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These were the first of the more progressive XC bikes, so they are a bit short and steep compared to what’s around now and designed for a 100mm travel fork.
Might also have an offset rear wheel.
Still enjoy riding mine though. If you are good they are fun.
Wouldn’t bother hunting down a lefty tbh. They are good but to expensive and risky to acquire.
Howard-
As a larger fella (6'4" and 75kgish) is 100mm travel something I should be steering clear of? An offset rear wheel sounds like some hassle I don't need hahaa.
Yeah, I mean I grew up riding BMX and MTB and regularly throw a CX bike down things it's not designed for, but I hesitate to use the word 'good' hahaa. Maybe something more forgiving would be a better idea.
Message received on bothering with a lefty fork.
returnofthestaff
I need some advice from folks more knowledgeable than me... I've been getting mighty XC curious of late, mostly because I've begun to realise I'm often very under-biked on my CX bike. Fun, but I imagine that it'd be more fun on something a little more suitable.
The thing is, I don't want to drop a load of money on it. So I've been thinking about building something up cheaply as a winter project. I've found a new alloy Cannondale fsi 29er frame going cheap on eBay that both satisfies my budget and my love of noughties/tens Dales. It also looks a bit like the lovely green/white CAAD10 livery that I'm a huge fan of (attached).
My thinking is find a lefty fork, a groupset and wheels from somewhere and build that up. But what does anyone who knows anything about XC bikes think? More hassle than it's worth? I don't love that it's BB30 but is there any other proprietary nonsense I should be aware of?