Think I will go Fox , any bargains about? :D

Its 99% rider 1% bike , I’d be slow on them all :D

top class rider would make a GT fast

5′ 10″ is right on the two sizes I’ve had Medium and Large SC medium were more chuckable , Large more comfortable on longer rides , I’m 5′ 9″ short legs long body.riding a Large TRc at the moment, with v.short stem wide bars :D

I had 36’s on my 5 set to 140mm with spacers , when at 160 the bike was horrible to ride, :-)

the new 34 maybe a good alternative set up at 150mm

Flow EX fairly light alternative

I bought the triple sold the rings and bb for £150 , cranks were on offer for £284 on crc so £134 for the crank arms :D then fitted an e-13 single ring and some KCNC chainring bolts that finished the cranks of nicely.

on the bike

http://www.mavic.com/en/product/wheels/mountain-bike/wheels/Crossmax-ST-29

summer at Llandegla there are many young lads riding along quite happy with forks the wrong way , always cheap bikes , must be shipped that way :D

Spearfish +1 awesome bike very quick and pretty robust.

only had mine for 3 months sadly had to sell it , but it was great climbs well, and goes DH with great speed, 25.9lb my build , would have another.

Update on my bike ended up buying a 6 month old Blur TRc, so far its a great bike, climbs well especially techy stuff, and goes down hill and corners like its on rails , having to to recalculate my mind :D

I asked this a while back general feedback was it was quite gravity orientated, and to go for Alpine instead, so I’ve bought a SC Blur :-)
But I still hancker for a Patriot they are so grr looking, would be a hoot on some real rocky mountains

I tried them on my Orange 5 great no problems , tried them on my Santa Cruz Butcher with two fitted I had a weird kick in the pedal stroke from timeto time , with one in no problems

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cheap build DH bike, Tall boy LTc , jump bike

Llandegla,Coed y brenin,The Marin Trail all fine in the wet, no deep mud ,Penmachno just miserable in the wet.

No , I dropped a chain , used an MRPx1 still dropped a couple of times, so not perfect.

Santa Cruz High Ball

It gets harder as you get older I’m 50 and still try to do what I did when I was 25 and I can’t, I’m slowly giving up trying to and now just go and enjoy myself, if you push too far it takes ages to recover I have found, but I still push myself because its fun to do so, just not to the point of blowing up and injuring myself. If I enter a duathlon ,xc race etc I don’t go in to win ( I don’t train enough or have the lightest bike or the the best trainers ), I do it for me and to just get the best performance I can,with what I have, and most of all to have fun. :D

Trc nice bike rides well, quick and very stiff :D

Slacker and lower run them on my 5 now on my Butcher

My Butcher did a similar thing it was down to the thread being to long on the main axle the bearing flatened the threads it moved around damaged the bearing , sent them to Jungle they replaced with new modified axle with shorter thread and new bearings, I spoke to them first very helpful guys,was back up at the end of the week.

95kg KS950 for two years , and reverb for 2 years no problems..

Thanks Loco,

Just going to start a build and need a fork so was thinking nice light coil fork would be great.

Are Ti springs available Loco

I went to 10 speed but found only needed a 1 x 10 for 99% of my riding 36 upfront and a 36-11 out back simple system but you do need a chain device and the new plus systems dont work without one, chain still drops.

goaster have any pics of your Nomadc

jeffmarsh at hotmail dot co dot uk :D

V10 Mojo HD is the one that puts the cat amongst them two shocks two bikes, I have some 36’s so just need a lighter 32 150 and a set of light wheels :D

Lots of positives for my choices and some good alternatives so many good bikes and frame out there, :D probably they would all be awesome.

I have had a ride on the SB66 alloy nice bike , have consideed the 66c version , rode a medium with a 90mm stem felt huge, so not a good test small would have been similar to the medium SC, I ride a medium Butcher at the moment. My only Yeti ownership was a small Arc with 80mm Fox fork was light and fun, but my back doesn’t cope with hardtails.

Hi yes I was on an 18″ medium, they are roomy, I’m 5’9″. short stem wide bars , rides really well

My Fish very very good bike climbs well and goes down even better, sadly had to sell mine, would highly recommend one , the frame is solid and the quality is A1 , maxle back end was very stiff, 25.9lb in the picture, changed out a few parts got it down to 25.66lb with pedals :D
Rebas had 20mm axles so nice ne stiff :-)

LT3 will it be carbon , slacker and longer…… :D

I had the older Talas 150, 130, 110 only used the 130 on steep long climbs maybe twice, the fork locked out at 150 was fine for climbing

probably dont ride very nicely at 140, maybe more balanced at 120, never ridden one, like the look of them though :D cant imagine breaking one , they are pretty well built bikes at Orange.

Used to say 140 on the 2012 Gyro Black n Gold page but now says 120, :D

+1 on Santa Cruz Heckler my wife rides one as said they are short TT and plenty of travel, 150mm front and back,
I took one to the Alps for two weeks it was great really looked after me and the new one is slightly slacker , with taper steerer and ISCG mounts great value , cheaper than a 5.

Shimano XT has been fine for me last one lasted 20 months, riding 2-4 times a week, currently trying a KMC X10 10 months so far no problems.

Salsa Spearfish come in X,small ,for 5′ 2″ to 5′ 5″ very nice frame and ride really well.

richiethesilverfish

I was going to have a ride @ Oneplanet , but my daughter crashed her car and I never got a chance, the two demos had gone back,
I will ask if they can get another to try, and the Trc so I can compare both.
One of the staff has offered for me to have ago of there own bike , very kind of them , I will have a quick sit tomorrow hopefully.