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« on: July 22, 2008, 00:00:26 AM »

ok looking in at long term investment of a freeride bike now

basicaly i want a 6-7-8 inch (either or variation of the lot) that will work nice with fox forks (36's pref) but i may get 40's

can be 1 1/8th or 1.5 headtube
needs to be avaliable in medium
needs to have coil and not air shock
can be any spacing of rear wheel
needs to be ISCG plate
needs to NOT be a kona
needs to be unique

i have looked in at the likes of orange, specialized, giant, GT, appalanche, Beone, avent, intense, ironhorse, kona, santa cruz, sunline, ...... and other top line makers

just wanted to see what other smaller companies and others i havent heard of or looked into are out there

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bikes that i have decided as final options:
demo 7 £1200
corsair Maelstrom £1450 and avaliable in october
nicolai UFO or Helius ST
Nox Flux HC 8.0
Canfield Formula 1 Jedi
versus trigger
Devinci ollie

More maybe added

cheers
paul


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« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 00:04:12 AM »

http://www.corsairbikes.com/fly.aspx?layout=bike&taxid=59
considered the corsair maelstrom?

180mm rear travel

would be extremely unique, i've certainly never seen one before, and definetly look the part! although they'd be quite hard to get your mits on i imagine?


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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 00:05:55 AM »

whats the budget?


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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2008, 00:08:28 AM »

unique full sus .....

company goes bust

parts cease to exist

your nice niche frame is a worthless paper weight .....something to consider ...


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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2008, 00:10:45 AM »

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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2008, 00:19:30 AM »

Quote from: Trail_Rat on July 22, 2008, 00:08:28 AM

your nice niche frame is a worthless paper weight .....something to consider ...

whats that ment to mean???

Quote from: Mike Hawk on July 22, 2008, 00:05:55 AM

whats the budget?

not bothered about cash just seeing whats about

Quote from: Willl on July 22, 2008, 00:04:12 AM

that looks VERY nice indeed i shall look into them

anymore??

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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2008, 00:28:02 AM »

if you read the whole post its pretty clear ....

if you buy a niche frame and say for example you f**k up some of the hardware for some reason ...or a rocker plate or even something as simple as a mech hanger ...could be some very expensive one off machining ...

buying something bulk produced tried and tested is sometimes a good idea ...

just picking up on your desire for uniqueness....

just after reading a few recent threads on here ....

craftworks and keewee being 2 such companies


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« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2008, 00:29:16 AM »

As food for thought, how about the Ellsworth Rogue? You can spec them with either 6,7 or 8" travel and a DHX coil, they have OLD ISCG mounts, 135x12 rear ends, super light, have been built up with Fox 36s no problem and have a 2 year warranty. They are absolutely beautiful up close. I would've bought one myself, but having an ID already, I'd have 2 bikes that look near enough the same, albeit with different uses.
Excuse the blurry photo, but you should get the idea of the strength of these...


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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2008, 00:31:14 AM »

hmm i do see what you mean mate but im not exactly a hard rider ( i dont think) and its not going to get thrown off massive gaps and drops but its just so i can ride over stuff better than on HT

niche frame??? what are they (sorry im still learning on bike sides)

i shall look in at ellsworth too mate

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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2008, 00:35:06 AM »

but anything can snap a hanger. I know people who dont ride that hard and go through loads of them.

and niche means like rare blahblah


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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2008, 00:57:41 AM »

hmmm i see you point... if that were the case id get a local CNC place to measure me up on it and make me like 10 or so

ahhhh right i get you

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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2008, 10:00:12 AM »

the best way to describe what a niche market is..

Bike dvd's for example, theres a market for them, but its very small, and only a small number of people want them. same goes for all this unique frames, its a very niche market as the riders are looking specifically for that kind of frame and there arent too many riders looking...

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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2008, 10:08:07 AM »

Quote from: The Unique One on July 22, 2008, 00:57:41 AM

hmmm i see you point... if that were the case id get a local CNC place to measure me up on it and make me like 10 or so

ahhhh right i get you

cheers
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it's not as simple as you think to just go down there and get some done, and you'd walk out with a bill well over a grand...


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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2008, 10:51:51 AM »

Another nod to the Ellsworth Rogue - it ticks all your boxes.


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« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2008, 12:35:36 PM »

Nicolai UFO ST.

I think this was/is -C-'s off the forums. Not sure.

Also, lots of spangly colours. Would definately be unique. Can also get custom decals, my mates is matte black and he was going to have pink decals but went for silver. Sexy.
http://www.nicolai.net/products/features/colorchart.html

Dont see many of them knocking about. Very versitile. Fits the bill nicely.


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