So, a pretty unfashionable brand these days, which means bargains to be had. Got for well under half the original rrp. A few beers and a voucher code and buy was clicked.
Some things I never thought I'd have: a carbon mtb and a 29er at that.
My second Instinct (last was 1999), but my first ever brand new mountain bike, ever! As soon as I rode it down the road it started raining 😆
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Personally, I love the clean look of Rocky Mountains. My perfect bike would be something a couple of inches longer than my larger Giant Reign - made to look a little like that.
Enjoy.
The lawn.
THE LAWN!
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It's good that it comes with a trouser guard
Very nice!
Nice. 🙂
[i]a trouser guard[/i].. In't that a bash ring? It also had reflectors, a bell and a plastic cassette guard thing. Safety first an all that 🙂
Very nice Dez. Glad to see you are almost fully on proper sized wheels at last (and after all the stick you have given me down the years.. 😉 )
That bike needs more cables and controls.
[i]after all the stick you have given me..[/i]
Me? Never! Always been a devotee 🙂
Re - cables and controls - indeed, didn't realise the rear shock had a remote... seems overkill. Wonder how you remove it...
That is a nice bike.
Got for well under half the original rrp
Which was....?
I like it.
I see that RM have gone the full Horst Link (the rear chainstay pivot is now below the line of the axle). It's clean, unfussy and I like the colour scheme.
Nice bit of pampas grass at the front of the lawn.
Which was....?
£4999! 😯 Smidge over £2K for moi.
[i]Nice bit of pampas grass at the front of the lawn.[/i]
Coming round later? She'll be pleased to see you 😉
+1 for what Tom said above, Rocky make lovely looking bikes lately.
They're not shy with their RRPs though, they have a twelve thousand dollar DH bike
I like that a lot.
Lovely bike,
I'm frankly shocked that these days a £5k doesn't come with Kashima Fox Forks.
That's a good looking bike - the current Rocky Mountains are really clean, slick looking bikes.
Even has slick tyres 🙂
Even has slick tyres 🙂
where do you find them so cheap. I'm looking for an element frame.
My earliest proper MTBing was done on a Rocky Mountain and I've had a soft spot for them ever since. Well done in getting an affordable deal on one!
Yes please. That is nice.
Someone with a lawn as bad as mine.
Does look rapid, even with the snakes wedding on the front
I'm sorry but the way the slabs are made make the frame look bent to me. It isn't bent or molded incorrectly is it?
I do have an eye infection so it could be me, but but I'm confident about the slabs triggering my OCD.
Assuming its straight, nice.
Lovely bike, is that a 150mm reverB?
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Although it could just apply to Mariella Frostrup.
Nice bike. I had a Rocky Mountain when we distributed them back in the early 2000s and still have a soft spot for them.
unfashionable? You're not getting away with thinking your on some exclusive cool because its not bike that easily! Rocky's are cool and you're now a fully paid up carbon bike snob fashionista!
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where do you find them so cheap. I'm looking for an element frame.[/i]
Tredz
[i]Rocky's are cool[/i]
That's why I bought one!
2001(ish) -
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By brother still has the Instinct, but the ETS broke.
(It's not pampas in my next door neighbour's garden, it's some kinda spiky tree!)
Thanks for the comments folks. Ride report after the weekend, hopefully..
Blimey, those two take me back. I had a ETS-X and remember the BB being on the high side. You could plough it through anything without striking pedals. The Element and Vertex Scandium frames were beautiful around that era too.
I'm frankly shocked that these days a £5k doesn't come with Kashima Fox Forks.
What P-Jay says. Retail Kashima is £1k and OEM much lower. How did they get to £5k ?
Great buy for £2k though. Have fun.
Yeah, Mister P - if the new one climbs as well as the ETS-X I'll be chuffed!
Although, it's me who doesn't climb quite as well these days 🙁
Too nice to ride that is.
Looks good. Is it an instant fit like the Yeti (s) are?
That little wedge of paving slab is *really* bothering me.
It's like a phone screen shot with less than 20% battery - I can't see past it.
(nice bike DezB)
[i] Is it an instant fit like the Yeti (s) are?[/i]
Not quite, Sus feels like it needs setting up, more fussily than the Yeti.
Need to ride it proper round QE to see for sure.
I've never noticed the paving slabs.
And the only people I know with immaculate lawns are the anal weirdos up the road who wash their cars 3 times a week and mow every Sunday. You chaps aren't [i]really[/i] like that are you?!
Nice! 😀
Rocky Mountain make ruddy lovely bikes. I remember the first bike I ever truly lusted after was the red maple leaf slayer psyclwerx in Bristol had in there window. Being a broke Uni student it was a pipe dream but have always rather wanted one ever since.
Lush!
Nice bike! 🙂 hope you enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed mine. I have its longer legged cousin, the Altitude.
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Lovely bike, I've been a rocky fan for years, this was my first Quality mountain bike, back in 1993:
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Recently (ish) restored.
Ooh, is that a Hammer? I think I've still got a brochure from back then when I used to dribble over stuff I couldn't afford...
Altitude looks nice too.. are the highlights as bright orange as the Instinct?
Yeah it's a Hammer, had it from new. Restored it four years ago or so.
he he me too, I used to dribble over the Ti-Bolt, one day I might own one! the Hammer was as close as I could get to one at the time! 😉
No it's not orange at all, the pic is a pretty good colour guide, it's a fairly dark red.
I like it very much. There again I've always liked Rocky Mountains.
Very nice, I have a carbon Element and it's a brilliant bike. Mine came with a dual remote for the forks and shock, I changed the forks to SIDs but kept the remote on the shock which it needs unless you want it to either bob in "D" or have to run too much pressure.
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Oooh yeah. It works! 29ers are brilliant. Holds a line so well, I missed one of the lairy lines I usually take on my Yeti and the Instinct just plowed on through without missing a beat, getting me back online easily.. Lovely and confident round the big berms too. Been a bit spoilt by the silly light weight of the Big Top, so this felt a bit sloggy on the long climb. Suspension works well. A fun bike.
The Thumb lever for the rear shock is simple and logical.
Whoever said about the semi-slick was right though, the roots were slippy at the start as it had just stopped drizzling and the Ikon had no grip on them whatsoever!
I was overtaken at the start of the ride by some bloke on a white Santa Cruz. I was bimbling, thinking I needed a bit more air in the rear shock and thought, I'll chase him down. He was gone though! Damn quick... Humiliated on my first ride 😥 😀
Nice bike. Your ets in the pic above.. the virtual pivot point must be somewhere in the kids pool 😉
Nice looking bike there mister. H2R.
Both tyres look a bit light on grip if you don't mind me saying. Is that a thing with the bigger wheels/tyres? (Fellow virgin 29erer though mine hasn't arrived yet).
Tyres were perfect on a long ride in the dry today! well, except for the slippy chalk climb I managed to find, but don't think anything would've gripped on that. Knobbier tyres are definitely available Euro. Geax or Spesh for example(s).
Lovely machine and enjoy