I feel bad but... Which bike? (Sorry)

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  • supermonkey
    supermonkey Posts: 315
    Blundell wrote:
    Tyre clearance, I haven't got a clue, you'd have to look at one in the flesh.
    As for weight I'd estimate about 24lbs or a little bit more maybe.

    Thanks. I'll take a look if I can find one.
  • supermonkey
    supermonkey Posts: 315
    Larok wrote:
    have you considered a specialised stumjumper comp?

    http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLq ... 155c002909

    Thanks, but I'm after a hardtail.
  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    For £1500 I`d go for the On One ti 456,with 2008 XT groupset.Just specced it on the On One website and it comes to,£1498.
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  • Chaka Ping
    Chaka Ping Posts: 1,451
    I'd still go for the Voodo D-Jab.

    But supermonkey, you seem to have decided the Whyte is the bike for you already - so you'd better buy it or you might always feel youy've missed out by buying another bike.

    Maybe ask the dealer how much to upgrade the fork to a Reba?
  • Chaka Ping
    Chaka Ping Posts: 1,451
    Spiderman - does that include fork? Seems very reasomnable - I thought the frames were £999 alone?
  • BlackSpur
    BlackSpur Posts: 4,228
    Don't put a Reba on it if you've already decided you want that little bit of extra travel.
    "Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling." ~James E. Starrs
  • supermonkey
    supermonkey Posts: 315
    The Spiderman wrote:
    For £1500 I`d go for the On One ti 456,with 2008 XT groupset.Just specced it on the On One website and it comes to,£1498.

    I think that's the price from the first page? If you add the Reba fork and 2008 XT then click on the order button it calculates it for you and comes to about £1900.
  • supermonkey
    supermonkey Posts: 315
    Chaka Ping wrote:
    I'd still go for the Voodo D-Jab.

    I can't find any decent pictures of one anywhere. If I go past Halfords I may pop in and have a look.
    Chaka Ping wrote:
    But supermonkey, you seem to have decided the Whyte is the bike for you already - so you'd better buy it or you might always feel youy've missed out by buying another bike.

    Maybe ask the dealer how much to upgrade the fork to a Reba?

    I think you might be right.

    I don't know if they will upgrade the fork though as the Recon that's on the Whyte is not sold in the UK so they'd be left with a non-UK fork. AFAIK the only Recon forks that are sold here are U-Turn?
  • supermonkey
    supermonkey Posts: 315
    BlackSpur wrote:
    Don't put a Reba on it if you've already decided you want that little bit of extra travel.

    What would be a good 130mm alternative? Revelation?
  • Chaka Ping
    Chaka Ping Posts: 1,451
    There's a review of the D Jab on this site that I saw on the home page a few days ago, funny enough.

    I'm not recommending it, mind, just saying it looks a good bike and fantastic value.

    Sorry, I meant to type Revelation - not Reba. I really like my Revelation now I've got it set up right and have worn it in a bit. I can see what all the fuss is about.
  • supermonkey
    supermonkey Posts: 315
    Chaka Ping wrote:
    Sorry, I meant to type Revelation - not Reba. I really like my Revelation now I've got it set up right and have worn it in a bit. I can see what all the fuss is about.

    Is the Revelation a significant step up from the Recon then?
  • niblue
    niblue Posts: 1,387
    SuperMonkey wrote:
    niblue wrote:
    If I could find a bike with adjustable forks that fitted what I want to do then I would be up for that. I think Cotic is frame only though isn't it?

    It is. I built mine up from a 2nd hand frame - it's had various forks on it over the years (Bomber ETA 105, Fox Float 100, Fox Vanilla 125) before sticking with the Talas (except when it's set-up singlespeed when it has Pace RC31's on).

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