[bullcrew]

Ok...so I sold my commencal, I did go to Bradley bike park yesterday and rode a few bikes and my nomad..

Yes nomad was way wrong bike but was fun...rode a trid ZZ love the dual shock but found my weight shift too far forward with ape index +3 and havingass up top.

Rode a transition long felt better still a little too small..

Would like something
470-480 reach
65 ha (or close)
27.5 wheel size
Shorter chainstay
Ultimate would be rear shock like trek or trid zz..

Tris zz would have been good if I didn't feel like I was on a BMX bike..the circus called and said they wanted me to do the bear on a tricycle act. It was uncomfortable...

Something that makes a better crossover from DH and longer bikes that allows a slightly bigger pocket for balance...

 

[sethimus]

are there even other 27.5 dj bikes besides the p4?

 

[toodles]

Thats a bloody long reach for a DJ haha.

You'd almost be better off getting a short travel bike like a Raaw Jib (29 but could just run 27.5 for DJ bike) or one of those Marin Rift Zone 27.5 XRs and running them mega firm.

 

[canadmos]

Can you order a custom bike from wherever @HardtailHack likes to send his money to?

 

[sethimus]

my sirius s5 frame i have laying around in size longer would hit those numbers

Sirius S5

www.pipedreamcycles.com

 

[englertracing]

Maybe consider 26" as well?

 

[sethimus]

Maybe consider 26" as well?

shouldn't wheel size be proportional to rider size?

 

[HardtailHack]

Can you order a custom bike from wherever @HardtailHack likes to send his money to?

Not from Australia.
Marino from Peru was good though.

 

[englertracing]

shouldn't wheel size be proportional to rider size?

Maybe.... but for dj..... 26 is still good for strength....

 

[Gary]

Would like something
470-480 reach
65 ha (or close)
27.5 wheel size

WTF? Does "DJ" stand for something completely different these days?
Because NONE of those numbers make ANY sense to me for Dirt Jumping.

If it helps any. I have a few short 26" bikes and my ex always used to call me a bear on a bike when I rode them with her.

Just find a 26" wheel frame with around 420mm reach, nice short stays and a 69deg HA. And sort out its fit with bar height.
A massive dirt jumper just doesn't work.

 

[Gary]

shouldn't wheel size be proportional to rider size?

NO!

 

[toodles]

If you do decide to go a 26" HT option
Cannondale Dave is 436mm
Transition PBJ XL is 465mm reach
Chromag Monk XL is 460mm

Generally for DJ if you're tall you wanna maybe get higher rise bars rather than longer and longer frames hey.

 

[HardtailHack]

WTF? Does "DJ" stand for something completely different these days?

Disc Jockey, but it's a DJ trike.

 

[sethimus]

NO!