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The Pike's only about a 100g or so heavier than Dammit's Fox 34, the smaller wheels should be lighter. Will a similar travel carbon frame be noticeably heavier?
Not much luck finding anything carbon & well specced for under £2.5k
BareNecessities-
mmm.
The difference between my F-Si and my Habit in terms of speed, climbing, rolling is kind of astonishing. I'd expect he Scalpel to be closer to the F-Si in feel, but then again maybe not.
My Habit SE is not a bike I'd consider trying to ride over the SDW with. Maybe that's because it has heavy 2.35s on it. And maybe that's because I've got a racy fast hardtail. IDK...
But I guess the point isn't to compare to what Dammit already has, because it's not for him, it's for someone else, so we need to compare against some mythical small 29er trailified XC bike.
Howard
Pricey and more trail orientated / heavy compared to the Camber, above.