Long Travel Hardtails-Show me!!!

Hey all-I know it has been done before but I am mulling over a new hardtail.

long travel/hardcore whatever you wanna call them! Looking at things with 120mm plus forks. what have you got?

My Dialled Alpine that I run with 130mm Marzocchis, but I think you can use whatever length fork you like on it

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You’ve seen my PA before 😉 but here it is again

When it was shiny and new…

here’s one you made earlier nodrog2

170mm anyone…

http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/1595/med/mpbpic1595333.jpg

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Dialled Bikes Alpine

Dialled Bikes Prince Albert

140mm vans

Chumba HX1

My subzero with forks at 140mm ish, goes upto 180mm 😀

(actually JonEdwards)

My Litespeed Kitsuma,

I don’t tend to take that many pictures:

out on the trails:

dirty:

clean:

it tends to be dirty more than clean though, poor thing!

😆 IT LOVES IT!! 😆

(180mm Marzochi 66 SL1 ATA)

Dialled PA with 130mm Menjas on it:

😀

Really very much off-topic, MrNutt – that is seriously the coolest sofa. mucho respect!!! I want one!!!

Jt

The new “that blue” on one 456.

Only joking.

Here’s mine, complete with manky fence

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damn it!

Why don’t people just use the edit button in their posts these days?

Love Dialled Bikes Aplines!

Oh and scott_mcavennie2 what do you think of the Menjas?

Whatever happened to red tyres? There they are.

Used to be everywherefew years ago don’t see ’em so much now.

Mine, always leaves me finishing a ride impressed

Oh and scott_mcavennie2 what do you think of the Menjas?

Only had the bike for 2 weeks so its difficult to say really. However, they do take a little messing around with the pressures – Magura’s recommendations are far too low – I think Ive got it set up about right now (110 psi/182lbs). They do seem to be very plush and also very stiff for normal qr forks (the double arch design).

Took it for a nice blast over at swinley today and they seemed perfect.

I’d have no problem recommending them to others (as does the owner of my LBS who runs them on both his bikes).

Banshee Scirocco, 150mm 66s

Theyre for sale if anyone wants them (red tyres), unfortunately i had a parting of ways with the BFe.

one of the last rides with this frame. my (now the GF’s) old sanderson. 100mm frame but would run it 120mm with sag. looking back on it a little nostalgically now….. was slack enough for the most of the riding i’d encounter.

replaced with this. simply swpped wheels and fork over. got some bits waiting for me back in UK: new fork, flat pedals, and wider bars and adjustable stem (vro). doesn’t really matter. there’s so much fegging snow at the moment all its good for is a pootle round the block. besides, no hills in munich.

but then looking back at old photos of the sanderson with the same forks on it looks a little more intent….

maybe when i get the lyriks on the alpine it’ll make more sense.

456 with 130mm Revs

Evil Sov’ – soon to be owned by Lyndon Smith:

140mm Rev’s

Some kick ass machines, My choice would be:

1. the white chameleon
2. any of the sub-zero
3. any of the BFe

Whyte 905

456 with Fox Vans 140

Well I wouldn’t really class 120mm as long travel but here you go, my new zaskar with 120mm reba bolt thru, this is the fastest bike I’ve ever owned, climbs brilliantly and feels very stable on the downs, doesn’t leave you black and blue after a long ride either unlike my old chameleon.

now with a big ring as I kept running out of gears
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