Recommendations for a Hard tail 29er frame
Discussion
I'm thinking of building a hard tail, possibly fully rigid bike for my local trails. I love my RocketMax but it is drastically over biked for Leigh woods and Ashton court!
Frame only budget is in the region of £500 ish, needs to be boost compatible. The Stans Flow wheels on my Rocket are plenty light enough for trail riding so sharing the wheels, tires, rotors and cassette etc will save me £500.
Thoughts? Solaris is the obvious option as I do like a Cotic but what other options would you recommend?
Frame only budget is in the region of £500 ish, needs to be boost compatible. The Stans Flow wheels on my Rocket are plenty light enough for trail riding so sharing the wheels, tires, rotors and cassette etc will save me £500.
Thoughts? Solaris is the obvious option as I do like a Cotic but what other options would you recommend?
I always like a Carbon HT but this tickles my fancy
https://www.alpkit.com/sonder/sonder-frontier
a slack play bike
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/nukeproof-scout...
I have a On-one Carbon race, but this is the closest to it.
https://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FROOMAC/on-one-maccat...
https://www.alpkit.com/sonder/sonder-frontier
a slack play bike
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/nukeproof-scout...
I have a On-one Carbon race, but this is the closest to it.
https://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FROOMAC/on-one-maccat...
The on one looks fun but unfortunately it’s 142 spaced rear and not 148mm boost.
The P7 29 looks interesting, the geometry is spookily similar to my rocketmax. Looking at the sizing chart it’s nearly identical in XL. Definately in the list to test ride.
Anything else I should be looking at?
The P7 29 looks interesting, the geometry is spookily similar to my rocketmax. Looking at the sizing chart it’s nearly identical in XL. Definately in the list to test ride.
Anything else I should be looking at?
Scout gets my vote.
It’s very very similar to the Ragley MmmBop I have and love but has a boost rear end. These chain reaction umbrella brand Aliminium frames are damn good and great value, lot of marketing snobbery about steel at the moment and so unfounded. Not all reviewers have jumped on the band wagon though, I can’t remember which but either single track or MBR said they thought the Aluminium Ragley MmmBop better than the Steel Ragley Blue Pig, they previously scored the Blue Pig 10/10 so said the MmmBop had to be 11/10, identical geometries just different materials. With the £300 or so saved buying nice light Aluminium over in fashion heavy steel get a 2nd hand Pike to put on the front and build a really well riding Hardtail. I tried full rigid last summer after thinking it was fine in the 90’s when I was a kid. I was wrong it was s
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It’s very very similar to the Ragley MmmBop I have and love but has a boost rear end. These chain reaction umbrella brand Aliminium frames are damn good and great value, lot of marketing snobbery about steel at the moment and so unfounded. Not all reviewers have jumped on the band wagon though, I can’t remember which but either single track or MBR said they thought the Aluminium Ragley MmmBop better than the Steel Ragley Blue Pig, they previously scored the Blue Pig 10/10 so said the MmmBop had to be 11/10, identical geometries just different materials. With the £300 or so saved buying nice light Aluminium over in fashion heavy steel get a 2nd hand Pike to put on the front and build a really well riding Hardtail. I tried full rigid last summer after thinking it was fine in the 90’s when I was a kid. I was wrong it was s
t.SniktySnikty said:
The on one looks fun but unfortunately it’s 142 spaced rear and not 148mm boost.
The P7 29 looks interesting, the geometry is spookily similar to my rocketmax. Looking at the sizing chart it’s nearly identical in XL. Definately in the list to test ride.
Anything else I should be looking at?
Orange Clockwork 129 looks good too and below budget. Aluminium rather than steel.The P7 29 looks interesting, the geometry is spookily similar to my rocketmax. Looking at the sizing chart it’s nearly identical in XL. Definately in the list to test ride.
Anything else I should be looking at?
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