Hi guys,
Are there any meta sx owners on here?
Don't really know much about commencal or their bike range. Where does the sx fit in compared to the AM?
Also roughly how would it stand up next to a orange 5? Is the sx a 160mm trail bike or a AM bike?
Hi, I'm hopefully gonna be getting one in the next few weeks! The main differences are a slacker head and seat angle and longer travel, making it more suited to the downs than ups!
I had a go with the am and an sx back to back and and although the sx has longer travel/heavier fork and is probably more than you would ever "need" in blighty it just seemed much more fun to ride and seemed to pop off things more! Granted I'm definitely no expert but that's what I found!
hi, didn't ride an sx (they only had one), but i did ride a meta am, nomad carbon and pivot mach5.7 at a a recent skyline demo day. Given the huge price difference I was amazed at how good the am rode. It climbs and pedals well and goes down even better.I own a five and to be fair the meta really impressed me. The sx, felt a fair bit heavier though and the 150mm on the am seemed plenty enough to me
There's a review in the latest issue of st if you haven't seen it. Looks a fun bike, more gravity biased than a five i think by the looks of it.
I had a very quick play on the Meta SX recently. It felt fun, definitely more DH in focus and would be a lot more bike than a 5. The Meta AM also looks nice, more of an up and down bike, I've had a quick play on one as well, not on proper trails though so can't really comment other than to say it pedalled well and felt long and low.
Eatsdirt - I nearly went to that demo day but work stopped play the day before.
Hi, i don't know whether you have made your purchase yet, but I have meta am which i have built up with Fox 36 160mm rc fit forks, easton havocs, 2x10 X0 drivetrain, cranks, 50mm stem and 740mm bars. I mainly ride single track, trails and short downhill runs in surrey hills and swinley forest.
Swinlely is quite XC and i keep up with all of my mates in lightweight short travel bikes, but when it comes to the going downhill, its in class of its own, the low centre of gravity and slack geometry keep it glued on its incredibly fast a manoeuvrable.
I tried the nomad and SB66 before buying and it's close to the SB66 for climbing, but for my style of riding was better than both for going downhill, and for riding all day i just reckon its more fun. I did look at the SX, but i have to admit I loved the commencal blue and with the 160 forks i don't reckon theres much difference except in the most extreme circumstances. Oh and unlike the bike radar testers, i have had no probs setting up the rp23 which runs smoothly over everything i chuck at it.
Anyway i'd ride them all, because it is down to personal choice in the end, but i'm happy the one i made
Pic of my Meta AM
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