Was going to wait until i had all of the bits and built it up to start the thread, but I'm sitting here with a glass of wine and meh. For about 7 or 8 years now i have had a Giant Reign as my mid travel trail bike. Build thread here: http://www.rotorburn.com/forums/showthread.php?150496-Spooky-is-bringing-the-Reign Admittedly it didn't get much use with the Cove being taken for DH runs and the Scott for DJ/4X stuff. But since moving to Melbourne i have been riding more XC/AM sort of stuff, and so i pulled out the Giant again. Now its certainly not a bad bike, but it has its limitations. First of all its a 6" trail bike with geo from 2005, and then slackened out with 36s at the front for ~67ish deg head angle. Kind of means it wallows around a bit. Plus the HV shock just blows through its travel. Still i quite like it, and ill probably keep it around with the forks for kicks.
But in the end I wanted to upgrade to some newer gear, something that is designed around a 160mm fork rather than being forced to use one etc, and with some of the new standards like ISCG tabs and tapered steerer. Plus I figured that this might be a last hurrah for 26" so i may as well get in on the act.
I had a few $$$ around in the kitty, and this had been on the forums for a while, so i made an offer and had it sent down:
Its in pretty good nick, few scratches here and there but nothing major. Weighed it tonight though, and when people say that the Polygons are a little heavier, they aren't wrong:
Thats with the RP23 shock, and a Shimano rear axle. No headset. 4.26kg... ouch. The Reign frameset looks light at 3.45kg with shock and headset.
Ill be transferring all of the gear over from the Reign, although i may be getting new forks, just need to see how that pans out. Need to wait on the new headset and the axle adapters for the Hopes from the UK.
Thats about it for now, will update when stuff comes in etc.
P.s. Knuckles, this was that '13.
But in the end I wanted to upgrade to some newer gear, something that is designed around a 160mm fork rather than being forced to use one etc, and with some of the new standards like ISCG tabs and tapered steerer. Plus I figured that this might be a last hurrah for 26" so i may as well get in on the act.
I had a few $$$ around in the kitty, and this had been on the forums for a while, so i made an offer and had it sent down:
Its in pretty good nick, few scratches here and there but nothing major. Weighed it tonight though, and when people say that the Polygons are a little heavier, they aren't wrong:
Thats with the RP23 shock, and a Shimano rear axle. No headset. 4.26kg... ouch. The Reign frameset looks light at 3.45kg with shock and headset.
Ill be transferring all of the gear over from the Reign, although i may be getting new forks, just need to see how that pans out. Need to wait on the new headset and the axle adapters for the Hopes from the UK.
Thats about it for now, will update when stuff comes in etc.
P.s. Knuckles, this was that '13.
