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Cycle Solutions
After a lot of back and forthing over what new bike to buy, whether I actually needed a new one etc, I decided to buy a bike on which I wont be tempted to upgrade the expensive bits because they are already the best currently available.
My last bike(2015 trance advanced 1, buy me, Im for sale ) I bought to be lighter and more pedally to suit my advancing years and the fact that DH tracks a few and far between these days. But I ended up swapping out the suspension for longer and stronger anyway, so I thought to hell with it, buy how you ride, not how you think you will in the future!
The bike looks amazing and its so good not to have a black or mostly black bike which has been the fashion for quite a few years now. I have had a few polished alloy frames over the years, and they always look so fresh and clean.
Im very happy with the spec of the bike, though I think they missed an opportunity not fitting a fox Kashima transfer for the full fox trifecta!! For purely aesthetic reasons of course . Biggest issue is the ridiculous length of the reverb hose, its about 2foot too long, all the other cable lengths are dialled, that is much disappoint!
Frame - commencal Meta 4.2 polished
Rear shock - Fox X2 Kashima
Front shock/fork - Fox 36 Kashima
Handlebars - Raceface atlas Kashi
Stem - Renthal Apex
Headset - Crane Creek
Grips - Ride Alpha
Saddle - SDG Circuit Ti Alloy
Seatpost - Reverb
Seatclamp- Salsa
Front brake - Guide RS
Rear brake - Guide RS
Cranks - Sram GX
Chainring- orange egg from somewhere, cant remember
Chain - KMC
Pedals - Gammut Podium
Rear derailleur - GX
Rear shifter - GX
Cassette - GX
Front hub - Formula
Rear hub - Formula
Front rim - Mavic 427
Rear rim - Mavic 427
Spokes - Pillar
Nipples - black nylock
Tyres - Maxxis
Bolts- Ti
Total weight - will have to check spec says 14.2kg but should be a little lighter with the parts Ive swapped and going tubeless
Slapped together on my lunch break with Kashi bars and SDG saddle

My last bike(2015 trance advanced 1, buy me, Im for sale ) I bought to be lighter and more pedally to suit my advancing years and the fact that DH tracks a few and far between these days. But I ended up swapping out the suspension for longer and stronger anyway, so I thought to hell with it, buy how you ride, not how you think you will in the future!
The bike looks amazing and its so good not to have a black or mostly black bike which has been the fashion for quite a few years now. I have had a few polished alloy frames over the years, and they always look so fresh and clean.
Im very happy with the spec of the bike, though I think they missed an opportunity not fitting a fox Kashima transfer for the full fox trifecta!! For purely aesthetic reasons of course . Biggest issue is the ridiculous length of the reverb hose, its about 2foot too long, all the other cable lengths are dialled, that is much disappoint!
Frame - commencal Meta 4.2 polished
Rear shock - Fox X2 Kashima
Front shock/fork - Fox 36 Kashima
Handlebars - Raceface atlas Kashi
Stem - Renthal Apex
Headset - Crane Creek
Grips - Ride Alpha
Saddle - SDG Circuit Ti Alloy
Seatpost - Reverb
Seatclamp- Salsa
Front brake - Guide RS
Rear brake - Guide RS
Cranks - Sram GX
Chainring- orange egg from somewhere, cant remember
Chain - KMC
Pedals - Gammut Podium
Rear derailleur - GX
Rear shifter - GX
Cassette - GX
Front hub - Formula
Rear hub - Formula
Front rim - Mavic 427
Rear rim - Mavic 427
Spokes - Pillar
Nipples - black nylock
Tyres - Maxxis
Bolts- Ti
Total weight - will have to check spec says 14.2kg but should be a little lighter with the parts Ive swapped and going tubeless
Slapped together on my lunch break with Kashi bars and SDG saddle

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