Ha.
Last time we tried that for a fun car for $100k the conversation was sapped of fun within minutes.
Second Hand Bike Recommendation
- Thread starter freakin3zing
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Last time we tried that for a fun car for $100k the conversation was sapped of fun within minutes.
Fuck that's an ugly bike. It looks like a Haro impregnated a sausage then that sausage found the clam of a Mongoose Boot'R and they made stuff. Yuck."The balmain of newcastle" if you're a real estate agent...
I all seriousness get the eeeb or at 6.2 feet and bang on your budget chase this up:
IBIS CYCLES RIPMO AF SRAM NGX or DEORE/DVO | Summit Cycles
The Ripmo has no downhill speed or terrain limits, yet it still magically climbs like a bike with less travel and tackles technical terrain with the best of them. The geometry feels perfectly dialed and it excels both up and down the mountain. The DW-Link suspension handles the 147mm of...www.summitcycles.bike
SummitFever
Eats Squid
Yeah a bit too much "UGLY AF" rather than "RIPMO AF".
freakin3zing
Squid
You guys are nuts I like it
SummitFever
Eats Squid
At the end of the day that's all that matters.
Jpez
Down on the left!
We are also caring and understanding so realise there is a journey. Usually goes hardtail, cheap dually, upgrades, expensive dually, then upgrades. Then more upgrades and before you know it you’ve spent an unspeakable sum of money.
so to save you all that trauma we recommend you add a 1 onto the front of the budget figure and go all the way to the top shelf and order an Acto5 P train. Get it all over with. It is the way.
Thank us later.
so to save you all that trauma we recommend you add a 1 onto the front of the budget figure and go all the way to the top shelf and order an Acto5 P train. Get it all over with. It is the way.
Thank us later.
pink poodle
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I have this, but with the no longer available sram build kit (most of which will soon be stripped and sold), and it's great bang for the buck.
I haven't given it full send yet (fucking rain and work), but I'll not need more travel than it offers until I am riding a full blown dh trail. Even then I've gotten away with a lot less travel and old school 26 designs on various incarnations of ourimbah dh and the always challenging quarry of death.
Pretty sure it's already landed. Use of straighter tunes in design really hurt my feelings.
pink poodle
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Haakon
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Welcome to the madhouse. Sometimes you may even get useful advice
Haakon
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Doesnt look much worse than the new Trance X in carbon... Frame designers seemed to have not realised that every new model doesnt need to be different looking just for the sake of being different...
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
But if they don't there's always someone in the comments that says "Looks like a (insert a slightly similar bike here)"
mark22
Likes Dirt
The reach on bikes has increased dramatically in the Pinkbike comparison.Dunno if this will help, it's from 2021 so thing have moved on even more
Throwback Thursday: How Much Has Geometry Changed in the Past 10 Years? - Pinkbike
The geometry numbers of 10 modern bikes compared to their numbers from 10 years ago.m.pinkbike.com
You might find a "trail" version of an "xc" bike normally has around 120mm, will be closer geometry to what your used to, and maybe more suited to fire trail riding?
But on the geometry thing, I had a 20 year break from MTB and there was no "getting used to" modern geometry from my perspective. Modern bikes are way more capable than anything before.
Even recently my new bike M has longer reach than my old 2017 enduro L.
SummitFever
Eats Squid
The reach numbers have gone up but remember that's measured from the bb to the headtube. The steeper the seat angle the more reach you need to have the same effective top tube length.
The steeper seat angle and slacker head tubes of modern geo also means that frames don't "auto-adjust" was well as they used to. Eg. If you put the seat up on a medium frame and raise the bars then the room in the cockpit actually gets smaller.
The steeper seat angle and slacker head tubes of modern geo also means that frames don't "auto-adjust" was well as they used to. Eg. If you put the seat up on a medium frame and raise the bars then the room in the cockpit actually gets smaller.
Jpez
Down on the left!
And for us taller folk thank Fark for that. Running the dropper full height on older geos meant wheelies all day long but a shitful time trying to keep the front wheel on the ground during climbs. Steep ST’s all day long for me thanks.
Isaakk
Likes Bikes and Dirt
As a fellow taller folk, can concur.
EsPeGe
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Bugger. I’m gonna have a pimp spec Evil for sale pretty soon but you are a gazelle and I’m a wombat so it won’t fit.
I’d say any of the top manufacturers out there make solid bikes so like anything second hand it would come down to condition, spec and price.
I’m sure I’m not telling you anything you don’t know but don’t pay any deposits as it’s the latest Facebook scam.
SummitFever
Eats Squid
How people can (and more often can't) climb the steep techy stuff is a whole other ballgame, but the point I'd make with modern geo and tall guys is don't just rely on the reach figures. Yeah they seem huge but they don't tell the whole story of cockpit room. Steep seat tubes are great but you absolutely need to get the right size frame and this becomes a potential PITA when you are in-between sizes. eg. A higher seat on a large will not get you the same cockpit room as an XL even though the reach numbers on the 2024 large will be much longer than the 2014 large.
Put another way, if you're buying a modern geo bike get the right frame size. Putting the seat up, spacers under the bars, high rise bars etc. will all make the cockpit smaller.
Jpez
Down on the left!
Very true. I think most of us here can read the geo charts snd make an educated decision. My last three frames I bought without a test ride. I poured over the charts and luckily all frames fit me well. But someone less nerdy than us might easily end up on the wrong size frame and blame the bike.
Especially when taking advice from the sales kid at the bike store that wants to move that bike on the floor that’s been sitting for too long or going off their prior experience a decade ago.