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Bike's 2014 "Bible of Bike Tests" - comments?

Zark

Zark

Hey little girl, do you want some candy?
Oct 18, 2001
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Reno 911
kidwoo said:
I got to ride a solo (or 5010 or whatever) last week in bootleg. That's a friggin sick bike and definitely addresses the bitching you've heard from me about SC leverage curves. I wouldn't kick that one out of bed at all. I'd stick a 150mm fork and/or an angled headset on it though. I'm looking at that one pretty hard as a future purchase honestly.

I've still heard the opposite from too many people with similar preferences to mine about the Bronson. Two of them I trust as very capable at differentiating shock behaviors and frame setups with a lot of time on SC frames. I haven't ridden one myself though. I definitely want to. Would you say the Bronson feels like those blurs just with longer travel though? Cuz middle guy in the bike videos is echoing a very very common complaint with some of SCs frames, one which you know I share so my ears perked up. What I'm talking about isn't sag/pressure related at all. It's the leverage curve when it's setup right. I believe it's better than the nomad though.....friggin hate those things. I just used that because it's the extreme example. Again, that's preference, I don't think they're making horrible bikes or anything. Just not future 'my' bikes. Only reason I brought it up was a seeming contradiction.

At least sc specs normal length shocks that can be swapped out, unlike the specialized BS.
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The suspension feel of the bronson and 5010 is very similar, not the blow through the mid stroke feel of a Nomad. That comment perplexed me. My coworker has a solo and I have a bronson and have tried the two back to back.
 
ianjenn

ianjenn

Turbo Monkey
Sep 12, 2006
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704
SLO
kidwoo said:
Who are you?

I trust the ginger with the straw hat! He looks like where I'm from!
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Quit worrying about suspension BS. Just roll one of these. It will be the only bike you buy that will increase in value! Plus after 6-8 months you will be so smooth!
 
CBJ

CBJ

year old fart
Mar 19, 2002
12,876
4,218
Copenhagen, Denmark
Btw Kidwoo what is your favorite rear shock for a trail bike? Besides mentioning of the new Ohlins on the Demo there was very little talk in the videos about rear shocks.
 
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