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Yes. Sounds a bit like a heat treatment issue? The cracks developed "in the weld"...?
Strange so: this is known stuff for quality guys since years and years - why don't they have a procedure nailed down to check / to make sure that no "problem welds" leave the production line/get shipped to the customer?
I have just ordered a Mondraker Foxy Carbon 2017 frame (non-boost) so I can use my current kit rather than get very little for it. £1,700 and hopefully £50 cashback. Will post pics when I have put it together... I'll keep the 160 Yaris which should yield 66 deg HA.
Moved from a 100mm HT to a 150mm front / 130mm rear FS
Climbing on the smooth feels (to me) to same effort as before. Climbing on the rough ground feels easier. Hike a bike feels noticeably harder, this is when I can really feel the extra weight.
I do standing pedalling as much as possible but stay seated if the grip is poor.
Only time I notice the extra weight really bothering me is when having to shoulder the bike up some of the Long Steep climbs up the mountains in the Lake District.
I don't know if the extra maintenance is that much more. Both types are expensive to maintain but I think an FS is only slightly more than HT.
I’d agree with andreas though…. stick below 160/160 if you want to pedal… (I know you can pedal longer Enduro but is it pleasurable at our age)
Wheras almost every reply I've read from andreas sounds to me like he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Sorry andreas but if you read on you might learn something. An FS bikes pedalling performance isn't just about available travel.
look at the bike's suspension data. Paying particular attention to it's anti squat and leverage curve. (read up aout these terms if you don't understand them)
Plenty 160/170mm bikes pedal really really well and believe it or not some 140mm bikes still don't.
Also being "near 50" I can also confirm it has absolutely nothing to do with whether pedalling a 160mm+ FS bike is more pleasureable than a shorter travel bike. Strenght/fitness/weight generally makes climbing any bike more pleasurable.
OP: The last meta AM hardtail I rode was right around 31lb.Almost exactly the same weight as my 170/165mm enduro bike with a very durable DH capable build which also happens to have very good pedalling characteristics. (Antisquat around 100% at sag).
I'd expect the Spectral CF to be lighter. I guess you must have built yours up with some very lightweight parts if you reckon the Spectal is 2kg heavier.
@geex:
sure your comments help the PO nickfrog?
You are an expert (even the world best?) in anti squat and leverage curves. Good boy! Good boy!
Enjoy your pedalling characteristics and get into the shadow - it's hot!
Paying particular attention to it’s anti squat and leverage curve. (read up aout these terms if you don’t understand them)
Plenty 160/170mm bikes pedal really really well and believe it or not some 140mm bikes still don’t.
Geex, appreciated but TBH I'm closer to rules of thumb...
nickfrog has now got me thinking and window shopping as well ... and it's really quite a job sorting the fact from manufacturer driven marketing and sponsorship of reviews...not to mention the human nature of consumer reviews that defend their choice.
As it happens last night I watched a Whyte vs Nukeproof on "a.n. other magazine's youtube'.
I own a Whyte already ... but I couldn't help feel the review was a bit biassed? I'm wary of extreme low BB height ... but also what a tuned shock would do... I know at my weight on the T-130 the ML3 tune seems way better than the ML... and at the same time I really wonder if I'll ever need over 160mm???
Also being “near 50” I can also confirm it has absolutely nothing to do with whether pedalling a 160mm+ FS bike is more pleasureable than a shorter travel bike. Strenght/fitness/weight generally makes climbing any bike more pleasurable.
Unless you add in delayed gratification (on the descent) then climbing something like The Wall is way more pleasurable on my Carbon XC HT than my T-130... same fitness... I'm the same weight... etc.
Same goes for short climbs like Cannop... though to be fair only ever done that on the T-130 and then because I had to get to the top as Jnr got a lift before his race.(I'm more uplift when seasoning the orange trails).. I did make it up quickly... I just couldn't speak or breath for a while after... quite honestly I'd not have been so knackered on the HT...of course the tyres don't help etc. and the bids a 1/3 lighter... but I'd pretty much expect to sail up the push-up compared to the T-130... Same can be said for Leith Hill...
I don't really know if I'd benefit from 170-180??? What I do know is my bike is almost always the shortest travel on the uplift... and saving 5 secs isn' my goal so much as fun on the way down (at least until Jnr is pushing me)
Unless you add in delayed gratification (on the descent) then climbing something like The Wall is way more pleasurable on my Carbon XC HT than my T-130… same fitness… I’m the same weight… etc.
Correct.