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it has weird mavic wheels
it has a very ugly head tube
it has some dodgy tektro mechanical disc brakes
it has a dropper, but the geo is more "cycling across wales" than "getting rad at afan"I don't really get it...I think you could build your own bike for better money
if the frameset alone was £300 I think it would be worth it, after a decent repaint
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I don't really get it...I think you could build your own bike for better money
if the frameset alone was £300 I think it would be worth it, after a decent repaintThat's exactly what I'd want to do and the sort of price I'd be hoping for also. Frameset swap from my hardtail MTB for a more expeditiony thing as I much prefer bikepacking, single track stuff to getting rad
Guess I'd be looking at it as an alternative to some sort of steel Salsa/Kona expeditiony hardtail type thing
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It has Crossmax wheels. AKA they just work about everywhere. Also bolt through.
It has a very ugly, but very functional headtube should you decide to bung a carbon fork in there.
Pretty sure those are hydros in the pic. Flat mount hydros.
I've tried cheap dropper recently on a fully loaded bike and I can comfortably say I'm a convert. Droppers are no longer BPW confined.Can you build something for cheaper? Sure. Was it beaten with the ugly stick. That as well.
Have you seen half the custom bikes recently?
frankenbike
Chak
https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-adventure-725/
Someone tell me about this. It looks great at first glance, like a not-quite-poor-but-maybe-middle-class man's Crust, assuming that it's fairly "cheap". The geo chart is messed up but could it stand in as an easy-to-medium-trail-capable MTB with a suspension fork? What travel do we reckon? Will everyone laugh at me if I turn up at Glentress on a bike with a 72 head angle these days?