Chaps,
Quite fancy building up a slack 4" frame ....
Struggling to come up with any viable alternatives though...
Ideally, looking for a trail bike as opposed to a 4x frame (old Meta 4 was an amazing bit of kit, but not for climbing!!)...
Depending on the frame, offset bushes or an angleset will help with geo.
Current shortlist:
Trance X
Meta 4
I'd rather go nearer 4 than 3".....
Other options?
SC Nickel.
New short travel cotic rocket 😉
I was looking for the same thing. Closest I got was a kona kikapu. 4 inches of travel and a 68.5 head angle.
Other option is an old giant trance 06/07 with offset bushings/works headset.
GT Distortion (starting to feel like a GT rep now)? 4 inches and 66.5 degrees
SC Blur xc Carbon - 68.5 headangle with some 120mm forks - not as xc biased as some might think!
A reoccuring idea (day dream) of mine, as my SL is a tad too steep to really fun downhill.. Still not decided on anything, but am just wondering a Prophet SL (or just convert mine for winter)
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/suggestions-for-short-travel-fs-please
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/need-work-distraction-advice-for-light-120mm-trail-bike
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/slackish-120-130mm-trail-bike
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/one-of-those-please-recommend-me-a-bike-threads
Intense Tazer VP is 3.25"-4" adjustable with a 68 degree HA. It is proper small though!
Pivot M4X?
Look no further:
REAR TRAVEL: 80mm (3") or 100mm (4") Rear Wheel Travel
REAR SHOCK: 6.5" x 1.5" (Forward Pin 22.2mm x 8mm, Rear Pin 22.2mm x 8mm)
FRAME MATERIAL: 6061 Heat Treated Aluminum
SIZES: Regular, Long
COLORS: Orange, Black, Raw
FRAME WEIGHT: 7.9 lbs / 3.6 kg (Medium Frame With Rear Shock)
COMPLETE WEIGHT: 31.3 lbs / 14.2 kg (Medium Bike)
WARRANTY: 2 year defect warranty, Lifetime crash replacement
SEATPOST/CLAMP: 31.6mm Seatpost/34.9mm Clamp
HEADTUBE: Tapered 1.5" / 1-1/8" (1.5" Lower Cup 49.6mm ID / 1-1/8" Upper Cup 44mm ID)
BOTTOM BRACKET: 73mm shell x 51mm chainline
REAR DROPOUT: 142mm x 12mm (Shimano e-thru) + 135mm x 10mm option
FRONT DERAILLEUR: Not Compabible
CHAINGUIDE: ISCG 05
I think one of the Dirt lads uses one for general trail riding - i suppose it depends on how tall you are.
Look out for an old Kona Howler. They did them in red for 2006 and then green and white for 2007. I had one and swapped the 200mm eye to eye shock for a 190mm coil and it slackened it and lowered it beautifully. The seat angle is pretty steep anyway, so climbing didn't suffer. Can't take a front mech though so it's 9 or 10 speed only. Superb fun bike that I should never have sold really.
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