[Closed] Aggresive trail / mini dh frame

I would go mega, but love my alpine 160 for that purpose. Covert is nice too though, I suppose it depends whether you want more trail or DH bias?

From the bikes that you have put up there I'd have to say that your title and desires don't seem to match which could explain the lack of response! I think most of those bikes would probably be called Enduro or All Mountain in marketeer speak. Maybe go from there?

I'd personally say that the Titus is a all day long travel trail bike, the Mega is a DH biased bike and the tranny and kona sit in the middle.

If a covert is in budget then so are a lot of frames.

Two that spring to mind are:

Labyrinth Agile - highly rated enduro bike
Banshee Spitfire - billed as the xc riders DH bike or DH riders XC bike (Banshee are called Mythic in the UK)

Bottlerocket? Commencal mini dh? Depends on how much mini dh you want in comparison to trail riding I guess.

Alpine 160 or Five (with maxle) ?

Saracen Aerial?

Are your wheels going to be leaving the ground much?

Cheers for the help guys.

This whole pigeon-holing of types of bikes confuses me a little! I thought aggresive trail/mini DH was the best description.

To narrow it down a little:
I run an inbred when I'm riding "xc" around the South Downs & I'm happy with that.
I'm rolling an mmmBop with 160mm u-turn coil Lyriks for playtimes.

I'm looking for a FS frame to take over from the mmmBop.
Around 150-160mm travel. Tough. Not tooooo nasty at climbing.
I like my 67.5 head angle. I'd like to go slacker-maybe 66 which is why the Mega appeals over the El Guapo.

I ride Kingley Vale often. Most people at Kingley roll full DH rigs, but I want something which "can" be pedaled back up.

Friston & Tilgate Forests for mini DH.

Wheels are in the air fairly often, mostly from tabletops. Nothing huge.

I'd like to be able to ride South Wales, think Cwm Rhaedr, and FOD on it too. I don't mind if it's not too great at climbing, as I'm not great myself! But I don't want something like a Kona Stinky which, apparently, would be too hard to climb on.

I counted out 180mm travel frames for the same reason.

Specialized pitch will be a good call for that I reckon, but put a lyrik u-turn on the front.

Here is my old one in play mode.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63889010@N03/6056354520/in/photostream/

Another vote for a pitch here.

Frames are very light too, a friends medium was 3.02kg, my small is 2.9kg. Both frames had shock, headset cups and seat clamp installed. So lighter than a yeti 575 for example and a lot more capable. I did gaps on my pitch i wouldn't even consider on other frames like the 575.

A note on pitch's too, sizing is difficult, the reach is large compared to the eff tt in comparison to other bikes. For example i was riding a small, eff tt of 565mm but reach of 430mm. Comparing this to the latest incarnation of a enduro, a medium had a reach of 430mm but a eff tt of around 585mm. So pitch's feel larger than other frames whilst standing for a given size which can make them a handful if you like a responsive bike. You have to weigh up in the saddle space with out of the saddle handling.

(I may have a small pitch frame for sale soon, trying out a different frame, selling which ever i like least).

Nukeproof mega....

slack, low, long, stiff - perfect for what you need,

I use mine in Triscombe, lakes, alps etc. perfect.

In fact it got me down Brendons on saturday....

I went for an intense> reasoning: geom is adjustable with G3 dropouts, 30.9 seat post (on mine) and has routing for a dropper post.
1.5 headtube for full options on forks (1.5 or adjustable headsets and a 1 1/8th)

plus it looks lovely 😉

Covert. I like it a lot. You can go up with out helicopter assistance, and it feels like a DH bike on the way down..

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The Mega was the first frame I was looking at & I keep going full circle & back to it. I think it may be exactly what I want.

That Covert however, especially in that orange, that sure is pretty....