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Think of building up a prophet for general trail abuse as well as the upcoming Gravity Enduro series of races this year. Reckon it could be perfect for this .... proposed build as follows:
160mm forks (lyrik u-turn coils for now, but may switch to air forks)
air rear shock
twin rings and bash
mavic 521 rims and 2.35 (light ish) tyres
Gravity Dropper
60mm stem and low, wide bars.
So, lets see yours?
Particularly interested in anyone running 160mm forks on one.
The only ones that were warranted for 160 mm forks were the Prophet MX due to the gusset on the downtube, iirc the others were 140 mm. I did run 150 mm Fox on my old MX and it rode fine. Still regret selling it.
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The lyriks are amazing as you know but i had them wound down to 145 for most riding only winding them out for big stuff. I've just swapped them onto my new Yeti ASR 7 frame so have gone back to Pikes on the Prophet. I'll never sell the Prophet as it's so good but i always had the 140mm max fork thing in the back of my mind hence the new frame so i could run 160 all the time on that.
I've got the RS Revelations at 150mm on mine. Amazing fork and doesnt make the front end flop over, unlike my mate who has a pair of Fox 36 floats on his. Don't have any pics at the moment.
My baby. 160 Float RC2s up front, DHX air shock, 70 stem, low rise RF Atlas bars. Want a 'dropper post for it, but can't have everything. Most excellent for bicycling in big mountains - been to Sierra Nevada and ALps, and big days out in Scotland.
An adjustable fork would be perfect - it goes a little light at the front on steep climbs, but legs run out before I can't keep the front end down. 36 TALAS with a 1.5 steerer if I ever win the lottery.
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This pic is taken after I pedalled up and over Morrone from Braemar. Rode the climb, pinned the descent. TIDY.
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And at the top of the Burma Road (nr Aviemore).
Stu_N and SwissTony: They look like my kinda build. Looks great like that!
I'll be on a low cost second hand frame, so not too fussed about warranty.
I've got my SC Superlight as my main trail and all day bike. This is gonna be out and out play and enduro race bike. Living in Innerleithen, it's nice to have a bike I can just head out on and hit any DH trail I fancy and then pedal back to the top on. Quite looking forward to this now 🙂
Here's mine. It's still got heavy 140mm Pike 409s on it. Would like to change them but not for more travel, just to lose some weight.
The forks, frame, headset and mechs are about the only original bits left from when I bought it new as a whole bike two years ago.
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For what you want it for i'd hold out for an MX one as Kuco said
my mega bike from last year
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Descending
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Climbing
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Fox 36 TALAS and a gravity dropper would be perfect IMO. I like Lyrics but they just take too long to adjust the travel. I prefer ETA and the newer TALAS stuff wich requires just one turn of the knob so can be done on the move before and after descents. I also had a second 200*57mm shock for a 6.5" travel option on AM and DH days before I got a DH bike.
Trouble with trying to locate a "MX" version is there quite rare (one on here in the last two months, and one on ebay in the last month) and are sort after.. so you tend to pay a premium.
Though if you could locate the mythical "large" MX, I'd try to afford it....
aye - suspect the MX version would be ideal... but beggers/choosers etc.
Doug... I've heard rumours about running a 200x57 shock to increase the travel a bit... did the rear tyre hit the seat tube on bottom out?
Dirtyrider... is that an MX or std prophet?