pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Some of you may have heard, I have been coerced into buying a new bike. My beloved slope style and xxxx bike has been taken from me and they aren't easy to come by at the moment. So I'm giving some consideration to other short travel dual suspension frames that might suit? The leading contenders at the moment are Banshee Spitfire and Santa Cruz 5010. Both claim to be suitable for people like myself (you know...spend lots of time pretending to be an epic gravity rider), but are they? The end product will be used for my most regular ride which normally looks like:
- Ride 7km to trails, mostly up hill.
- Ride small/medium sized dirt jumps for an hour or two.
- Ride short smooth gravity trails with moderate sized obstacles, such as gap jumps up to 8m, drops up to 1.5m, log roll overs, railing berms (actually this should rate #1 for frequency), a little bit of wood, looking cool, and failing at impressing women.
- Ride home 7km.
As discussed elsewhere I'm not into pedalling up much or engaging in epic feats of endurance, I ride to have fun.
Some key must haves for me are:
- Manoeuvrability of the frame. If it doesn't like being thrown around I don't want it.
- Low stand over.
- Stiffness of frame. Ive had too many frames with flexible stays and don't enjoy the feeling or subsequent damage that comes from it.
- Threaded bottom bracket preferred.
There is probably other essentials that I can't think of just now. Anyway convince me that a Spitfire or 5010 are up to the task! Or that they aren't...either way. Also happy to hear other suggestions that are not 29ers, giant, or yeti.
Some pics for reference to what this bike will be doing.
- Ride 7km to trails, mostly up hill.
- Ride small/medium sized dirt jumps for an hour or two.
- Ride short smooth gravity trails with moderate sized obstacles, such as gap jumps up to 8m, drops up to 1.5m, log roll overs, railing berms (actually this should rate #1 for frequency), a little bit of wood, looking cool, and failing at impressing women.
- Ride home 7km.
As discussed elsewhere I'm not into pedalling up much or engaging in epic feats of endurance, I ride to have fun.
Some key must haves for me are:
- Manoeuvrability of the frame. If it doesn't like being thrown around I don't want it.
- Low stand over.
- Stiffness of frame. Ive had too many frames with flexible stays and don't enjoy the feeling or subsequent damage that comes from it.
- Threaded bottom bracket preferred.
There is probably other essentials that I can't think of just now. Anyway convince me that a Spitfire or 5010 are up to the task! Or that they aren't...either way. Also happy to hear other suggestions that are not 29ers, giant, or yeti.
Some pics for reference to what this bike will be doing.