need a new bike frame what shud i get

jakestanworth

hi
im looking for eaither a carbon or titanium xc or all mountain bike frame my buget for a carbon is £500 and for a titanium £700 ANY IDEAS ON WHAT I SHUD GET

cooldad

Decide on budget and type of riding first.
And don't shout.

Pudseyp

jakestanworth wrote:

hi
im looking for eaither a carbon or titanium xc or all mountain bike frame my buget for a carbon is £500 and for a titanium £700 ANY IDEAS ON WHAT I SHUD GET

On One Carbon 456 the titanium is £700
Take a look at Stanton bikes....they have two new ti frames coming soon...not sure on price though...

Rock Lobster TI

jakestanworth

thanks pudseyp

ilovedirt

Carbon 456 would be a good call, if you don't mind having a really ugly bike.

Cotic soul/dialled alpine/evil sovereign/genesis alpitude/ragley anything would all also be good shouts.

And it's "should", not "shud".

Raymondavalon

jakestanworth wrote:

ANY IDEAS ON WHAT I SHUD GET

Extra curriculum in English or a browser spell checker and a keyboard without a sticky Caps Lock key

kenan

ilovedirt wrote:

Carbon 456 would be a good call, if you don't mind having a really ugly bike.

I think they look good !?! I do have one mind and its a cracking bike.

Pudseyp

kenan wrote:

ilovedirt wrote:

Carbon 456 would be a good call, if you don't mind having a really ugly bike.

and its a cracking bike.

Ohhhh that doesn't sound good being carbon...

jallll

well titanium on one is less ugly...

MountainMonster

JU shud strait up by uh Cotic Sol. Thy iz well gudz.

ilovedirt

kenan wrote:

ilovedirt wrote:

Carbon 456 would be a good call, if you don't mind having a really ugly bike.

I think they look good !?! I do have one mind and its a cracking bike.

Well, I guess there's no accounting for some people's taste eh? :P Personally I think it's fugly...

Northwind

kenan wrote:

I think they look good !?! I do have one mind

I have one, I think it looks s**t... It looks like it was probably ugly even before it went on fire and melted and got beaten out with a shovel. In fact, it's so damn ugly, it's almost 10% as ugly as my Ellsworth.

But it rides well.

Ouija

"On One Carbon 456"

Kinda Ugly graphics and not particularly light (you can get triple butted aluminum frames that are lighter).

Have a look at something like the Exotic mountain bike frame for budget carbon frames. Avoid the unbranded Chinese made ones, if you can.

compositepro

Apart from peoples opinions of it looking shit.(i have to admit i'm probably not one to comment on styling)

What's the reasoning behind it being shit cos it chineez,Sound like I'm trolling here but I'm quite interested in how people formulate this opinion as if such a bike were to be made in Britain it would cost slightly more than you could buy it from OO.There's a good reason behind it being heavier than the norm and then its not spectacularly heavy ?

supersonic

You can get XC frames that are lighter, but he doesn't want an XC frame - the 456 is the lightest frame of its type. What is wrong with China? Many carbon frames are built there, including some from Giant and Merida, who also build for many other brands.

compositepro

ooh supersonic your from chap

supersonic

Indeed, birthplace of the the World's best MTBers ;-)

Northwind

Ouija wrote:

Kinda Ugly graphics and not particularly light (you can get triple butted aluminum frames that are lighter).

Aye, and best of luck to you sticking a long fork in one of those

ilovedirt

Ouija wrote:

"On One Carbon 456"

Kinda Ugly graphics and not particularly light (you can get triple butted aluminum frames that are lighter).

Have a look at something like the Exotic mountain bike frame for budget carbon frames. Avoid the Chinese made ones, if you can.

Yeah, good luck running a long travel fork in a weight weenie XC frame...

And i'm pretty sure everything Exotic sell is made in China (or at least one of the poorer Asian countries), as are a lot of components on your bike(s?) I'm willing to bet.