The compromise is obvious though, often you need suspension performance at the point when your body stiffens and you stand on the pedals. I can imagine that if you know what you're doing then the suspension works okay, but if you show it any fear it's over the bars time.
Having said that, my old Enduro sags under power and the head angle steepens slightly when you stand and back off too.
I have an enduro too - it's kind of the complete opposite of the Mantra as you pointed out 🙂 Makes life interesting 🙂
Paint job on that Klien is a winner though - there's one at an LBS in Canterbury that looks the cats in purple.
I want my Enduro painted in that shade.
Mine's going to be metallic purple. With gold Klein logos, to match [url= http://www.lvis.org.uk ]team colours[/url] 🙂
Paint job on that Klien is a winner though - there's one at an LBS in Canterbury that looks the cats in purple.
It's a purple one I'm thinking off - then again I am into purple fade paintjobs on slab sided bikes...
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Whatever happened to Klein anyway? Didn't they get bought out by Trek and went all Ned Flanders?
Having searched, something like this
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In the same shade as that Klein...
Clubber wrote, "typically URTs stiffen when you stand on a descent - not ideal but worth the compromise for some for the fact that they climb well out of the saddle and the suspension is ok when in the saddle."
An Idrive would climb well out of the saddle and work better on the descents... Or, tbh, any number of other suspension designs. Or any susser ever with a lockout. If it was the only solution to this problem, sure, but it's not.
Yep, true enough but idrives are heavy and have some funny anti-squat under power - compromises again.
Like I said, URTs have been superceeded. Lockout is one solution and with remote, the solution I have on one of my other full sussers 😉
They were shit. FACT
Lockout is one solution and with remote, the solution I have on one of my other full sussers
Better yet, travel reduction/suspension stiffening and lockout on a remote, as I have on my FS!
Scott then? Yeah, that is a good option. I just don't trust the Scott shocks though.
Had mine 4 years and not had any problems at all - shock has been serviced a couple of times, but just routine stuff (it's a Genius RC, so may be a little different to other bigger Scotts - I still love it and wouldn't even think about changing for something else).
My wanting an URT bike isn't too dissimilar to another person's wish for an old MG. Not the greatest but wanted.
Check the details of description. Carbon Fibre? DH? Slightly damaged BB?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GARY-FISHER-LEVEL-BETTY_W0QQitemZ260528582546QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item3ca8b6af92
