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how tough would a new rockhopper frame be.
to be used as a trail frame.
in comparison to a stiffee/456/hoss it feels very light.
would it be ok?
A mate of mine cracked the stays on his ('08) at the end of a full week of North Wales trail centre riding, playing catch up (scarily and admirably so!!) with 140mm trail bikes all week. Probably a fluke break but he was deffo riding it to the limit.
It's not stiffee/456 tough IMO...
it is a pretty light frame.....hoss it is then. cheers
Ton.
Not that tough, I wouldn't be doing any drops or big jump or even landing hard on them.
What do you want to do on the bike and how much is your budget?
got a choice of all 3. the hoss is the biggest, so gonna try it again.
Learn to love it and stop all this bike tartiness - your email address points the way.....
Mine handled all 18 stone of me last year on Wharncliffe and FOD downhills. Tbh I did mince a lot of it though!
This is my mate on one. He cleared the table top (though maybe not in this photo) and rode DH on it all week in Morzine. 3 years in a row. As well as riding it week in week out. He killed his paces pretty convincingly though.
It's still going strong as far as I know.
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I have a Rockhopper (29er) and a Hoss and i'm fine on both of them. (not that i ride the hoss much anymore). You're a heavy chap though so the Hoss would probably be a safer bet. Both nice frames.