Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

Just seen what the Pace 529 looks like. Much nicer than the Cotic. Get the matchy match Pace.

Pretty sure I cycled past a bog in Epping Forest called "Carbonsinglespeed"

I hesitate to use the words 'just get' as I feel they're heavily overused on here, but just get an Isen GOAT already

I've looked at this option in depth, issue is that it's a really expensive route to take, which is fine if you know you love MTB, but if what you want is a bike that is "good enough" to try it out, and sell if you hate it, it's not.

Buying an OTP is, I think, the route forward. But what?

Behold a non UCI cyclo-cross race!

E-EWS isn't that shit, so why is this and that race on the MX last year so dire? It's not difficult is it? They go down hill like a regular mountain bike but can climb more difficult terrain.

Onone?

Pretty sure I cycled past a bog in Epping Forest called "Carbonsinglespeed"

I'm already en route to find this Holy Bog Namesake...

Pretty sure I cycled past a bog in Epping Forest called "Carbonsinglespeed"

They're usually named after whoever resides within them, so this can't be true

No harm in being proactive

The only 27.5 bike I can see on their site is the Bootzipper, which is fully rigid.

I can't find a single Small or Medium 27.5 hardtail for sale in the UK that's moderately decent. Arse.

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Nah. Steep angles, paint that chips and half of China's annual steel production in pointless braze-ons. Look good on Instagram though...

Bike or frame? CRC have Octane One Prones in stock apparently:

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/octane-one-prone-27-5-frame-2020/rp-prod155476?gs=1&sku=sku567883&istCompanyId=8d42cf00-fc35-44ce-8770-97ae3ffd4c16&istFeedId=c759ee22-6d7f-4501-bd00-f1af47c60490&istItemId=irxtwpqwq&istBid=t&pgrid=60711842618&ptaid=aud-965055835820%3Apla-564072548332&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=PLA%2BAll%2BProducts&utm_medium=base&utm_content=mkwid%7Cs7ZQe4oCF_dm%7Cpcrid%7C309840120197%7Cpkw%7C%7Cpmt%7C%7Cprd%7C567883UK&gclid=CjwKCAjwq_D7BRADEiwAVMDdHnttp58YOsqh2Ixd6O8Iu1Nt6FsIxb5Z6m14sx1gsZnVZuEgx9CKQhoCMQsQAvD_BwE

Not expensive but most definitely decent.

I can barely move around my shed for all the chips of candy paint on the floor

I'd prefer a bike, getting all of the components individually ends up being very expensive in comparison to buying a complete build, in my experience.

Do consider a 29er

https://www.specializedconceptstore.co.uk/product/17677/2021-fuse-comp-29/

Fenella doesn't want a 29er, small wheels only. Which makes it much harder to find a bike, of course.

https://alpkit.com/collections/sonder-mountain-bikes/products/sonder-transmitter-sx-eagle

One of these?

I wonder if the frame can run an internally cabled dropper- can’t see from the ad.

Ah, found it- it is.

The Transmitter? The top end build comes with an X Fusion dropper that is internally routed only.

The Transmitter is 27.5plus isnt it - so like a 29er.

You could have his and her's Bird hardtails. They do a 27.5 Zero full build for £1,350. Some frame sizes in stock, some apparently arriving in November. If you call them to order two, you could even get a deal...

I am not on commission.

I paid for a 529 yesterday, so it’s only the small, 27.5 hardtail that I need now.

Ok, Bird Zero AM - how would people spec one, avoiding parts that are showing as out of stock.

I've gone through the choose-O-matic and hit £2,129 on the Eagle SX, with 35mm wide wheels and a Pike Ultimate being the high £ parts.

I went for a DHF front and an Ardent rear, which may not be a match made in heaven either?

SLX or Deore over Eagle SX anyday.

£2,199 with Deore.