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Medium has 240mm of insertion and the large has 275mm , a Oneup 210mm  is 297mm from the collar to the bottom of the actuator. A 180mm is 267mm . I prefer some post stick out , I would hate to have the tire hit the back of the saddle in a full bottom out incident.

Privateer 161 is on my list as well. I very curious to what CB and maybe Transition have in store as well. I,m in no real hurry be late summer/early fall before I,m ready to buy.

Oh I miss my CR66 . Might be just the perfect fork for the next build.

#1 on my list for new frames.

Yup I agree. After watching the PB climbing vid. I think the validness of the aggressive short travels. Was nullified by the bigger travel bikes better suited to the aggressive set-up.

Can you cinch up the hood?? I don,t wear a hood. Having it fill with water in the rain would be annoying.

Winner!!!!

Asking helps. There are several companies the provide support. They just don,t advertise. My buddy got his 2018 Enduro on a builders discount. Norco has helped several builders that I know. Most companies prefer the referral be thru a dealer.

No huge images , I will try later . It could be me mechanical mind in a digital world LOL. And correct email made sure of that.

Sent a few images , hopefully it worked this time

Thanks!!

Trying but the email keeps getting returned :(

Posted by: xy9ine

loved that bike. would def recommend. the non-linkage actuated single pivot certainly has a more linear leverage rate than most pivot laden bikes, but it's not a significant detractor. easy enough to tune around with an air shock - though people are really liking these with coils as well. this bike is a great example of dialed geometry trumping fancy pants materials & suspension designs. and yeah, love the classic skinny tube aesthetics. 

speaking of which, if i were buying a new frame, i'd give marino a go. full custom for $550(ish) USD. sick:

https://www.marinobike.com/producto/custom-full-suspension-frame/

I gather you provide the shock, nice looking frame. Price is crazy wonder what it would be landed to BC. Not a lot of reviews on them , maybe a NSMB test :).

Posted by: Vikb

Gratuitous Starling photo. If the BB was higher and it could fit a 29 x 2.6" tire I'd own one.

No doubt , one sexy bike. I,m curious how the single pivot design feels. Have not ridden a single pivot design since the late 90,s. Biggest things I remember . Bio pacing and brake rise . I designed a built my own floating rear brake. That helped a ton.

Stanton makes a steel frame allmtn/enduro frame as well. Think it,s around 140mm of travel.

https://www.stantonbikes.com/product-category/frames/full-suspension/

Posted by: Vikb

Posted by: Kenny

That'd kill me. I'm a child of the 90s and I can't resist skinny straight tubes.

I've been dream building steel FS bikes lately and ya skinny straight tubes are pretty nice. My current favourite Project12 Vertigo.

Swing arm gives me shivers, little to skinny in the seat stays IMO. Cotic has a decent steel bike , built with drawn tubing as well. I rode steel till I got my 1st DH bike , 1996 I went full suspension and hand built aluminum frame.

Posted by: xy9ine

i'm not a huge fan of the pregnant guppy downtube aesthetic, but at least it's steel, i guess? and looks like it'll fit a water bottle.

Heard it,s around 150mm of travel . Very curious now , BC made I hope as well.

Hand pump in my hip pack. Tried the CO2 route never had luck. I do carry the valve just in case.

Posted by: tashi

Posted by: xy9ine

frame looks sick. tho price ($4k) is a bit steep. cool to see more high end alu options out there though.

The US price is $2137 apparently, I guess it'll depend on where ours end up coming from.  The US price makes sense, the Euro price is bonkers to me.

I'd really like a 140mm version of that thing...

Euro price might include the VAT.

Yay that bike screams buyme!!!! Love the finish and the raw alloy look. I can live with over built shock mounts and the fact it,s only made in aluminum. And the fact it,s a design that won,t change in 6mths. V1 one version lasted 2.5yrs , I feel this will do the same. This is what more companies need to do.

IMO the cost is similar to the early 90,s. I paid $400 for a set of Cook Bros cranks in 94 I think. Typical bike , which was a steel hardtail was $2500/$5000 easily. The biggest issues I see today. There is no contentedness. Companies have followed the IT companies format. New products every 6 to 9 mths. I,m entering my 3rd season on my current bike. Hoping to upgrade the frame sometime this year. Just no idea to what 29er frame. More travel is my desire. There are still companies trickling out their latest .

Posted by: Mic

Posted by: Vikb

This is the 2020 V3 version of the Sqweeb.

I am by no means an engineer but read an intervieq with the founder of Raaw Bikes (Google Raaw Madonna to get an idea) and what he said was that most companies use undersized hardware on shockmounts and the like, and given what I have seen in Alpine settings and bikeparks the last few years I think he might be on to something. 

I would not want to hammer that frame down a technical trail with about 600 to 1000 m descent. 

But....again....I am not an engineer.

You just pointed out a dislike in the Raaw. Just did some reading up , they use bearings at both ends of the shock. This design makes it look like they are using huge hardware. Under those huge washers are bearings. The shock hardware is similar size to the Reeb . I remember back in the day LOL. Most guys on VPS,s carried spare shock bolts. They where known for bending and breaking bolts on the bottom of the shock.