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Posted: 06/05/08 16:56:41 41

Cannondale Prophet is about 66deg in the slack setting and climbs great. Total blast on the way down too. You just have to budget for replacement pivot bearings every couple of months. The Lapierre Zesty is also abut 66.5 and climbs fine (the longer chain stays keep you from tipping over the back and make it super stable at speed, would make a killer a Megavalanche bike) as was last year's Meta 5.5.

Slacker than average head angled aren't inherently bad at climbing or twisty singletrack. Therre's more to it than that. The Pitch for instance climbs ok for a heavyish bike because it has a steep effective seat angle which keeps your weight over the fron end.

I think most world cup DH bike are about 64/64.5 nowadays. The manufacturers may not admit that, but that's what people are riding. 

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Posted: 10/08/06 16:13:27 27
They're andre dugsat tubs with ritchey treads glued on. Puncturing wouldn't be so bad unless he shredded the tyre and he could just use a sealant/CO2 cartridge. And because they're tubs there's no real chance of pinching
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Posted: 08/05/06 11:38:03 03
It's NPS XC on the saturday, then MBR big ride thingy on the sunday. 642 is a one-off this year
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Posted: 10/01/06 17:45:27 27
I rode the 5.2 for a bit last year - I reveiewed it for MBUK. It's truly excellent.

I'd go for the 5 over the 4 - there's only about a quarter of pound weight difference
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Posted: 25/06/04 13:39:35 35
I don't think he's a danger to society at large.

He's unlikely to go out mugging grannies to feed his epo habit.


I'm quite shocked he's been implicated - I always thought he was one of the protected few who never get caught because they're too useful financially.

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