Cheese Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 At the same price Would you buy a Titan Carbon 29er with Manitou Pro Expert Forkor Scott Scale 960 with Fork Rock Shox XC 30 TK Solo Air 1 1/8” .
Psycholist Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 How serious rider are you? My friend bought a Merida carbon bike with full suspension. After a month he broked his frame... from a slight touch on a rock. He see how I take jumps and stuff in front of him... but he said that he will never try that with a carbon bike!!
PhilipV Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 How serious rider are you? My friend bought a Merida carbon bike with full suspension. After a month he broked his frame... from a slight touch on a rock. He see how I take jumps and stuff in front of him... but he said that he will never try that with a carbon bike!!A "slight touch" will not break carbon. This sounds like a "just riding along" incident. I do everything on my plastic Bike that I do with my Ali bike. Don't mistake lack of rider skill for lack of bike quality.
PhilipV Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 At the same price Would you buy a Titan Carbon 29er with Manitou Pro Expert Forkor Scott Scale 960 with Fork Rock Shox XC 30 TK Solo Air 1 1/8” .I prefer the geometry of the Scott, and will pick the Scott and then upgrade the fork later. Don't choose a bike solely on the specs, how it rides is very important, and Scott is great when it comes to hardtails.
marko35s Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 How serious rider are you? My friend bought a Merida carbon bike with full suspension. After a month he broked his frame... from a slight touch on a rock. He see how I take jumps and stuff in front of him... but he said that he will never try that with a carbon bike!!Slight touch on a rock?Okay sure.
Pure Savage Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 How serious rider are you? My friend bought a Merida carbon bike with full suspension. After a month he broked his frame... from a slight touch on a rock. He see how I take jumps and stuff in front of him... but he said that he will never try that with a carbon bike!!That's what he wrote on the insurance form
Stretch Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Seeing as downhill bikes are predominantly carbon now....i can't understand how they are not shattering as a result of all their slight rock touches
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