Long Travel Hardtails-Show me!!!

About to get some new white Recons 140mm Maxle Lites but this is it's first incarnation, 130mm Recons.

Is your rear wheel resting on the cat?

130mm Talas. Not sure why I have any other bikes.

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I like the Kona Five-0 and the Genesis Alpitude. The Kona looks so much better with decent kit on it.

just wanted to bump this and see what this bike was 😉

170mm anyone…

this is sublime to the max.
ti456 on 2010 FLOAT RLC 15mm BT's ..

love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it

Taka, it says "Evil" on the downtube and "Imperial" on the top tube, so I would hazard a guess it's an Evil Imperial 😉

Pace RC305

in slicks mode

my stiffee. apols for the crappy phone cam pics

1 Pace RC305
1Cove Handjob
1 Dialled Bikes PA
1 Independent Fabrications

I won't mention the Titus El Guapo as it doesnt count 😀

Love Chvch's bike, what frame is it?

It says LONG travel you girls!

I think 130mm is the magic number.

mikei ment i didnt know what it was because it was the url adress from one of the very first post's

140mm on a 14"frame 8)

The General Lee…

will you stop posting piccies of that loverly Curtis.

must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,must not look,

Without me, my Handjob is useless. Without my Handjob I am useless.

chucky you mean this one? 😆

Bugger off!! will ya?

hahaha 😆

It changed a lot between this photo being taken and then being stripped to build my coiler but something old school – 2000 Roast with 2006 all mountain 2's set at 130mm.

It rode like crap with these 160mm Marzocchis…

Much better with 140mm Pikes…

This is much more fun & faster up & down than any hardtail though…

Love Chvch's bike, what frame is it?

It's an NS Surge.

Very nice frames they are too, but not as nice as your bloody Curtis you keep teasing the rest of us with!

GIT! 😉

If its any consolation it gets used everyday and
is now complete with scuffs and scratches!

Just built this up! Frame was 40th birthday pressie 😀
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that's better!

Balfa Minuteman from about 2002 – retro long travel hardtail anyone?

Must take pictures with the saddle lower so it doesn't look so stupid 🙄

Lovin it!

But I would like to make a few tweaks… hmmm Curtis 8)

I know the stem is unfashionably long but it rides nice

looking forward to adding my summer season to the list.

gah, tick tock, tick tock.

170mm:

For GRRRR use only.

but I spend most of my time on this:

Which can be set to 130mm, but has and will always be 110mm.

Does 120-130mm actually count as “long travel” these days? Surely it’s more “average” now we’re living in the age of 160-180mm single crowns…

Bumhands – It's a NS Bikes Surge frame. Been contemplating buying some lyrics for it but it handles really nicely with the pikes so might just keep them on it!

Just looking back through this thread, and there are some really lovely bikes here. Personally, I think that long travel really starts at 130mm, but maybe 120 could be the starting point.

Old pic…… now has some Fox legs and Hope Stoppers. Don't treat her very nicely but she knows I love her 🙂

Frankenbike.

kenneththecurtain,

On your Nicolai do find that with that double TT you end up banging/catching your knees?

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