This morning on a fairly gentle ride my FS frame snapped, possibly as a result of the abuse it got in Scotland last week. It is out of warranty and I am not sure if I would want another one anyway as this is the second frame fail [first replaced while still under warranty].
So my dilemma is, source another 120-140mm 26"FS frame, probably second hand, or bite on the bullet and go for a cheap 29 -27.5 full bike and transfer the better bits like brakes from my old bike?
Oh, yes it was a Commencal.
140mm travel Banshee Spitfire would suit nicely and has dropouts that can be swapped from 26 to 27.5...stick your 26" bits on for now then 'upgrade' to 27.5 at some point in the future
Edit. DOH, just re-read your post
What type of frame was it? Not a Genesis by any chance? If so, can I ask a favour of you?
[s]Re-read the OP.[/s]
Edit: You did 😀
I'm most likely going to be selling a Transition Bandit frame if you did fancy something 2nd hand in 26" flavour
Lol @ Jamie. You must be quick. I had not posted that more than 3 seconds before noticing the OPs last sentence and editing it!
Yes, join the Spitfire movement! 🙂 What are your current forks?
Don't know much about spitfires or bandits but current forks are 140mm revs spaced down to 120 as the commencal was a Super 4 and found 140 just a little too much
Theres an online list/website somewhere that shows which 26er frames can also be run with 650b with no issues. Anyone know the url?
If going down the Banshee/spitfire etc route- avoid the earlier models with the bushin/bearing? issues.
Buy Bungalistic's Bandit from him!
Out of interest, Bungalistic why are you selling it?
A v2 Spitfire (2013 onwards with bearings, 140mm at the back) would work with the 140mm forks and the dropouts in their highest/steepest position to keep the BB from being too low - head angle would be about 68 degrees. 'Future-proofed' as it'll run up to 160mm forks and 27.5 wheels too. And you won't snap it!
The difference is marginal and there should be heaps of bargain 26" frames around 2nd hand.
Or a Banshee, they look nice 🙂
[b]@jairaj[/b] Been riding the 29er and 26er hardtails and just fancy something different in the full suss department, not sure what yet but need to sell things on to fund. Bandit is a great wee bike though, may get the newer version