I'v been looking around for a cheaper DH bike to race on. I'v done one DH race on a hardtail. I'm looking at getting a 2002 Karpiel Disco Volante. I'd love a little feedback on this bike.
If you're really good at machining your own replacement parts, go for it. Do a search about Karpiel here on the monkey and you'll find out why. If you want a good, reliable bike look elsewhere.
I would hunt the used areas for companies that are still in business and then bring a selection for picking. You can prolly can get an M1 relatively cheap and thats a good bike. There are better bikes out there.
I have a disco, good things about it is the ability to change head angle, travel, bb height and shock progresiveness, it's pretty stiff at the back though you have to change the beirings everyonce in a while to quick, think about getting a saint for your gears at the back, also, the frame is insanly light, that just rocks all the way, In my opinion an excelent fram, but it comes with a long cost (beiring, shock (to much leverage on the 2.5 stroke))
How cheap? I got my SGS put together with a Dorado for under a grand...Supposedly Superho/Performance still has SGS World Cups for $1k, if they're in the neighborhood.
If you break a Karpiel, good luck replacing stuff-especially an 02.
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