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a trip to morzine in august has sort of FORCED (like i need a reason!! ) me into getting something a little more abuse orientated! :twisted:
being an orange fan (never had guessed would you!) it has to be a Patriot!!
i had to think about which model to go for, i decided that it had to be the patriot 66, the main reason for this was because it has slightly adjustable geometry because of the sliding shock mount, and 6" travel is plenty.
i got this one off the bay for £280 which i thought was pretty good, the forks came from a friend for £100, because of this relatively cheap price i will be keeping this long term as i tend to go to the alps most summers for a week or two.
the plan for this is to build it initially with the guts of the parts from my evo which is xt with a set of xm819 wheels (then i'll rebuild the evo with other stuff as i get it) the only thing i'll need is a set of good DH brakes and a set of maxxis high roller tyres.
once back from morzine i will (over the winter) get it resprayed by orange as there are a few marks here and there.
anyway here are a couple of pics, also it's something i don't usually do build wise so it will be nice to have something different.
being an orange fan (never had guessed would you!) it has to be a Patriot!!
i had to think about which model to go for, i decided that it had to be the patriot 66, the main reason for this was because it has slightly adjustable geometry because of the sliding shock mount, and 6" travel is plenty.
i got this one off the bay for £280 which i thought was pretty good, the forks came from a friend for £100, because of this relatively cheap price i will be keeping this long term as i tend to go to the alps most summers for a week or two.
the plan for this is to build it initially with the guts of the parts from my evo which is xt with a set of xm819 wheels (then i'll rebuild the evo with other stuff as i get it) the only thing i'll need is a set of good DH brakes and a set of maxxis high roller tyres.
once back from morzine i will (over the winter) get it resprayed by orange as there are a few marks here and there.
anyway here are a couple of pics, also it's something i don't usually do build wise so it will be nice to have something different.