[Closed] I think I've fallen in love.......with a piece of metal.

That does look rather nice!

Makes me fancy a ciggie for some reason.

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Fancy a JPS Chaka?
Does look nice Kaya, and not too expensive, go on, buy it!

Looks like a mojo,..and I could murder a cig too,........

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2/10.

Would not bang.

Hey , even if a 10/10 bike existed I'd still not bang it, just plain wrong!

I reckon you wanted one of these:
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as a kid, and never got one, and this is unfinished business. 😈

I'm a plastic bike lover myself.... and its annoying as I have a wrecked knee and cant ride my precious...

Not too keen on the linkages but the paint job is sexy

And no I can't lend you a grand, sorry

A friend of mine had that ultra burner, but his parents never let him ride further than the next street, I always lusted after the Suntour stem!

I think it looks a little like an SB66 myself.

nice, saracen going upmarket lately aint they.

knucklebox = Not a chance!!!

Yes! I did want one of those...but had to resign myself to an Ammaco Freestyle King.
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Saracen have definitely upped their game. Very nice looking bikes. I have switched allegience from a Mega to this....

Just imagine it with a CCDB.....luuurvley. 😛

Would a coil fit in there? Does look jolly nice though.

That's from Saracen?

Really?

Wow. I like.

Sadly, no spare grand here either. Sorry mate.

frame only looks great - makes up for the fugly ready built options!

Interesting reading up on the 2012 Ariel, seems saracen have opted to produce 2 versions with different travel (140mm and 160mm)...
2011 was 140mm only wasn't it, and got very good feedback generally, I wonder why they felt the need to make a longer travel (and Slacker) version...

frame only looks great - makes up for the fugly ready built options!

Not to mention the questionable component spec on them, I just had a look.

Thought Madison would have been able to do better than Deore on a £3k bike considering they import Shimano.

Would a coil fit in there?

I think it would, there seems enough piggyback space, but I'd check before I bought as thats a must for me.

2011 was 140mm only wasn't it, and got very good feedback generally, I wonder why they felt the need to make a longer travel (and Slacker) version...

I suppose that is what the market is dictating currently, what with gravity enduro stuff and a lot of people with limited cash(like me) downsizing from downhill bikes.

It made it into the Dirt 100 recently so they like it at least...

Coil won't fit, or would't on my 140mm one, they're ok, bit flexy on the backend and the rear suspension can be a bit 'sticky' due to the Du bushes pivots which arn't great.

Thought Madison would have been able to do better than Deore on a £3k bike considering they import Shimano

OE supply from Taiwan via factory and aftermarket from Shimano Europe - there's no link. The OE qty is based on how many bike kits you buy, nothing else. OE is still cheaper than aftermarket, but not as cheap as the big brands will get.

Ariel does look ace though, agreed.

I suppose that is what the market is dictating currently, what with gravity enduro stuff and a lot of people with limited cash(like me) downsizing from downhill bikes.

It made it into the Dirt 100 recently so they like it at least...

Well that was my question, sort of...

From reading the all important numbers on the saracen site: Is the 66.5* HA/160mm travel version still intended as an "Enduro/Trail" type bike or is it actually a "Mini DH" bike, Where the other version is a 68* HA/140mm more of a trail/enduro bike?
Two potentially quite different bikes as the geometry seems to vary quite a bit with travel, yet same name and not much made of the geometry differences....

Obviously it is basically the same frame but with a different Shock and/or Rate link in each instance (I assume) but it's a little confusing... Well to me at least.

I think I'd still personally opt for the 140mm version as that's more what I'd be looking for in and air sprung trail bouncer, I imagine the slacker LT version is probably intended to appeal to the born again Downhiller-ists, but it might miss its market simply because it's not properly diffentiated...

Bit of a hijack but currently have an ariel 3 ( there great by the way ) it's a 17 inch I'd like to move to the next frame size up would any one consider swapping or is anyone selling a large frame ?

jameso - that explains, I will put my angry hat away.

must be frustrating.

Similar lushness coming from Dartmoor bikes now it seems, and a coil shock is one of the options 🙂
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