First post on here, looking for some guidance…I recently sold a Scott Aspect 50 which I bought a couple of years ago and never got on with. It always felt like I was leaning too much on my arms and made my neck muscles hurt.
Anyway, I’ve been looking for something decent quality that is more comfortable to ride and not too expensive (sub £500) and the Ramin One struck me as an interesting option. For the money I have, the forks I would get would be pretty average at best so maybe I’m better going with the Ramin One 2014 for £380, which has fairly decent components and getting a decent suspension fork later.
I was in Evans today but they didn’t have any Ramin Ones. I tried another 29er and the guy there was recommending I go with a Medium (my Scott was a Large) since, although I am 181cm tall, I am more leg than body. 🙂 It makes sense – get the bigger pedal-seat distance of the 29er without having to stretch too far forward for the handelbars. The top bar distance on the Medium Ramin One is 585mm, which is identical to the Large Scott Aspect 50.
Anyway, they’ve ordered me in a Medium 2014 one to try (no Large ones in stock) so we’ll see how that goes…