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Does anyone know if there is a demo horsethief knocking about around the North West of GB. Thanks in advance.
NW of GB? Not many bike shops to choose from. Try asking Dave at Bothy Bikes in Aviemore
Dave at Bothy managed to get a large in for me to demo at the end of me. Very impressive bike for the money. I took it up and down the Lairig Ghru and was struck by how quick and fast steering it felt to the extent that I found myself going into corners a lot quicker than I was expecting. Well, that's how it felt anyway.
Ask your local Salsa dealer to get in touch with ISON as they should be able to set you up for a demo. They strike me as a very good company to deal with having had a minor issue with my Fargo which they coudn't have been more helpful to resolve.
The Horsethief is still top of my list for long travel 29er but I still have a Transition Bandit 29 and the Commencal to try. Looking for something that can stand up to big days out in the mountains with long, technical, rocky downhills.
The Horsethief is a very good bike indeed.
Cheers
Sanny
Thanks for the mini review, it will be interesting to hear how the bandit is as its a toss up between the two for me.
Lipseal
It's not ultra plush for 120mm of travel but it fair cracks along on technical woodsy singletrack. Traction is good on both rocky and rooty climbs. I wasn't a fan of the bars it came with but those are easy to change. I'd be interested to see how it runs with a 140mm fork as the 120 felt pretty good.
The top tube allows you to run a shorter stem which I suspect adds to the snappy steering feeling. It doesn't suffer from that big wheel barge feeling that I've found on Fisher 29ers.
I caught my heel a few times on the seatstay which was a little annoying but not a deal breaker.
I'd like to try one on properly steep, tech trails to see how it copes with my preferred kind of riding.
I reckon it's very good bike indeed.