Nearly 17st here, my 575 was pretty flexy, Maverick ML7/5 was stiff as a board and my current Epiphany seems pretty stiff too, despite what I had read.
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What full suss frame for a heavy rider?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Tomac Vanish? 160mm travel, around £1100 from CRC. Might be worth a look as an alternative to a Orange.
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Transporter - I'm not being funny here, just curious.
You weigh 165kg/26 stone.
What rims are you running? How do they take the constant kicking?
I weigh 18st and I'm always knocking the bastards out!
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ton - im 26 stone mate and have just bought a scott voltage fr 30 2011
mainly because
it has adjustable rear dropouts...qr/12mm/10mm bolt through as well as adjusting the wheelbase
it has a 1.5 headtube....so i can run angled reducer cups if i want to adjust the headangle..it is 65 degrees at the mo' but with a set of tripples on and a reducer set..i can get it down to almost 62.5 degrees
it has the option of using 3 different shock shuttles to allow the use of 3 different length shocks for different terrain and riding discipline.....
you can run 215x63 giving either 140 or 160mm travel - 222x70 = 150 or 170mm - 241x76 = 160 or 180mm rear travel....the best of anything that i would ever want.
it has a 31.6mm seat tube for a dropper postthe only downside for you taller guys is...it only comes in either short or long....both frames are a touch under 15" from c-c seattube. Im 5'10" and picked the short as it is almost identical in tt length to the 16" patriot.
bullheart- i mainly ride downhill or freeride....big gaps/drops/fast gravity assisted stuff....sod riding uphill...wastes energy
i never really damage any part on my bikes to be honest...i used to ride bmx and trials when younger(still 16stone then) so got used to using my arms and legs to absorb all but the biggest impacts.....its all about being light on the bike in my opinion....not saying that you guys arent....but im a lot lighter and more forgiving than a lot of skinny guys i know that are plowers...it does make a huuuge differenceim running the standard alex rims on my scott at present but have used mavic 521/321/325/721/729, azonic outlaw rims, spank rims, halo tornado/sas/freedoms/combats etc in the past and never really had a problem....if i had to list a favourite...i'd say mavics are the best..namely being 321/721/729's
any help?
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I was 29 1/2 stone at my heaviest doing cwm Carn dh course. I run nics as my full sus bikes, like transporter says you can run lower leverage ratios. My current stoy shock on my am is running 550lb spring.
My ht is more of a joke, running a 3.1lb ibis tranny carbon ht, which I've done some pretty big drops on.
16st run anything you want, he's not that heavy.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I'm kinda annoyed as I'm not the heaviest person on this place any more!
Posted 1 year ago # -
I'm 18st and run an 08 Giant Reign x1 with vans 36s and a 750 spring out back done Fort Bill red and black downhill and a regular at Inners uplift days never had any probs with this bike.
Posted 1 year ago # -
hey, i vary between 20 and 22 stone on an alarming frequency. I ride a Knolly Endorphin at the moment... weight sits a bit too far over the back wheel for effective sitting pedaling (squats a fair bit) but is fine once stood up. There are no strength issues at all. I have Shocker DH for that discipline and aside from wearing out the pivot bearing about once every 2 years it is rock solid.
At 16 stone there isn't an issue, just buy something decent, no bike should have a real issue with it as long as it is well built with quality components.
Nice to hear I am not the only one lugging their manly form up the big stuff!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Norco Six. I defy anybody to burst one. Strangely I have a complete bike bike for sale.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Heckler for me. 16.5 st, XT/Thomson build - XL - 32lb.
Cannondale Hi Mod Rise is OK so far.
Blur is you're wanting to go faster uphill and don't mind stripping the back end off once a year.
Not had good experiences with Oranges - but that was a while ago so doubntless much improved now.
Currently looking at a Giant Reign 29er.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Blimey, and I thought i was big for a Mountain Biker at 95kg!
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