[Closed] Recommend me a Hardtail

Orange Crush frame

456
mm bop
blue pig
soul
bfe
duster
chameleon
stiffee
alpine
all these pass the fashion test..

Genesis Altitude.
Because it's green and bouncy steel. 🙂

P7 - Again lovely steel frame!

456 here.

So thats the fashion sorted :?, so what about the ride/build/strengths and weeknesses

Just built an Inbred. Seems nice.
Would love a P7.

chameleon- can be built up to do anything, takes 150mm forks, luverly with pikes on. also comes in tasty bright orange flavour!

voodoo wanga- perfect ss steel build, nimble and fun. great paintjob/sliding drop-outs

merlin malt 1- built as a hack bike, nice a light, good looking but not theif fodder!

blue pig

they are all good mate.
all bike are nowadays, play pin the tail on the donkey with my list.
live life dangerously.......... 😉

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Does grantway work for Orange?

Orange Crush 🙂

I'm currently looking at these more & more and getting that twitchy feeling....

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blue pig mine looks sweet 😉

Giant XTC for something a bit racier

http://www.evil-bikes.com/#/undefined/news_event/000000022/Sovereigns
evil sovereign very cool or the alpine or the stiffee or the p7 or.......

oh, PIKES will not go on an XTC. Forget I said anything

I'm liking the Blue Pig so far 8)

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tom

Is that a 18" frame? tom

yeh 18" and im 6ft with a 33" inside leg

Pace RC305, way more fun than my dull arse full sus, Pace's new new range looks cool...

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just waiting for mine to arrive...upgrading the Inbred

[i]they are all good mate.
all bike are nowadays,[/i]

+1

ton knows, he's ridden most of them

will have about £350-£400 to spend
If i get a 456 that leaves £200 for front mech,seatpost,clamp,headset
that might be the better option!

what front mech seatpost,clamp and hs were you thinking of for £200?

XT,thomson,hope

I'm riding this:

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And this:

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Both ride well but the Prince Albert is where its at really for me.

I'm bucking the inbred trend: rigid ss iO and also a Salsa Moto Rapido (scandium front triangle and carbon rear, lurverlee).

i'm on these two at the moment

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both great. But the Cotic is the better 'all rounder'

how much is the Prince Albert frame? and the on-one is a inbreed or 456?

Chumba HX1 - sorry no photos. Get in touch with Si at Progressive Bikes and he'll sort you out.

Do i win a fashionably unfashionable prize for having just sold my 456 to buy a stupidly stiff aluminium race frame despite being a lardy who has no intention of racing it?

BMC elite, rebas, xt, crossmax's, carbon bits. 6lb lighter than the 456 it replaced. Wont be as easy going downhill, but 80% ish of my riding seems to be uphill anyway. If it breaks me in half, i can flog the frame, buy an inbred and still make a profit. - Worth a go for a few months i think.

No one mentioned Cove Handjob yet? deary me 🙄

SANDERSON, Breath or Life. top frames and not often seen.

Chumba HX1 photo to give you an idea!

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Owned P7, Inbred, Soul.

All are great and hard to fault but the most fun = Soul.

Rode / owned a few different hardtails. Always seem to gravitate back to my Coyote Dual. It's currently undergoing a bit of a refurb at the moment but will be back on the trails soon.

456,soul,chumba in that order maybe!
I want an the best allrounder!

i have owned pretty much most of the hardtails mentioned, some of them twice.
out of them all the ragley blue pig is the comfiest and nicest to ride.

anyone ride a P8?

Is the blue pig rear mech hanger a bit thin and bendy?

You should get a NS bikes surge.

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