+1 for what Northwind says. Had lyriks on my HT and swapped to Revs. Feels better balanced now for what i use it for.

Edit: just to add, I’m not a big hefty chap so I don’t notice much flex at all in the Revs, but I certainly noticed the extra weight in the lyriks.

I have a set of magura thors 140 which have a double brace and are not flexy in the slightest
i also have a very nice set of Marzocchi rc44 ti 150 forks

both for sale 🙂

Slants have arrived, they look very nice and have a quality feel about them. Certainly look a lot beefier than my Revs so I can see why people are saying they’re a good bit stiffer. Pleasantly surprised that they come in slightly under weight on my scales, 1887g with uncut steerer. I’m really just waiting for the frame now, the suspense is killing me!

Me too mate. I hadnew forks but now, thanks to Ribble, I have a full new drivetrain and brakes.

Hopefully the frames will turn up this week.

It’s killing me waiting as I’m bikeless.

I’m also bikeless. Well, I have my Soul but since its cracked at the chainstays and the headtube I might pop to the shops on it at best. Certainly won’t do for my up and coming trip to the Lakes 😕

Not going to go far wrong with a full shimano transmission and brakes. Which did you go for out of interest?

Where did you get the Slants from winch? I ordered some last week via a LBS but it was out of stock and Upgrade won’t have any until October apparently.

My build is:

16″ Orange Alpine
SLX brakes – Ribble sale
Xt shifters – Ribble sale
Hope pro 2 evo on flow evo
SLX triple – converted to double and e13 bash
XT Cassette and chain – thanks to Ribbles sale
2013 Rockshox Sektor 140mm tapered solo air
Mix of Easton and Truvativ bars stem and seat post.

It was gonna be a build with old parts but the Ribble sale was so good I bought everything new.

daveh – freeborn.co.uk In stock at £399. They’re just down the road from the distributor and the guy I spoke to (Michael) said that the distributor had about 10 pairs in stock (non DLA).

EDIT: Not sure why upgrade, wiggle etc have to wait quite so long for theirs.

Mosey, that should make for a great bike. My similar but slightly different build:

18″ White Alpine
Hope Brakes
Xt shifters/derailleurs
Hope pro 2 evo on flow EX
M660 SLX double, hope bash, blackspire stinger.
XT Cassette, KMC chain
Slants
Easton havoc carbon bars and haven alu seat post (until I can get some money together for a dropper!)

Oh yeah forgot, picked up a clutch SLX rear mech and a double specific SLX front.

Couldn’t resist, the whole drivetrain came to £104.

The white looks stunning, I’ve changed my frame colour 4 times.

Definitely the 160s? I was told no 160s in stock at upgrade (the distributor), therefore the lbs can’t get hold of any. 120s (which can go up to 140 max) are in stock though I prefer the future proofing of the 160s.

I’ll just leave this here…

Leave what?

I’ll just leave this here…

The thread, I think we got a bit off topic!

daveh – give them a ring yourself. I ordered my 160’s yesterday and they arrived today on next day delivery 🙂

Our chat was still about LT hardtails and our fork choice 😉

daveh – if you are tempted by the 120’s then you may be interested to hear that at wiggle you can have them for £364 if you use the code paypal20, and both colours currently in stock.

Ooo, moral dilemma!

Edit: +Ooo, consumer champion dilemma!

What are they going on daveh?

Bandit 26. Though to qualify for the thread I have options involving a Marin Rocky Ridge, presently with 150 Revs. That counts as a LT hardtail!

…oh, and while your at it might as well do the newsletter unsubscribe and resubscribe thing, get them down to £359!

Edit: Though for what it’s worth, I think I’d stick with having the option to run them at 150/160.

Ran 36’s on my sov for a bit when the seal popped on my revelations.

Felt like a bag of shite at 160mm, much better at 130mm. The difference in weight was noticeable.

Much better when I put the revs back on it.

The advantages of having a big fork are typically lost on a hardtail. Stick to something less beefy and the bike will be more balanced and fun to ride.

I think I’ll be running my Slants at 140, once I get around to lowering them which is more of a pita than the Rockshox I’m used to as it involves pressing out the pin from the “ladder”.

Yeah. Wiggle tempting but I think in the long run I’d regret it. That leaves the Freeborn option though…..

Tic toc tic toc

Upgrade showing stock again for black 160 Slants…..!

I’d be interested to hear how you get on with the Slants. Might look at some 140’s for my build.

know how you feel, i’ve done all the familys bikes for no reason than the build!

i too would be interested in how the slants feel, and i’m impressed by the weight!