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Looking at putting mine on a diet as it's a fat little ****. Let's see them then...
hmmm, just gone from air lyriks to 55RC3Tis so added weight. D/P Minions, dropper post, easton flatboys, CCDB all bring the weight, but performance with it.
No idea how much mine weighs. Just know I love riding it.
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Kerala, India
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Verbier, Switzerland
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Always preferred mine with air back and front - feels a bit more playful. Just gone for a fairly firm custom shock tune to give a bit more support in the bends - quite happy to give away a bit of plushness.
Put quite a lot of time in on Maxxis tyres with EVO sidewalls - seem to be quite robust with a good weight saving over dual-ply.
SLX chainset hasn't given up yet and is much lighter that a DH version.
Other than that it's all fairly standard stuff - all in weight about 33-34lbs.
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Here's mine...weighs about 34lb.
Went from a Fox 36 180 Van (top pic) to a 36 160 float, made a big difference to weight and technical climbing ability. Not quite as plush on the downs, but still very good.
Will never give up the CCDB though 😉
What are Alpines like to ride compared to say an 06 Specialized Enduro?
I love my Enduro but am tempted by something newer. I have a HT now so my FS doesn't need to be so much of an all rounder.
I find the alpine quite a big hitter for the 160mm of travel it has. Had 180mm froggy before and its just as capable if not more so.
I use it as my big bike on uplift days and in the alps and it seems to cope very well.
I do the odd trail centre loop on it if I really want a workout.
It's hard to say; the 05 - 06 Enduro is a bloody good bike.
It might be more of a subjective comparison of single pivot to FSR suspension. That will take until the end of time.
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Hellooooo Bike Verbier!
yep, just posted a review thread. Back to UK with a bump (it hit 37C one afternoon 😯 ) 😥
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At Ashness Bridge, most definitely not 37 c. 😉
I've opted to hire one of these bad boys rather than beef up my Camber and ship it out to the Alps. I'm rather excited now! 😀
Out of interest, what size chainrings are you running and what is "standard" for the Alpine 'cos it's not mentioned on the Orange website.
oh go on then, if I must ....
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