Soldato
... some blue hope hubs, black stans rims and spokes and some gay blue spoke nipples......
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... some blue hope hubs, black stans rims and spokes and some gay blue spoke nipples......
Senior solo male.
What about you?
Are you still planning the puffer lite as well?
Have any of you guys ordered from Merlin cycles before?
I ordered and payed for a bike on Tuesday morning (the 3rd) and its still not been shipped out to me yet. I have sent several emails and apparently the bike was ready to be sent on Thursday but wouldn't be sent till Monday. Bit annoyed and couldn't understand that but fair enough. Then today after still not hearing anything i emailed them and they said the bike wont arrive till Thursday? I payed £30 for '48 hour delivery' but it just seems a joke to me.
What you guys think?
Tempted to try out an On One 456 carbon frame. Made to take up to a 160mm fork. They are £299 at the moment and at that price its practically a throwaway frame if you don't get on with it.
Up to you about going from FS to HT but the 456 carbon is a great frame - i'm very "wet behind the ears" in terms of experience when it comes to bikes but had my C456 for about 10 months now and can't fault it. You could build a cracking C456 that will handle pretty much anything.
I'm considering going back to a hardtail this year...(snip)...
What say you, OcUK? Am I being a ****. Feel free to lay to the boot in
I think you should go for it. Why not chop and change your gear if you can afford it, the more bikes you try the more you will know what you like.
You've already pointed out one reason for changing, the only others I could think of are; do you often go on trips where you are riding for several days? If this was the case then after a couple of days on a HT you may wish you were riding a full sus. Do you have any joint problems? I often see people saying things like "too old for a HT now, recommend me a full sus!".
If you build up a 456 with some nice parts it means you can use the parts again to build up another FS if you're not into it
If I only had to have one bike then it'd be a full sus, but that's only because I like to bomb through rough stuff with minimal brain input. If I was more into XC and trail riding then a hardtail would be fine. I'd get something trendier like a Ragley though
Torch [P4];20878181 said:I've got the am490 rims and they've stood up to some punishment, wish I'd gone for the switch hubs tho.
I've just got the black black combo but I'd go red rim black hub
Ive got the DH rims and Switch hubs, they are running like a dream, not had to re-tension the spokes in 7 months and the bearings are still smooth and no play, id say go for it, the rims are made by Alexrims so a decent enough brand in that aspect, as for the Switch hubs not sure what factory they come from but are decent enough
Get a more xc orientated full suss.