Pitch 2 was USMC's old frame. Frame got rawed. Fox Float 140mm/Stock Specialized rear shock. King headset, RF Atlas bars. XT drivetrain and brakes. RF Chester crank with 34 tooth NW single ring. Crossride wheels with Nevegal 2.3's
I've not found another bike that I am so comfortable on. I had a few other bikes in between these Pitches, and couldn't wait to build another one.
Pitch 2 was USMC's old frame. Frame got rawed. Fox Float 140mm/Stock Specialized rear shock. King headset, RF Atlas bars. XT drivetrain and brakes. RF Chester crank with 34 tooth NW single ring. Crossride wheels with Nevegal 2.3's
I've not found another bike that I am so comfortable on. I had a few other bikes in between these Pitches, and couldn't wait to build another one.
USMC - US Marine Corps?
Sounds nice.
I agree with you there, I've had a number of bikes, even a Norco Sight 3 Se which was amazing. But I had a blast one weekend on a friends Pitch and I was hooked, more confidence on every aspet of the trail.
A week or so later the Norco was sold and the Pitch was built.
Been fettling the spec ever since, once the Devilles go on I think I might be there!
Yeah, USMC is another user on here. He's been in the other Pitch thread. And he's a Marine. I really miss the feel of the 55's from my first Pitch. It was just a workhorse of a fork. I might track down another one and throw this Float on my hardtail lol.
I got a 2011 Pitch Comp, completely standard other than Bar & Stem and pedals.
Find it very flexy and suspension isn't great. Also blown the rear shock so looking to upgrade. Don't use it much as mainly ide DH bike so don't want to spend a fortune...
So, Fork & shock upgrade, stiffer wheels I think would help too... any ideas?
I got a 2011 Pitch Comp, completely standard other than Bar & Stem and pedals.
Find it very flexy and suspension isn't great. Also blown the rear shock so looking to upgrade. Don't use it much as mainly ide DH bike so don't want to spend a fortune...
So, Fork & shock upgrade, stiffer wheels I think would help too... any ideas?
As above, lyriks up front, great forks at a good price, I ran mine on FOX Talas, Lyriks and Bos Devilles, all were great, Bos just that little bit better over all, but the Lyriks were a very close second.
As for the rear I found an RP23 did the job beautifully, but then it will depend on how hard and where you ride.
Sizing is 200mm x 54mm stroke.
If you're smashing the pants off it you might want to go coil, DHX or something similar. You can pretty much stick anything on there, so long as it's 200mm i2i you're laughing.
I'm looking at a couple of pitches atm 2010 ish are there good bikes ones got pike forks and the other rockshox just not sure what's the opinions my rideing is mostly trail centres red and black routes and quite a bit of proper mountain biking in the hills what are the like at climbing and defending cheers
I'm looking at a couple of pitches atm 2010 ish are there good bikes ones got pike forks and the other rockshox just not sure what's the opinions my rideing is mostly trail centres red and black routes and quite a bit of proper mountain biking in the hills what are the like at climbing and defending cheers
here's a good un, pretty much everything you could want on it: https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/1690261/
Such a fun bike to ride. Climbs well and delivers a really playful ride on the descents while still feeling burly enough to ride hard into rough terrain.
Would recommend this bike to anyone after a really versatile bike.
try copy & paste it? worked for me... I have same year pitch as that one. I did have it completely standard but the original fork, shock , wheels brakes are pretty poor. The one in the link is built up with everything you would want (if a medium fits you).