Dreamy Long Travel / AM Hardtails

[Rich990]

in GP ... say 71deg HA

Ouch!!!!

[Headshot]

All about the seat tube angle, not HT angle...

On a HT the set tube angle is less of an issue. A slack HTA does make the bike wander a bit more on climbs but its easily overcome. The positive trade off on the downs makes it all seem like a non-issue. 

[Piston ZA]

Pipedream Moxie - 150-160mm travel, 27.5+ or 29"

 

 

[Piston ZA]

New Cotic Soul

 

 

[Piston ZA]

Chromag Gypsy

[Piston ZA]

Stanton Switch9er Ti

[Hairy]

Piston, which bike did you vote for?

[Piston ZA]

Piston, which bike did you vote for?

The Stanton. I see it's leading. Yourself?

Edited December 30, 2017 by Piston ZA

[Hairy]

The Stanton. I see it's leading. Yourself?

Dark Red PVD SR-71 Blackbird

[Piston ZA]

Dark Red PVD SR-71 Blackbird

Very nice. I see it's a close 2nd

[MarcBurger]

Also Voted the PVD.

 

Their website is sweet. More like a forum by people that happen to design bikes too.

[Headshot]

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Edited January 8, 2018 by Headshot

[Headshot]

The On One frame arrived with a relative at the end of December. Stupidly I had thought the external headset for a tapered fork would be easy to source here. it wasn't so CRC  assisted with a Nukeproof at a brilliant price. Another UK family visitor brought it in a few days later. The build is straight off my old enduro and seems to work a treat. Since the pic I have added chainstay protection and the dropper post cable. Only gripe is the stupid left hand side semi internal cable routing. Why would you make the ports on the left when the cable should come out on the right and run to the left hand side of the bar.  Must be a throwback to left hand shifters and dropper levers on the right.

[Headshot]

I have had 4 rides on the HT beast. The thing is an absolute ripper. I managed to beat a Strava time on a segment I don't know very well and equaled or was close on some others.

 

It really doesn't feel like you need to hold back at all and the steep stuff is as easy as my big bike. You do feel the chunkier terrain more in the legs, but with a 160mm stiff fork, the back seems to fly over the worst bumps while the front takes the sting out. One massive benefit of a HT is that the front end grip stays great no matter where your weight is. The thing steers like a demon and jumps nicely although I haven't hit anything big yet. I was amazed how fast it could tackle off camber rooty terrain.

 

What this bike has shown up is how much better my SLX brakes are than the Guides and how grippy a 2.35 26" Magic Mary is compared to a 2.6 650b Butcher. Time for a brake bleed on the enduro I think. 

[Chip]

Looking great Headshot, would love to get one of these DeeDar frames for my son to join me on enduros....

 

I wonder how much shipping from Ireland would be....my sister lives there.

[MoreTrails]

@headshot, there was a Bike / MTBUK / Singletrack article a year or two ago, put the SLX brakesets at 4th most powderful on the market. Outstripped the Saints too surprisingly.

Guides are nice, but IMHO, not great.

Bike sounds like a ripper, what are the specs....or has that been posted before?