Video: Hardtail Session with Nicolas Quéré

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ccurtis20 (Nov 10, 2014 at 9:38)

love the hardtail edits! I ride a Chromag Stylus and love it. If you haven't been on a hardtail in a while you need to get on one. It forces you to brush up on some of your basic skills where you wouldn't have to on your squishy bike.

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sNek (Nov 10, 2014 at 10:29)

Great! More HT edits for HT addicts please!

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Azrun FL (Nov 10, 2014 at 9:09)

@ThomDawson this bike is great I currently ride it its comfortable to send fairly big doubles rag the downhills and still head to the trail centre for a few laps

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SeanOg (Nov 10, 2014 at 22:12)

Awesome!! I have the 2015 el camino essential shimano! After 3 weeks ownership here in Ireland,i can say I have rode it up and down dry riverbeds,big technical climbs,fireroads,wet forests,downhill,I've hit jumps and drops and the bike is 100% even though I had a couple nasty otb crashes! All in all I'd defo recommend they're hardtails.

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iqbal-achieve (Nov 10, 2014 at 8:54)

Trying to decide between one of these or a second hand squishy frame over winter while I save pennies for something a bit newer...anyone wanna tell me what I should do?

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cmdavis22 (Nov 10, 2014 at 9:32)

If you just want something that will get trashed over the winter go buy a used cheap ass bike. You will have a ton of fun on it either way and will be amazed at how awesome of a rider you are once you get on a bike thats worth a dam. Idk if you guys have craigslist (classifieds) out there in GB, but if so go spend like $500-$700 USD on something that has a suspension fork and 2 wheels and rip the shit out of it!!!

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iqbal-achieve (Nov 10, 2014 at 9:42)

Sorry should have been clearer. Im an experienced rider. Just sold my Mega because I didn't like it, preferred the 2012 one I had before so considering one of those for a while OR this Meta SX HT. I'm picky and no newer bikes are really inspiring me at the mo. Except the new transitions and I'm not paying retail on one of those.

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iqbal-achieve (Nov 10, 2014 at 9:45)

PS thanks for the advice, I like the bit about ripping the shit out of it!
If I could just make up my mind I'll get around to some of that :-)

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mtbfunfunfun (Nov 10, 2014 at 16:00)

Stanton Swithchback or Slackline?

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iqbal-achieve (Nov 11, 2014 at 0:37)

Thanks for the suggestion but Stantons are way too expensive and just don't do it for me. Well made maybe but that's not gonna win it. The commencal has the right numbers and would be a cheaper option than a 2nd hand Mega to last a little while I just don't know if I can go back to a ht without wanting to pull my eyes out. And will it hold up to bigger features? Probably just go with the 2012 Mega, it's a classic, has all the mod cons and, more importantly, suspenshanz.

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wipz07 (Nov 10, 2014 at 9:09)

I really like what commencial is doing, but please get a new or improve your website. There are only four countries available and everytime i access the site it is in french and most people like me who don´t have got English as their mother tongue would really appreciate when you could either make a site in our language or link me directly to the english one.
I have got german as my native language and learned english and italian at school, because my country shares a boarder with Italy and not with France i learned Italian as my third language so please accept that not everyone can speak french and make a German version of your site too which also ships to Austria and i´ll happily buy one of your bikes.

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jejsd (Nov 10, 2014 at 9:27)

Thanks for the feedback. We always try to improve our website.

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wipz07 (Nov 10, 2014 at 11:57)

Thanks for replying and listening to your customers and maybe soon i might ride a commencal :-)

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jezzlundkvist (Nov 10, 2014 at 13:04)

You do know that they are a French based brand, right? =) And if I'm not mistaken so does a web-store in Austria sell these bikes as well.

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wipz07 (Nov 10, 2014 at 13:35)

But commencal turned into a direct sales company and therefore i think the only way of getting a 2015 model is on their own website, or am i wrong??

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guigui333 (Nov 10, 2014 at 17:11)

was that bike pink or red

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wipz07 (Nov 11, 2014 at 3:18)

I think a real intense pink

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Norski (Nov 10, 2014 at 10:35)

I'm loving the commencal hardtails. I fancy the meta version but can't figure out why the sx has a smaller front fork (140mm). Thought the sx would have been more hardcore. I guess it will be the meta for me.

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Bigdave46 (Nov 11, 2014 at 22:11)

Hardtails are awesome! You can rip as hard as you want. My buddy Dave Harder won the kootenay rockies enduro series in pro on a Chromag Rootdown!

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Stralov (Nov 11, 2014 at 4:36)

Sadly the 26" is only available in pink or black/pink ... i would buy it in commencal yellow or black... but i don't fancy the pink.

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daru (Nov 25, 2015 at 13:05)

can we change to a tapered fork and is the frame suitable for longer rides ? like 50+ miles

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gavlaa (Nov 10, 2014 at 8:03)

The absolut SX is the slopestyle model 140mm travel, the Meta 4X is a 100mm travel beauty.... so to complete the series we'll have the Meta SX- like a hardcore Meta 4x with 120mm travel? No, it's bright pink hardtail. WTF?

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Jordanh604 (Nov 10, 2014 at 7:40)

Anywhere in the US that has the ht sx available as a frame only?

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jejsd (Nov 10, 2014 at 9:23)

The complete HT SX will be available in the US thru www.commencalusa.com.
In a short term, the frame only won't be available in the US but you can order it from Europe, we can ship to the US : www.commencal-store.co.uk/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=14499073

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Jordanh604 (Nov 10, 2014 at 10:33)

Please tell me pink isn't the only color available? I love that commencal yellow.. Please please

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iqbal-achieve (Nov 10, 2014 at 12:51)

Think they have HT AM (650b) in fluoro yellow with black OR black with yellow.
HT SX (26") is pink with black OR black with pink.
But no yellow 26 unfortunately.

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Jordanh604 (Nov 10, 2014 at 15:10)

What are they thinking only offering a frame in pink? Going to kill sales. I'm all for a pink accessory here, and there, but a whole frame?

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tomasyr (Nov 10, 2014 at 8:58)

I cant ride without knee pads!

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RedBurn (Nov 10, 2014 at 10:40)

Music: no

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enduroswag FL (Nov 10, 2014 at 13:54)

I love this dude!

His riding + his videos = definition of #enduro