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Hi,
Has anyone ridden both of these? And have you got any comments on how they ride compared to each other? I'm thinking a carbon stumpy wouldn't climb much worse than an Ali camber? Yet the stumpjumper would be a lot more confidence inspiring on the descents?
Thanks
I had a 2014 ali camber and now have a 2016 carbon camber. I've only ridden a stumpy at a demo day. For me it would come down to whether you'll be using the extra travel. If like me you're [s]a wuss[/s] not very aggressive and don't get air, then you'd probably be more than happy with the camber. I rarely find the limits of the travel. I doubt you'd be disappointed with either.
Also, consider sizing up as they are slightly short compared to the competition.
Thanks. It's for my gf. She has a 2014 rumor(women's camber ) atm, but isn't the most confident on the descents. As she now mainly rides off piste stuff at fod I feel the slacker angles of the stumpy would be a big benefit when things get steeper..
She still likes a long xc ride in the black mountains etc though so doesn't want to comprise too much for that type of riding.
How about a longer travel fork for the rumour? Not that I'd want to put anyone off buying a new bike 🙂
Front triangles are exactly the same now, from this I deduce that the head angle is dependent on the fork travel. I have a Camber with 140mm pikes, goes downhill splendidly, I haven't tried a stumpy though so this post is mostly useless. Apologies.
Give them a try. You might be surprised by how similar they are. I went stumpy as I wanted the extra travel for more technical stuff, and have other lightweight XC bikes when I need them.
Toyed with this dilemma and settled for camber evo. Great bike in its own right and as a compromise between an epic for XC rides and stumpy for more challenging trails. The camber has given me much more confidence in riding more technical and steeper stuff which always makes you wonder if the same thing would happen if you kept moving up through stumpy/enduro erc.
Frankly for my riding - mainly Surrey Hills and Lakes - the camber with 29 and 120 has been plenty of bike for me.
Having said that I am going to do a demo next week on bigger bikes just to scratch an itch
I've got a carbon camber 650b and love it. Goes downhill plenty fast enough for me and climbs fine imo.