What Suspension Bikes Are You Bikepacking On

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What Suspension Bikes Are You Bikepacking On

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Hey

Seams that I have enough parts for a build, but I'm frameless. Just wondered what full suspension bikes you are bikepacking on?

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Used to ride a Nicolas Helius CC to good effect until it went AWOL :cry:
Pretty sure any XC/trail bike would work well enough on the right terrain.
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That sucks. Nicolai? Pretty special those. I'd like something 100 - 120 rear with 120-130 fork
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Spearfish (old pre-split pivot)
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2015 Giant anthem, 100mm each end, a light alloy frame that climbs well seated. I think the 2020 version is similar, just boost these days
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It's only been on a couple of trips, though I had more planned this year,


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I have done a couple of nights on my Whyte S150. It's not a bike for long rides. Both my nights out were so I could do a day of runs at Aston Hill. All my kit was in a big rucksack which I left in a mate's car. Still, managed to ride there and back home with it all. Slept up near the Cafe in the Woods in Wendover for an early morning bacon bap.
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Salsa Pony Rustler is my current ggnnaarrppoon.
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Escape Goat wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:44 pm That sucks. Nicolai? Pretty special those. I'd like something 100 - 120 rear with 120-130 fork
It sucked alright. It was a vaguely exciting horse-drawn sledge :grin: ...
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Salsa Spearfish, early version. Veloviewer says that 10% of the rides I've done on it were overnight trips, mind you that's only 1 and it was the first ride I did :lol:
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Loving the input. Due to my job I'm a little blindsided with certain brands. I can only imagine I'll be lookong second hand.

S150 is epic! I fancy something long in the TT
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Another one with a Salsa Spearfish
it will get you down anything - though possibly not as fast as you would like and is pretty comfy for long rides
Climb setting on mine prety much locks it out with just enough give to grip and be comfy.

Never done an overnighter or my proper FS - its duties lie in other types of rides
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Stop messing about and get one of these.

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Josh benders bike!
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:13 pm Stop messing about and get one of these.

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That seat :shock:
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"those seats"
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Not sure where bags would go on this:-

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Get a Santa Cruz please...
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Wtf is that thing?! Haha. I'll probably just stuck to hardtail after seizing that.
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I used to have a Spearfish (split pivot). Unfortunately, and somewhat ironically it split at the pivot (side note, if wanting fancies a snapped frame for free, obviously, let me know) !

Now I use a Kona Hei Hei setup 29 with 130mm forks. Personally I prefer this to the Spearfish. More trail like geometry, but not as good in terms of pedal efficiency (but not bad).

On really long rocky descents, I find the rear shock starts to get hot and out of its depth, but on 99%of stuff, it's great.

Tyre clearance is a little tight at the back. 2.4 max really, and even then, thick mud can cause a significant drive chain clog. But in general I don't have a problem. Frame triangle size is good for a 'susser.

Used it on everything from local XC, to pretty gnarly downhills and big lakeland chunk. It made my 160mm bicycle redundant for all but the Alps.

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That's an ace picture. I like that! How easy do you think it would be to get the pivot to no longer be split?

Kona make very good bikes don't they. Always liked em.
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I've only got one bike, Transition Bandit which has been great for bike packing duties.
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Escape Goat wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2020 3:18 pm That's an ace picture. I like that! How easy do you think it would be to get the pivot to no longer be split?

Kona make very good bikes don't they. Always liked em.
Yeah, I have a soft spot for Kona. They are really good in my opinion. I've got an old 26er Kona Cadabra frame in the garage which used to be great for bike packing too.

I talked to a welder who came recommended and he said £130 to fix it as I was local. He didn't seem to think it was much of a problem. I got put off a bit by reading stuff saying that if you weld Ally it can snap in a different place. As I was planning a 2 week trip at the time, I decided I didn't want to risk it breaking in the middle of nowhere.

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You can see the cranks in that photo, for reference
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Did anyone ever have a 29" On-One Codeine? I quite liked the look of those.
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:53 pm Did anyone ever have a 29" On-One Codeine? I quite liked the look of those.

Didn't they snap on the odd occasion?.
Or maybe that was the first batch
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