Orange R8 unless you want more than 120 mm forks had ridden full suss for 4 years before geting the r8 and cannot see me going back to full suss mind you i do mainly xc type riding as no mountains in norfolk 😆
what's the scandal like for all day trail riding, seems light enough and i already know that i suit the on one geometry (having owned 456/and slotty inbred)
danti, i really like the soul just lurvely!! i ride a 16" inbred so im guessing the soul should be the same size, how do the sizes compare?
grump, not looked at them will do now
dyls, erm carbon not my thang but thanks.
steve my epic is med, but reckon i'd feel like i was riding a gate on an 18" inbred, i like my frames small and (for the want of a better word) 'chuckable'
elaine, i didnt think of them, will have a looksie
I have done quite a few long rides, ie 4-7 hours, on my Scandal and its very comfy and light without feeling nervous on the downs. Doing 10@kirroughtree solo on it next week.
I'd have thought so. I have a 456 as well so that's what I use for when I go a bit gnarly. But i have done smallish drops, jumps and steps on it quite happily.
I think you'd need to try both the medium and small Souls as they are a bit shorter in the top-tube than the Inbred. If the medium Epic fitted you well then the medium Soul should too.
fmh – I've done small drops etc and its been fine. I run mine with 100mm forks though so nothing 'gnarly'. I'm sure they used to be warranted to 130mm forks so plenty string enough for normal biking. Really are nice frames imo.
+1 for Kinesis Maxlight XCPro3 – Fantastic – Rode it today on the Dartmoor killer loop – last time I did it on my own I did it in 4.30 – did it in 3.22 this time – Coooool 🙂
I spent a few weeks/month getting it into the right riding position. I had an XC2 before this with similar geom – Goes like a rocket and came down the cleave (Nutcrackers) with no probs today with 100mm forks on so….
+1 for smoothness – all the stiffness of the alu XC2 but not the harsh rear end for bunpy hardpacked trails and rocks etc IMHO 🙂 Goes uphill like a rocket 🙂
hhmmmmm i really like the look of that, and if its man enough for me to thrash around on it around dartmoor/quantox then im interested!!
im 13st though 😳
any sizing recomendations..im 5'9
I got 44.5cm and I am 6ft – so your prob half way between sizes – depends if you like bikes on the small side for chuckability or on the large size for stability? Well I been down some fairly tech / bumpy stuff and all is fine so far 🙂
yeah it was me that got the frame for £355 with the crc 10% and some cashback site. Cant really comment on the ride cos its not built yet, still waiting for 2011 forks to fully materialise etc but am VERY interested in how it rides with 120mm. The size guide is very misleading, i went for a medium and could have gone small but i already have a small hardtail.
BTW the size guide – can't really compare the eat tube size with others these days due to the shortness compared with other bikes – I always compare the horizontal C-C size with the stand over – better in my view 🙂
The frame IIRC is recommended with a 100mm – but having a 120mm fork dropped to 100mm seems the best scenario if you are building up a frame like this 🙂
fatmutha here..
i had a prince albert once and didnt get on with it…sold it after one ride it felt so awful.
been thinking on it and the scandal is coming out on tops at the moment for sheer value, i could possibly put more blingy stuff on it then to lighten it up further.