Enduro Frame Talk

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Enduro Frame Talk
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flag marxthekittah
Posted: Apr 25, 2014 at 7:38 Quote
PHeller wrote:
I'd take the slacker bike all day. You're going to get beat up but I'd think the slacker bike will be easier to control when you've been riding all day.

You may want to run a dropper post. I found that for my riding style I needed a dropper more on a hardtail than on a full suspension. I got "bucked" a few times by my seat being proper pedalling position.
That's my thing, though. This was a 'budget' build. I wanted a Pike, easton haven wheels, etc. But had to keep it a bit cheaper, and still came out to about $2000 for all the parts. And I want a dropper post for the Trance and Marley, heard nothing but good (maybe not mechanically) about droppers. And the bikes are maybe 2 degrees of HA difference all told. I can't find the specs for my Trance online anymore, but I think originally it was about 70 degrees, but I added a fork with 30 mm more travel to it. The Marley has a 67 degree with I think a 150mm fork, and I have a 160mm fork with a 545 a2c on it. So not too much difference on it.
flag PHeller
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Posted: Apr 25, 2014 at 7:48 Quote
I'd still go with the hardtail on your first attempt at Enduro.
flag marxthekittah
Posted: Apr 25, 2014 at 8:08 Quote
Cool. Thanks. Just wish it had 142x12mm in the back. Never been a fan of QR on bikes, since became I became a biking fan.
flag enduro86
Posted: Apr 25, 2014 at 18:04 Quote
TNFking wrote:
Cool. Thanks. Just wish it had 142x12mm in the back. Never been a fan of QR on bikes, since became I became a biking fan.
Couldnt you get a bolt through axle for a QR, that should stiffen things a little.
flag marxthekittah
Posted: Apr 25, 2014 at 18:33 Quote
enduro86 wrote:
TNFking wrote:
Cool. Thanks. Just wish it had 142x12mm in the back. Never been a fan of QR on bikes, since became I became a biking fan.
Couldnt you get a bolt through axle for a QR, that should stiffen things a little.
It's not so much the stiffness as the re aligning of brakes everytime the tire comes off.
flag enduro86
Posted: Apr 25, 2014 at 20:44 Quote
TNFking wrote:
enduro86 wrote:
TNFking wrote:
Cool. Thanks. Just wish it had 142x12mm in the back. Never been a fan of QR on bikes, since became I became a biking fan.
Couldnt you get a bolt through axle for a QR, that should stiffen things a little.
It's not so much the stiffness as the re aligning of brakes everytime the tire comes off.
Yea, that is annoying
flag dingus
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 at 15:48 Quote
Pretty funky

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"The linkage shown here is designed to provide a leverage ratio that shifts dramatically from falling rate to rising rate as the suspension cycles, coupled with a certain amount of chainstay growth built into the system which causes the suspension to stiffen up considerably under pedaling. These characteristics means you don't need much in terms of compression damping to help control bob, and also mean you can use standard small volume shocks. Brian is currently looking for a brand to take the design into production."

 


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