So this also has the 150mm linkage apparently more progressive and better suit to coils. I wanted something distinctly different to my Swarf
Contour short travel steel full suss…as capable and fun as the Swarf is I felt I was getting noticeably more fatigued on longer, steeper off piste stuff that my friends. I’d keep up with them for the first few runs of the day then blow up, a 115mm single pivot bike has is pros and cons and obviously it’s about the rider not the bike but I thought it was time for some skills compensation with more travel.
I did actually think about asking Adrian at Swarf to build me his longer travel Vortex/155, but after demoing the Highlander and being blown away by the high pivot suspension I just had to have one.
Obviously people are going to see the bike and think I’m some kind of ripper, nothing could be further from the truth…I just have questionable taste.