2011 Rocky Mountain

dogboy73

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/2 ... look-25796

I like it. I like it a lot. Always had a soft spot for Rocky Mountain & I've been close to buying one on a couple of occassions. I liked the look of the Altitude but it didn't look at its best pointing downwards so not the best trail/all mountain bike. This however looks the nuts. Frame shape is quite similar to my current Giant Trance but how much sexier does the Rocky Mountain look? Love it

Chalky76

got to say, it looks lovely and very tempted to take a closer look when funds allow. Rode a Slayer in Morzine a couple of years ago and it was a great bike. Very tough and handled some pretty rough downhill with enduro type stuff too

llamafarmer

Looks a bit like a Trance. Very nice though

dogboy73

llamafarmer wrote:

Looks a bit like a Trance. Very nice though

Exactly what I thought. The Altitude looked very similar to a Trance as well I thought. I liked the Altitude & I guess this helped sway me in the direction of the Trance X5 when looking for a £1000 full susser. But this new Rocky Mountain bike looks much better than the Altitude. The head tube angle looks more all mountain & I love the way the down tube & top tubes merge. Looks very nice & robust. If this thing climbs like the altitude & descends like the head tube angle makes it look like it can then this could be a really hot bike. I'll put my money on this being up there in MBR's trail bike of the year next year

lawman

it may well look great, but i can see it having the same problem as the altitude tbh, ie its pretty damn short in top tube, and there doesnt like to be much standover either imo. ive also headr it'll weigh around the 30lb mark for the top of the range 70, so add a pound or two to the rest of the range and alot of other bikes look better value and abit lighter to. rode the original slaye and it was great, but the weight really held it back

lawman

now this look good