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Just putting the finishing touches to my new Rush.
Just wondering what other people who own one think about them and photos.
Love mine! Great for natural XC stuff and can handle more than it looks. I've got U-Turn forks so can wind down for XC or up for rougher stuff, stick on some fat rubber and it fly's downhill. Taking mine to the Alps in July.
Real shame they stopped making it.
Mine will be 1x9 with 50mm stem, bolt through short travel forks (with huge headset reducer cups to slacken it out more) play bike.
Built it up to be the perfect trail centre bike. 110mm and a hard tune on the rp23 should be huge fun.
Mine is built up with light wheels, 70mm stem and a few other bits to lighten the weight. Really good fun bike that climbs and descends well. I love it.
I had one for years, was a fantastic bike for 12 hour race events. It was a large which did make it a bit of a hand full on tight twisty sections. Didn't think I needed another bike till I did a demo on the new Rize in Gran Caneria, when it got released. never looked back but wish I had kept the Rush as it was a very good looking bike.
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Large here too - hence the 50mm stem and 750mm bars. Long wheelbase should be super stable though and the stays a pretty short
Looks nice RV. So you rate the Rize over the Rush? I'm put off as it's nowhere near as pretty as the Rush 🙂
Very impressive bike - you won't find better for that sort of classic UK moorland riding. Don't know what it is about the geometry that makes it so capable, just felt very comfortable up, down and across. I liked the lefty a lot as a general XC fork, although it (or me) could get a bit overwhelmed on bigger descents.
Rush is a bit low key maybe. I had a scalpel before which was a wow! bike - type of bike that would win awards if such things existed. The rush never gave me that feeling, it was more excellence by stealth.
Actually just moved on from mine. No reason, just fancied a change and am thinking about lining up the new jekyll.
I really didn't like the look of the Rize when it came out but had the chance to ride both the Rize and Moto when they were released. I was more interested in the Moto but the Rize just ticked all the boxes for me and dare I say it, climbed better than the Rush I was already riding. The Rize was more confident inspiring to descend on too and I felt with the rear shock open that I was traveling much faster, to a point where I fractured my wrist on the first day of riding it down very rocky paths. It was an easy decision to swap for the Rize as I was heading out to the Alps. Though I loved the lefty fork, spesh the 130mm fork, it still was out of character on fast tech/rock descents and though it did very well in last years Pass Porte, this year i have beefed up the front end and gone for a RZ140. In beefing up the RZ, it's the perfect all mountain bike for me which climbs ever so well but it does make me wish I'd kept the rush as my 130mm carbon lefty would have really sorted it out for marathon events.
The old Rize 2 carbon 130mm after the Pass Porte du Soliel
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The new beefed up RZ140 for the Pass Porte du soliel this year
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Read reviews of the carbon rush in mbr/singletrack/dirt over the years and was looking something to replace my 08 mountvison so hatched a plan, carbon rush, tapered steerer 15mm revelation paced to 130 (headset was a nightmare to find but dr cannondale in germany is your friend here) 70mm stem, crossmax st and 10 speed xt (going to play with 1x10 on it but ride a few places where the granny is a must so might settle on a bash as the bb is still pretty low.
It's an awesome singletrack bike, a lot of the reviews say it's a one trick pony, it definatley gets out of it's depth in rockier stuff, but for me it's a great xc/fun bike
been pestering a tech guy at fisher to make me a 110/140 dual position revelation cartridge as i reckon it would be the perfect fork for it
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Gary, I too would like to try the new jekyll but want to get a good ride on one first. God knows when they are going to be released, i think there has been some problems with them, so much so that the shock needs further work and the bikes will be possibly released in 2012 colours rather than the 2011 that are in the books.
My first full-suss, used for general trail and XC riding. I think it could climb better (with my limited knowledge), it does descend great in my opinion, very stable and responsive. I must say I've had it nearly 2 years and its still performing great, if not better now I have dialled in my riding style to all the knobs.
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Lets see your pics Rik!
As soon as it's finished - just waiting on a Merlin delivery to finish of the drivetrain
Love mine. Had it 4 years and now the frame is the only original part 🙂
Best bike I've ever owned.
I'm an unabashed fan as well - love mine. Light enough to ride all day, but has the geometry to really enjoy the downhills.
Can't believe they're not being made anymore...
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