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cheers Si just sent you a mail
Not received yet mate?
just resent!!
something adjustable and stiff, can wind it down to stop it wandering on climbs and let it all out to hooligan the descents.
I run pikes now and feels so much tougher than the vanillas, bolt thru helps match up the stiffness
did run psylos when I first had it, great travel, but were too flexy
I faced the very same frame dilema last year, got the chammy and no turning back - best hardtail I have ever ridden, set up a bit burley with a Pike and some tough wheels. light enough to ride all day, tough and agile enough to worry a lot of full sussers.
If you like mainly DH action, get the cove... if you ride up and down all day you need the santa cruz, it climbs better with the steeper angles - it is slightly more nervous on descents than the cove but this makes it more fun IMO - it just feels alive and loves to be flicked about.
Other deciding factor is size - the chammy has a short top tube.
To sum up... I think the chammy is like an xc bike thats had a 6 pack of red bull, the stiffee is like a DH bike that had it's rear shock conviscated!
Ok. Cove Stiffee it is. No more changing my mind.
Yeah I've changed my mind again, going to get a chameleon. 99.9% sure of it.
I've had a Cove Stiffee and loved it. (69er ltd edt.)
It saved me a few times with it's handling. It's due an update soon.
Loved it in Orange/red but now it has shoddy paint.
The Chameleon looks nice but isn't it a jump bike?
Nahh, more XC than the Cove.