[skerb]

just put a manitou travis 150 on it. looks sexy and rides like a dream. took her to pisgah and it was amazing.

cept now i have some major frame flex and creaking again so i think im gonna get a preston and just transfer the parts.

now your talkin

 

[pedro_sandchez]

just put a manitou travis 150 on it. looks sexy and rides like a dream. took her to pisgah and it was amazing.

cept now i have some major frame flex and creaking again so i think im gonna get a preston and just transfer the parts.

I'm having similar problems after putting a z.1 up front.
The bike definitely rides infinitely better than it did with the manitou minute I had on there. Descending is absolutely blissful and have already beaten the snot out of some of my fastest DH times on my trails at home.

However, now that I am jumping bigger and descending faster, I have some mad rear-end flex going on.

I'm questioning what the solution is.
I know some of the problem is in the rear as I am running a pretty light rear setup (salsa delgado disc rim).
But at the same time, i know the AC has a tendancy to be a bit noodly in the chainstays.

So the real solution I guess is to get a new rear wheel and a better frame (I'm feeling a canfield 'the one'). But I think for now I may just get a new rear wheel and see how that helps.

anyone have any recommendations for a stiffer rear setup that isn't much heavier than what I have?
my current is
salsa delgado disc laced to an xt hub using dt comp spokes.

I have a rhyno lite rim laying around, and I was thinking of building it up on a better rear hub (hadley?) and seeing how that compared to my current setup.

 

[skerb]

I dont think the rear rim is the problem. his AC has rhinolite XLs and 2.5 minions on it. You can tell it is the rear triangle flexing, not the wheel.

 

[clemsonbiker]

I'm having similar problems after putting a z.1 up front.
The bike definitely rides infinitely better than it did with the manitou minute I had on there. Descending is absolutely blissful and have already beaten the snot out of some of my fastest DH times on my trails at home.

However, now that I am jumping bigger and descending faster, I have some mad rear-end flex going on.

I'm questioning what the solution is.
I know some of the problem is in the rear as I am running a pretty light rear setup (salsa delgado disc rim).
But at the same time, i know the AC has a tendancy to be a bit noodly in the chainstays.

So the real solution I guess is to get a new rear wheel and a better frame (I'm feeling a canfield 'the one'). But I think for now I may just get a new rear wheel and see how that helps.

anyone have any recommendations for a stiffer rear setup that isn't much heavier than what I have?
my current is
salsa delgado disc laced to an xt hub using dt comp spokes.

I have a rhyno lite rim laying around, and I was thinking of building it up on a better rear hub (hadley?) and seeing how that compared to my current setup.

yeah, im runnin a decent setup in the rear and it still flexes like crazy. i can sit there and flex it rear triangle while holding the brakes. you can auctally see it move. but im just gonna ride it till i can get the money to upgrade which i hope is soon because im not sure on the life span left on the giant.