Full sus I bought an old 6 Heckler from ebay fitted all my old parts the wife loves it, she has even raced it once :D 140mm each end very comfortable and gets her out of trouble,

Need plenty of that when on natural trails, where I live, peaty mud clags into everything, not such a problem on the local trail centres.

will have to go check one out ,

Bandit is that the 26 or 29er

Cotic Rocket looks to be a good bike , not sure on the weight o the full builds.

Anyone have an SB66 carbon, or the Santa Cruc TRc??

I’m 95kg in my gear never noticed flex in mine, 20mm front and 142 x 12 rear set up, thought they were great wheels, light and fast with Maxxis Ikons.

Thanks for the replies, I was looking at the Blur Trc and thought maybe with a set of 34’s set to 130-140 it would be fun , 150 maybe too much, SC recommend 130mm as the sweet spot.I’ll give Tft a call, see what they say. :-)

I tried one for a while didn’t find it as comfortable as the bel air, i know OPA at llandegla have test saddles maybe worth ago if you are near by or check out other shops near you see if they have them to test :D

mine did something similar LBS bled the lever all was well

30 front 35 rear 26 or 29 :D

The hole in the barb on my last Avid brakes, was the said T10 just screwed it in..

Had a Pike 454 140mm on mine felt great very slack , I think much more maybe a bit too slack , but thats just me… :D

yes I do cross mark rear , ardent front summer, ardent rear advantage front, for the rest, but just broke that habit after 4 years and gone advantage front and rear :D

90kg riding mine for 3 months 29er no problems like to pop off stuff not to high but fun size. :D

If they are float 36 just reduce the travel, you dont have to run them at 160mm , then all is good. :-)

Maxxis Ikon 3C Exo in 29er :D

650b

link above to a forum of 650b users , I’ve been asking around about my SantaCruz Butcher,

as mentioned only concern is too high a BB, I happen to like low BB so it maybe not for me, but it is interesting to try if i had the money I would try it.

The wheels come with QR for running your standard QR 135mm, or as I have done you can buy 135 x 10 adapters for bolt through QR I’m using a DT Swiss 135 x 10 RWS gives a bit more stiffnes to the rear.

Zesty ,Yeti SB66, not ridden any but they spring to mind, I’ve owned 08 Heckler , latest 5 and a Remedy 9 , really like the Remedy climbed awesome, now have a Butcher similar TT to the Heckler but climbs and descends much better, suspension and geometry is improved, ISCG tabs taper head tube gives you good options, Blur trc not quite 140mm but longer TT.. were on offer at Stif the other day..

CRC have XL on sale

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=75355

:D

206lb in my boxers been riding 29er Crests for 3 months no problems so far , had a great ride round the Beast at Coed Y Brenin plenty of rocks to test them there still straight :D 3″ travel bike :D

DHX-5 Coil TFTune was wesome on mine, check out ebay or clasifieds for a good 2nd hand one then get it serviced by Loco or TFTune for the Nomad your weight etc… 216mm I to I 63mm stroke if I remember :D

http://locotuning.co.uk/

Yes she does :(

Big plastic sheet :D

Had mine since Feb 2011 no problems still running true and smooth, they have done about 50miles a week in all weathers, just got another set in 29er form :D done about 300 miles no problem :D

heart says I’m 25 actual is double :D

Yeah mine did the same 2 minutes quick bleed of the lever sorted, check out SRAM video on you tube :D

my Orange 5 was slightly wider than the hub not by much never took much notice but when i tightened the maxle up you could see it pull in very slightly, don’t think it was out by more than 0.5 to 1.0mm

Running a Maxxis Ikon on my 29er grips and rolls very well bit expensive but probably the best tyre I’ve come across

Float 36 awesome, I’ve had a set for 3 years pretty light and not flexy,
can be adjusted with spacer from 160 all the way to 100mm :D

Mine does it aswell not really a problem

Easton havoc carbon 750mm Salsa Spearfish 29er

I use an old wood chisel and lots of care, to get it started then a brass bar and hammer to gently tap off .

Liking the Blue Shortcut :D

I would need to buy frame forks and wheels I have the rest, just need to sell my other bike, frame wheels and fork :D The Yelli is really nice,
:D and is great fun MrK :D

I wanted to do more events but they have been cancelled even built a new bike for the no fuss 10 -10 events which were cancelled in Wales so just saved my money , also wanted to do some gravity enduro events but dates clashed with family events so no luck there, and have no money to travel far so was hoping to do more local comps, and have now given up, and just go riding, also it is very hard to find details of events, and I guess the weather does not help much..

Funny how we are all different I quite like the high front end :D

I have stans yellow tape and valves , tyres went on with just my hands no levers, watched the video twice and did what they said to do, no problems.

http://www.notubes.com/helpcenter.aspx

watch the video ZTR Tire install, follow it exactly and tyres go on easy, I fitted Maxxis Ikons to Crest 29er rims set up tubless took less than 5 mins a tyre, while drinking a brew :D

Its more like 12 weeks , I’ve broken mine 4-5 times , stretching out in the shower with hot water on it helped me recommended by a physio I went to see to help recovery and gentle stretching, oh and anti flams really help, I couldn’t cough sneeze turnover or c**p without uber pain, two cracked ribs , torn muscle and internal bruising…probably took 12 to 18 months to finally stop hurting but I did carry on doing what I was doing , training etc so probably didn’t help oh and broke the same ribs again which really annoyed me, they are really knobbly now :D

I’m 15+ in my gear only had mine 3 weeks and they have been fine , rode Coed Y brenin ‘s the Beast on Monday battered through some of the rock sections and flung myself off some of the drops with no ill effects :D

Buy a Reverb , the up and down thing is great , its just a superb tool , the only -ve is the initial cost and if you are a weight weeny , it makes me a better rider, I struggle with the seat up and the saddle reaming my butt on steep techy trails. :D