Hi monkeys just wanna know what people think about the gran mal as a DH race bike? The DH trails here are technical with nice rock sections and 10-20 foot jumps. The 3 inch stroke shock in the middle shuttle setting gives 64ish HA, 74 SA and 14.8 bb height, which looks good on paper. Anyone has practical experience riding the bike in a DH/race setting? Thanks in advance.
Transition Gran Mal as a race bike?
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My friend races on one and almost won the last race. He loves it. We were even dj'ing last night and he was using the gran mal.
The Gran Mal is my race bike and it is sic! If i could only make mine a bit lighter i would be super stoked. I leave it in the shortest travel in the rear and run a 170 triple eight in the front. It has been perfect in anything from smooth to rock garden style. Its not the easiest bike in the world to manual, but who needs to manual an entire DH course... I cant discuss angles and bb heights and all that, cause i dont really pay attention to it, i just know it works, and thats all that really matters to me. It is super stable high speed and the rear sticks around everything!
Buy the gran-mal, call kevin at transition and he will get one shipped your way.
Buy the gran-mal, call kevin at transition and he will get one shipped your way.
Mine feels easy as hell to manual.
actually one of the better manualling bikes i have ridden? wtf?
actually one of the better manualling bikes i have ridden? wtf?
The geometry appears VERY similar to a VP free, so what besides the increased travel makes this a DH race bike as opposed to a freeride bike?
I bumped it. This appeared to be the only thread on this topic.
Yea that thread had only one helpful response and didn't the question I just asked.Bicyclist said:
Generally a DH bike will be lower, longer, and slacker to deal w/ the high speeds where as a FR bike will have stiffer travel, steeper angles, shorter stays and wheelbases, higher BBs etc for north shore riding and slower tech stuff.funkendrenchman said:
Yea I know... so if the VP-Free and Gran Mal have the same geometry, why is one considered a DH race bike and the other a freeride bike?Bicyclist said: