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Tap up Kimbers of this forum if he doesn't read this, he has one of them IIRC.
Pinkbike did a review the other day.
And have a demo of an Orange Stage 6.
It's a good choice for the long-travel 29er-fancier who likes pedaling.
Not sure how to find Kimbers tbh
I've got a 2019 process 153 29 al which up until black Friday was "my best bike ever". I had the old kona 134 previous to that and kona pretty much rectified the only fault of that model in that it climbed like a sack of spuds, whilst still keeping all the good things and downhill ability. Alas tho intense UK did some crazy deals on their carbine model on black Friday (£1730 foundation build) then upgraded me to the SL frame free of charge .In my opinion the carbine is a better all round bike but definitely has a different character in so much it wants to go fast all the time uphill as well as down ,whereas the process just is just a bit better for pissing around on but slower everywhere according to strava and sounds like i do a similar sort of riding to the OP .finally weight difference between the two was nearly 3lbs with the same build kit
31.4 vs 34.2 .if your a medium cookci I could do you a sweet deal 😉
the only fault of that model in that it climbed like a sack of spuds
Amen to that. The 111 and 153 were the same. Great handling, fun bikes that climbed like shit.
I did prefer the looks of the old ones though.
They moved the pivot way higher on the new Process, so instead of having almost no anti-squat and bobbing like crazy, it has more than most similar bikes and thus stands firm under pedalling. @kimbers should agree!
do CRC still have the 2018 Konas cheap?
my 153 29 is brilliant, & quite sentinally , NX build was very similar spec,
hefty though !but lighter wheels & a drivetrain upgrade have made a big difference
faster up & down than my old 153, I can also just get down steeper techier stuff, even tho Im way out of practice, its a bit like cheating
but yeah chief is right, pedaling is much better than the old one.
It does suffer from the Yari being too firm in the rough for a chunky fellah such as myself & the stock wheels really held it back. For a 29er it loves to get air though, caught myself out at cwmcarn dh , I didnt realise how much theyd built the jumps after the national race until I was way too high for my skill level.
I’m medium.
I’m confused, what bike might you be selling?
My process.pm me your email address if your interested and I'll send you some pics
Yes they are still on offer on crc, even better prices now I should imagine
What year did they sort the climbing?
All the 153 29ers will be cool, we are on about the old shape ones.
Anyone tried one of the new Norco fluid FS 29ers yet. I’m tossing up between one of them and a nx smuggler.
The Norco looks a bit better on paper, but my only worry in the shock orientation? Just a bit worried it might limit upgradeable’ness
The fluid fs1? Looks like a very different type of bike to the sentinel