LTD edition of the 2017 Bossnut, £1300 for Beastnut, £1000 for the 2017 Bossnut. Great value.
Spec not released for the new Bossnut yet but Beast looks good. Not sure if its boost though, which may be a missed trick. Im not massively convinced of boost but got to try and keep up with ever changing standards.
http://www.mbr.co.uk/news/calibre-beastnut-357764
Looks ace doesn't it. Even after all my troubles with my Bossnut I'd have one of them.
I'm not getting one though.
No way
The Mrs would murder me to death.
Looks good, very commencal with the neon yellow paint.
From Bossnut to Beastnut. It's not the tyre hitting the seat tube that's most off-putting.....
Doesn't the Boardman get you a pike and better gears for not much more?
Looks great for £1300,Not much else compares for the money except for the Boardman mentioned above .
Think the Boardman Pro fs gives you a pike instead of a revelation and Sram GX 1 x 11 instead of NX. Not sure how the angles / geometry plays out though - which is more laid back?
Boardman does have better spec, but geo not as good.
68.5 head angle vs 65.8
Calibre has a droper,trans X (dont know if they're any good).
Despite all my issues, I'd still pick a Bossnut over a Boardman, and I'd pick the Beastnut over the team FS even though I think the Boardman is better specced.
The Bossnut is a proper mini enduro bike, I'd have happily thrown it down the local DH tracks round here, it was only really the ongoing potential costs (forks and shocks to service plus pontential for failures) that made me get a refund in the end. If I had £50 spare every month in case of emergency repairs I'd have kept it.
BEASTNUT Geometry
17.5" (M)
19.5" (L)
21.5" (XL)
Seat Tube 445mm 495mm 546mm
Effective Top Tube 601mm 622mm 640mm
BB Drop 18mm 18mm 18mm
Rear Centre 436mm 436mm 436mm
Seat Angle 73.5° 73.5° 73.5°
Head Angle 65.8° 65.8° 65.8°
Head Tube Length 115mm 125mm 135mm
Still long ol' seat tubes then, think I'd be tempted by the smallest one now they've stretched the TT a bit
dropper,trans X (dont know if they're any good)
Decent budget dropper. Had mine for over a year, no hassles, 600 mostly muddy miles.
The Boardman HA is actually 67.5 but has been published as being 68.5 on the Boardman site. Can't believe it's never been corrected as it was picked up in all of the magazine reviews as being listed wrong.