[Closed] Stanton Sherpa owners?

Its a very nice bike. I've shortlisted a Sherpa frame as a potential new bike this year. I'd probably run it with 100mm forks as a purely XC / mile muncher / bikepacking bike.

I can't comment on the Sherpa as I've never ridden one but I can say that if you find 29ers unwieldly-my Slackline MK2 does the job of tighter fun Kent/Surrey singletrack very well,covers miles comfortably ,is agile and a fairly potent descender too .

I've not ridden a Sherpa, but do have a Solaris, and had a Scandal before that. I'm a similar height at 6ft.

The Solaris and Sherpa have similar numbers/intended use I think, but are more 'trail' bikes than XC, even with 100mm forks and light builds. If you want to keep it sharp and responsive, and climbing well I'd say 100mm forks are the way to go.

A lot of my local riding is, tight, twisty, loam or clay through the trees, steep, slippy. For that I personally prefer smaller wheels, and know exactly what you mean about 29ers being a bit unwieldy, though some people seem to like them in this territory.

For me, 29ers cover ground and do not-too-techy XC excellently, Solaris included, but for the riding described above I'd generally choose smaller wheels.

Try and demo one on your local trails to make your mind up.

I had a mk1 Solaris and have a mk 1 Sherpa.

I've said this before on here and it is my humble opinion only but ....

The Solaris, for me, was more a 29er BFE rather than a 29er version of the then Soul.

For me I found it too stiff without a lot of spring but other will no doubt disagree.

The Sherpa for me feels "springier" and despite similar tube diameters rides very differently to the Solaris. For me tis was a good thing.

On both occasions bikes were run with 110mm forks, reverbs, 1x10, Flow rims etc

I've a next gen Slackline and it's superb! lovely 853 tubing and lovely to ride if the 29 wheels thing is the issue?

Not spent much time on one, but a few mates have them and love them. They should be a tad more fun than a Solaris because the the stays are a bit shorter.

The 853 tube set is used for the new Slackline and that's a lovely bike to ride.

I had a 19inch Sherpa for 18 months. I built it with 120mm fork.

It was beautifully built and rode very well indeed but 29ers don't go around corners in the same way smaller wheels do. As I ride tight single track I switched it for a 27.5 bike which felt better for my style of riding. It was awesome at eating up the miles though, and the handling did feel very close to previous 26 inch steel hardtails I've had. Just getting it between the trees was the problem. I guess it would have been better with a 100mm fork.

I'm going for a Slackline next I think.

I've got a 19 inch Sherpa. So far as I'm concerned its the muts nuts. I'm 6'and it rides lovely on 100mm. Very forgiving springy frame. I ride it on everything from aggro Surrey Hills stuff to long all day xc rides.

Could do with another 20mm on the fork on some ofnthe bigger drops but a couple of tokens have resolved kost of that.

There's a good Stanton Owners Facebook group if you want to get more biased opinions! 😀

theboyneeds, do you have a link for that fb group page? I've heard people mention it before but I can't ever seem to find it!

Here you go; it's a closed group so you'll need to join.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/838207686227935

Like others, I have a green gen 2 19" Sherpa. Simply awesome bike. I'm running it on 100m Reba forks.

Also the customer service is excellent, the attention to detail is amazing and dan belives in a bike to last for life philosophy, watch the interview video on here. I spent an hour up at his "office" talking about the firm, bikes, industry etc when I picked up my frame.....you won't be disappointed. The bobble hats are great too.

If you're in the midlands area I don't mind letting you have a ride on mine

Sorry only just got back. What mindmap3 said!

mindmap3 - Member
Here you go; it's a closed group so you'll need to join.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/838207686227935

Cheers matey.

I've got a mk1 with 120mm forks. It's been through one of two incarnations (2x10, 1x10 now 1x11) and I think it's a great bike in comparison to the Giant XTC I had before. Loads of spring in the frame (unsurprisingly) compared to its alu predecessor. Great on the trails and not too bad going uphill either.

My only moan is the paint finish. The green metallic looks great but the lacquer wore off on the top tube way too quickly and the rest is pretty vulnerable if you're travelling with a few bikes in the van. You can get the paint codes but good look working out what you need to ask for from China.

Sum up a fun ride with a few paint niggles

Nano

I'm really glad you said that, I lost the shine on mine really quickly. Thought that it was the over zealous cleaning with something that I had not diluted down properly!

I think it climbs really well. As for descending I was blown away, its superb.

With the mk.1 which I have the clearance at the back isn't great, and at times has made me think of moving everything over to a mk.2 frame. These have address the issue.

I have a 21" at 6'2" and a 50mm stem with a slight rise bar it works well.

tempted by one of these. But worried it might be a bit short in the tt. I'm 6'4" with quite long arms - anyone riding an XL, of similar freakish proportions, care to comment?

I'm 6ft and on a large with long arms. TT does feel a little short to be honest but it's not a major issue for me given how well the bike rides.

Cor there's some "29ers don't go round corners" BS going on in here! I thought we'd all come to realise that wheel size is but one small factor in a bikes design, and geometry is far more important in the grand scheme of things by now...?

Anyway... Stanton Sherpa, very good frame. Correct blend of springy 853 steel feel yet solid and reassuring enough to be ridden hard. There's only 2 reasons why I don't own one myself... 1. The GF has one and I don't want a matching bike. 2. I prefer a lower BB and a steeper seat angle myself, that's not to say the Stanton is too tall or too slack per se, just my personal preference...

Cor there's some "29ers don't go round corners" BS going on in here!

I wonder how much is just from the early days when 29ers came with forks with much shorter offsets?

Anyhow, I have a Stanton. I like it. What mboy said.

I had a mk1 in green. Built up with 120mm and I loved it. It was a medium which was a tad small at my height but it felt like a springy bmx and I miss it. A great all rounder.

acsevens - Member
tempted by one of these. But worried it might be a bit short in the tt. I'm 6'4" with quite long arms - anyone riding an XL, of similar freakish proportions, care to comment?