Jensie Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 I am a Roadie, was the last 10years or so. So. . . .My kid started to do MTB for school. Bought myself a Spez Stumpjumper entryish bike to ride with her (not a spez fan but they gave me a great deal and finance).did my first 40km this weekend in themud and loved it. Next race planned 70km in Feb (first real race). Gonna have to get used to washing my bike more often though.The hardtail felt great but maybe the course was made for it..
Shebeen Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 the Scott Scale, I am still to find something it can't do for my riding and skill level I love this bike. The RM was not a all day ride HT.ah, I'm on the RM vertex 990. love it. can ride it all day.never thought i would end up doing long endurance stuff on ht bike, maybe i should switch frames as much as you!
johnson Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Hardtails are far from dead. Horses for courses, I say. On a similar note, I just bought a 1992 Diamondback steel frame hardtail for R500. It's a rigid single speed (cro-mo fork) with cantilever brakes. This will be my daily commuter/shack bike/coffee shop bike. I'm 49. I should not be allowed anywhere near a full sus. We've all heard it. "The apocalypse will not be motorised people!". Similarly - squish, pivot bearings and linkages wont survive either. What you'll need is a cockroach...A real bike...A rigid bike. My commuter bike that does 100km's a week. I Get some strange stares every now and then when cruising through town with this one. Hardtail, 26'',rigid with v-brakes......what can go wrong !
gummibear Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 I will say it again... You get Hardtailshardtail1.jpg And you get Hardtails...Hardtail2.jpg You guys are talking about Spez and 'Dale etc but in reality there is a whole industry out there full of bike manufacturers who spend most of their time making hardtails. It's like talking about VW and Toyota and forgetting to even look at Bugati's and Aston Martins or an Ineos Grenadier. BTR, Kingdom, Shan Production Privee, Kona, Ragley and more all make hardtails that would leave the large production companies dead in the water. So if you want a hardtail that can be built under 10kg and used to race, rad. But proper ones are made for hooning and none of the 'big brands' have dipped their toes into that
Pieter-za Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 OE 44T chain ring is quite dead on half decent MTB bikes though.
Jewbacca Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 #makehardtailsgreatagain Show us the reach and the HA!
Farrnus Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Show us the reach and the HA! we're developing a Cromo 29er Hardtail for the Bikepacking / Touring rider -- head angle will vary by size but is 69 to 69.5 degrees. reach is 437mm on a Medium ( 17" seattube ) frame. this is a 2021 model for us but one we are very excited about ... there will also be something for the NEW SCHOOL GRAVEL crowd ...
TyronLab Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Jirrrrrrrre good old AutoCAD, that's a blast from the past. SO.MANY.COLOURS! Well, I hope its AutoCAD and that your designers aren't purposefully changing SolidWorks/Inventor/NX colour schemes to look like that. #makehardtailsgreatagain
MORNE Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Jirrrrrrrre good old AutoCAD, that's a blast from the past. SO.MANY.COLOURS! Well, I hope its AutoCAD and that your designers aren't purposefully changing SolidWorks/Inventor/NX colour schemes to look like that. hahaha...I was literally going to post the same thing when i saw the pic. autocad. yuk
wildwindfr Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Ill be keeping an eye out for those frames.Hopefully I will have a budget for one off those steel frames.Would love one of the steel gravelFrames, just no money now!
Farrnus Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Jirrrrrrrre good old AutoCAD, that's a blast from the past. SO.MANY.COLOURS! Well, I hope its AutoCAD and that your designers aren't purposefully changing SolidWorks/Inventor/NX colour schemes to look like that. #oldschool is cool! we're working with a very traditional steel frame fabricator - no need for fancy 3D CAD when it's more about the details, geo, artisan vibe! should see first samples end Feb/early March. if you hating the old school AutoCad vibes you gonna lose your mind when you see our "new/old" bars being developed by NITTO ... throwing it right back to when factories took real pride in their craft and made things that were both functional and aesthetically an 11 out 10.
Hairy Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 My commuter bike that does 100km's a week. I Get some strange stares every now and then when cruising through town with this one. Hardtail, 26'',rigid with v-brakes......what can go wrong ! that still looks good!
PhilipV Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Jirrrrrrrre good old AutoCAD, that's a blast from the past. SO.MANY.COLOURS! Well, I hope its AutoCAD and that your designers aren't purposefully changing SolidWorks/Inventor/NX colour schemes to look like that.I just had a flashback to high school Technical Drawings classes. That was 15 years ago. Back them I rode a hardtail as well.
Me rida my bicycle Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 ah, I'm on the RM vertex 990. love it. can ride it all day.never thought i would end up doing long endurance stuff on ht bike, maybe i should switch frames as much as you!look in no way was the Vertex bad I also had a 990rsl. The Scale is just a little more slacker and softer on the rear, it just gives me more confidence and comfort.
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