A bunch of Groms have vimanas in Santa cruz and trust me it's a bad choice. All of them make a nasty creaking noise as if they're about to snap. They're pretty flexy too.
its the southern wiltshire salisbury. I go to rogate downhill and tidworth freeride which both dh/freeride trails and some big ass tables and doubles at the bottom and a pump section.
I've ridden Tidworth on my Dartmoor 26Player and most of the lower parts are fine on a Hardtail, the rooty sections up top are f*cking horrendously uncomfortable
never heard of vimana but I looked it up and they look like a pretty sweet aluminum frame DJ.
I've owned/ridden a banshee amp, a 2012 flow, a 2013 26 player, a transition top and bank, Santa Cruz jackal, norco rampage, 125 and 250, Kona shonky, cannondales chase, giant STP, spank spoon, NS suburban and decade, black market riot, GT lamboda, specialized P3 and P2, and a vimana and basically a crap ton of bikes, not in parking lot tests, but actually riding them in skateparks and dirt jumps, and the vimana is hands down the best feeling bike I've ever ridden
until you get on a ticket...
your making it sound like the ticket is the best frame around, would you recommend one to a newer rider? (the 2011 one)
gotta say, racing a DH course on a hard tail is really fun, but not the greatest idea. Im recovering from surgery now from an accident this summer racing DH on my hardtail ss dj bike. I probably would have been ok if i had switched out tires...idk why i thought i could race on bald racing ralphs lol
I've owned/ridden a banshee amp, a 2012 flow, a 2013 26 player, a transition top and bank, Santa Cruz jackal, norco rampage, 125 and 250, Kona shonky, cannondales chase, giant STP, spank spoon, NS suburban and decade, black market riot, GT lamboda, specialized P3 and P2, and a vimana and basically a crap ton of bikes, not in parking lot tests, but actually riding them in skateparks and dirt jumps, and the vimana is hands down the best feeling bike I've ever ridden
until you get on a ticket...
your making it sound like the ticket is the best frame around, would you recommend one to a newer rider? (the 2011 one)
I would say that it would be a lot easier to get use to.
A bunch of Groms have vimanas in Santa cruz and trust me it's a bad choice. All of them make a nasty creaking noise as if they're about to snap. They're pretty flexy too.
eh I've never had the creaking issue, its probably just a maintenance thing, but yeah I'd say the rear end flex is the vimanas downfall, I find if I have the chainstays fairly short, not even all the way, it solves the flexing issue pretty good. But I've never actually ridden a trek ticket yet, I hear they're flexy too, anyone care to comment on that?