Hi
Show me your hardtail enduro bike. Looking for a new bike to build over winter. Thanks
Tom
Not sure what the definition of Enduro Hardtail is but I built this a couple of years ago.
Sturdy steel frame, 160mm fork, 2.6 tyres with inserts. Lent it to a mate as I recently bought a Nukeproof Scout.
Neither do I typed what was in my head. Then posted it and thought hmm that doesn’t make sense 😂. That’s a nice bike that mate.
An enduro hardtail is the same as a hardcore hardtail - long travel fork, slack, built for abuse.
Mine
https://flic.kr/p/2kTvTBs
'Only' 140mm forks, because its my trail bike, but otherwise, it has the right attributes.
What make frame is that ?
Those Nordest bikes are lovely! I saw one in the flesh in the FoD a year ago, very very nice!
Got a couple of podiums at Enduro races on this, so it must be one.
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That RA410 is stunning.
What bike is that ?
Naw, fanks. Might one day recover enough from injuries & covid to actually ride it 😡
Oh man fingers x for a speedy recovery
Best bike I've ever owned! Got Lyriks on it now
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Goes downhill like a rocket! so good!
What bikes that Jon? Looks a nice thing
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The Dave above probably the most capable in the stable. Steeper the better. Climbs not far off the Yellow Moxie above but way more planted through choppy trails above Dollar.
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Above fun to ride. Long Moxie on 2.8 27.5.
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Bought a cheapy Dave last year as we needed a spare general duties bike that could serve as a donor/receiver of bits from other bikes of me and my son. Had it in the basket for a month or so, and suddenly 1/3rd was knocked off the price of the basket. Sold.
It ain't pretty, but it sure is fun.
I’ve got a cotic bfemax, still haven’t worked out the picture upload though! It’s running 140mm to try and keep it slightly different to my transition sentinel but it rides all the same trails.
It’s probably the most fun bike I’ve ever bought! If only they did the pink one when I bought mine!
Can anyone recommend somewhere to buy second hand bike frames etc. eBay doesn’t seem to have to many options. I’m swaying to a orange p7 but keeping options over.
Pinkbike
Stw classifieds? Post a wanted ad there.
What are you searching for on EBay?
I have an XL RSD Middlechild Ti frame that I'm toying with the idea of selling 🙂
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I got an off-the-shelf Marin SQ3 but it took me ages to get comfortable with it. Stack too short, reach too short. It couldn't take a longer fork (I tried. 130mm max at 65degs) Longer fork made climbs lower-back injury-prone and unsettled in the air. BB shell is much too flexy too. Not the stiffness people say.
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I'm building up a medium hardcore bike for play (frame, collar, headset,
mech hanger and seatpost £118!) 2022 model with a reinforced head tube area.
Wheelbase is 9cm shorter than the SQ3. But that means reach is 9cm shorter too. Different purpose, so we will see. This frame could take my 160mm fork though, with current head angle @ 65.5degs. Not ridden yet as have a cassette Spacer issue and waiting for some bar shims to put on a longer stem. Couldn't resist the Strictly-D bars. There's three sellers suddenly unearthed stock here.
Few years old now and I'm getting tempted by an upgrade frame! That Ra410 looks lush!
My P7. Done a few Enduro's on it, probably do better in the HT cat than my normal cat. Very capable bike and love it. Its been all over the place and ridden Les Arcs, Paganella (dolomites), La Clusaz, Beaufort, Metabief, Golfie etc. 140 coil fork. 2.6 rear tyre help make it what it is.
singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hardtail-enduro-bikes/#post-12501872
Production Privee Shan 27. It was one of the 1st out, with the Gulf paint job
I’m swaying towards a orange p7 looks a nice bike yours.
That p7 cost £950 new from sunset cycles end of 2018. Bloody bargain! Mind you only the headset and frame are the same lol!
Sounds like you’ve had your money worth and fun outta it.
About as Enduro as hardtails get.😂
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What frame is that stu?
What size you looking for Covestiff2016?
Got an XL Production Privee Shan GT frame (29" wheel version) that I'm thinking of offloading. With more recent stretched geometry, the XL is more akin to a large. Best hardtail frame I've ever ridden, the thought and design details that went into it are superb.
It's a custom built Marino frame.
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Absolute riot of a bike and worked out pretty cheap too.
I’m looking for a small but thank you for your offer.
What’s the on one hello Dave like guys ? Read a few things saying there no good at hills etc ?
Tom
My freshly built cotic bfemax, size medium with 140mm travel
Hello Dave climbs fine. It'll never climb like an XC bike but for the type of bike it is it's perfectly ok. You've just got to remember it's a big,slack,long,heavy frame but an absolute riot when pointed downhill. The steep seat tube angle helps with the climbing ability because it puts your weight more central on the bike. For context I love Hardcore hardtails and over the last few years I've had 2 Chromag Rootdowns, a Nordest Bardino, A Dartmoor Hornet and my last 26 inch bike was an Evil Soverign. I wouldn't say my current Helo Dave climbs worse than any of them.
Home made frame in pink with 140mm Pikes.
Still a bit of growing to do before I can hand it down.
Pipedream Moxie with a 160mm Lyrik.
With someone who’s good at racing I suspect it would be a great hardtail enduro bike - unfortunately my occasional moments of reasonable speed downhill never seem to coincide with the presence of stopwatches and clipboards so I think I’m done with my amateur racing career! 😉
Also although it’s so much fun as a singlespeed I’m sure it would need gears to find peak speed downhill and to manage fatigue on the transitions.
I've not done an Enduro on it (or on anything else for that matter) but I reckon a Cotic BFEMax fits the bill!
Presented here in mullet mode. I'm still wavering over whether I prefer this or full 29.
