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Born out of frustration at the lack of well priced aggressive hardtails to rag through the mud in the coldest months, we designed the Line 10. It’s got all the numbers you’d expect from a capable, modern trail bike: long reach accompanying a short stem for stability at speed, a short back end to aid cornering and a 66.5-degree head angle to keep it poised when things get steep. We’ve also gone with a 1x drivetrain and external routing to keep maintenance fuss to a minimum during the gritty British winter.
What we’re left with is a truly aggressive hardtail that serves as the perfect introduction to proper mountain biking, alternatively, it’s the ideal addition to your stable to save your pride and joy from the grit and grime of the coming months. Either way, you’ll be rolling home with a big grin on your face.
The Line 10 comes equipped with wide, aggressive rubber courtesy of Schwalbe, seated on i29 WTB rims for that added tyre volume. Chuck in a dropper post, thru-axle Rock Shox fork and Shimano gears and brakes and you’ve got yourself a winter ripper at a fraction of the cost of the competition at only £750.
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Pound for pound I bet this bike is a right laugh to ride on your average singletrack / trail centre.
Cheap PB Bike Check - 'Ugh, geometry looks so last year! Wait, what, it has a rear QR? Hahaha unbelievable. Oh em gee, that fork... Ew!'.
but this here is made, (hopefully not on purpose) to look cheap. this would visually not stand out among a bunch of the shit supermarket bikes that it‘s trying to differentiate itself from. that’s a pity.
I have several friends who are looking for a bike similar to this, and sure there's the used market. But currently in my area there isn't anything that's not stupidly over priced (1-2 grand for a 10 year old bike with deore/x5).
Props to Calibre for at least trying to get something out there that would be awesome for those looking to not drop a ton of money on a decent spec.
For my wife we actually got the lowest-end build of the Sentier hardtail (Deore + XCR-Air fork) and used the Suntour upgrade program available in the US to get her an Epicon.
Or $1600 gets you full sus with a Mattoc and Monarch Plus. Almost pulled the trigger on that one myself.
Boss's, and Shwalbe Vigilante's everyone has been talking about? I hear they are way better than WTB tires.
Nobody would rant about the industry and fight for what this bike stands for and not buy one, that would be silly.
It is odd that there are only 2 sizes listed. Maybe they haven't taken delivery of the smaller sizes or that they've sold out.
That bike looks so dated....
There's plenty of good bikes with more up to date numbers at that price point
I'm not saying there isn't competition at this price point but it is thin on the ground and is usually the kind of generic XC build that isn't great to actually ride.
People request cheaper bikes to be featured on here and then they fall under the same sctutiny as a £7000 yeti - it's not perfect, the frames stand over does look a little tall but it would make a nice start out bike or winter hack.
On-one are a decent example but have very dated geometry now, they don't seem to have been update in a long time.
If you are after a £3000 bike then £250 more isn't a lot, add it onto a £750 bike and it's a 1/3rd more.
I still don't see another bike with comparable geo at £750-£800 and sensible spec like a dropper, wide rims and 1x10.
It's also the case that lower end bikes are often for more sedate / beginner types of riding so more extreme geometry could be a negative rather than a good thing, though my opinion on that is you quickly adapt after a few rides anyway unless it's well outside of the 'norm'.
Again, comparing a bike on discount to RRP, so its usual price is £850 plus then fitting aftermarket parts so a completely irrelevant comparison, total well over £900 at RRP - Many beginners will ride what they have, not spend time upgrading a brand new bike
Sounds like you are searching for bikes just to backup your opinion that is for some unknown reason to hate on a bike that is designed to get people out on the trails to have fun at a decent price-point, why do you feel the need to describe it as 'dated junk'? - Thats not an intelligent debate just crap talk, I dont own one so you have no argument to 'win' here, strange.
I would probably go for the Calibre myself but its the first suggestion that matches it on price and in many other areas (though add a dropper and the labour to fit it and you are over £900)
So there really are some costs with newer geometry. Calibre doesn’t have to worry about that though as they aren’t repurposing this frame in a mega cheap department store variation.
If I'm spending that money I'd want something a damned sight better for those hard earned pennies than this (several examples already given by others)
www.chainreactioncycles.com/vitus-bikes-sentier-vrs-hardtail-bike-slx-1x11-2017/rp-prod146561
and yes, the Calibre is ugly, all their bikes are unfortunately, their paint job and graphics package need an overhaul, they may be cheap but they dont have to look it, and its not a cost thing, it purely a bad design, and this is from someone that rides a cheap steel yellow on-one as their all year bike - I love aggressive hardtails and keeping things cheap(ish) so this should tick boxes for me
The Vitus has always been cheaper than RRP because thats the way they all work, especially seeing as CRC own Vitus, it make the price look more appealing if it has a big discount, so its the same as what GoOutdoors do, just a slightly different route. - all manipulation at the end of the day.
I do wonder why they still continue with the membership card, I personally don't shop there because of it.
www.giant-bicycles.com/us/bikes-fathom-2018
How much is a set of low end RS forks? £300 alone?
If you can afford / want more from a bike then go for something better than something that is £750 and will be sold online / in an outdoor superstore.
RST or SR Suntour would be better choice for that bike.
Reach is quoted at 608mm for the XL.
sizing seems reasonable enough.
Starting your sizing range with MEDIUM in a country where the average height is 5'9" for a man and 5'3" for a woman is however fashion wankery of the highest order.
Seems it's dobber day here too.
Ps. I'd feel like a complete plank riding anything Chris Porter recommended.