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Considering getting a new lightish frame for standard xc type riding (no jumps or big drops). Problem is I'm 19". Max budget is £250.
The ones I'm Looking at are the Sunn Prim S1
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=85060
and the On-one Scandal
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FROO26SCVD/on_one_scandal_26er_vertical_dropout_frame
Or should I stop kidding myself and get something burlier?
You are very unlikely to die. Go for it!!
19 inches tall isn't that big?
My experience @ 16 st is that you'll have no problems there with wheels on the ground xc riding - both those frames will see you right.
What you might very well do, at your weight, is get a fatigue-related crack in the frame after a few years. Think I've done 3 or 4 Al ones round the bb over the years.
Given the price of the frame, the fact it takes years for a crack to develop like this, and the fact it might not happen any way, then I don't see this as a particular problem.
You wont break the Scandal... I no nothing of the other bike.