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6thElement said:
Here's one from yesterday, 16.3miles, 2450ft of climbing.
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...thats nothing.
I went out for a ride with a few mates at the weekend and climbed over 10,000ft
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tudj said:
The first ride out on mine was similar, it was quite tame and also in the snow ice so I had to hold back a bit.

Yesterday at Llandegla was really good fun, I'm starting to learn how hard I can push, coming from a hardtail I'm used to reigning back the speed on technical descents but with this I can just let fly, each ride I'm pushing a little bit harder. There's also a lot more grip in fast corners which inspires confidence, again I'm learning just how quick I can go without going rubber side up I was out again today around Macc Forest and had a great time despite the fog/rain/wind etc.

It's all about the huge grin at the bottom of each descent!
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Only a mild smug, Wales next week. How were the climbs up Llandegla, my fitness is way off doing the later parts but interested to see how you coped.

shadowcreaper said:
Im riding a 19" rockhopper atm but im unsure about my size for the canyon.

I have a Lovely Canyon CF SLX road bike(i know its expensive lol)
But its a 59cm frame i believe and its quite big but ok for road rides.

Im not sure how the Medium canyon would compare to the 19" rockhopper, as im worried about getting too large..
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The canyon road bikes are stunning but that's for another thread! :D I was worried myself as my Anthem is 18" Medium. Next to each other though they are almost identical, with the canyon having a slightly lower head tube.
I'm 5ft 11" with a 32" inside leg and Medium is perfect.
 
Get 29er tubes.
If you really have to, you can stretch 26 tubes to fit, but they are not as tough when stretched so much.
 
partycan said:
Only a mild smug, Wales next week. How were the climbs up Llandegla, my fitness is way off doing the later parts but interested to see how you coped.
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They were fine, I find climbs on this no harder than my hardtail. In fact, I'd say some of the more technical climbs are easier as the rear shock keeps the back end stuck to the ground.

The ride I did on Sunday was with the forks and shock set to 150mm travel the whole time, it's efficient enough on the climbs to leave it like that.
 
robj20 said:
Who is it that has the Rock Shox Monarch Plus? Fancy one for myself. Pretty sure i need the 216 x 63mm High Volume for my Nomad.
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Three friends, same shock on their AM bikes, same issue had by all three.
Leaking Monarch, in that the air pressure in the shock is lost after a few hours, some more rapid than the other.

Everyone said the shock is great while they used it, but 3/3 having reliability issues would make me steer clear.

edit: they might have been different versions of the Monarch actually, as one was off a Nukeproof Mega, one was RC something and the other was off a Mongoose Khyber Elite. My opinion still remains one of severe scepticism on the shock's reliability.
 
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robj20 said:
Who is it that has the Rock Shox Monarch Plus? Fancy one for myself. Pretty sure i need the 216 x 63mm High Volume for my Nomad.
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I had one on my Covert, twice.

Nothing wrong with either of them, one was second hand, one was new from tftuned. I'm suprised supercow has friends who experienced problems, I've not read that they're more unreliable than any other high-end shock but you obviously can't ignore first hand experience.

It felt more sensitive in the beginning stroke than my rp23 (I've had 2 of these), not as sensitive as my CCDB but that's to be expected. I also rarely came close to bottoming it out unless I cased a landing or dropped poorly, which is how it should be. I was a little firmer than the rp23 on the hardest setting which was useful. I also prefer how the pro pedal works too as it just has 3 levels; low (softest), middle and high (hardest), this is similar to how the new Fox CTD switching works, so both are a big improvement on their old pro pedal 1/2/3 then on/off switching.

Anyway, I'd get the Monarch Plus just to be different, providing you get the correct tune for your frame, if you don't then I wouldn't bother.
 
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Well i would be ordering from TF Tuned, so presume it would come setup for my frame.

Supercow, it does appear there are two an R model and RC3, TF only do the RC3.
 
Cheers guys, will order one tonight i think and will keep my RP23 as backup just in-case, for a while anyway. Doubt i will get much for the RP23 anyway must be loads of them around and i cant say its very good.

Just seen you can get them with different tunes, presume TFT don't list these as they do it when they ask what bike and riding style you have.
 
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