[SCARY]

Thanks for all the suggestions on the other thread.
The 951 seems to be the best choice for me as it fit most of my criteria the best.I'm getting ot with the cane creek double barrel.
Just wanting to know if those with experience on the bike what extra parts or bearings I might need to order.Also the guy at intense suggested a 450 spring rate.I'm 185 lbs,5'11",love puppies and walks on the beach.But just want real world advice.It's made in AMERICA!(f*** YEAH!!)And it's only costing me a buck-o-five!

 

[bizutch]

I know nothing of the 951's leverage ratio, but that spring sounds way heavy for the Double Barrel. Check with Malcolm at Cane Creek on the spring as I know he and the crew at Cane Creek have worked on the 951 setup a ton. www.canecreek.com

 

[Kntr]

Yes, call CC and check the INTENSE forum on MTBR, also. Most people are running light springs on the 951 to get full travel. Im 180ish and run a 425 on a Roco. There are a couple threads on MTBR about the 951 and spring rate.

Here is one I started.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=553117&highlight=spring+rate

 

[RayB]

Just wanting to know if those with experience on the bike what extra parts or bearings I might need to order.

A big bottle of blue Loctite and some wire to keep your pivot bolts from backing themselves out......

 

[TKCastle]

Loctite yes but don't zip tie your pivots it just look awful.

 

[William42]

Loctite yes but don't zip tie your pivots it just look awful.

rofl, do people actually do that? thats the raddest thing I've ever heard.

 

[RayB]

rofl, do people actually do that? thats the raddest thing I've ever heard.

Yes, people do. At least, I had to when I was in Whistler a couple weeks ago. (Upper link pivot bolts on my M6 kept backing themselves out after a couple runs despite having thoroughly cleaned all hardware/frame surfaces and Loctite'd prior)

Wire works better than zip-ties (because you don't have to cut anything to re-tighten a bolt).

Totally hokey, I know, but that's the way it works...

 

[stiksandstones]

Or leave the loctite on that comes from assembly, and do not grease them like some do.

Scary, all you need is to do neck raises to strengthen up to hang all the medals on ya.

I have not seen you ride in 10 years, but 450 on a CCDB might be alright, I saw 2 dudes at tahoe GRT that looked about 175-185, on CCDBs, and both had 450# springs. Butch nailed it though, ask the canecreek guys, they have walked numerous 951 customers into super dialing their bikes.

 

[LMC]

I'm 185 lbs,5'11",love puppies and walks on the beach.

Do you have a GSOH? How about any emotional baggage from previous relationships? its just .. ive been hurt before.

 

[SCARY]

Scary, all you need is to do neck raises to strengthen up to hang all the medals on ya.

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Ya hear that Butch?!Stik thinks I'm makin a comeback!I know they hire 40+riders.Tell JD to watch himself ,my kit and bike matching abilities are way above his.
It's great to have somebody have such faith in their product .But the only "medal"around my neck is holding my shoulder together.
You're not supposed to drinking on the job - I think it may actually be illegal.
---But may explain the 29r downhill bike.AaaaOOow !!OHH!!badump-bump!
Ok..I'll go back to work now

 

[Laaz]

For the extra parts:

Order a extra rear triangle (swing arm) or two.

 

[Kntr]

For the extra parts:

Order a extra rear triangle (swing arm) or two.

Really?
I have not seen any broken 951 rear triangles.
I have seen some on their other bikes though.

 

[bizutch]

Does this mean you'll be growing the golden locks of Larry again...the flowing "it's not a mullet" mane out?

 

[Christiaan]

Guy in Germany, not sure how it happened, said something about doing a drop/gap over and over again

 

[Laaz]

Really?
I have not seen any broken 951 rear triangles.
I have seen some on their other bikes though.

I have seen a few. 4 out of 6, to be precise (for now).

 

[Christiaan]

frames break, it happens, get over it.

 

[SCARY]

Do you have a GSOH? How about any emotional baggage from previous relationships? its just .. ive been hurt before.

I might if I knew what that was.We've all been hurt,but....I will never do that to you.I promise.

 

[SCARY]

Does this mean you'll be growing the golden locks of Larry again...the flowing "it's not a mullet" mane out?

Hells yeah!If I'm gonna do it right ,I gotta rock it.(Although ,last time I got in a little trouble with some skinny dude,cuz his old lady was all up in the mane with her paws and couldn't keep her off.Happened alot,that's why I had to walk away from the scene for awhile.I was chaos,dude.......what ...was that chicks name?.......Lee?..........Donoban?...Donalvan?.......ehh ..whatever.Good times.Gooood times.

 

[imp]

frames break, it happens, get over it.

How often can a $2k+ frame break and still be "what it is?"

 

[rocketmatt17]

I have seen a couple nasty pics of the front triangle breaking. You better do your research before you buy

 

[SCARY]

I've broken an intense M1 and a Foes DH Mono back in the day....then I learned how to ride a bike.They all can break,it's true.If it becomes an epidemic, I trust intense enough to make it right.
Look up Orange 224 reviews.They either say "greatest race bike ever" or "Ive seen 9 224s' broken in half in one weekend " There is very little In the middle.I know this is a lightweight race bike,I can't ride it like Bender.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

frames break, it happens, get over it.

True, but it shouldn't break that quickly. Then again, that's what you get when you try to make a light DH frame.

 

[bullcrew]

Im with HCM on this after my buddy snapped the front off his 951...

 

[stiksandstones]

Scary....don't listen to the haters, that frame was admittedly abused by the owner, and this was before he sended it, bender-style off a cliff into a boulder.

You are going to love that bike, just like the thousands before you.

 

[Kntr]

Im lovin mine.

 

[Zark]

Im lovin mine.

Word, best handling DH bike I've ever owned. It just destroys corners

 

[spocomptonrider]

I know this guy, that has a brother, who has a friend, who's related to this girl, that is going out with this guy, and he says that he broke 2 951 frames just by looking at them. True story.

 

[IH8Rice]

I know this guy, that has a brother, who has a friend, who's related to this girl, that is going out with this guy, and he says that he broke 2 951 frames just by looking at them. True story.

i know that guy

 

[SCARY]

I think I heard about that girls' friends',friend talking about that guy.He has a very hard stare.

 

[rocketmatt17]

Good luck. They are great looking bikes but I will always be leery of any frame marked FRO with its skinny light metal and supposed life span of 1 year

 

[Uncle Cliffy]

Good luck. They are great looking bikes but I will always be leery of any frame marked FRO with its skinny light metal and supposed life span of 1 year

It was my understanding that the FRO designation pertains to geometry now. Not wall thickness as it used to...

Or maybe it still does? Their tires are labeled FRO too...

 

[blue]

You are going to love that bike, just like the thousands before you.

You've sold 1000 951s?

 

[Kntr]

The 951 frame isnt that light. Mine was 10.2 lbs with a Roco and Obtainium spring. It corners like no other bike Ive owned and sticks to the ground like crazy.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

I think I heard about that girls' friends',friend talking about that guy.He has a very hard stare.

No, that was someone else. The reason for the guy with the hard stare, he found out he had irritable bowel syndrome & was constipated.

 

[BKQuill]

No, that was someone else. The reason for the guy with the hard stare, he found out he had irritable bowel syndrome & was constipated.

He doesn't always drink beer, but when he does, he prefers Dos Equis.

He is, the most interesting man in the world.

Stay thirsty my friends.

 

[BKQuill]

Oh, and you will dig the 951! I love mine, took a run or two to get use to the lower BB then I was used to. I'm digging mine, corners great, jumps great, you will not be disappointed with it.

 

[SCARY]

No, that was someone else. The reason for the guy with the hard stare, he found out he had irritable bowel syndrome & was constipated.

Oh...right.Maybe she did say "hard stool"

 

[bizutch]

Oh, and you will dig the 951! I love mine, took a run or two to get use to the lower BB then I was used to. I'm digging mine, corners great, jumps great, you will not be disappointed with it.

Still haven't gotten to "test" it for you.