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Who said Mojo HD two pages ago?

This or a Nomad. Great bikes made by companies who look after their customers.

I think that the geo on the mojo is not perfect and neither is the nomad c. Also don't Nomad C crack at the seat stays?

S-works enduro is the perfect bike/frame regarding geometry but you can't get them in the uk.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 9:45 am
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For that kind of cash i would be buying a frame and building up my own bike

What "cash" ?

I also want to buy it on finance.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 9:48 am
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Iirc, nukeproof aren't a crc own brand, they were founded in 1992 in America. And, aren't hotlines the disti?

Hotlines/CRC bought the Nukeproof brand name.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 9:50 am
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This must be one of the most ridiculous #firstworldproblems posts ever. If you actually had some money it would be slightly less daft, but you don't.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 10:02 am
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£4750 !!??!?!!? Is this a motocross forum? 😯


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 10:03 am
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Evans Cycles stock Santa Cruz and will do you a build to your spec on one. They might even price match the best component prices you can find online, though don't know if they will do this on a finance deal.
That way you can spec it to your heart's content and get finance.

If you actually want to get into debt to the tune of £5k for a bike of course...

Alternate approach - buy it on credit card from wherever the hell you want either on a 0% intro offer, or balance transfer to a 0% for x months card.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 10:17 am
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Honestly, what a load of drivel over nothing.

There's more kit out there than you can shake a stick at. Buy a bike, go ride...


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 10:23 am
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I think that the geo on the mojo is not perfect and neither is the nomad c. Also don't Nomad C crack at the seat stays?

S-works enduro is the perfect bike/frame regarding geometry but you can't get them in the uk.

In your opinion of course. There are plenty of people who will disagree on both counts & ride a whole lot faster than anyone on here.

The Enduro is evolving to be a bigger & bigger bike & for most UK based stuff it's getting way too long & cumbersome except on flat out, balls to the wall stuff.

And no, the Nomad's don't crack on the seat stays. Considering the beating most of them take, it's very rare to hear of a broken one at all.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 10:27 am
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I think that the geo on the mojo is not perfect and neither is the nomad c. Also don't Nomad C crack at the seat stays?

Give me a nomadC or Mojo HD over an Enduro any day of the week.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 10:42 am
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Calm down hob nob. Yes there are people who ride bikes faster than other people. I was asking questions not making statements. I should have put a ? in there where the first . was.

But S-works enduro is pretty much the same in terms of travel as a mojo hd 160 and has a slightly longer tt and slightly slacker ht and a slightly shorter rear end which I would say gives it slightly better geometry.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 10:55 am
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I wouldn't want a bike with a slacker HTA than a nomad.
Also "better" is subjective. Better for you does not mean better for anyone else.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:00 am
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[quote=alex222 ]Calm down hob nob. Yes there are people who ride bikes faster than other people. I was asking questions not making statements. I should have put a ? in there where the first . was.
But S-works enduro is pretty much the same in terms of travel as a mojo hd 160 and has a slightly longer tt and slightly slacker ht and a slightly shorter rear end which I would say gives it slightly better geometry.
I take it you've never actually ridden one then? There's far too much hypothesising about what is good/best/better based upon figures in a catalogue.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:20 am
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Fair point and no I haven't.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:33 am
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Quality thread .

Sounds like a mojo HD or a nomad C is the answer to the OP's prayers.

I have a Mojo, and have ridden the same year enduro (2010), the enduro is 90% of the bike that mojo is for approx 60% of the cost.

Enduro is the best VFM, mojo HD or nomad if money no object.

Cant comment on the others as I havent ridden them, but I suspect they're all equally as good/bad as the enduro but in different ways.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:35 am
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A reply from someone in the bike industry (and, yes, I was trolling with my silly reply in the "tight crown race" thread) - if you came to me and wanted to spend £4000, I'd make sure you got the bike you wanted.

If you're spending £4000 and you've got a specific set of requirements, you're very unlikely to find an off-the-peg bike that's exactly what you want. That's why bike shops will swap components or custom build for you. There's no point spending that much money on something that you've only seen or read about in a magazine, you need to try lots of bikes, ride lots of bikes and know what you do and don't want, from experience rather than reviews and forums.

What I'm saying is that you aren't wrong to be demanding, but you need to be sure what your demands are and take them to the right place. You're not going to be happy with a stock bike and if you've got that much money to spend, you don't have to be.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:37 am
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enduro s works 2013 cc db air and $4000 with a command post. But you can't buy em in the UK.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:38 am
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You're not going to be happy with a stock bike and if you've got that much money to spend, you don't have to be.

He doesn't have any money to spend it seems. 🙂


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:39 am
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five frame, CCDB coil, Fox 36 RLC...

^^^ This - unless of course you ride in Surrey, in which case a carbon nomad or mojo hd will fit the bill better 🙂


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:43 am
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five frame, CCDB coil, Fox 36 RLC...

Not much cheaper than a

carbon nomad or mojo hd

though is it?


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:44 am
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but be able to take it on uplift days and to the alps etc

This is exactly what I use my Blur LTc (built up quite burly) for. Haven't been left wanting yet......


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:46 am
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I don't think cheapness comes into it when you're looking at a 5 grand trail weapon 😛


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:47 am
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Well no; however I thought you showing reverse snobbery to carbon frames and suggesting that they were the reserve of the Surrey elite based on their price.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:49 am
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hardly, I'm the biggest snob on this forum, I've never even touched an XT component!


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:51 am
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Oh that's okay then. So I presume you have a mojo hd 160 then?


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 11:53 am
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^^^ This - unless of course you ride in Surrey, in which case a carbon nomad or mojo hd will fit the bill better

Fact


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 1:28 pm
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I've never even touched an XT component!
X0 then


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 1:29 pm
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It has to XTR all the way darling


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 1:38 pm
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Trail or Race?


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 1:43 pm
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It has to XTR all the way darling

Yes but are you putting it on a mucky alloy frame?


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 1:52 pm
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Haha, ludicrous thread....shouldnt this be in the 'first world problems' thread?


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 2:40 pm
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@OP: don't do it on the tick. When the bike is old and tired you'll still be making payments that feel very new.

Buy what you can now for what you have, S/H maybe, then upgrade and recycle bits, or the frame, as you can afford it.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:38 pm
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Nothing wrong with finance, if that's what works for him.
It worked fine for me on two bikes as long as I kept the finance bit to £200 per month for 10months.

In 10 non-winter months, not much needs replacing and £200/m was doable comfortably for me at that time.

That's not true now though and I wouldn't do it on finance now. But I would if I was salaried again, maybe.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:48 pm
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Do Santacruz nomad C have 142x12 drop outs?


 
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