The Return of the ST-R 29 Hardtail? Steel Is Real!

[pk007za]

I know its sacrilege, but I'm thinking of selling mine :/

[RocknRolla]

Stop thinking then, dammit man!

[pk007za]

Emigrating...

[hendrich]

i have sold my xco bike . and got my self the 2018 momsen str. what a great bike set it up for enduro. 130mm travel fox. hope tech enduro rims . and a lekker 125 dropper . and some wtb 2.4 rubber

 

 

i love this bike . and i love how responsive the bike is. will not sell it for anything

 

maybe thinking of going 150mm on the fork?

[TAAHIRWP]

i have sold my xco bike . and got my self the 2018 momsen str. what a great bike set it up for enduro. 130mm travel fox. hope tech enduro rims . and a lekker 125 dropper . and some wtb 2.4 rubber

 

 

i love this bike . and i love how responsive the bike is. will not sell it for anything

 

maybe thinking of going 150mm on the fork?

 

Pics???

 

How you going to go 150 on the fork? with an angleset?

 

Which WTB you having there, and dealer?

[m-squared]

In the last 2 days, 3 STRs have gone on up for sale in the classifieds!  What's going on?

[pk007za]

Pics???

 

How you going to go 150 on the fork? with an angleset?

 

Which WTB you having there, and dealer?

 

I have a 140mm Pike on mine and the geometry is fine.

[hendrich]

was thinking of then running a bit more sag on the fork . so it should be fine . it is speced to go up to 140mm fork

 

will post some pics when i am home

[MORNE]

cool...whats the clearance like for tires? i see 29" 2.4 seems to fit fine... any chance of fitting plus sized 650b's in there? would just like to know what the options are...especially as I am looking at a rigid bike so the little extra tire volume would be nice. Not looking to spend crazy money on a susp fork that probably wont be used that much for what this will be used.

[Hairy]

I have a 140mm Pike on mine and the geometry is fine.

I still need to make an arrangement at some point to meet up with you to swing a leg over that bike if you don't mind .... dying to see how it feels geo wise with a 140mm fork.

 

cool...whats the clearance like for tires? i see 29" 2.4 seems to fit fine... any chance of fitting plus sized 650b's in there? would just like to know what the options are...especially as I am looking at a rigid bike so the little extra tire volume would be nice. Not looking to spend crazy money on a susp fork that probably wont be used that much for what this will be used.

Having evil thoughts of using my 650b wheels with the 160mm DVO on my STR frame 

[hendrich]

would love to know how the ride compairs 650b vs 29er

[babse]

would love to see more pics in here 

[TAAHIRWP]

was thinking of then running a bit more sag on the fork . so it should be fine . it is speced to go up to 140mm fork

 

 

 

will post some pics when i am home

You sure not 130mm max spec?

[TAAHIRWP]

I still need to make an arrangement at some point to meet up with you to swing a leg over that bike if you don't mind .... dying to see how it feels geo wise with a 140mm fork.

 

Having evil thoughts of using my 650b wheels with the 160mm DVO on my STR frame

 

Which frame do you have?

[TAAHIRWP]

I have a 140mm Pike on mine and the geometry is fine.

How does is climb and corner at 140mm?

 

I find that with the rigid, which is lil over 500mm A2C measurement, climbs originally felt like the front was too high and unweighted. But then I realised actually it's my fitness..

Reasonably fit now and commuting weekly again, and cornering is tops at this BB height. I had it at a lower BB height as well which was also fine but straights suffered.

 

Actually how does one really know if the A2C at 140mm will be fine? How to judge? Or what's it based on. Looks wise I'm sure it will appear very attractive, especially with the thin tubing and thick suspension pipes.

[pk007za]

You sure not 130mm max spec?

 140mm PIke with 30% sag and 3 tokens works just great.