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Ok so I have been lurking here for a while and I know this type of question comes up regularly but here goes.
I want to get a bike I can use for mucking about in the woods, trails centres dh type stuff, 4x tracks, maybe bit of dirt jumping and potentially the odd all day ride.
I was thinking of building a cotic bfe as that looked a good fit and it's on a good deal at the moment but wondered after only ever owning a HT I should also consider look at a full sus maybe lapierre, heckler that type of thing.
I use a Cotic BFe for that sort of riding and its about right. Dont think theres many others worth considering.
chameleon?
Track down a SC Blur 4X? I love mine to bits... 1x9 with MRP G2, Magura Thors, Joplin, wide bars and short stem with big, grippy but fast rolling tyres - basically built for my type of riding... mucking about for a few hours at a time but at the same time covering some miles with regular'ish trips to trail centres and all dayers in the Peaks/Calderdale etc
mucking about in the woods - tick
trails centres - tick
dh type stuff - oh yes, big tick!
4x tracks - not sure, its mint down the freeride stuff at Glentress
maybe bit of dirt jumping - hmm, good on Glentress freeride style jumps, proper trails? Not sure. Doubt it'd be that good!
and potentially the odd all day ride - tick
Have a 456 Summer Season too with a similar build and thats good (and cheap!).
That said, I reckon the BFe might have better angles for a spot of jumping, maybe with a slight trade off for DH stuff. But the BFe is one of the few frames I'd change my 456 for.
Maybe a BFe with some U-Turn Lyriks or something?
I have a Cotic bfe and if I had to have just one bike, this would be it..
BFe has got to be a good shout. I have an Evil Sovereign for everything you described and it is brilliant. I really like the versatility of adjustable dropouts for SS/ messing with wheelbase, too. Stick a 140mm fork on there and there is nothing at all that can't be ridden on it.
Blue Pig X?
I've just bought a Transition Double so it must be good.
Evil Sov
Depends how serious you are about the dirt jumping/4x/mucking about side of things, but you'd be best off avoiding things with a daft slack head angle and long chainstays like
Blue Pig X
And doesn't the Evil have a much steeper HA than something like a BFe with 140mm forks? Never looked at the figures but Evils always seem to look in the pics as if they're short wheelbase and steep headangle...
what about a commencal absolut sx?