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flag joe-mcque
Posted: Oct 27, 2020 at 10:16 Quote
I'm stuck between the new spindrift and the 2020 tyee for my next rig. I'm looking for a bike that won't hold me back at bike bike parks (chairlift) but also be playful enough for UK riding. I love hitting big jumps and getting loose, and I'm unsure as to which bike will be the most fun! I'm also not sure if the tyee will hold up to the abuse I would put it through! Any help or other suggestions would be much appreciated!
flag Uchwmdr
Posted: Oct 28, 2020 at 11:33 Quote
joe-mcque wrote:
I'm stuck between the new spindrift and the 2020 tyee for my next rig. I'm looking for a bike that won't hold me back at bike bike parks (chairlift) but also be playful enough for UK riding. I love hitting big jumps and getting loose, and I'm unsure as to which bike will be the most fun! I'm also not sure if the tyee will hold up to the abuse I would put it through! Any help or other suggestions would be much appreciated!
I have the tyee and it is pretty good on both bikeparks and natural enduro rides. In fact superb. Very loose when tou want it, ultra agile, very progressive linkage and good on big jumps, also it is very playful, but can easily hammer through stuff. The new spindrift should be a touch nore gravity oriented and probably has better performance shipping with the zeb or 38. The extra 20 mm travel will provide a plusher ride . It also comes in mullet option and the bike is generally longer and bigger than the tyee.
flag ajl-mtb
Posted: Nov 5, 2020 at 9:47 Quote
I've been debating the same question in my head this past week or two...my conclusion is that I'm struggling to justify the lesser peddling/all-round capability of the Spindrift, when the UK really doesn't have much of the full on, gnarly gravity oriented stuff. I think reviews suggest that the Tyee can handle everything the UK has to challenge it with, and will still handle a week in the Alps every year. For me the Tyee is better suited to vast majority of the riding I do here. Although the Spindrift would probably be a suitable straight up replacement for my DH bike, opening up more options in places like the Tweed Valley where you want to pedal out further than the uplift takes you at Inners, and then be able to go for a few laps at the Golfie too on the same bike!
flag Danzzz88
Posted: Nov 5, 2020 at 10:22 Quote
ajl-mtb wrote:
I've been debating the same question in my head this past week or two...my conclusion is that I'm struggling to justify the lesser peddling/all-round capability of the Spindrift, when the UK really doesn't have much of the full on, gnarly gravity oriented stuff. I think reviews suggest that the Tyee can handle everything the UK has to challenge it with, and will still handle a week in the Alps every year. For me the Tyee is better suited to vast majority of the riding I do here. Although the Spindrift would probably be a suitable straight up replacement for my DH bike, opening up more options in places like the Tweed Valley where you want to pedal out further than the uplift takes you at Inners, and then be able to go for a few laps at the Golfie too on the same bike!

Well here in the uk there is few places you need more than an xc bike, I only built an enduro to smash bike parks like revs and hit trails all with 1 bike. If I was only riding local trails I'd be on a much snappier lighter bike like an sb110 or 130. 0 point in the uk for an enduro if you already own a dh bike you might aswell just buy a light trail or xc bike to go with it.
flag Bnito
Posted: Nov 6, 2020 at 1:20 Quote
I'd make the decision quite simple.

If you ride more trails than bikeparks, go tyee. If you ride more bikeparks than trail, go spindrift.

I went with the later one as i spend more time in bikeparks and do some random trail riding just for fun and fitness...
flag ajl-mtb
Posted: Nov 6, 2020 at 3:21 Quote
Danzzz88 wrote:
ajl-mtb wrote:
I've been debating the same question in my head this past week or two...my conclusion is that I'm struggling to justify the lesser peddling/all-round capability of the Spindrift, when the UK really doesn't have much of the full on, gnarly gravity oriented stuff. I think reviews suggest that the Tyee can handle everything the UK has to challenge it with, and will still handle a week in the Alps every year. For me the Tyee is better suited to vast majority of the riding I do here. Although the Spindrift would probably be a suitable straight up replacement for my DH bike, opening up more options in places like the Tweed Valley where you want to pedal out further than the uplift takes you at Inners, and then be able to go for a few laps at the Golfie too on the same bike!

Well here in the uk there is few places you need more than an xc bike, I only built an enduro to smash bike parks like revs and hit trails all with 1 bike. If I was only riding local trails I'd be on a much snappier lighter bike like an sb110 or 130. 0 point in the uk for an enduro if you already own a dh bike you might aswell just buy a light trail or xc bike to go with it.

The DH bike was an impulse buy in January 2020 with a summer trip to Whistler booked. When that went out the window I did get some laps in at Revs, Dyfi, Stiniog and Inners but in all honesty it's overkill for the trails here/ my abilities on them. I think it's time to sell it on and get something more all round for me, and the Tyee looks right for getting enduro races back on the cards in 2021 plus a few bike park days here and there. I think its a suitable replacement for both my DH and trail bike, selling both should cover the cost of the CF Tyee with my custom spec. Love the customisation options that Propain offers!
flag 8tom8
Posted: Nov 7, 2020 at 10:35 Quote
joe-mcque wrote:
I'm stuck between the new spindrift and the 2020 tyee for my next rig. I'm looking for a bike that won't hold me back at bike bike parks (chairlift) but also be playful enough for UK riding. I love hitting big jumps and getting loose, and I'm unsure as to which bike will be the most fun! I'm also not sure if the tyee will hold up to the abuse I would put it through! Any help or other suggestions would be much appreciated!
to be honest unless your always at revs or dyfi or other huge bike parks I would say a spindrift ruins the fun out of it unless you race but then you would want a dh bike. I ride bike parks like revs and that on my hardtail and yes it is bouncy and slow but if it were me I would go for a tyee.
flag joe-mcque
Posted: Nov 10, 2020 at 6:52 Quote
Ooofff wrote:
joe-mcque wrote:
I'm stuck between the new spindrift and the 2020 tyee for my next rig. I'm looking for a bike that won't hold me back at bike bike parks (chairlift) but also be playful enough for UK riding. I love hitting big jumps and getting loose, and I'm unsure as to which bike will be the most fun! I'm also not sure if the tyee will hold up to the abuse I would put it through! Any help or other suggestions would be much appreciated!
to be honest unless your always at revs or dyfi or other huge bike parks I would say a spindrift ruins the fun out of it unless you race but then you would want a dh bike. I ride bike parks like revs and that on my hardtail and yes it is bouncy and slow but if it were me I would go for a tyee.

I think your right, although I have given a lot more thought to doing a season at a bike park in Europe withing the next couple years and I'd love to get the most out of that on the spindrift. I don't have money to keep buying new bikes but I'm in the position to at the moment so I'm swaying away from the tyee as mostly ride the big hits at UK bike parks anyway.
flag demo8dave
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Posted: Nov 12, 2020 at 3:52 Quote
joe-mcque wrote:
Ooofff wrote:
joe-mcque wrote:
I'm stuck between the new spindrift and the 2020 tyee for my next rig. I'm looking for a bike that won't hold me back at bike bike parks (chairlift) but also be playful enough for UK riding. I love hitting big jumps and getting loose, and I'm unsure as to which bike will be the most fun! I'm also not sure if the tyee will hold up to the abuse I would put it through! Any help or other suggestions would be much appreciated!
to be honest unless your always at revs or dyfi or other huge bike parks I would say a spindrift ruins the fun out of it unless you race but then you would want a dh bike. I ride bike parks like revs and that on my hardtail and yes it is bouncy and slow but if it were me I would go for a tyee.

I think your right, although I have given a lot more thought to doing a season at a bike park in Europe withing the next couple years and I'd love to get the most out of that on the spindrift. I don't have money to keep buying new bikes but I'm in the position to at the moment so I'm swaying away from the tyee as mostly ride the big hits at UK bike parks anyway.

If that's the plan keep the DH bike it'll stand up to the pounding of a season better and you'll be riding harder after you've been there a month or so. Then get a smaller bike for the pedally out of park days and it will also suit the UK better
flag joe-mcque
Posted: Nov 12, 2020 at 11:03 Quote
demo8dave wrote:
joe-mcque wrote:
Ooofff wrote:
to be honest unless your always at revs or dyfi or other huge bike parks I would say a spindrift ruins the fun out of it unless you race but then you would want a dh bike. I ride bike parks like revs and that on my hardtail and yes it is bouncy and slow but if it were me I would go for a tyee.

I think your right, although I have given a lot more thought to doing a season at a bike park in Europe withing the next couple years and I'd love to get the most out of that on the spindrift. I don't have money to keep buying new bikes but I'm in the position to at the moment so I'm swaying away from the tyee as mostly ride the big hits at UK bike parks anyway.

If that's the plan keep the DH bike it'll stand up to the pounding of a season better and you'll be riding harder after you've been there a month or so. Then get a smaller bike for the pedally out of park days and it will also suit the UK better
I don't have the DH bike!
flag demo8dave
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Posted: Nov 12, 2020 at 12:51 Quote
joe-mcque wrote:
demo8dave wrote:
joe-mcque wrote:


I think your right, although I have given a lot more thought to doing a season at a bike park in Europe withing the next couple years and I'd love to get the most out of that on the spindrift. I don't have money to keep buying new bikes but I'm in the position to at the moment so I'm swaying away from the tyee as mostly ride the big hits at UK bike parks anyway.

If that's the plan keep the DH bike it'll stand up to the pounding of a season better and you'll be riding harder after you've been there a month or so. Then get a smaller bike for the pedally out of park days and it will also suit the UK better
I don't have the DH bike!

Ah sorry got confused with the other guy
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