Seen one of these in the 'flesh', so to speak. A great looking bike, and better value than last years, by a country mile. Without doubt, it's the old BMW M series colours
I am just about to purchase one of these but was waiting for a demo day to make sure i was making the right choice. can i ask, how tall are you and which size did you go for?
cheers
Nick
Hey,
516 2012 had a problem with shock where it was really easy to blow through the travel and back end was hitting seatpost frame. It could be partially addressed by having 250psi, but small bump sensitivity was completely gone.
Is it still the case? Also are the stock wheels feeling flexy?
I used to have sorted 316 2011 and now thinking of either 516 2013 or Meta SX 2013 ( they both available at the same price to me ) and I feel bit puzzled.
The 'stock' wheels were taken straight off and crossmax st's fitted so can't say.
As far as the shock goes I've used the fox ird app to set up sag etc and it seems fine, not done any massive drops (up to about 3ft to transition) and performs very nicely.
I've made small upgrades to my 516 2013 , Rubber Queen 2.2 UST both front and back plus the bash guard.
I took it to Swinley Today and rode on red route and in the gully.
I must say I'm very impressed with how much more flickable it is compared to my previous 316 2011.
I think that 1,5kg weight is making miracles.
Note on front fork dive, I couldn't feel any neither in descent or trail mode.
Very happy with the purchase. I only wish I could afford carbon version.
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Light and strong (just not cheap)
I had to "google" that!
Winter
Racey
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If in doubt, blame Wiggle.
Yes it does.
Rides surprisingly well on Xc stuff as well. Really surprising. AWESOME fun!!
Santa Cruz Tallboy LTc (custom)
Trek Stache 8 2013
Pedals well uphill ,great on welsh trails, epic downhill. The MOST complete bike I've ever known!!!
cheers
Nick
still properly in love with it!
516 2012 had a problem with shock where it was really easy to blow through the travel and back end was hitting seatpost frame. It could be partially addressed by having 250psi, but small bump sensitivity was completely gone.
Is it still the case? Also are the stock wheels feeling flexy?
I used to have sorted 316 2011 and now thinking of either 516 2013 or Meta SX 2013 ( they both available at the same price to me ) and I feel bit puzzled.
As far as the shock goes I've used the fox ird app to set up sag etc and it seems fine, not done any massive drops (up to about 3ft to transition) and performs very nicely.
I took it to Swinley Today and rode on red route and in the gully.
I must say I'm very impressed with how much more flickable it is compared to my previous 316 2011.
I think that 1,5kg weight is making miracles.
Note on front fork dive, I couldn't feel any neither in descent or trail mode.
Very happy with the purchase. I only wish I could afford carbon version.
My ride:
@sobol - what size frame is that? Is it a large?
Cheers