I'm giving the bike another 12months of life max, then it will be 4 years old & time to move on. If the frame lost 3-4lbs & I got lighter wheels that would be ultimate.
TURNER XCE FRAME FULL
It's a ~7lb hardtail frame, full xtr, float100rlc & mavic 521's and as its a frame designed for slalom racing its geometry feels better to me than many XC racers which feel too sketchy above 60-70kmh. My current bike isn't super light but its not 'that' heavy.
I need a bike that can do it all basically (except full on DH) without worry. The way my current bike is set up at the moment its basically bullet proof for the kind of riding I do, I can be 100% confident that I can hit anything that I want & the bike will just eat it up.the only weak link would be myself. I mean I'd be concerned about hurting a 20lb XC racer on hard rides, I want myself to be the limiting factor for how hard/fast I can go, not the bike being the limiting factor because its too lightweight/fragile. Ie designed for 63-80mm forks & very light weight. The only potential problem I can see is that typical lightweight HT frames are 'strictly' XC in a sense. The idea of a little Ti hardtail does sound very tempting indeed. seriously if a designer knows the material well enough they can build you the perfect hardtail that will leave you never even thinking of a FS. i like my bikes stiff at the BB but still want some vertical compliance so my back won't die out as well as a bike that is quick and nimble in the tech stuff but can always throw it down on the long climbs and the short steep ones as well. those guys know Titanium very well and can work w/ you to build your bike however you want it to be. there are a lot of things done to their Ti bikes that just don't get done to many other companies. it's sweet it's pretty much the legacy of merlin (that merlin couldn't uphold since litespeed bought em out) notched up a good bit. it's a few of the old guys that worked for merlin that are doing all the Ti stuff for IF. and if you were thinking bout an XLM you might want to check out the Independent Fabrication Ti Deluxe. I'm allllllll for hardtails, i honestly do not see the need for a full suspension. I've ridden many other full suspension bikes and the only one that felt as good going up hills was a Sugar 1 - but the limitations of that were made clear coming back down (limited, stiff travel when set up to climb).Ĭliff's notes: I have a Truth, absolutely love it. The Fox shock needed a rebuild after about 1100 miles, however. 1500 miles of rough use so far and the rear triangle is still absolutely as tight as new, and the anodized ballburnished finish is completely unmarred.
My bike is set up as a sort of trailrider with riser Easton carbon bars, disc brakes, and a 5 inch Psylo Race up front. Descending and in technical terrain you really get to use the full suspension travel because you don't need the shock pumped up stiff to pedal efficiently. Climbing and sprinting is bad out of the saddle only if you really hop up and down in a very rough manner - get any sort of smoothness in your standing spin and it will just scoot instead. It turns laps in race situations just as fast as my lighter Cannondale hardtail (on courses with steep climbs and fast descents, interspersed with flat sections). I initially set up the rear shock pretty stiff, but eventually realized it climbs just as efficiently with the shock set pretty plush. Mostly trailriding, but some racing as well. I've had my Truth for 2+ seasons and still absolutely love it. He's probably talking Australian dollars - it converts to 1,915.36 USD.
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