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Looks good and it almost has normal wheels. Doubt you'll find one for sale here though.

How much do you weigh?

Second the park tool scrubber - I never take the chain off and use clean green and then water to rinse in the scrubber chaning the water about 4 times. Nothing could be simpler. Towel dry and lube.

Just serviced a Reba team myself - lowers, airspring and damper. Online manuals from RS and vids on youtube. Its proverbially P##s easy. Parts were just over R500,00 and oil about R50,00. You can buy quality motorbike fork oil at any motorcycle dealer but you may have to buy a largish quantity. Good for next time. I got away with a decent shifter as I didnt have a suitable 24mm socket for the top caps and used a small pair of side cutters to compress the spring clips to remove the damper and spring bits from the uppers. I was intimidated by the job but it really was simple and satisfying to complete. The wifes fork is now smooth like butter.

Canyon FTW - pity they won't ship here both are way better value than big name brand bikes. Get a relative to order one or use their address when you order and they can bring it over or ship it for you.

Its probably that spot, you know the one everyone goes on and on about ....Gotta get there some time

Greg is proof that consistency rather than speed at all costs is the way to do it - compare him to Danny "the hobbit" Hart for example.... Smith seems to have speed and consistency and BMT all in one.

My LBS did the conversion including parts and labour for R500 - for both wheels a few months ago.

No way bro's - my Reign 1 is far more collectible cos its the last of the sixer Reigns. sorry Captn M, they still make the X in six.

Pity this is so far away from CT - I could have competed in a worlds master's DH if it was closer. Damn.

Mmm, as luck would have it I bought in 2013 and although I had to wait months, the price stayed the same as when the bikes were launched. I recon the new Giant 27.5's Trances are going to be 5-8k more than the 2013 Reign and Trance models

If I compare the geo stats of the Trance size L to my Reign sixer in the same size, I see .1" shorter stays on my Reign, .2"longer TT on the Trance and a wheelbase less than 1" longer. 6 of one...

Yep, thats anything but an accurate technical article - healthy dose of marketing BS in there. The contact patch and roll over comparisons being a case in point. All designed to make the 27.5 look like its closer to sixer where it counts and to 29ers elsewhere. The actual figures show that its closer to 26 in all areas. But wait, that doesn't sound as good...

Its not necessary to have the inside line - just read the Bike mag online article - it makes th same statement and confirms that the new Trance is a better beast than the TX 29er

still rollin on my Hans Dampf SG - cant fault it yet even in slithery muddy off camber rooty stuff as we found Jonkers on saturday. It outshines the Purgatory at the back by a margin, which is fine and safer...

PMB did good getting the WC for sure. I recall watching the WC DH in Stellies in the 90's with Missy Giove et al. So CT actually had its turn.

I have watched helmet cam runs of this track which really flatten it out - it looks like a real DH track in those pics.. I hate helmet cam vids... Nigel - the WC should be in CT - we could manage a track like that down here

Nooit Leftyboy - many dhers now ride Dx style spd pedals just like our man Greg M. Helps hugely with the pedally sections and they still manage to handle the bikes - which being clipped in can also help with, if you know what you are doing of course .... ;-)

I suspect that Ride caters predominantly for the fun rider and marathon junkies where a proper pinned flat pedal is an unknown beast. I enjoy my Dx pedals and 5.10s - far easier to find your cleat with a cage around the spd portion of the pedal and something to stand on even if you miss the cleat. I look at std spds and wonder how I rode with such horrid tiny things under my feet for so long...

Lovely, but not a real mountain bike IMO. Niner wheels, no travel and nearly smooth tyres - no fun at all on the trails bar the thrill of looking at it, and you can only drool so much and it could crack. Post a pic of an Enduro rather - oops, Spez don't even sell that baby here....

Funny thread - back on topic. I'd say that the OP's mate has a legitimate gripe with Spez. No matter what you pay you should get decent service and warranty response from the manufacturer. Their response is a crock so far. Scratches on the fork mean a crash - muppets! If I were him I'd issue them with a fomal letter of demand and keep hammering at them, failing which you could sue them for breach of the warranty.

I think you missed the humour in the comment dude - he was replying to Redlights tjop response.

Really bad news. Rode the switchbacks solo last weekend. Always feels quite remote there largely because so few riders venture onto that track (it needs serious work at the moment) This makes it a prime spot for a robbery.

Tjop comment...

No brakes, brains or suspension.