I'd be interested in any recommended hardtails and fork length for mainly South Downs, Isle of Wight. Mostly xc stuff. Having ridden all my life on rigid forks, thought I might enjoy a bit of squish at the front!
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Posted 11 months ago #
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I ride that stuff plus surrey Hills and love my Whyte 905.
As they are now over £1500 I would bloody well hope so. a 901 prob delivers the same smiles for les £££
UK trail hardtail is the niche you are looking for (i believe), 120mm fork, slackish head angle ~68 +/- and lots mud clearance.
Charge do a good one, Genesis Core ( get a basic one and it is much cheaper than mine) and I dare say others...
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On One Inbred
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I love my On-one Scandal for south down's rides, bit lighter than the inbred for those long drags uphill.
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carrera fury , despite what people may say its a great bike with good kit.
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+1 for the Whyte 905, equally at home on long XC rides or short mucking around rides, I spent this evening riding up and down the same wee bits of singletrack just to see how fast I could hit the corners.
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carrera fury , despite what people may say its a great bike with good kit.
+1 My son has one and it's a hoot, good kit amd can easily take forks out to 140mm if you want.
Posted 11 months ago # -
singular swift-can still get away with a rigid fork- someone is selling a large one at the moment on the classifieds (not me by the way!)
if not into 29ers cotic soul?
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Scandal, Boardman?
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seems like 100 - 120mm forks then. I forgot to mention that i am 5'4" and have an instep of 28" so would need to be quite small......so does anyone have such a beast for sale?
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well i'm 5ft 5 and a quarter
and am ordering a 16" charge duster mid bike 100mm travel.have read some great things about the frame.would definitely be capable of the riding you are going to do (i ride marlbrough downs/ridgeway/salisbury plain)
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scraprider - Member
"carrera fury , despite what people may say its a great bike with good kit."
I could not find one of these for love or money but would deffo have had a ride. MIght have saved me £600!
I am a 29" inside leg on a medium Whyte at 5'9" tall. the seattube and cranks are OK, but on climbs it could be a bit longer in headtube.
whatever bike you get I would go for a Small with the stem adjested to suit.
Posted 11 months ago # -
buy my 16" ragley blue pig?
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As they say - small Whyte 901 - all you ever need. One of our customers bought one for racing and ended up using it all the time. Left his £3.5K full susser in the garage!
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I have an 18" one on 456ss for sale in the classifieds
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Josh1982, any pics of the blue pig ?
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inbred 456 18" for sale
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My bro bought a cube ltd team (no its not us on the other thread!) with 100mm travel forks, great finishing kit, tips in at under a grand! It's got quite a flash paint job but it rides really well, a good, fast bike.
I had a Carerra Fury it was ok, better on road than on trails. I guess it didn't suit the kind of riding I wanted to do. I traded it in against an Orange Crush which is now my do it all bike and belive me it does it all!Posted 10 months ago # -
Another vote for the Whyte's. Mines just an 805, but it's just brilliant.
Posted 10 months ago # -
456 Summer Season.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Ooh! A whyte frenzy
Here's mine. A 19. If I had to have just one bike - this is it (or later years).
Posted 10 months ago # -
The Whytes look great, but don't hey have quite a high standover height for their size?
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Whyte....alumnium.....are hey harsh or is it worth going for the steel?
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cotic soul
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I doubt a Soul would dissapoint, run at 120mm would make nice light xc machine with a bit in reserve for the odd mad moment.
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I liked my first Whyte 19 (the same as the one above) so much I bought two more (one with carbon seat stays and a Ti) and I couldn't bear to part with any of them.
Edit: and as for the steel I thought it felt heavy and sluggish compared to the others, the Carbon, on the other hand was a total dream.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Swear by my s works... most comfort hardtail I have ridden! and I have ridden a few...
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