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Excellent thoughts @ceept especially on sizing. The GT is big for a medium and he's happy with it, as am I. So like I say, there's not a massive hurry here.
We do have a relationship that could work in that context, but without throwing names about, he doesn't like the bike lol. I know, silly, but hey, it's how kids brains work.
I can guide, mould and influence but like all humans, irrational dislike of something isn't that uncommon.
whilst I think the Commencal is an awesome thing, I can’t risk it when we get the wallet out. Unless we went new with warranty.
Totally understandable and yes, the BB/seat tube weld is where our friend's one went too (on a huuuge huck to flat)
Its a few years since I’ve been at an SDA or BDS, but Fort Bill really was the only big bike track, and a bike that works well there really would have been a disadvantage at somewhere tighter,in the trees like Inners or Ae.
Not sure I’d agree with that. Other than the occasional local hero run at Inners it’s always full DH bikes winning every event
He wanted a Santa Cuz V10, just buy him one of those. It’ll save having to swap bikes around until he gets one anyway.
He wanted a Santa Cuz V10, just buy him one of those. It’ll save having to swap bikes around until he gets one anyway.
No.
In all seriousness, there must be some early 8” travel generation (v4?) barely ridden vanity projects floating around the various classified sections for no money once their ageing, scared, unfit stwer owners have realised they aren’t the pinner they were 20 years ago? Might scratch an itch for him?
Eg https://m.pinkbike.com/buysell/3586023/
If he hates it, punt it on.
Sadly in 'used' contexts there's very very little.
We're hopefully going to test a Scott Gambler this week for a bit of a play, it's a 2022 and in a Large. The price, spec and condition are good, so it's deffo an option. Added benefits are that it's the same shock sizes as the Fury, so his favourite Fox X2 will go straight in. Minor downside is the rear wheel is superboost so spare wheel won't fit.
Option 2 currently is https://www.balfesbikes.co.uk/bikes/mountain-bikes/specialized-demo-expert-full-suspension-mountain-bike-2023-in-dark-navyharvest-gold__48954
Specialized Demo Expert. Doesn't get released until end of Aug, but as we're not in a hurry for it i'm not too worried. His spare wheels being 148*12 will go straight on as well. So will the shock as again it's 225*75. I do need to look into what warranty Specialized have for their DH bikes as some companies are quite restrictive with DH bikes.
Option 3 is currently a Fury frame in a Large... There's a couple of options on Pinkbike, both are viable, but i think in truth the boy quite fancies something 'different' to the Fury as he's been there and done that.
Options 4/5/6/7 don't exist at the moment. We were offered a Commencal Supreme V4 (cash their way) but their frames cracking puts me off one of those.
@tomhoward buying an older bike to re-punt-on really doesn't work. There's DH bikes that have been on Pinkbike for fairly decent money for 4-5-6 months, no bites.. DH bikes are a tough sell, especially older DH bikes, they struggle to get shifted on. We're then potentially ending up with 3 DH bikes 'waiting' to sell.
Still think the Saracen I posted before has good pedigree and is very good value for money, allows you to keep the bits you/your bit have already but with a newer frame in correct size.