Decathlon Rockrider 6 fr

JamesBrckmn

I just saw this behomoth on the decathlon website. http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/rockrider-fr6-34963921/
I think a few things got lost in the translation...

Fun and easy cycling at an affordable price.

however it won't really be easy to cycle on this since...

Weight: 18.4kg

It has quite heavy duty components, such as reinforced tyres, 203mm discs, suntour duro 150mm forks and 150mm rear suspension, but it says

Restricted use: not suitable for freeriding or downhill racing.

What else could you use this for then? xc? all mountain? on a eighteen and a half kilo bike?
Also, rigid forks with 150 mm travel?

Suspension/ shock: Suntour Duro 150mm fork. Adjustable rebound and preload. Rigid fork with oversize upper tubes. Kindshock 190x50mm with adjustable rebound.

But for £30 more, you could get a carrera banshee, which weighs 3kg less! I wish i could spend £30 more on my bike and make it 3kg lighter!

supersonic

I wouldn't call it a freeride bike, and certainly not one for DH racing - but many bikes have these tags anyway, especially budget ones which this is.

Pivot position is way too high, the pedal feedback will be horrible.

JamesBrckmn

Would you be able to do freeride on a banshee though?

supersonic

Maybe - mild stuff. I wouldn't do 10 ft drops.

Northwind

But it does have special wheels "For riding in complete safety". I could do with a set of those.

Brave effort really but the budget can only go so far.

joshtp

its awfull, but i think they'v done pretty well to get a FR bike in a t £500

JamesBrckmn

I suppose your right josh, but compared to a banshee, it's pretty crap

supersonic

The Decathlon does have more travel, similar quality forks, bigger discs. Probably a tougher bike. Certainly a tougher crank!

Northwind

Think the Banshee's really pretty similiar, just that each bike has its shortfalls in different places, they've both kind of accepted that they're going to have to have some real corners cut and just got on with it. Like, the standard Banshee has the same wheels as my old Kraken, which are decent budget XC wheels (though a bit heavy) but not that strong, not really right for the job.

JamesBrckmn

the banshee is 3 kg less

supersonic

2.4kg less. Then add in pedals for the Banshee and you are down to 1.8kg.

JamesBrckmn

i suppose. It's still a fair bit of weight for £30 more and 1cm less travel

Northwind

Yep, but it has other parts that are worse, is my point. Neither really works all that well because they've both had to cut corners that they didn't want to.

supersonic

JamesBrckmn wrote:

i suppose. It's still a fair bit of weight for £30 more and 1cm less travel

And smaller discs, worse crank, narrower rims ;-)

But NW is right, they are both compromised.

counterculture

i just think its funny that they bill it as a bike for novice freeriders but then havve a restricted use line telling you its not suitable for freeriding!!

JamesBrckmn

Also novice freeriders would be putting more stress on the bike since they won't be landing smoothly every time etc.