can’t beat a steel hardtail! Stanton make some awesome bikes, I used to have a Slackline. I’m really smitten with the Switch9er FS
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can’t beat a steel hardtail! Stanton make some awesome bikes, I used to have a Slackline. I’m really smitten with the Switch9er FS
Sounds great! I was tempted to go for the Switch9er but means new wheels and forks and I've just spent a few quid on new 27.5 wheels, talk about bad timing
Do you have pics of yours?
Sounds great! I was tempted to go for the Switch9er but means new wheels and forks and I've just spent a few quid on new 27.5 wheels, talk about bad timing
Do you have pics of yours?
These are my 2, Ragley Bigwig 29er hardtail and YT Industries Capra Pro Race. I’ve also got a steel Genesis Croix de Fer to pootle about on the tarmac.
Whyte didnt warranty this or offer a crash replacement? I have had a few Whytes and never had to register them and had whole frame under warranty because of some lose bearings and a floppy rear triangle......cant believe they didnt warranty it in some way even with a discounted frame
Didn't warranty it as I didn't register in the first 28days even though its within the 4 years... Offered crash replacement frame 2019 frame for 250 but it's a boost frame so basically pointless for me, almost cheaper to buy a new bike by the time I factor in wheels and forks... Hence going for something different
Had a situation when I cracked the frame in my 2017 Orange Alpine, in fairness they supplied a new front and rear triangle under warranty (as both bits had cracks, probably started when I had a big crash on it, I broke 12 ribs, shoulder, collarbone and punctured a lung), when I pointed out that I'd need to then buy a new rear shock as they'd gone to a metric rear shock and mine wouldn't fit I got a like for like replacement shock from them free of charge to fit the new frame geometry, can't really say fairer than that in my opinion!
Old and new. The Alpinestars is deffo a camping/pub bike as it isn't that great to ride!
Yes, they’ve come on just a bit since I bought mine. 
Bit of retro for you. Bought back in 2001 for £500, which was a fair amount of money back then, bought with the best of intentions, probably ridden it half a dozen times since. Giant XTC 840.
Took it to my local Giant shop recently to have new brakes fitted because the originals had seized and the guys that worked there were all over it, they even called everyone from out the back to come and have a look.
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Newlands Corner?
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thats the baby i have been looking at nice!
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shredder have you charged it up from the van ?gamechanger if you can ehYep ... it's the 2020, so bang on geometry-wise, In fact Mondraker were first with the whole roomy cockpit and long wheel base thing. They call it 'Forward Geometry' .. long reach but with super short 30mm stem on all their bikes Not as extreme as Pole or Geometron bikes but a 470mm Reach and I think 1280mm wheelbase on a Medium is bonkers. According to Mondraker, I could've sized up as I was borderline on their size chart for a Large at 5'10" !!!!!
It's 180mm travel 29" with a 65degs head angle. Can't remember Seat Angle as it's an eBike anyway and I'm a downhiller. Mondraker classify it as "Super Enduro" so it won't have the best seat angle for folks prioritising pedaling
Had first runs today to dial suspension settings and tyre pressures etc. The best way to sum this monster up is, it's the best bike I've ever ridden and better than any DH bike I've ever ridden. The perfect tool for downhill venues with no uplift service
I haven't but I hear you can to some extent. In fact, just yesterday a guy at Rogate Downhill Park (another T6 owner) came over to chat and he told me he'd had a load of stuff - leisure batteries, invertor, di-lithium crystals, warp field generator etc put into his van, which allowed him to "top up" his KTM eBIke. He didn't say he could do a full charge interestingly. Although, I didn't ask that specifically to be fair. Must depend on what battery you run in the bike as well, 500, 650, 700 etc
My bike runs a 650, so tends to easily last a whole day of Down Hilling (so far anyway). To avoid any complexity getting ready for the next day's action .. I just plug it in at the hotel before dinner
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Top of Reigate Hill. Are you local?
aaaah, was sure that was Newlands.
i used to be, well localish - just between Guildford and Farnham...
