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Those 5 Spots on CRC...

20 posts & 14 voices | Started 6 months ago by elliott-20 | Latest reply from cheese@4p

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elliott-20 - Member

Holy crap, one dropped on my doorstep today!

I must say I'm pretty excited with my first full suss. Contrary to what seems the norm for my height (5' 10") and after much deliberation I went for a medium in raw. The large looked like a gate and too much of a difference from my medium Chameleon. I prefer a more short, upright, snappy position and quickly putting it together tonight it feels pretty similar.

Would like to swap out the RP23 for a coil at some point and need to get new hoses etc but look forward to hitting the trails this weekend.

Unfortunately I'm a one bike guy so needless to say I shall be selling the Cham at some point but I will be sad to see it go and then probably regret it for the rest of my life

Posted 6 months ago #
thepodge - Member

Hora will buy your chameleon

Posted 6 months ago #
elliott-20 - Member

thepodge - Member
Hora will buy your chameleon

Posted 6 months ago #
MoseyMTB - Member

Let's have a peek at it in the flesh then??????

Posted 6 months ago #
elliott-20 - Member

MoseyMTB - Member
Let's have a peek at it in the flesh then??????

I need to cut the grass and paint the fence first.

Posted 6 months ago #
coogan - Member

I have a medium raw 5 Spot. You'll enjoy it. An awesome bike. Although buying mine the end of 2009 meant a much larger dent on the wallet! Total bargain price those on CRC just now. Kinda crippled my re-sell value! But ain't planning to selling it anyhow thankfully.

Posted 6 months ago #
hora - Member

markhoracekuk at yahoo.com

Posted 6 months ago #
elliott-20 - Member

Okay folks, here it is. Thankfully most parts moved over from the Cham apart from a few cables. Still not convinced by the RP23 but then I'm a coil man and the rear brake is giving me a bit of ball ache (seems too soft) but apart from that I'm as happy as Larry with it.

Posted 5 months ago #
wwaswas - Member

Bike looks great

Your fence has subsidence

Posted 5 months ago #
greeble - Member

the rp23 is a very cabalble shock. play with it a bit longer and you'll like it.

Posted 5 months ago #
crofts2007 - Member

@ hora, you've gone quiet on the email front; is my offer still under consideration?

Posted 5 months ago #
Duggie Style - Member

Nice bike!

the rp23 is a very cabalble shock. play with it a bit longer and you'll like it

If you re not a whippet, swapping to a low volume air sleeve makes it much more progressive too. There is also a great(and cheaper than a new air sleeve) shim mod for the shock over on MTBR Turner forum.

Posted 5 months ago #
heihei - Member

Adding a CCDB to these makes a massive difference. I know someone who may be interested in doing you a swap + some cash........

Posted 5 months ago #
timc - Member

elliott-20 - Member
I must say I'm pretty excited with my first full suss

elliott-20 - Member
Still not convinced by the RP23 but then I'm a coil man

Hey??

Posted 5 months ago #
MoseyMTB - Member

ah, that,s a mint looking bike. Wish i'd held off buying the Trance X frame saved some cash and bought one of these.

Posted 5 months ago #
elliott-20 - Member

Thanks people

Yes, TimC, when you put it like that it does sound like a oxymoron but I was inferring to the simplicity of coil (i've always ran coil forks) over the faff of air and trying to get the right pressure.

heihei - sounds interesting. Let me know.

Posted 5 months ago #
fozzyuk - Member

Which 5 spots are they couldn't find them on CRC are they no longer on offer ?

Posted 5 months ago #
sefton - Member

good stuff!

I'm 5 10 and have a medium flux - its all good baby

Posted 5 months ago #
elliott-20 - Member

fozzyuk - they were on offer about 2 weeks ago. You needed to be quick.

Posted 5 months ago #
cheese@4p - Member

I grabbed one, the frame looks lovely but Im resisting building it up until Springtime. My old spot should make it through another Winter.

Posted 5 months ago #