5 - 6" travel frames? - Singletrack World Magazine December 3, 2010

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5 – 6" travel frames?
jedi
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i’m looking for a replacement for the bottlerocket. i wonder what frame to get that covers the spectrum of riding i do with it. singletrack to 15+ft drops etc….

any ideas? i don’t want big travel as i have the demo9 still

Posted 13 years ago

nasher
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hey jedi check this one out… picked mine up yesterday its lovely…will post picks when built..

http://www.mdebikes.com

Posted 13 years ago

paulrockliffe
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Banshee Spitfire?

Posted 13 years ago

The Orbea Occam Twins

jedi
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hmmmmmmm nasher

Posted 13 years ago

goodgrief
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Banshee Spitfire?

not suitable for what jedi has in mind.
a rune fits the bill though, they make an ace mini-dh bike with angled headset cups and a coil shock

Posted 13 years ago

I_Ache
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Fancy a swap for an 06 Enduro?

DSC_0334 by i_ache, on Flickr

Posted 13 years ago

jedi
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i don’t want another speccy 🙂

Posted 13 years ago

Blower
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cant see an enduro being up to 15+ft drops without snapping.

Posted 13 years ago

juan
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Commncal mini-dh? Old rockies RM6 or RM7 likes? Same old kona stinkies?
To be honest with you, I am not sure a lot of 5-6″ bikes are designed with the idea of 15th drops (5 m is a lot) nowadays.

Posted 13 years ago

si-wilson
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Canfield ‘the one’ not available until new year though.

Posted 13 years ago

jedi
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si. what travel is that?

Posted 13 years ago

mrmichaelwright
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See if Mr Smoke can get you a deal on a Knolly?

mmmmmmm Delerium

Posted 13 years ago

khani
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Santa cruz butcher/nomad
Alpine 160
Froggy/spicy
And even though you said no…..Spesh SX 😀

Posted 13 years ago

jedi
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never seen a butcher

Posted 13 years ago

peakmonster
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Yawn
More marketing hype,
re-inventing the wheel?

Posted 13 years ago

ibis
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Some strange looking bikes around at the moment?

Posted 13 years ago

jedi
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butcher looks ok, gspot looks good etc…. any others?

Posted 13 years ago

LeeW
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How about a Nicolai Helius AC?

Posted 13 years ago

juan
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Froggy/spicy

MWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH you kinda missed the 15 foot drops me think

Posted 13 years ago

ibis
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Butcher or Nicolai both nice

Posted 13 years ago

si-wilson
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si. what travel is that?

Around 7″, though they are supposed to pedal like a much shorter travel bike.

Posted 13 years ago

CaptainMainwaring
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Nomad would do the job. 160mm travel, will take up to 180mm fork, tapered head tube etc. Can’t testify for the 15′ drop but I can testify that they do singletrack well and climb almost as well as my LT2. Seen quite a few of the old ones being used in the Scottish downhill series so obviously stand up to some serious battering

Posted 13 years ago

jockhaggis
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Tazer VP, only 3.25″-4″ travel though
Tracer VP
Nomad
Heckler

Posted 13 years ago

neninja
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Nicolai Helius AC – 5 year frame warranty including for racing is pretty good. Very tough frames.

Posted 13 years ago

thv3
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As a matter of interest, what’s the problem with the bottlerocket?

Posted 13 years ago

jedi
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i bought it 2nd hand. its battered.

Posted 13 years ago

Blower
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cant see a heckler standing up to the abuse either.

Posted 13 years ago

paulrockliffe
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But a new Bottlerocket wouldn’t be battered would it.

Posted 13 years ago

jedi
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i might get a new one but before i buy new i want to see my choices

Posted 13 years ago

ianv
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Intense ss or a corsair Koenig perhaps

The mountain cycles battery was going really cheap earlier this year but not sure if they are still available

Posted 13 years ago

mamadirt
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Yeah, reckon a Slopestyle would fit the bill – decent range of sizes too. The MC Battery is a cracking little frame but very short.

Posted 13 years ago

cupid-stunt
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Scott Voltage.
Mine is ace, and a good price too.

Posted 13 years ago

jedi
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the short frame voltage felt horrid but bushwacked’s long frame was rad. none left though.

Posted 13 years ago

carbon337
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The Scott Volatge FR and available in frame only:

There was a good write up in Dirt a few issues back.

Posted 13 years ago

Northwind
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I have nothing useful to add, I just liked the use of “horrid” and “rad” within the same sentence.

Posted 13 years ago

cupid-stunt
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Mine is long and is good for everything, needed a bigger cassette for xc though, would be nice with a single front and 10 speed rear , 2011 bikes should be available soon.

Posted 13 years ago

Valleyboy
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I’m looking at a similar sort of frame (not for 15ft drops tho, 5-6ft max) i looked at the Cove Gspot but the rear air shock put me off a bit, i’m debating an Ellesworth Moment 6 inch travel can be built up to just over 30lbs or a lot more robust, i had go on my mates at Inners in the summer, it climbs really well and was excellent on the descents, they have some good offers on frame and fork combinations at the moment at Freeborn.

My other mate has just got an Intense Slope Style, ridding position is spot on you really sit into the bike and not perched on top, the only thing you can’t fit a front mech so a little limited with the gears

Cheers

Nick

Posted 13 years ago

jedi
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the new g spot is on my list. intense have all broke/cracked at herts. in fact only norco have never busted there 🙂

Posted 13 years ago

rj
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Intense Uzzi maybe? More or less the same frame as the SS, but less travel and a bit easier to pedal.

EDIT: obviously I typed that before I read your next post.

Posted 13 years ago

khani
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Froggy/spicy

MWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH you kinda missed the 15 foot drops me think

Why? Spicy is 160mm and the froggy 180mm, are they not all that then? Thought they were supposed to be all gnarlyradcore innit’ are they breaky or just crap?
Not tried either tbh but thought they’d be worth a look

Posted 13 years ago