Wow!! forget the weight, looks like you've well and truly **** up the geometry and handling of a nice enough jump frame with your schitzo build.. and i'm being nice considering what you've done to the aesthetics 
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My bike weighs a ton and im horribly unfit...
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Posted 3 years ago #
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Its not the 2008/2009 production version, its the original prototype corrected for 130-150mm fork as opposed to the production jump bike corrected for 100-130mm. Its what the 2008/9 hardtail was going to be before they did the prolite for xc and the pred for dj/4x apparently.
It rides pretty well as an all mountain hardtail and ive hit most the gaps at kinver on it before. Its no xc race bike mind.
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Something with a lot steeper seat tube would make pedalling much easier?
Or a pair of Talas to drop the front and get the same effect?
Or a longer frame, if you're 6'2", it's a pretty piddly frame.
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A Thomson would push your weight forward a fair bit and help your climbing and would be a bit more out of the way for descending as well, but as everyone else said, change the tyres (or at least the back one) supertacky's are murder if you have to pedal the bike at all.
If you have the cash a 2nd set of lighter wheels might make life a bit nicer as well.
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The top tube is 23.5ish which feels about right as i have very long legs and a short body. The seat tube angle is pretty slack to be fair. But i cant really afford to change the frame. Its awesome on the DH's anyway which is the only reason i pedal uphill anyway really.
The Forks are talas 100-130-160mm.
I have got a rear XT on 717 that i was considering getting a matching front for - however i tend to ride through stuff rather than around it so i dont know how long they would last?
Think some harder compound tyres will be a good start. A Thompson whichwhat? seat post?
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Intresting bike, as above go with a thomson inline (?) drop a couple of spacers or run a low rise bar or 0 degree stem, it will help the climbing a bit if that is where you have the seat post normally.
Tyres
have a look at, all on crc website
Maxxis Advantage - FR From £17.99
Tioga Blue Dragon Magnum 66 From £17.99
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=5464
Tioga Yellow Kirin Magnum 66 From £19.99
used one of these most of last summer, decent tyre, survived the prynees, and i think did well in STW test of tyres
WTB WeirWolf Comp Tyre
no idea what they are like but cheap
WTB Mutano Raptor From £11.00but one persons tyre recommendation is anothers living hell.
Good luck and tell us howe you go on
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What's this Jon, you getting tempted to ride uphill as well as down!
I'm not surprised you're slow with supertackys, I've got a pair of 2.25 Crossmarks in 60a and they're hardwork for general CX duties, but really good at CyB and the like. For more general XC rides mega soft tyres take such an effort to keep moving that you can't get up to speed to use the extra grip.
If you want I've got some panaracer rampages you could borrow. Have moved over to stans and don't trust them to stay on the rim without a tube inside after a couple of issues with a pair of fire xc's i've got. Let me know if you fancy trying em.
Mavic 719's would be my rim of choice, a bit more robust than 717's and the extra width is good for bigger tyres, only a bit heavier as well.
I can take you out on a training circuit with Matt if you like, I'm sure we'd soon have you in shape...
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