Hardtail advise

jackricho

Hi,
My next bike im looking for a hardtail with 140-160mm of travel on the front.
Any suggestions?

Cheers

supersonic

What budget? How hard will you ride? Are you heavy?

jayson

Cove Stiffee???

jackricho

Pritty hard. about £500-700. more about the bike than the cost. and im 14st. Pure muscle

supersonic

Not many new bikes for that cash with that travel and strength I am afraid. Thi sis pretty good though:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65499#dtab

jackricho

im just after the frame for that much. build it myself.

supersonic

Ah, the title of the post was misleading lol.

That is a big budget. I'd certainly be looking at the OnOne carbon 456. For 800 is available in Titanium.

specialized989

+1 for the on-one. Mmmmm.......

getonyourbike

another for the 456

beelzebomb

Hi, I've just started a blog on building up my Cove HJ from scratch - I hope to provide info & ideas that I've found to be not so easy to find online as well as the basics of trying to do this at home.
Subscribe & follow the ride. Hope it entertains!

http://covebikebuild.wordpress.com

You've posted this 6 times now, often in threads unrelated to the original question.

Once more and you will be banned.

ADMIN.

beelzebomb

Hello to the admin who posted the above reply to my message.

All I am trying to do is be helpful to people & apologise if you think otherwise; but this post mentions Cove & the OP talks about building a hardtail himself, so I see my post as pretty relevant?

My aim is to help people, which is what I would hope forums such as this are essentially for? I'm not spamming, i posted 6 posts in threads I have either posted in previously or where it seemed people might have an interest in what I am trying to do.

So sorry if you feel otherwise. but I think your comment above is a little unreasonable!

supersonic

Put the link in your signature? We cannot allow people to post their websites in every thread they feel has some relation to the op, because if everyone did this the forum would become quickly clogged, and your rapid, multiple posting did appear to be spamming. Cove Stiffee was a recommended frame, and not even mentioned by the OP, never mind the HJ!

Or if you post to help, instead of just using the same block of text, why not take the time to be more specific to the questions, and answer in a more personal way? Your blog as it stands contains very little info! I am sure that will change though ;-)

blister pus

...and a build blog is about as useful, functional and informative without pictures as chocolate fireguard :shock:

beelzebomb

..I will add the link to my personal info.

@blister pus: You're missing the point I'm trying to achieve & prob only seen the introduction as yet, there will be pix, but the point I'm trying to achieve with it is more along the lines of the way Bill Bryson covers travel; you can probably find specific build pix & "this goes there" static instruction in many many other places!

But often small things are missed, steel frame rust-proofing & like how the tool required for fitting centrelock rotors is supposedly the same as that used for fitting your cassette - but they don't all fit both, obviously I'll show pix of such differences etc

blister pus

beelzebomb wrote:

You're missing the point I'm trying to achieve & prob only seen the introduction as yet, there will be pix, but the point I'm trying to achieve with it is more along the lines of the way Bill Bryson covers travel; you can probably find specific build pix & "this goes there" static instruction in many many other places!

I like the enthusiasm but this is a bike forum with an average of age in the 20s and below. It's pix with words for a build or don't bother boring people with yet another blog nobody reads on the web. Sad, but true.

And if you do a search here there isn't anything about a steel frame build, or any other frame build, that hasn't been dealt with in triplicate hundreds of times before and that includes the use of J P Weigle frame saver / wax oil / WD40. Not that any of that should discourage you from enjoying doing the blog though.

supersonic

Yes, I/we appreciate the enthusiasm, it was just the same thing copied and pasted didn't seem the right way forward!

beelzebomb

Thanks supersonic, ironically having the link as a signature now gets it more publicity than before anyway, so good advice!

@blister pus: I think that comes across as very downbeat/negative; I wouldn't presume to know the average ages of the members or indeed, that if correct, it would mean that they can't enjoy a different angle on an oft repeated subject. You're still missing the point completely, but hey, if you don't like it, you don't have to read it - many others are - including the guys at Cove Bikes!

I think that's enough on the subject now, surely!

blister pus

actually I understood your 'point' perfectly.


jackricho check out the new Ragley 2011 range, lots of suitable options in that lot for you if you want go down the steel route. Reviews and feedback are slowly filtering through now.