Wrong choice made.

supercyril

In july this year and after much deliberation i bought myself my first full susser.
I decided on a Cube AMS 125 K18

http://s711.photobucket.com/albums/ww11 ... CF0100.jpg

Its a well specced bike with great build quality but full suspension just isnt for me.
So my options are
1 Sell the bike on ebay, it cost me £1560 what do you think i could get for it?
2 Sell the frame & rear shock and replace it with a hard tail frame that would suit the revalations such as a pace 305
3 Sell the frame rear & front shocks and replace it with a 100mm shock and frame.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

supersonic

I'd go for option number 2 - will maximise your returns.

allthegearnoidea

no 2 makes the most sence to me as that way yo uget to keep the componants and build up a Very nice HT!

kitenski

What is it that you don't like about it? Have you tried adjusting the rear shock inc the propedal to almost lock it out??

supercyril

Very quick responce guys.

Other than the pace what are the other frame options. Nothing to hard like a stiffee or a chameleon mind

supersonic

Have a look at the Kinesis Maxlight frames - light, relatively cheap.

Be aware that all parts may not directly swap ie seatpost, front mech, headset, cabling.

The Spiderman

I`d also look at steel frames such as the One One Inbred 456,Cotic Soul new model takes 140mm forks,Genesis Altitude,Alpitude,etc.

biff55

option 4 ; seek councilling on why i spent one a half grand on a bike i dont want .

Flenser

Post on here and see if someone will swap for a hardtail?

Just a thought.

weeksy59

Flenser wrote:

Post on here and see if someone will swap for a hardtail?

Just a thought.

I'd swap him for a HArdock

gonga

supercyril wrote:

In july this year and after much deliberation i bought myself my first full susser.
I decided on a Cube AMS 125 K18

http://s711.photobucket.com/albums/ww11 ... CF0100.jpg

Its a well specced bike with great build quality but full suspension just isnt for me.
So my options are
1 Sell the bike on ebay, it cost me £1560 what do you think i could get for it?
2 Sell the frame & rear shock and replace it with a hard tail frame that would suit the revalations such as a pace 305
3 Sell the frame rear & front shocks and replace it with a 100mm shock and frame.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thats a nice looking bike bud

What is it about the full suss your not getting on with?

Rich9

Cracking looking bike. Really like the AMS'. I'd have it off you in a flash if i had the cash

jay12

is the fork adjustable?
if it is you could get it down to 130mm and get a kinesis decade virtue or a ragley blue pig.
or if the fork isn't adjustable you could get the 2010 orange crush frame
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/118503.html
and here is how it looks like https://www.orangebikes.co.uk/images/2010_bikes/jpegs/Crush_17-000448.jpg

182_blue

what size is it

supercyril

Sorry a lot of questions to answer here.
To me the bike feels slow in comparison to my old hard tail. I have tried various pressures & settings but its still not right.
The bike is a 16" frame, its quite big as my old hardtail is 18".
Have thought about a swop but i think there is a possiblity of being inundated with daft offers!

jayson

weeksy59 wrote:

Flenser wrote:

Post on here and see if someone will swap for a hardtail?

Just a thought.

I'd swap him for a HArdock

I'll see ur hardrock and raise u a Vulcan

andy46

jayson wrote:

weeksy59 wrote:

Flenser wrote:

Post on here and see if someone will swap for a hardtail?

Just a thought.

I'd swap him for a HArdock

I'll see ur hardrock and raise u a Vulcan

i see your Vulcan and raise you an apollo

warrerj

How about another option.

Part-ex it against and new bike.

where are you from ?

I know The Bicycle Doctor in Porth, Rhondda, S.Wales do part-ex and are a Cube dealer so would prob give you a good price. they also run regular demo days at Afan so you could tey one before you buy the next one.

Climb On Bikes in Hereford also do part-ex and are again cube dealers.

Another thing to think about uis it may feel slower than your hard tail but is that because it's more comfortable. My FS feels slower than my old HT but on my first trip around afan I was about 12 min faster than my normal time on my HT

lesz42

feels slow? in what way? steering? over rough stuff?


my mates remedy 9 feels slow, only because it smooths the rough stuff so well compared to my HT


dont get chucked off the bike at any speed, so it seems slow, feels unreal over rocks compared to a HT, a floating feeling with some noise


if its steering, play with stem lenght?