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Often tempted by a carbon fibre Cannondale but always said I would get one once my aluminimum Klein died...sadly it hasn't yet.
(, Sun 15 Jul 2012, 15:43, Reply)
Seriously not cheap though. My brover just bought a giant xtc carbon frame.
Just the frame was 500 quid. by the time you've bought forks, wheels, gear sets, brakes etc. you are looking at a 2 grand bike.
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skeltonator Needs some new daps., Sun 15 Jul 2012, 15:51,
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True. I'll stick with my gary fisher for now mind.
It does the job.
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skeltonator Needs some new daps., Sun 15 Jul 2012, 16:08,
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I have the original XTC Team edition in Alu from 2004
and can honestly say that I have never had a better bike. That cost me close to £2K, but was worth every penny. Sadly I am now retired from biking, but my Step son has found my bike and loves riding it.
(Bike is now for sale and comes with Hopes, Shimano XT and Bombers)
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Rev. Jayneflakes Buy my book, I need the cash for drugs and hookers, Sun 15 Jul 2012, 20:38,
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I've never rated the Cannondales.
Test rode one of the older xc bikes at Glentress, and it didn't feel anywhere near as agile as you'd want it to. It looked nice, but handled like a log. I know the bg thing about carbon is it's light and allows flex in the frames, but personally I'd rather have a specific shock to deal with suspension, rather than part of the frame itself.
The Kleins on the other hand, rode one of the budget ones. Best fun I've had on a bike in ages. Stick with it.
(, Sun 15 Jul 2012, 17:47, Reply)
I was never tempted by Klein
but loved their two tone pain jobs on the specials, different colours depending on what side of the bike you looked at.
For a while, I had a top level Kona, one of their last Steel frames and that was like riding lightening. An absolutely amazing bike(Although my Giant was and remains slightly better). Shame the high end stuff all went Alu in the end.
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Rev. Jayneflakes Buy my book, I need the cash for drugs and hookers, Sun 15 Jul 2012, 20:43,
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