thanks for the feedback and kind words guys! as someone mentioned the ENDURO HARDTAIL is a small , niche, discerning market here in SA - whilst we do like the style and definitely would love to have 1 in our range - the numbers required to justify the design / tooling ( yes, we pay for moulds and unique tube profiles and bends etc ) / stock etc. are just not there. The ST-R Version 2 was designed as a Steel 29er that could be used for a variety of riding styles - from SingleSpeed 29er fun to XC Racing and probably really nice as a Adventure/Touring/MonsterCross bike too -- we tried to cover as much as possible in terms of what someone would have either "lying around" to build it up or " dream spec " it up at a store. from what we have seen - there has been a healthy mix of both " scenarios ". the key outline on the V2.0 is: -- updated geometry compared to the original - a bit slacker and longer -- 100 to 120mm fork compatibility -- taper headtube -- 142 Rear Thru-Axle ( to fit your old non Boost wheels you might have lying around ) -- revised frame sizing - true S, M, L , XL ( i.e. 15/17/19/21" ) compared to the original S, M, L ( which were 17, 19, 21" and confused everyone ) Never say never .... but for now we don't have plans to do a V3.0 as we still have a fair bit of stock of the ST-R frames still on hand ... again, a very niche and discerning market. it is however GREAT to see the builds and creative bikes being put together using our ST-R ( and the ST-F ) frames - kinda makes it all worthwhile - even though it makes almost ZERO business sense in terms of what we sell etc. keep sharing the pics pls
