After too many years being too hard to find in the UK, Rocky Mountain are back with a new distributor.
If they are distributing such a model, get whatever is their most affordable or best value option, probably a hardtail. The kind of bike that might appeal to a newer/younger rider, the type of new demographic you are trying to attract as new users.
The Instinct (without motor) would be their bike most likely to interest me, so I guess I'd say that.
I have the previous Altitude & love it, best bike I've ever had. have to say none of the current lineup interest me, the Altitude is probably too much bike for me & there are some issues with the carbon frames.
Tbe growler and an aluminium element.
I’d like to see a group test of the aluminium xc full suspension bikes trim kona, specialized, Rocky Mountain and whoever else makes such a thing
They still seem to fail to appreciate that no one wants to buy a bike that already looks broken before you even buy it.
Tbe growler and an aluminium element.
I’d like to see a group test of the aluminium xc full suspension bikes trim kona, specialized, Rocky Mountain and whoever else makes such a thing
Seconded. A group test of modern XC bikes that aren't for racing would be great.
If only there was a word for that category that didn't trigger anyone...
An Alu XC bike?
Oh.. they don't have one. Not many shorter travel, light-ish agile HT or FS bikes in Al around these days. I ride XC but I'm not a weight weenie or a racer.
Given the dirth of 27. 5 bikes in M I'm doomed to riding my Zesty to the grave. So none of them as a prospective buyer but the Element out of idle curiosity.
Or none of them. RM is a brand that everyone says they've always liked but few people ever buy, and when they do it's always down to the discount.
The current crop of RMs will be brought into the country by a well intentioned distributor who haven't got the network or resources to get into any bigger retailers at all, so RM will continue to be doomed. They'll be bought from the distributor, a few at a time on preorder, or the occasional customer special, by small local shops dotted around the country and then sold off at reduced price when everyone carries on saying that they'd like a RM but won't buy one.
As a cycling website you'd be better off getting demo bikes that people actually ride.
(The best asset that Rocky Mountain have is their domain name.)