[Closed] Recommend me a Hardtail

Orange Crush frame

456
mm bop
blue pig
soul
bfe
duster
chameleon
stiffee
alpine
all these pass the fashion test..

Genesis Altitude.
Because it's green and bouncy steel. 🙂

P7 - Again lovely steel frame!

456 here.

So thats the fashion sorted :?, so what about the ride/build/strengths and weeknesses

Just built an Inbred. Seems nice.
Would love a P7.

chameleon- can be built up to do anything, takes 150mm forks, luverly with pikes on. also comes in tasty bright orange flavour!

voodoo wanga- perfect ss steel build, nimble and fun. great paintjob/sliding drop-outs

merlin malt 1- built as a hack bike, nice a light, good looking but not theif fodder!

blue pig

they are all good mate.
all bike are nowadays, play pin the tail on the donkey with my list.
live life dangerously.......... 😉

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Does grantway work for Orange?

Orange Crush 🙂

I'm currently looking at these more & more and getting that twitchy feeling....

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blue pig mine looks sweet 😉

Giant XTC for something a bit racier

http://www.evil-bikes.com/#/undefined/news_event/000000022/Sovereigns
evil sovereign very cool or the alpine or the stiffee or the p7 or.......

oh, PIKES will not go on an XTC. Forget I said anything

I'm liking the Blue Pig so far 8)

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tom

Is that a 18" frame? tom

yeh 18" and im 6ft with a 33" inside leg

Pace RC305, way more fun than my dull arse full sus, Pace's new new range looks cool...

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just waiting for mine to arrive...upgrading the Inbred

[i]they are all good mate.
all bike are nowadays,[/i]

+1

ton knows, he's ridden most of them

will have about £350-£400 to spend
If i get a 456 that leaves £200 for front mech,seatpost,clamp,headset
that might be the better option!

what front mech seatpost,clamp and hs were you thinking of for £200?

XT,thomson,hope

I'm riding this:

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And this:

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Both ride well but the Prince Albert is where its at really for me.

I'm bucking the inbred trend: rigid ss iO and also a Salsa Moto Rapido (scandium front triangle and carbon rear, lurverlee).

i'm on these two at the moment

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both great. But the Cotic is the better 'all rounder'

how much is the Prince Albert frame? and the on-one is a inbreed or 456?

Chumba HX1 - sorry no photos. Get in touch with Si at Progressive Bikes and he'll sort you out.

Do i win a fashionably unfashionable prize for having just sold my 456 to buy a stupidly stiff aluminium race frame despite being a lardy who has no intention of racing it?

BMC elite, rebas, xt, crossmax's, carbon bits. 6lb lighter than the 456 it replaced. Wont be as easy going downhill, but 80% ish of my riding seems to be uphill anyway. If it breaks me in half, i can flog the frame, buy an inbred and still make a profit. - Worth a go for a few months i think.

No one mentioned Cove Handjob yet? deary me 🙄

SANDERSON, Breath or Life. top frames and not often seen.

Chumba HX1 photo to give you an idea!

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Owned P7, Inbred, Soul.

All are great and hard to fault but the most fun = Soul.

Rode / owned a few different hardtails. Always seem to gravitate back to my Coyote Dual. It's currently undergoing a bit of a refurb at the moment but will be back on the trails soon.

456,soul,chumba in that order maybe!
I want an the best allrounder!

i have owned pretty much most of the hardtails mentioned, some of them twice.
out of them all the ragley blue pig is the comfiest and nicest to ride.

anyone ride a P8?

Is the blue pig rear mech hanger a bit thin and bendy?

You should get a NS bikes surge.

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Is the blue pig rear mech hanger a bit thin and bendy?

6.4mm of chromoly says no.

Brant brakes the first rule fo the internet

rumours must no be denied, supressed or inferred with. In particular they must not be under mined by the use of informed opinion or even worse accuarte facts

however as Brant started it

for a frame manafacturers point of view an integral steel mech hanger is a disaster as they can't charge you 15 quid for a tiny bit of metal every time you clonk your rear mech. Even worse than that shoud you suceed in bending it you can proably bend it back, thus missing out on selling another frame.....

Of the ones I've ridden, 456 if you want cheap, Soul if you don't. But I'm looking forward to the glentress demo day for a go on a Ragley, though slightly worried I'll like it more than the Soul (it'd only be fair, last year I had a Scandal and sold it after riding a Soul)

Think Im gonna get a 456 size 16" and if I like that I will chop the wolfridge for something with a bit more bling!
I can live with £150 tester 456!
If there are any good condition ones out there paypal ready next weekend
cheers

853 Prince Albert - I like it - a lot!

Kit, Pikes are too long for a Handjob. Stiffee for me.

I'm on a Blizzard and it's great. Rides a lot better with a 115mm fork, top tube is nice and low so it skips off the rough stuff underneath you. Can't recommend one enough.

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and the paint job is class...

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i cant post my new 456 summer season as its still in the post but when I have built it up ill be sure to let everyone know

[i]a frame manafacturers (sic) point of view an integral steel mech hanger is a disaster as they can't charge you 15 quid for a tiny bit of metal every time you clonk your rear mech[/i]

Or indeed, making you buy a whole new frame because they haven't fitted a sacrificial (cheaper) part... 🙄

P7

This £135 Inbred frame seems very nice.
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Kit, Pikes are too long for a Handjob

Ah, that'll teach me to read the original post properly next time!

To be fair there do seem to be plenty out there that do run Pikes on them.

Taciswa was that Inbreed new at £135?

IMO these are the beez neez for the money...
They have a sale on at the mo, and the build quality is better than the on1...
http://www.dialledbikes.com/products/mtb/prince-albert.php

Northwind - Member
Of the ones I've ridden, 456 if you want cheap, Soul if you don't. But I'm looking forward to the glentress demo day for a go on a Ragley, though slightly worried I'll like it more than the Soul (it'd only be fair, last year I had a Scandal and sold it after riding a Soul)

If you are down the Dumfries way before the GT event give me a shout and you can have a go on my Pig. Built on the cheap mind. Only new bits were the cables.

I love my Cove Stiffee The bike is a fantastic hooligan bike. It encourages me to chuck it around. I accept it's not the "comfiest" bike out there but then I don't believe hardtails are that comfy... That's what my full sus is for.

All day rides, multi day rides, short blasts etc. Just a fun bike

[url= http://www.spookybikes.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DARKSIDE ]Spooky![/url]

"So light, you'll think, "hey, this is pretty light."

Or... you could try my lovely [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-pace-rc303-frame-dt-swiss-xmc130-fork?replies=6#post-1018256 ]Pace RC303[/url]

a frame manafacturers (sic) point of view an integral steel mech hanger is a disaster as they can't charge you 15 quid for a tiny bit of metal every time you clonk your rear mech

Or indeed, making you buy a whole new frame because they haven't fitted a sacrificial (cheaper) part...

Ever cone across a steel mech hanger that couldn't be bent back?