Aggresive Hardtail Thread!

RideOnTime

bobcheese wrote:

My Abyss

liking...

pesky_jones

Liking that mmbop

arran77

buddy_club

arran77 wrote:

Absolutely stunning.

fizik

+1 for team cotic wish mine was baby blue!

Twelly

Ok I've been convinced... just ordered a Bfe.

Will be built with 150mm Revs (once they are back from Merlin), wide bar, short stem, 2x10 XT, Reverb etc. etc.

Ill post some pictures once I have got my hands on it, can't wait to join the club!

arran77

You won't regret it TwellySmat

Lewis A

arran77 wrote:

How have you been finding the bars?

darkspirit

Newbie question... what makes it agressive?

Does this count? (2x10 and 120mm forks)

arran77

Lewis A wrote:

arran77 wrote:

How have you been finding the bars?

There really nice bars, I did chop the length down a bit as they were absolutely huge :shock:

darkspirit wrote:

Newbie question... what makes it agressive?

Does this count? (2x10 and 120mm forks)

Yes, that counts as aggressive, single or double on front and 120mm+ of travel, looks good 8)

@lexD

One from sherwood pines last summer

mrlee

Latest pic of my Soul

Matt-r8

darkspirit wrote:

Newbie question... what makes it agressive?

Does this count? (2x10 and 120mm forks)

I'd say no, 140mm at least and saddle shouldn't be a foot above the handle bars.
That's just my opinion, everybody differs. Nice bike nonetheless.

Kowalski675

Matt-r8 wrote:

I'd say no, 140mm at least

OP stated 120mm minimum to qualify.

Matt-r8

They did indeed.

lawman

By the rules it counts, just, but it's definitely on the xc side of hardcore.

RevellRider

I agree with Matt on this. If anyone had of asked me what sort of bike my Whyte was, I would of said a trail hardtail, not an aggressive hardtail

toastedone

I know this slightly breaks the rules of the thread due to the triple, but this is a new un-riden bike that will be fitted with a bash in a week, making it a double, 140mm revs.

Currently has avid breaks, XT breaks are being fitted.

Crap photo taken on my phone and at work.

Cqc

RevellRider wrote:

I agree with Matt on this. If anyone had of asked me what sort of bike my Whyte was, I would have said a trail hardtail, not an aggressive hardtail

Yeah, and boardman designed the bike as an xc hard tail, it may qualify by the rules, but it needs to be built up aggressively at the very minimum: ie no 200mm stems

darkspirit

Very true and the bike was mainly bought for xc and a few trails

Stem is only 90mm so not too bad and I have some wider, 40mm riser bars in the post so will be a touch more aggressive

Would love to swap out the Rebas for a lefty fork but that can wait for now, next 'big' purchase will prob be a dropper post as I have the seat quite high (im a lanky git) so would be nice to drop it for the technical stuff...

Matt-r8

Dropper posts are always good, if you're wanting to hit any descents quickly, without having to stop at the top and re adjust and then again at the bottom. My cove doesn't have one, due to the crappy 30.mm seat post.

Cqc

Lefty forks are the stupidest invention ever. Don't do it.

darkspirit

I love the wrongness of them

Appreciate the engineering as well but they may not be suitable for the Boardman frame as they are more than 120mm i think

flashbax

I was happy with my bike until I read and glimpsed some of the stunning builds on this thread. Now want to put all the bits off the P7 on to a cotic soul black and red frame....

keepluckin

My kind if thread!

Matt-r8

flashbax wrote:

I was happy with my bike until I read and glimpsed some of the stunning builds on this thread. Now want to put all the bits off the P7 on to a cotic soul black and red frame....

Absolutely nothing wrong with a P7. Legendary frame.

flashbax

Yeah but the cotic looks so good..but your right I've not even given the p7 a chance yet.

fizik

Cqc wrote:

Lefty forks are the stupidest invention ever. Don't do it.

Have you tried one? Just because something is different doesn't make it stupid, they are much stiffer than most singlecrown forks for starters. Cant use short stems with the old ones though which is a bit of a bugger!

Cqc

fizik wrote:

Cqc wrote:

Lefty forks are the stupidest invention ever. Don't do it.

Have you tried one? Just because something is different doesn't make it stupid, they are much stiffer than most singlecrown forks for starters. Cant use short stems with the old ones though which is a bit of a bugger!

Well the whole stem thing is a bit dumb, as well as the fact that you have to change the front hub... I mean how much of a weight weenie do you have to be to get a lefty fork? Spares and servicing is harder too, just get a normal one

fizik

Cqc wrote:

fizik wrote:

Cqc wrote:

Lefty forks are the stupidest invention ever. Don't do it.

Have you tried one? Just because something is different doesn't make it stupid, they are much stiffer than most singlecrown forks for starters. Cant use short stems with the old ones though which is a bit of a bugger!

Well the whole stem thing is a bit dumb, as well as the fact that you have to change the front hub... I mean how much of a weight weenie do you have to be to get a lefty fork? Spares and servicing is harder too, just get a normal one

I admit I wouldn't buy one to put on my bike, but I wouldn't neccessarly take one off if the bike came with one on