thought you had a Nomad? Why have you gone to an orange 5?

what about a marin quake? Get them with shocks on ebay about £400. Make sure to get 12mm dropouts (or whatever takes your fancy)

Np mega, I like that knolly Chcotin too

i had the same quandry. i settled on another bottlerocket. i ride it to work/ for coaching and riding herts etc too.
suits me bang on

I would say a Transition Covert – I know folk who use them for downhilling but also as an all day bike. Not too heavy, can take serious punishment and a good pedaller.

I have Lyriks on my Heckler. With the fork wound down it climbs pretty well. Point it downhill and it just loves it.

Five with coils both ends?

sBrock, I lost my job a while back so I sold the Nomad to pay the bills,

got another job and bought an Orange Strange 5, the protoype to the

latest 5, nice bike does most things pretty good, but I do miss the

Nomad, it suited me really well, my two most favourite bikes are the

Nomad and I also had a P7 which was fantastic but killed my back 😀

Nomad hopefully next year, the new NP Mega looks like a goodone to

think about.

This guy has been trying to sell this
http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/763022/
for a while and you could probably get it for a snip.I’m surprised he hasn’t e mailed you already!
No idea what they’re like.

All mountain or all trail centres?

Mojo HD

+ Several = Heckler

Lapierre Spicy.

Another vote for Heckler. Run mine with Talas 160/120. A bike for all occasions.

+Wot he said

+1 for the Nomad. Astonishing climbing ability for a bike you can also go downhill racing on.

the Norco fluid and fluid LT get good reviews and is quite cheap as they are not considered bling.

which is nice as mine was cheap.

i like it alot.

+1 for the Nomad – a truely awesum bike that can fly done the hills as you expect but equally happy to climb back up them.
Used frame would be in your price range and if owners are anything like me it will be lovingly looked after every single day.

Yeti ASR 7 from Evolution

Dunno your budget, but you want need a Nicolai Helius AM.

The clue is in the title of your post – All Mountain.