charge duster or on one inbred

mendipracer
mendipracer Posts: 66
edited March 2008 in MTB buying advice
hi
im having difficulty selecting what bike to have and wondered if any one could help?
i want to buy a british bike so my options so far are a charge duster mid (£700) or a ON ONE Inbred (£800).
Has anyone ridden either of them?

Thanx :D

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  • explosifpete
    explosifpete Posts: 1,327
    I've had a little go on both and I thought they were both nice yet very different.

    The charge feels quite short so it has a slight bmx feel to it, good if you want to do some jumps.
    The inbred is really long so that you can have a short stem for control but not knee your self whilst going up hill.
    Hope that helps
    http://www.iwaxstudio.co.uk/
  • dirtbiker100
    dirtbiker100 Posts: 1,997
    i've got an on-one inbred and want a duster... make of that what you will :D

    love the inbred had great fun on it at trail centres but i'd really love a duster. tough choice.
  • uk_mr_brownstone
    uk_mr_brownstone Posts: 343
    My new Inbred 456 frame came yesterday. Got it built up and although i've not had chance to give it a real off-road test it certainly feels nicely balanced. Customer service from on-one is excellent.

    Although their frames are excellent value and spot-on in terms of what I wanted, I did notice that their full build packages - still really good value compated to RRP on most 'named' brands - coudln't quite compare in terms of sheer value to the builds at merlincycles. But I guess that's just because of the super value with Merlin, not that the Inbred builds are expensive.

    The 456 has exactly the same top-tube length as my SS 24Severn 'all mountain' frame, but manages to feel a lot more lively will all the same components on it.
    I'd echo the previous comment- top-tube is fairly long, but you can just knock an inch off the stem which works great.

    Seen the duster in LBS- they look nice (about all I can say)

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