To all you 29er's out there!

Trail is kinda OK but it's not a burly UK hardtail, more of a kinda XC bike - correct me if I'm wrong but it's basically the same geo as the F29 series, which was a racing XC mile cruncher.

For that application 27.2 makes more sense - lyrca'd up XC whippets don't tend to use droppers or even hit the stuff that requires one.

Feel free to suggest something else from the list. As far as I can tell its the best option in my size that is also in stock.

Come and ride swinley with me x

no I think its a solid frame for sure, and i still dont want to go down the chinese carbon mtb route yet either. I was just mentioning the limits of the 27.2 post if you were really hopeful of getting a dropper post :-----)

Some drop is better than no drop i suppose.

And me! Er, when I buy a MTB again.

Orange Crush?

£1400 too pricey? Possibly more lolz for your money - depending on what you want to do with it.

Cant spend more than £1111 and I can't top it up, otherwise I would have happily spent more.

Come and ride Peaslake with me

Pls

Plslake

Clockwork 120?

Looks like fun - a bit of everything, 27.5 tho. It's 29er cousin seems more XC orientated whereas the 120 wouldn't look (too) out of place at Bike Park Wales

If i'm going for 27.5 I may as well hold out for the beast from the east 3 no?

Go 29er. Wouldn't buy an Orange, paying for the name.

yeah spotter stay with 29. 27.5 is manlet territory

I want a 29er for endurance XC races / training.

And dicking about in epping

For everything else I'll use my 26" hardtail lolz bike.

Ha I was thinking that the other day in Hertfordshire when I saw three middle aged fatties on matching 650b full sus giving it big talk at the cafe.

And dicking about in epping

Main reason im buying this bike FYI

Personally I'd be after something more univerisal if it were my only MTB.

66deg head angle on that Orange is so on trend, too ;)

Hold in your mind that I've only just come over from the idea of a CX bike....

I thought you had at least two CX bikes already?!

oh and the KS posts have super shit reviews on reliability.

No, not one cx bikes. Decided i'd rather have a 29er as I can ride more stuff with it.

Just get the Thomson dropper.

125mm is enough to take me (6'2") from full leg extension to barely able to pedal sitting down.

dicking about in epping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2waCwrCSo