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trek_y
PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:00 pm 
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The Scalpel is gone ... :shock: yep, the bike I thought was THE bike and built up over a period the last 18 months to a sub 20lbs flying machine is now doing (according to its new owner) what it was supposed to do ie. being a proper XC racer and not being trundled about by a slightly too fat and unfit lump like me, I hope its happy now.

So whats in its place ?

Never ridden one, think it looks a bit wierd but its gowing on me, hope I've done the right thing :?

A teaser to see if you can guess the frame ...

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ba57ards
PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:04 pm 
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specalised something ?
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benjy
PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:14 pm 
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trek_y
PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:39 pm 
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ba57ards wrote:
specalised something ?


Getting warm ...
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benjy
PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:40 pm 
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big hit? enduro?
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getin
PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:11 am 
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Specialized Epic marathon.
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trek_y
PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:35 am 
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Getting close. Another clue ...

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Not an Epic
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getin
PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:03 am 
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Camber comp carbon 29
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:36 am 
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alu rear?

camber though.

29er then!
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trek_y
PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:05 pm 
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getin wrote:
Camber comp carbon 29


Spot on ! :)

A 29er ... never thought I would go there. Not going to be standard issue though as I bought frame only and have added some 120mm Reba RLT rather than the standard Fox 110mm forks as from several comments about the Camber it works well with a slightly longer fork. Will also be migrating all the SRAM XX kit across from the Scalpel and hope to make this into a reasonably lightweight build (under 25lbs).
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