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Anyone riding a Giant Reign X?

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Chimp
May 10, 2004
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Sherwood, Oregon
I think that just by looking at the specs you can't really tell how this bike is going to perform but from experience I know that this bike would be a rocking 7" dh bike even with the stock shock. I wouldn't waste the money on a cane creek shock until you have a chance to see how well this bike performs with the DHX. Right now I am running the fox 36 and the HA feels a little bit steep but I am getting used to it and am actually liking the responsiveness of this frame. As far as not having 7 full inches of travel, give me a break. If you are that dependent on that additional .3" you probably shouldn't be looking at this bike.
 
rockwool

rockwool

Turbo Monkey
Apr 19, 2004
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Filastin
I'm starting to doubt if Giant knows what time it is. They lengthend the TT on the XS Reign X with 0,6". I like a DH bike to have shorter TT than a bike I'm going to pedal sitting in the saddle..
 
cjcrashesalot

cjcrashesalot

Monkey
May 15, 2005
345
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WA
rockwool said:
I'm starting to doubt if Giant knows what time it is. They lengthend the TT on the XS Reign X with 0,6". I like a DH bike to have shorter TT than a bike I'm going to pedal sitting in the saddle..
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Apparently Giant just sucks at listing geometry... I've heard lots of people say that the bikes actually measure differently than listed (in a good way). And who doesn't list a BB height? Honestly...:twitch:
 
FCLinder

FCLinder

Turbo Monkey
Mar 6, 2002
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Greenville, South Carolina
Seeing reports of guys on MTBR putting a longer stroke shock on their Reigns. Instead of the 2" stroke shock they are putting a same I to I 2.25" stroke. They report that the bike feels way better and are getting more travel out of the bike with no frame problems. I wonder if anyone has tried this with a Reign X? In theory .25 more stroke should give about .75” more travel. This would make the Reign X 7.25” to 7.5”.
 
cjcrashesalot

cjcrashesalot

Monkey
May 15, 2005
345
13
WA
FCLinder said:
Seeing reports of guys on MTBR putting a longer stroke shock on their Reigns. Instead of the 2" stroke shock they are putting a same I to I 2.25" stroke. They report that the bike feels way better and are getting more travel out of the bike with no frame problems. I wonder if anyone has tried this with a Reign X? In theory .25 more stroke should give about .75” more travel. This would make the Reign X 7.25” to 7.5”.
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The Reign X stock uses a 7.875x2.25 right? I think it would be hard to find a 7.875x2.5, or even an an 8x2.5. The next size up in a DHX is 8.5x2.5. I couldn't find any info on the CCDB though, maybe that would have the right size.
 
FCLinder

FCLinder

Turbo Monkey
Mar 6, 2002
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Greenville, South Carolina
cjcrashesalot said:
The Reign X stock uses a 7.875x2.25 right? I think it would be hard to find a 7.875x2.5, or even an an 8x2.5. The next size up in a DHX is 8.5x2.5. I couldn't find any info on the CCDB though, maybe that would have the right size.
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I bet you could get Cane Creek to make that size in a DB. Still, I don't think I will be getting one of these frames till next season. Maybe then it will be 7"+. I will be running the Glory this year. I just wanted to throw that out there to ask if anyone has tried it yet.
 
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