seems odd to me how much is shock bushings ??

I will give it ago then 1×10 it is :):)

sorry about my bad english , long day !

mine is 26 pounds when running 1×10 23 is very light what sort of build ?

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nice like the colour 🙂

hmmmmm might give it a go ?

out of all the bikes I had this seems the right tool for the job and it’s fanastic for trail riding !!!

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Been there too! had a yeti 575 sold that and bought a cotic soul and many other hardtails, thing is you will be more tired on a hardtail after a few hours riding and you cant keep the power down over the ruff and steel is not that light so you will have the same weight as your five and less comfort, control etc . I bought a short travel trail bike, 120mm , problem solved !!! just enough to take the edge off but requires bit more skill than your 140mm five and lighter !

I had a flexstem in yellow and it was awesome It was more about showing it off to my mates really 🙂

I do flick it off on downhills 🙂

opps sorry was rushed 🙁

we all should have a hardtail I think to brush up on our skills

I did ride a 140mm travel bike the over day and it did wallow quite a bit my superlight with 120 forks seems the right number

Just what we use at southern electric on domestic extensions etc…. up to you really 🙂

depends what the cable is twin and earth then yes or if you use SWA then should be fine

depends if you walk some of the trails if the going gets tough but I’m not ashamed to be in granny ring better than walking 🙂

I too have a superlight and tried 1×9 11-34 cassette and 34t up front it was good for local ride but not so good for big days out, wales …quantocks etc . The plus side was saving weight and no dropping the chain …depends where you live really ?

I will move the valves tomorrow lol need to water the grass its me grans house anyway :):)

climbs well in my eyes really is a fast ride on the trails pedals well compared to my older 575 but then again it should with less travel 🙂

whats it like with sids on ? I put 120mm for more trail type riding …36t 22t is a good set up IMO 36t is slap in between a 32t and 42t triple

thankyou 🙂

cool

thats more like it something different cheers tony24 what sort of price ?

is there much difference in weight between the two?

yes but the rings are so expensive to replace ?

I was just thinking out loud

thats true 36t on my rear mech might be too much ..thanks for the info Pauly

would there be much difference from a 34t to 36t it’s only 2 teeth

excellent am I right it will work with my set up hope pro 2 hubs ?

I had a 2008 yeti 575 which I used for mainly xc trail riding and the carbon swing arm snapped ! my mate would follow me and see my rear end flex so much it was scary ! I stick to alloy now as I have had a bad experience with carbon 🙁

how about 26 -36 ????

i’m liking the sound of 26-38 but will a 38t chainring be a big to hard as on a regular set up I use the 32t for climbing sometimes

come to mention it when I did drop from 36 to 22 the chain would drop off sometimes doing a test up and down the road ..I also have a stinger chain device would that help ?

just to say one thing about BOBS I joined a few couple of years back and they have trails beyond swinley which IMO is awesome if not better which can be ridden in the winter given swinley a chance ! so joining a club can be a good thing 🙂

just bought a santa cruz superlight frame and put 120mm forks up front its rides so well ! just enough travel to blast on the downhills and the 100mm at the rear is really plush , cant see why I need anything more IMO 🙂

ok cheers will phone my LBS tomorrow 🙂

thats a relief when I picked the frame up I was in a hurry could it be the frame was’nt faced ?

cool thanks guys 🙂

will have a go at this cheers guys 🙂