E120S for Beginner(ish)?

TheBreed
TheBreed Posts: 4
edited January 2012 in MTB buying advice
Hi,
Please can you help??? I bought a cheap hardtail about 2 years ago and upgraded to a Kona Caldera (hardtail) 10 months ago. I get out on the mountains about once a week for a 4 or 5 hour ride.
During the Christmas holidays I drank a bottle of wine and ordered a Whyte E120S from Winstanley's for £1400. Due to the wine is was a bit of an impulsive purchase and I hadn't fully researched the usefulness of carbon fibre as a frame material. Since then I've heard horror stories of frames packing in after knocks! I've also read reviews saying the bike is awesome! As I'm relatively inexperienced (falling off etc), have I made a mistake ordering this bike or not!?!?!
I mainly ride XC as I haven't got the nerve for DH!

Cheers for you help!

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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    Well for starters, its not a DH bike.. it should make an excellent trail bike though :wink:

    But for £1400, that is a steal. Good work! RRP of £2700 from the Whyte webby?!

    Carbon fibre is fine for bikes, nothing at al to worry about.
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Yep, carbon = good
    whyte also = good.

    Enjoy the new bike! :lol:
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    By the way...

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    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • TheBreed
    TheBreed Posts: 4
    Well, the bike has turned up and it has a Rock Shox Revelation fitted instead of the Reba that was specced! Still seems to be 130mm or so of travel. I don't know what the difference is between these 2 shocks. Is this going to be okay do you think?
    Cheers for the advice so far!
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    Which version of Rev?
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • Pudseyp
    Pudseyp Posts: 3,514
    Depends on which Rev..it should come with this : Fork: RockShox Reba SL 130mm with Maxle Light 20mm, Motion Control Damping, Adjustable Rebound...

    If the Rev is not of similar spec even though the bike is a steal, I would try for some free goodies !
    Tomac Synper 140 Giant XTC Alliance 1
    If the world was flat, I wouldn't be riding !
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    The Revelation isn't necessarily an up- or downgrade, just a different fork.

    The Rev is normally longer travel than the Reba.
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • TheBreed
    TheBreed Posts: 4
    Took it for a 4 hour blast yesterday. Awesome bike to be fair. Its nice to a full sus bike that quite light - even if it is a XC bike. Cheers guys.

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