Long(ish) travel carbon hardtails

trailgod
trailgod Posts: 6
edited July 2008 in MTB general
Looking at buying a new hardtail frame - would like carbon but all the ones I have seen
appear to be limited to 100 mm travel (presumably as they are perceived to be 'race'
bikes)

Any out there 120-140 mm fork capacity ?
Scott Genius,Orange Sub 3,Orange Vit T2,Giant TCR 2

but,which to ride ??

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  • Chaka Ping
    Chaka Ping Posts: 1,451
    I was thinking a while ago how it's strange that carbon only gets used for XC hardtails - even though it is a frame material on several all-mountain FS bikes.

    Gap in the market there?
  • saintadolf
    saintadolf Posts: 245
    probably because most longer travel hard tails are seen as more extreme and as there is no rear suspension the crarbon would have to absorb all the shock of cased landing and watever so it would last precisely no time at all
    06 Kona Blast with RS Tora solo airs :)
  • BlackSpur
    BlackSpur Posts: 4,228
    Go Ti instead - Lynskey 456.
    "Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling." ~James E. Starrs
  • saintadolf
    saintadolf Posts: 245
    good idea actually but what about a cove hummer that also got ten out of ten in most magazines fairly recently and i think it looks better (even tho its 400 more and u dont get the cool dropperd top tube)

    and surly anything over 100mm is definatly long travel anyway
    06 Kona Blast with RS Tora solo airs :)

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