Jump to content

Is a trail bike + xc bike necessary?


DanielJhb

Recommended Posts

Posted

true.  but I'll bet good money that nobody on the hub knows how much faster a 29er carbon hard tail will be (in seconds or minutes) than a carbon 650B trail bike on a climb like breedtsnek...

 

my feeling (having owned both types of bikes) are that the difference is much smaller than one would expect or imagine.  everybody seems to think that a racing HT will shave tens of minutes off of your riding time which is NOT the case.

 

PS  I am yet to meet the guy that will have a bigger smile on his face going down breedtsnek with a 80mm racing hardtail than with a Nomad.

" a bigger smile on his face " - more important than ANY other consideration

  • Replies 95
  • Created
  • Last Reply
Posted

Errrrr I dunno... I went over the bars last week on my Trance quite easily... especially after a jump before a corner that I did not see which has a treestump on the outside which I could not brake for in time and was too late and too big to attempt a save myself bunnyhop over it... :blush:  :lol:

 

on points 1 2 and 3 I was unable to detect your sarcasm but hope the XC boys don't come knocking with the flamethrowers :lol:

 

But seriously for just "fun" non racing type riding a trail style bike is much more fun but if you are looking to compete in XC events etc then a XC style bike is for you.

 

Pick the tool for the job you want to do. Don't take a butter knife to a chainsaw fight :D

I highlighted the relevant word in your post. How many guys are actually competing in the true sense of the word compared to the number on racing hardtails?

Posted

Helps the angle of attack of the head tube (ye I know it sounds cool - "angle of attack" but its true) Definitely the larger volume tyres... and actually you can run a bigger grippier tyre on the front than rear also.   I like wider bars everywhere ^_^ A nice set of trail wheels can be good and light... there is another formula :eek:GOOD + LIGHTWEIGHT = NOT CHEAPLIGHTWEIGHT + CHEAP = NOT GOODGOOD + CHEAP = NOT LIGHTWEIGHT There are exceptions but they are very hard to find and not very many...

Light, strong, cheap. Pick 2...

Posted

I highlighted the relevant word in your post. How many guys are actually competing in the true sense of the word compared to the number on racing hardtails?

couldnt agree more.i really enjoy doing distance but ain't no ways I'm riding a hardtail. In fact got reminded this morning how much fun trail bikes are ????????????

post-51529-0-65702500-1420972604_thumb.jpg

Posted

 

 

It's the 2014 version, which still had problems with the low speed compression being *** (brake diving, no ramp up on the Descend setting) 

 

Plus, it'll be over R 8k by the time it gets here, which is the same as you'd pay for a Pike, locally. 

 

Apparently the 2015 damper is the one that you want to get, and Fox have managed to salvage themselves from the crud that was 2013/2014

 

So - no. Not worth it. 

Posted

YES!!! HUGE difference. For one, no brake dive. For 2, it's a RS. for 3 - the Rev is one of RS's best forks ever. For 4 - it's not a Fox Crap Tastic Department fork.

 

Which version is it though?

Rct3

Posted

YES!!! HUGE difference. For one, no brake dive. For 2, it's a RS. for 3 - the Rev is one of RS's best forks ever. For 4 - it's not a Fox Crap Tastic Department fork.

 

Which version is it though?

Rct3

Posted

I say upgrade the wheels, go 1*10 and then the dropper post in that order. If you find you're running out of travel in the front then put a burlier fork on.

What is a good wheel upgrade?

Posted

couldnt agree more.i really enjoy doing distance but ain't no ways I'm riding a hardtail.

This highlights the problem with most of the comments here.

 

Since when is XC a distance event? It is hard, technical but by no means long.

Posted

Xc is a term used too loosely. A xco race for men is usually 7 laps of between 4 and 5km each (depending on the course). Takes the pros about 1h30 to finish. Mostly steep climbs and technical.

Posted

Xc is a term used too loosely. A xc race for men is usually 7 laps of between 4 and 5km each (depending on the course). Takes the pros about 1h30 to finish. Mostly steep climbs and technical.

That is xco, xc is a really loose term.

Posted

What is a good wheel upgrade?

 

To make the Trance more xc capable, the important thing is the wheelset. The fox fork is good no need to upgrade that. I would recommend to upgrade the wheels to American Classic Wide Lightning, and after that, you can continue upgrading minor things like seatpost,saddle and stem to shave off a few more g. No need to upgrade SLX to XT, when something breaks then you can replace it with XT.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Settings My Forum Content My Followed Content Forum Settings Ad Messages My Ads My Favourites My Saved Alerts My Pay Deals Help Logout