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Hi All,
This is a perfect one for STW... I am building up a SS machine, was planning to use a second hand Chameleon frame i picked up but i decided i need a new steel frame too!
I have already purchased all the bits:
2010 RS Revelations U-Turn 120-150mm
70mm Thomson x4 stem
Monkeylite XC md rise bars
Thomson SP
Hope hoops - Flow on Pro3
Atlas cranks
Avid Elixr CR brakes
My shortlist for frames is down to an Orange P7 or an Evil Sovereign, both seem to be similar weight with the P7 leaning towards more XC geometry from what i can tell.
What do owners of the above reckon to their steads, and does anyone have advice on suitable alternatives. I don't want to use a chain tensioner/excentric BB so prefer sliding/horizontal dropouts.
Riding will be mostly trail riding, on lots and lots of lovely singlerack, with the odd days downhill thrown in so don`t want a full on XC machine!
Cheers
Shorts
the world is your oyster
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The new pipedream sirius has slidy dropouts. They're a great frame, that ride well, are reasonably light (4.7lbs ish) and great value. I rode my old style one with a similar build for everything, although I reckon 140 would be the longest fork it could reasonably take.
Well the new Revs are the same axle to crown length a last years revs so i reckon they may work....
Cotic simple?
Will the inbred not take a nice long fork?
dmr ex[alt]
The new Pipedream Sirius looks
awesome, and will take the new
revs...
Not sure the inbred will
take long forks, does
the cotic have sliding dropouts?
The Simple does yeah.
Inbred will only cope well up to about 130mm - obviously there's the 456 and Sumer Season but then you'll have to use a tensioner... but they're both a bit stiffer/burlier, which sounds like it might be a good plan for what you've got in mind.