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Just cracked my faithful 13 year old carbon Scott so I need to replace it.
Clearly I am a decade out of the loop for full suss frames so really don't know what to look for. Please can people recommend me some frames I should look for in the classifieds and ones I should avoid.
I don't need links to specific frames unless you want to, more I need advice about which ones I should be looking for.
Size Large, 6ft (Me, not the bike)
Riding style - Oafish and heavy.
Riding terrain - Mainly Southern woodlands (Lordswood, QE Park, Swinley) but with the odd trip over to Wales where I like to chase the big bikes down the hills (the Scott ws on the edge of it's limits for this)
Budget - £300-400 frame only
Wheel size - Who gives a ...
Orange 5.
Cannondale Prophet maybe?
Orange 5 with 650 tyres?
This but bigger size [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/heckler-frame165-ano-black-manitou-4way-2009-excellent-395-collected ]Heckler[/url]
Quite a few up regularly. Maybe a Rocky Mountain Slayer or Altitude depending on how gnar you feel.
This is suitably [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/fs-bike-split-dt-swiss-xtr-xt-easton-ec70-kcnc-xc2-thompson-and-more ]niche[/url]
Avoid commencal and lapierre, loads of breakages.
avoid pace, english premium for taiwan stuff.
i like merida, as cheap and v good on the qt.
My Nicolai Helius CC?
130-140 travel and Stil has nearly 2 yrs (ish) left on its [b]Transferrable[/b] warranty 8)
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Edit: You just need another £150 😳
Hi nick, how about my 2006 heckler, rp23 serviced a month ago, spare hanger and bearings replaced also, can bung in a hope head set too, £350?
You have my mail:-)